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EDGUY Replace HAMMERFALL At England's BLOODSTOCK Festival
German melodic metallers EDGUY have replaced HAMMERFALL on the bill of this year's Bloodstock Festival, a two-day event set to take place Aug. 29-30, 2003 at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, U.K. As previously reported, HAMMERFALL were forced to cancel their appearance at the festival after guitarist Os...August 13, 2003
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Review: METALLICA Blows Away Competition At San Francisco Event
Mark Whittington of The Mercury News reports that METALLICA returned home to San Francisco on Sunday (August 10) as rock's triumphant warlords. "The band that brought heavy metal to the mainstream was greeted by 45,000 loyal subjects at Candlestick Park. They reveled for eight hours as the 18-city S...August 12, 2003
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KISS: Top-Charting Albums Ordered By Peak Position
Billboard magazine has published a list a the 20 top-charting albums from KISS spanning a 24-year period — from their 1975 self-titled release, which peaked at No. 87, to 1998's "Psycho Circus", which peaked at No. 3 (the chart was compiled prior to the release of "Kiss Symphony: Alive IV"). Titles...August 8, 2003
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Newspaper Report: Australian Singer Asked To Join QUEEN
Australian singer John Farnham has reportedly been asked to join rock legends QUEEN. The Daily Telegraph reported Farnham had been offered "the gig of a lifetime" — to follow in the footsteps of the late Freddie Mercury as QUEEN's lead singer. Farnham "blew away" the band after recording a new versi...August 4, 2003
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GILBY CLARKE's CANDY: Collection Of Rare And Unreleased Cuts To Surface In August
A collection of rare and unreleased recordings by CANDY, the first "real band" of former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke, is set for release on August 19 through SongTree Records. Titled "Candy - Teenage Neon Jungle", the album features "a walloping 25 tracks of original raw demos, live and re-...July 30, 2003
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ANDREW W.K. Announces Headlining Tour
ANDREW W.K. has announced the following headlining dates during August/September: Aug. 17 - New Orleans, LA @ The Parish Aug. 18 - Houston, TX @ Engine Room Aug. 19 - Dallas, TX @ Tree's Aug. 20 - Austin, TX @ Mercury Aug. 21 - El Paso, TX @ Club 101 Aug. 22 - Las Vegas, ...July 27, 2003
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METALLICA For BIG DAY OUT: Official Announcement Expected In October
New Zealand Herald reports that rumors are flying that METALLICA will headline next year's Big Day Out in New Zealand. But organizers are keeping quiet about the lineup until October. The band have been signed as the main act at Big Day Out festivals throughout Australia — part of the group's intern...July 11, 2003
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CRADLE OF FILTH: More Like Low-Rent 'Cirque du Soleil' Than A Satanic Ritual
Nevada's largest "alternative newsweekly" Las Vegas Mercury has published a review of CRADLE OF FILTH's headlining show at the Huntridge on Sunday (July 6). "CRADLE OF FILTH makes the darkest of the dark metal, rejecting virtue and embracing Satan at every opportunity," the reviewer writes. "Ironica...July 10, 2003
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JEFF SCOTT SOTO To Release All-QUEEN Set On DVD
Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Jeff Scott Soto has been locked away editing a two-and-a-half-hour all-QUEEN set filmed and recorded at this year's Queen Convention for a potential DVD, tentatively due in early September. The disc will be mixed by Jeff and longtime friend/engineer John Ellis, and the...July 2, 2003
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KISS' SIMMONS And STANLEY Speaks Out On 'Alive IV', Upcoming Tour
KISS founding members Gene Simmons (live in the studio) and Paul Stanley (on the phone) spoke with air personality Stacey X at Sirius Radio in New York City on Tuesday, June 3 for the satellite radio broadcaster's "Big Rock" music stream about their upcoming tour with AEROSMITH, the "Kiss Symphony:...June 23, 2003
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DAVE LEE ROTH Says He Is Irreplaceable
Newt Briggs of the Las Vegas Mercury caught up with David Lee Roth and asked if he thought "Van Halen III", featuring former EXTREME lead singer Gary Cherone, was a much more shameful rock debacle than any unsuccessful drug deal — no matter how bungled. "I think so," Roth responded. "How were they e...June 16, 2003
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METALLICA's 'St. Anger' Storms Charts Worldwide
The new album by METALLICA, "St. Anger", is proving to be a global giant, taking No. 1 chart positions on both sides of the Atlantic — and, in some countries, securing high chart entries on the basis of only a few days' sales. Although the release of the band's 11th album by Vertigo/Mercury Records...June 14, 2003
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SARACEN Confirmed For Britain's BLOODSTOCK 2003
SARACEN lead the final batch of British bands gearing up for this year's Bloodstock festival, a two-day event set to take place Aug. 29-30, 2003 at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, U.K. Little is known about SARACEN other than they released two albums in the early '80s as part of the NWOBHM (New Wave Of...June 14, 2003
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GUNS N' ROSES Bassist: 'Chinese Democracy' To Surface This Year
GUNS N' ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson has told Billboard.com that he expects the group's long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy", to see the light of day sometime this year. "The record is being completed. Other people are putting their final little touches on things, and then it goes to mix," he...June 11, 2003
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MERCURY TIDE To Release Debut In August
MERCURY TIDE, the new band featuring ANGEL DUST singer Dirk Thurisch, TIAMAT bassist Anders Iwers, and FLOWING TEARS/RED AIM drummer Stefan Gemballa, will release their debut album, "Why?", on August 25 through Century Media Records. "Why?", which was recorded and produced by Siggi Bemm in the famou...June 11, 2003
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