Happy
Birthday Today Reverend
Gary Davis (US
blind blues/gospel singer)116+ -
Percy Heath
(US jazz musician)89+
Willie Nelson,79
- Bobby
Vee,69
- Wayne
Kramer,64
- Des
Tong (Sad
Cafe)61
Merrill Osmond
(Osmonds)59
- Robert
Reynolds (The
Mavericks)50 - Turbo
B/Durron Maurice Butler
(snap)45
Paulo Jr/Paulo
Xisto Pinto Junior
(Sepultura)43 - Darren
Emerson (Underworld)41
Amanda Palmer (The
Dresden Dolls)36 -
Emma Anzai (Sick
Puppies)30
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Carl XVI.
Gustav, King
of Sweden (66
- Kirsten
Dunst (US-actress,
30
Passed Away This Very Day ...46 years ago: Richard
Farina (29)
American folk singer (bike accident)
...29 years ago: Muddy
Waters/McKinley Morganfield
(68)
...13 years ago: Darrell
Sweet (51)
Nazareth
...5 years ago: Zola
Taylor (69)
American singer
...5 years ago: Grégory
Jean-Paul Lemarchal (23)
French singer
- Further Trivia - here
Today 32 years ago: The film 'McVicar' with The
Who's Roger Daltrey in
the title role premiered in London.
More Trivia - here
Find Audiosamples
of the complete Dee
Snider - 'Dee
Does Broadway' Album for listening
Powerwolf,
Crashdiet, Lanfear
and Firewind are
confirmed for Germany's Bang Your Head 2012 - All event infos
at: Bang-your-head.de.
Death Angel
have announced their european summer tourdates - here.
On feb. 5 Halestorm
played for
Germany's WDR Rockpalast Series in Cologne. This show with about 40 min.
length can
be viewed below
In additon to that find a Video
Documentary withHalestorm on the Road
June 5 Mötley
Crüe are out with a new Live DVD
named "Motley Crue – Kickstart Live 2011'
This includes cuts from their concerts last year in the USA - Next will
be the tour with Kiss in the US - here....
Apparently Robin Gibb
is so much better again, that he can leave hospital again next week
- here.
It seems that Roadrunner Records
is history - here.
29.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Donald
Mills (The
Mills Brothers)97 -
Carl Gardner (The
Coasters)74 - Otis
Rush (US blues
guitarist)78
Klaus Voormann
(German
musician)74 -
Duane Allen (Oak
Ridge Boys)69 - Tommy
James (
Shondells)65
King Boy
D/Bill Drummond (KLF)59
- Mark
Kendall (Great
White)55 - Simon
Edwards (Fairground
Attraction)54
Mike Hogan
(The Cranberries)39 -
Johan Hegg (Amon Amarth)39 - Matt
Tong (Bloc Party)33
Kian Egan (Westlife)32
- Travis
Smith
(Trivium)30 Further Birthdays -
here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Daniel
Day-Lewis 55
- Michelle
Pfeiffer (55
- Michael
Roll (51
- Andre
Kirk Agassi (42
- Uma
Thurman (42
Passed Away This Very Day ...45 years ago: J.
B. Lenoir (38)
American blues guitarist (heart attack)
...22 years ago: Floyd
Butler (52) 'The
Vocals' (heart attack)
..19 years ago: Mick
Ronson (46)
English guitarist
...12 years ago:
Jonah Jones
(90) American jazz trumpeter
...1 year ago: Vladimir
Krainev (67)
Russian pianist
Further Trivia - here
Today 36 years ago: Bruce
Springsteen
climbed the wall of Graceland to meet Elvis
Presley. Elvis
wasn't home.
More Trivia - here
Mob Rules have
posted their - The Last Peaceful Days Tour-Trailer
- All dates can be found here.
My Dying Bride
have announced their european tourdates - here.
