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Reunited SMASHING PUMPKINS To Make Live Debut In Paris

The reunited SMASHING PUMPKINS will play their first show on May 22 at the Grand Rex in Paris, France. Tickets go on sale April 11. The SMASHING PUMPKINS have added a new and slightly odd wrinkle to the release plans for the band's comeback album, "Zeitgeist", which is due to arrive on July 7. The ....

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SMASHING PUMPKINS To Headline U.S. VIRGIN FESTIVAL In Baltimore

SMASHING PUMPKINS have been announced as one of the headliners of the U.S. Virgin Festival, scheduled for August 4-5 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Also slated to appear are THE POLICE and the BEASTIE BOYS. More lineup announcements and information about ticket sales are expected over the comi...

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MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, VELVET REVOLVER Confirmed For For ROCK AM RING/ROCK IM PARK Festivals

MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, VELVET REVOLVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, TYPE O NEGATIVE, LAMB OF GOD, AS I LAY DYING, CHIMAIRA and BLOODSIMPLE are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 1-3 in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg,...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS, NINE INCH NAILS Confirmed For U.K.'s READING, LEEDS Festivals

BBC News reports that SMASHING PUMPKINS have been confirmed as one of the headliners of the U.K.'s Reading and Leeds festivals. NINE INCH NAILS, RAZORLIGHT, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, ASH, THE VIEW and THE GOSSIP are among the other acts appearing at the twin events August 24-26. SMASHING PUMPKINS and t...

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Rock The Rebel / Metal the Devil

Denmark's VOLBEAT exploded onto the European scene with a smashing debut called "The Strength/The Sound/The Songs" that was reviewed by yours truly on this very site (7.5/10). The band's spirited blend of Elvis Presley vocals (from vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen),hard rockin' riffs, '60s-style...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS To Rock Toronto's VIRGIN FESTIVAL

According to Canada.com, SMASHING PUMPKINS and BJÖRK will headline the second annual Virgin Festival in Toronto later this year. The festival, staged by Virgin Mobile Canada, takes place Sept. 8 and 9 on Toronto Island. Other acts scheduled to rock the event are THE KILLERS, INTERPOL, PAOLO NUTINI,...

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MASTODON To Team Up With AGAINST ME! For U.S. Tour

The hottest double bill of the spring kicks off May 1 with a coast-to-coast U.S. tour featuring MASTODON and AGAINST ME! Both bands will be fresh off their own headlining tours and ready to rock their fans. Progressive rock quartet MASTODON, who hail from Atlanta, GA, will be playing songs from thei...

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Begins Work On Full-Length Debut

Having recently completed their first national tour alongside DARK FUNERAL and ENSLAVED, Phoenix-based ABIGAIL WILLIAMS starts work on its full-length debut this week. The band is expected to finish tracking in early April, with the as-yet-untitled album to be mixed and completed by early May. The b...

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Slaughtered & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture

It has been awhile since the term goregrind was an apt description of Belgium's ABORTED (well, except for the gore part),as the band has honed a particularly chunky, and marginally more melodic, death metal style these last few years. Some grindy characteristics are still present, but you get the g...

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IRON MAIDEN, SLAYER, AEROSMITH To Perform At Italy's HEINEKEN JAMMIN' FESTIVAL

IRON MAIDEN, SLAYER, AEROSMITH and SMASHING PUMPKINS will reportedly perform at the tenth-anniversary edition of the Heineken Jammin' Festival, set to take place June 14-17 at St Giuliano Park in Mestre (Venice),Italy. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, June 14: IRON MAIDEN SL...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

The relaunched SMASHING PUMPKINS has set "Zeitgeist" as the title of its sixth album, due on July 7 (a Saturday). The news was broken this morning to fans that had been added by the band as a "friend" on MySpace.com. Launch Radio Networks reported last week that it's looking more and more likely tha...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS, MARILYN MANSON, SLAYER Confirmed For Switzerland's GREENFIELD FESTIVAL

SMASHING PUMPKINS, MARILYN MANSON and SLAYER have been confirmed for the Greenfield Festival, set to take place June 15-17 in Interlaken, Switzerland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SMASHING PUMPKINS MARILYN MANSON INCUBUS SLAYER BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE THE HIVES FLOGGING MOLLY ME FI...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Confirmed For Austria's NOVA ROCK Festival

SMASHING PUMPKINS has been confirmed for the Nova Rock festival, set to take place June 15-17 on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria (near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak borders). The PUMPKINS will perform on June 15. Also scheduled to appear are SLA...

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BILLY CORGAN Not Likely To Put Full SMASHING PUMPKINS Together Again

Launch Radio Networks reports: It's looking more and more likely that the relaunched SMASHING PUMPKINS will not include original members James Iha on guitar and D'Arcy Wretzky on bass. PUMPKINS manager Paul Geary hinted at a different formation in comments he made to MTV.com, saying, "I've been invo...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS, SLAYER, KORN Confirmed For Germany's ROCK AM RING/ROCK IM PARK Festivals

The reunited SMASHING PUMPKINS, SLAYER, KORN, STONE SOUR, EVANESCENCE and LINKIN PARK are among the confirmed bands for this year's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 1-3 in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg, respectively. The festival billing is now shaping u...