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GUNS N' ROSES Play Surprise Acoustic Gig In New York City

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Matt Goldenberg has submitted the following report: "Okay... I can't really tell you how I found out or how I got on the list without betraying a friend's confidence, but I got a call around 6 p.m. [on Thursday, May 18] that Rosario Dawson, the actress from...

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Video Of IZZY STRADLIN With GUNS N' ROSES in NYC Posted Online

A low-quality video clip of GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose introducing ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Wednesday (May 17) before they and the rest of the current GNR lineup launch into a live rendition of "Think about You" has been posted onl...

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SEPULTURA Planning U.S. Package Tour With HATEBREED, Others

Jake Rosenberg of Transcending the Mundane recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Transcending the Mundane: A lot of reviewers and fans have been dubbing "Dante XXI" as "the best thing since 'Roots'", "SEPULTURA's comeback...

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Updated: IZZY STRADLIN Takes Stage With GUNS N' ROSES In New York City

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin took the stage tonight (May 17) with GNR for the songs "Think about You", "Patience" and "Nightrain" at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose made various references to Stradlin during their May 15 show at the Hammerst...

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GUNS N' ROSES Frontman AXL ROSE To Move To New York?

The New York Post's "Page Six" column reports: GUNS N' ROSES fanatics who can't get enough of the band's sold-out comeback shows at Hammerstein Ballroom can take solace in the fact that Axl Rose may be moving to town. The formerly reclusive rocker, who's become a fixture on the Manhattan club scene...

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CELTIC FROST's Rejected 'Disgrace'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Disctrade, the Swiss distribution company and label whose owners told us to 'forget it and go back to your rehearsal room to practice' when we began sending out HELLHAMMER's 'Triumph of Death' demo tape...

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Report: GUNS N' ROSES Makes A Comeback — Fans May Not

Sandy Cohen of The Associated Press has issued the following report: With concerts scheduled throughout Europe this summer and its 10-years-in-the-making album slated for release this fall, GUNS N' ROSES appears ready to make its rock 'n' roll comeback. Does anyone care? Some clearly do: Tickets for...

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JIMI HENDRIX Sidemen Return With New BAND OF GYPSYS Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: Jimi Hendrix's BAND OF GYPSYS is back, more than 35 years after his death. Drummer Buddy Miles and bassist Billy Cox have released a new CD/DVD combo titled "The Band Of Gypsys Return", which features nine live and studio recordings. Included on the album are Hendrix c...

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JAMES LOMENZO: MEGADETH Fans 'Show Up In Most Unexpected Places'

MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I want to thank the hundreds of you that I met last weekend at the London Guitar Show for stopping by the Ashdown booth and saying hi to brother JLo. It was quite an eye-opener t...

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'Heavy Metal Thunder' Archive Of Metal-Album Art To Arrive In June

MTV.com reports: A few years back, metal journalists James Sherry (Metal Hammer, Kerrang!) and Neil Aldis (Rock World, Terrorizer) decided to sift through their record collections and put the best of the bunch into coffee-table-book form. That spawned "Heavy Metal Thunder", an extensive archive of t...

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SODOM Frontman Says He Was Disappointed By New VENOM, CELTIC FROST Albums

Christine Carney of MP3.com recently conducted an interview with SODOM frontman Thomas "Tom Angelripper" Such. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MP3.com: I see that one of the tracks [on the new SODOM album], "Axis of Evil", is kind of a commentary on our American president here, George Bus...

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KISS Frontman: 'If Someone Wants To Take A Potshot At The Band, You Don't Do It In My House'

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with part one of a brand new interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. It is reproduced here in its entirety: KissOnline.com: Recently we've seen some changes on KissOnline.com. What's your involvement in those changes? Paul: "Over...

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ORPHANED LAND To Perform Entire 'El Norra Alila' CD At Tel-Aviv Concert

Israeli metal band ORPHANED LAND have announced plans to play a special 10-year anniversary show for their second album, "El Norra Alila". The concert, which will take place this summer in Tel-Aviv, will see the band perform the entire "El Norra Alila" CD, along with selections from the band's other...

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JOE LYNN TURNER With NEW JAPAN PHILHARMONIC: Partial Setlist Revealed

More information has been revealed regarding legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner's (ex-RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE) upcoming appearance with the New Japan Philharmonic for a concert dubbed "Tribute to Rainbow: Over the Rainbow. The show will take place on August 4 at Tokyo-Geijyutsu-Gekijyo (Tokyo...

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EMPEROR Frontman Rejects 'Sellout' Accusations

Sauli Vuoti of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On EMPEROR's decision to split up: "It is not like pressure, but we have felt people's wishes. I don't think that people really realize what they are wishing for. If they...