Melodicrock Legend Boston
will record a
new album this year next to their 40 dates US tour. Release date is set
for early next year. . http://www.bandboston.com/
Stockholms Pompej's
Nights are the final Act, beeing confirmed for this year's Sweden
Rock Festival
All Event Infos at: www.swedenrock.com
The titletrack of Ahabs
new Album 'The Giant' can be listened to - here
- More Infos about the german metalband here....
Tom Jones, who
back then in 1965 had penned the Titlesong of the James Bond Film
'Thunderball' was first planned
to play the role of the Bond but then was rejected, because he was to
famous. And job went to Sean
Connery. The whole
Story can be checked out - here.
Scottisch Hardrockers GUN
are back again with a new album named 'Break The Silence' On june The
tracklist
reads as follows: 01. Butcher Man 02. 14 Stations 03. Lost &
Found 04. Caught In The Middle
05. Break The Silence 06. How Many Roads 07. No Substitute 08. Bad
Things 09. Innocent Thieves
10. Running Out Of Time 11. Last Train. http://www.gunofficial.co.uk/
TheMorphWiz - ein Synth App, created by Jordan
Rudess of DreamTheater
is now also available for Android
and for the BlackBerry
PlayBook. More about this - here
According to rumours Bill
Wyman is supoosed to rejoin the Rolling
Stones for
their 50th anniversary. He had left the
band back in 1992 after the Steel Wheel tour. More to read -
here.
KISS: The Pagan Beasties of Teenage Rock
By Charles M. Young von 1977 - here.
On June 1Richard Marx
will release a double CD 'Inside My Head' This one includes new songs
and rarities.
Listen to the Track
Wouldn't Let Me Love You
Legendary Player
feat. Peter
Beckett are back again with a new Reunion EP named 'Addiction'
The
Das Player
Line Up 2012 consists of Original members Peter
Beckett
and Ronn
Moss together with Rob
Math,
Keyboardist Johnny
English and drummer Craig
Pilo . MoreInfos at:
www.player-theband.com
28.04. 2012
Happy Birthday Today John
Wolters (Dr.Hook
and the Medicine Show)67 - Manfred
Wieczorke (
Eloy/Jane)66
Eddie Jobson (Roxy
Music/Frank Zappa)57 - Jimmy
Barnes,56
Daisy
Berkowitz/Scott Mitchell Putesky (
Marilyn Manson)44 -
Howard Donald (Take
That)44
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays today Ferruccio
Lamborghini (father of the car brand Lamborghini, 96, +
Jay Leno (US-Nighttalker,
62 - Penélope
Cruz (US-spanish actress 38
Cheyenne Rushing (US
Actress, 31 - Jessica
Alba (US-actress, 31
Passed Away This Very Day ...32 years ago: Tommy
Caldwell (30)
The Marshall Tucker Band
...31 years ago: Steve
Currie (33)
T-Rex (car accident)
...24 years ago: B
W Stevenson/Louis Charles Stevenson (38)
US country artist (heart problems)
...3 years ago: Valeria
Peter Predescu (62)
Romanian popular/folk singer (heart attack)
...3 years ago:Vern
Gosdin (74)
American country music singer (stroke)
Further Trivia - here
Today 44 years ago: The musical 'Hair'
opened at the
Baltimore Theatre, New York. More Trivia - here
New
CD/DVD releases in week 27.04.- 04.05.2012:
EUROPE,
RENEGADE FIVE, BABY JANE, STICKY BOYS, AT VANCE, JETHRO TULL, LULEY,
BANGALORE CHOIR, SWEET, PARADISE LOST -- STORM CORROSION, HYDROGYN,
WILD FRONTIER,
PAUL SABU, DAWN OF DESTINY, U.D.O., ZZ TOP
... more in CD
/ Latest& more
releases
Steven
Tyler of Aerosmith
goes Burgerking, at least in an US TV advert
REO
Speedwagon Singer/Git.
