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SACHA BARON COHEN To Play FREDDIE MERCURY In QUEEN Movie

According to MTV.com, comic and filmmaker Sacha Baron Cohen will play legendary QUEEN frontman Freddie Mercury in an upcoming movie. Cohen will portray the British singer in a film focusing on QUEEN's developing years up until the band's historic 1985 Live Aid set. GK Films ("The Tourist"),Robert D...

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QUEEN: 'Singles Collection 4' Detailed

The final volume in the massively impressive retrospective four box set, "Queen: The Singles Collection 4", will be released October 18. The closing chapter to the entire history of QUEEN's worldwide singles releases, Volume 4 tracks the band's output through the latter years of 1989 to 1999. The 13...

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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS Photobook Due Next Month

"Rockmos!" is the name of the first and onlly QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS photobook containing 342 pages with hundreds of great pictures and interesting stories of 22 shows from 2005 to 2008 in Europe and North America. The foreword was written by guitarist Brian May, singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Roger...

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Former WITCHCRAFT Drummer Joins ATLANTIC TIDE

Former WITCHCRAFT/ABRAMIS BRAMA drummer Fredrik Jansson, who also plays bass in COUNT RAVEN, has joined ATLANTIC TIDE, the Swedish project featuring guitarist Freddie Eugene (UNLEASHED, TERRA FIRMA, LOUD PIPES, HARMS WAY) alongside ex-TERRA FIRMA bassist Izmo Ledderfejs, former BLACKSHINE axeman Sta...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Promises 'Surprises' On Upcoming Mini-Tour

When Jon Schaffer does something, he does it right. Like creating an eclectic, fan-favorite set list for ICED EARTH's upcoming limited-engagement U.S. tour. "I wanted to give fans something really special," Schaffer said. "So I put together songs that include some we've rarely played live before, an...

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CHESTER BENNINGTON, CHRIS CORNELL, SCOTT WEILAND On New SANTANA Album; Audio Samples

11 of the 12 tracks that are set to appear on Carlos Santana's "Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time" album are available for streaming at Amazon.com. The longest-running, most successful partnership in the history of rock takes flight anew, as legendary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame...

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STEVEN ADLER On AXL ROSE: 'I Love Him And I Want Him To Be A Part Of My Life More'

Steve Johnson of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with former GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler about Steven's new autobiography, "My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses". A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: Did...

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CLUTCH: 'Robot Hive/Exodus' Reissue To Include Bonus DVD

Maryland hard rock band CLUTCH has announced the track listing for the expanded, two-disc-edition reissue of "Robot Hive/Exodus", due on September 28 through Weathermaker Music. Currently out of print, "Robot Hive/Exodus" was at one point the band's largest selling title of the decade due to the str...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Says BLACK SABBATH Reunion Won't Happen 'For At Least A Year Or Two'

Legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne told Kevin O'Hare of The Republican that he is considering reuniting with the other members of BLACK SABBATH's original lineup to record a brand new studio album. However, "It's not going to happen for at least a year or two because I've got my tour and an...

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QUEEN Guitarist Interviewed On 'Fresh Air' (Audio)

Terry Gross, host of "Fresh Air", WHYY's national weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, recently conducted an in-depth interview with QUEEN guitarist Brian May. Listen to the audio of the 40-minute conversation using the audio player below. When asked about QUEEN singer Freddie Mercury's...

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Former ENTOMBED Guitarist Joins ATLANTIC TIDE

Guitarist Ulf "Uffe" Cederlund (ENTOMBED, MORBID, MURDER SQUAD, NIHILIST, DISFEAR, HAYSTACK) has joined ATLANTIC TIDE, the new Swedish project featuring guitarist Freddie Eugene (UNLEASHED, TERRA FIRMA, LOUD PIPES, HARMS WAY) alongside ex-TERRA FIRMA bassist Izmo Ledderfejs and former BLACKSHINE axe...

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Ex-TNT Singer Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Vocalist Tony Harnell (TNT, WESTWORLD, STARBREAKER) was interviewed on the July 18, 2010 edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". The program can now be streamed using the audio player below. "Northern Lights", the debut video from Harnell's new project, TONY HARNEL...

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OSBOURNE, IOMMI Issue Joint Statement Regarding Resolution Of SABBATH Trademark Dispute

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on June 4, Ozzy Osbourne told The Pulse of Radio recently that a lawsuit between him and guitarist Tony Iommi over the use of the BLACK SABBATH name has been settled and that everything is now okay between them. Osbourne and Iommi have now issued the following join...

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Ex-TNT Singer Discusses TONY HARNELL & THE MERCURY TRAIN Project

On July 14, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with vocalist Tony Harnell (TNT, WESTWORLD, STARBREAKER) about his latest project, TONY HARNELL & THE MERCURY TRAIN. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. "Northern Lights", the debut video from TONY HARNEL...

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CHESTER BENNINGTON, CHRIS CORNELL, SCOTT WEILAND Featured On New SANTANA Album

The longest-running, most successful partnership in the history of rock takes flight anew, as legendary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Carlos Santana and Clive Davis, Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music Entertainment, collaborate on the brand new concept album, "Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Gu...