Kevin Cronin performed
at the French-Canadian TV Show/singing Competition,
Star Academie with the finalists. Check it out here
On april 25 Styx
and Ted
Nugent were
guest in the US Radio Syndication Show Rockline. Therefore a
Replay is available.
Gene Simmons and
wife Shannon Tweed met
Peru's president Ollanta
Humala Tasso in Lima Peru april 25
More about this here.....
Queen will appear live with Adam
Lambert on may 07. in Wroclaw Poland. Rockinwroclaw.pl
Further european dates are planned.
Ireland's Hardrocker Stormzone
have a Videoclip
for the Song ''Zero To Rage'.
Unleashed are
confirmed for the Metal Invasion Festival in Straubing Germany on Oct.
12. - 13.Further event infos
can be found here....
On april 26 The Rock'n'Roll
Allstars gave a press conference at the Westin Hotel in Lima Peru
- This can be viewed
again: here,
herehere
and here
.
27.04.
2012
Happy
Birthday Today Jerry
Mercer (April
Wine)73 - Jim
Keltner (US
session drummer)70 -
Cuba Gooding Sr (Main
Ingredient)68
Gordon Haskell
(League of
Gentlemen/King Crimson)66 - Herb
Murrell (Stylistics)65
- Kate Pierson
(The B-52's)64
Clive Taylor (
Amen Corner)63 - Paul
"Ace" Frehley
(Original- Kiss)61 - Sheena
Easton, 53
-
Marco Pirroni (Adam
And The Ants)53 -
Whitey Kirst (Iggy
Pop/Alice Cooper)45 - Rob
Coombes
(Supergrass)40
- Patrick
Stump (Fall
Out Boy)28
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Samuel Morse (inventor
of the Morse-Alphabet, 221, +) - Ulysses
Grant (18. President of the USA, 190, +)
Walter Lantz (father
of "Woody Woodpecker", 113, +) - Jack
Klugman ("Quincy", 90
Anouk Aimée (80
- Cuba Gooding,
Sr. (68 - Prinz
Willem-Alexander (Prince of the Netherlands, 45
Passed Away This Very Day ...28 years ago: Z.
Z. Hill/Arzell Hill
(48) American blues singer
...4 years ago: Marios
Tokas (54)
Greek-Cypriot composer (cancer)
...1 year ago: Dag
Stokke (44)
TNT (Cancer)
Further Trivia - here
Today 22 years ago: Axl
Rose of Guns
N' Roses marries
Don Everly's
daughter, Erin.
The marriage lasts 27 days.
More Trivia - here
The complete continental Rock
The Nation Festival Tour feat.
Bad Company,
Bachman & Turner, BÖC
and more
is postboned to 2013.
Audiosamples are available of U.D.O's
new album 'Celebrator - Rare Tracks'
On June 22 Herman
Frank (Accept) second soloalbum 'Right In The Guts' will be out
L.A. Guns (Phil Lewis Version) have a introduced a brandnew song
in Telfs in Tirol/Austria on apri 20 during their
show. The track is named 'you Better Love Me' and there is a video
avalable from that occassion here
It will be included on the new Hollywood Forever Album
26.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Maurice
Williams (Royal Charms/Zodiacs)74 -
Duane Eddy
(US legendary US guitarist)74
Giorgio
Moroder (Italian producer, disco sound,
composer)72 - Gary
Wright (Spooky Tooth/solo)69
Anthony
''Tony'' Murray ( The Troggs)69 -
Nick Garvey
(Ducks Deluxe/Motors)61
John Corabi (The
Scream/Mötley Crüe/Union/ESP)53 - Roger
Taylor (Duran
Duran)52
Jay DeMarcus
(Rascal Flatts)41 - Joey
Jordison
(Slipknot)37 - Jose
Pasillas
(Incubus)36
Janne Wirman (Children
of Bodom)33 - Further Birthdays -
here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today
Passed Away This Very Day ...28 years ago: Count
Basie (79) US
jazz pianist (cancer)
...25 years ago: Shankar
Singh Raghuvanshi (64)
Indian music composer
...21 years ago: Léo
Arnaud (86)
French-American composer of film scores
...21 years ago: Carmine
Coppola (80)
US award winning composer
...15 years ago: Ernest
Stewart (47)
KC and the Sunshine Band (asthma)
...13 years ago: Borland
(41)The
Outsiders (suicide)
...1 year ago: Phoebe
Snow (58) US
singer-songwriter
Further Trivia - here
Today 37 years ago: B.J.
Thomas had the
longest title of a number one song at the top of the "Billboard"
popular music
chart. The song was "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done
Somebody Wrong Song." More Trivia - here
Champions League Final - we are coming home !!!! :-)
Italy's Modern Hardrockers Motorfingers
are out with their new Album 'Black Mirror' on may 22. Further
infos
of the band on their Facebook
Page.
Hartmann,
the Band around Oliver Hartmann have inked a new deal and will release
their 4th studioalbum
'Balance' on june 1
The Rock'n'Roll
Allstars were
forced to cancel their tourdates in Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Panama, Guatemala
and Venezuela out of logistic reasons. The Line up of the band is:
Gene Simmons
(Kiss) - Joe
Elliott (def
Leppard)
Matt Sorum
(Velvet Revolver, ex-Guns'N'Roses)
Duff McKagan (Velvet
Revolver/Guns'n'Roses)
Gilby Clarke
(ex-Guns'n'Roses, Rock Star Supernova) - Billy
Duffy (The
Cult)
Glenn Hughes (Black
Country Communion ex-Deep Purple, Black Sabbath)
Ed Roland
(Collective Soul) -
Sebastian Bach
(ex-Skid Row) -
Steve Stevens
(Billy Idol)
- Mike Inez
(Alice In Chains) Hier
check out another Videoclip from their show on april 22. at theTeatro
Vorterix in
Buenos Aires
Arch Enemy have
posted a 5min.
Video Recap of their just finished Japan-Tour
Van Halen
have a limited Edition 7" Vinyl Single - available here
Kill Devil Hill,
feat. Drummer Vinnie
Appice will
release their new selftitled album on may 25.
Soundsamples and european tour dates are available here.
The new CD 'Pandora's Piñata' of Diable
Swing Orchestra
come may 22. - Therefore a Video
for the track
'Voodoo Mon Amour' is available. More Band Infos - here.
Slash
has a so called In
Studio Performance Clip for the Song 'You're A Lie', coming from the
new album
'Apocalyptic Love' Release dates is set for may 22.- The ltd.
Edition is available here
On may 18 Nachtgeschrei
will release a
Best of... Album named 'Eine Erste Kerbe'
Country musician Kix
Brooks is out
with a new Song named 'New To This Town' feat. Joe
Walsh
from the Eagles.
More to read and listen - here.
Finland's
Lordi have
found a new Drummer but haven't officially announced this. Their
original drummer
"Otus"
Tonmi Lillman
had passed away a while
ago
Here
you find a Trailer for the Queen
Extravaganza Tour 2012
Tomorrow the new Album „Crimen Excepta“ from polish Crystal
Viper.is out.
This can be downloaded for free here
for a short while.
As known on may 21 the
Cult release
their new Album 'Choice Of Weapon' Audiosamples of all Tracks are available at Amazon.
On may 22 Emptiness
release their new Longplayer 'Error'. Therefore a Video
for the song 'It And I' is out
Grand Magus
are currently streaming the
Titeltrackof their latest Album 'The Hunt' on their official Facebook
Page.
Apart from that there is a Songpier App for Smart und iPhones available
on songpier.com/grandmagus
Jaded Heart
have a short
Preview for the upcoming Album 'Common Destiny' . Out on may 25
On may 4
Bonfire
are out
with their new EP "Cry4Help". Here
you can check it out.
There is a Fan-Video
avaible for the Mad
Max Cover
Version to Sweet's 'Fever Of Love'
On Juyl 17 Baroness
are back with a new CD named 'Yellow & Green' . Baronessmusic.com.
According to BBC
Newsa lost concert of a Beatles
concert from
1964 has been found again. This will go to US movies. Hier
you find a 38min. Cut from : The Beatles - live in Washington DC
On may 2 Duran
Duran are out
with a new Best of... Scheibe named 'A Diamond in the Mind'.
More to read here.....
Kreator
have a Lyric-Video
for the Titeltrackof their new Album 'Phantom Antichrist'
2 days ago the Beach
Boys, with an
average age of 68 opened their Reunion Tour in Tucson, Arizona.
The
Tracklist of the 42 performed Songs and more can be found here.
25.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Ella
Fitzgerald, 95+ -
Albert King (bluesmusician)89+ -
Jerry Leiber (Leiber/Stoller
songwriting duo)79
Tony Christie,69
- Mike
Kogel (Los Bravos)67 -
Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival)67
Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA)67
- Steve
Ferrone (Average White Band)62 -
Fish/Derek William Dick)53
Paul Baloff
(Exodus) 52+ -
Andy Bell (Erasure/solo)48 - Simon
Fowler (Ocean Colour Scene)48
Eric Avery (
Jane's Addiction)48 -
Fredrik Larzon (Millencolin)39 -
Ben Hamilton
Johnston (Biffy Clyro)32
Jacob
Underwood (O-Town)32 -
Further Birthdays - here
Further Birthdays Today Al Pacino (US actor 72
- Renée Zellweger (US
Actress 43
Passed Away This Very Day ...38 years ago: Mike
Brant/Moshe Brand (28)
Israeli pop star (suicide)
...24 years ago: Carolyn
Franklin (43)
US singer and younger sister of Aretha (cancer)
...20 years ago: Yutaka
Ozaki (26)
Japanese pianist, guitarist (homicide)
...13 years ago: Roger
Troutman (47)
Zapp (shot by brother Larry)
...13 years ago: Larry
Troutman (54)
Zapp (suicide)
...10 years ago: Left
Eye/Lisa Nicole Lopes (30)
TLC (car crash)
...5 years ago: Bobby
"Boris" Pickett (69)
US singer, songwriter (leukemia)
...2 years ago: Dorothy
Michelle Provine (75)
US singer, dancer, actress
...2 years ago: Susan
Reed (84)
Irish-US folk singer
...1 year ago: Poly
Styrene/Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (53)
British singer-songwriter
Further Trivia - here
Today 31 years ago: The band 'Wings'
disband when
guitarist Denny Laine quits. More Trivia - here
French rockers Memories
of A Dead Man have released their new Album 'V.I.T.R.I.O.L."
on April 20
For the Titeltrack a Videoclip
is available.
According to CBC
News Iron
Maiden and Alice
Cooper will play at the annual Ottawa Bluesfestival, lasting from
july 04. until 15 - Both artists will appear on july 07. on the
Mainstage. All Event Infos at http://ottawabluesfest.ca/
Here
you find all nfos regarding VIP Tickets for the upcoming Michael
Schenker Germany Tour. Here
you can listen to the Teaser of the Song 'Miss Claustrophobia', from the
current release 'Temple Of Rock'
Album . During this part of the tour Doogie
White will
handle theFrontvocals
Jackson Browne has
just announced a new US Acoustic Tour 2012 - here.
Within this Video-Interview
Yusuf Islam (Cat
Stevens) talks about his new Musical 'Moonshadow', which he has
created in Melbourne, Australia. It is his first project of that kind.
The official Queen
Fanclub will put out yet another band biography. All details can
be found here.
On may 18 Axxis
are out with their new album "reDISCOver(ed)". This one
includes some reworked classic
pop tunes. Therefore find a Listening
Session Video.
German Deathmetaller Hopelezz
have a Videoclip
for the Song "Devils Ride"
Nightwish have
posted the 1.
Trailer for their upcoming Imaginaerum Movie . Hier
you find more infos about this
project.
Billy Bryans,
singer of canadian rockers Parachute
Club has passed away aged 63 on lung cancer - here.
Mastodon have
announced new European Tour-dates - here.
In Austin Texas Counry icon Willie
Nelson reveiled a new Statue of himself - - here
The Krupps
have a new Single named "Industrie-Mädchen". This can be
heard here
and downloaded for free.
The Track is included in the new Album 'alle Zeichen stehen wieder auf
Sturm!' due out in october.
George Michaels is
back at the Studio to work on a new album and promises, that this is
gonna be the best
dancefloor album he's ever made - - here
Romanian rockers Breathelast
have a new Videoclip
for the Song '‘Promise’
Punkrockers Liars
have a new Video
for the Song 'No. 1 Against The Rush'. The Album “WIXIW“ comes june
1
The Agonist from
Montreal, Canada have put a new Webisode
online for their new Album 'Prisoners'
Epica have a
new Video
for the Song "Storm The Sorrow", from the current Album named
"Requiem For The Indifferent"
Country-PopsingerCarry
Underwood has put her complete new Album 'Blown Away' in the
stream for listening here.
Within this Video
the topic:Women in Heavy Metal are discussed.
Kip Winger has
announced many US Dates (some with the Band Winger)
- Further Infos and dates at: Kipwinger.com.
On may 8 Shadows Fall
are out with their new Album "Fire From The Sky". The Track 'The
Unknown' can be
checked out here
.
Architects from Brighton have finished work to their new
Album "Daybreaker" The song Den Song 'Alpha Omega'
can be listened to here
.
Hier you find
a new Audio-Interview with a Hypocracy
Frontman Peter
Tätgren,who talks about activities of his 2nd band
the new album and tourplans. Further infos at the Hypocrisy Facebook
Page
24.04.
2012
Happy
Birthday Today Joe
Henderson (Blood Sweat & Tears)76+
- Barbra
Streisand,70 - Glen
Dale/Richard Garforth (Fortunes)69
Doug Clifford (Creedence
ClearwaterRevival)67 - Glen
Cornick (Jethro Tull)67 - Véronique
Sanson (French singer)63
Jack Blades
(Night Ranger)58 - Paula
Yates (UK music presenter)52+ -
Billy Gould (Faith
No More)49
Brian Marshall
(Creed/Alter Bridge)39 -
Kelly Clarkson (US singer)30 - Tyson
Ritter (The All-American Rejects)28
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Shirley MacLaine (US actress 78
- Jean-Paul Gaultier (Frz. Fashion
designer60
Michael O’Keefe (US actor 57)
Passed Away This Very Day ...55 years ago: Haywire
Mac/Harry McClintock (74)
US country singer
...50 years ago:
Milton J. Franklyn
(65) US musical composer (heart attack)
...42 years ago: Otis
Spann (40) US
musician (cancer)
...37 years ago: Pete
Ham (27) Bad
Finger (suicide)
...11 years ago:
Al Hibbler (85)
US blind Jazz, pop, r&b singer
...4 years ago: Jimmy
Giuffre (86)
US jazzmusician
...3 years ago: Rev.
Timothy Wright (61)
US gospel singer (car crash) Further Trivia - here
Today 44 years ago: Apple Records refused to sign David
Bowie.
More Trivia - here
Below you find the
prove, that still not everybody knows Foreigner:-)
Adrenaline Mob
feat. Mike
Portnoy and Russel
Allen have put
an Update on their Facebook
Page coinciding with their actual Website
about a new Newletter, Tourdates and more
David Victor is
the new singer in
Boston.Formerly
he was singer in a Boston Tributeband. Therfore a Videoclip
of those is available.
In this Video-Interview
ZZ-Tops Billy
Gibbons
comments that the Band didn't know themselves, when the new
Album will be ready, as Rick
Rubin puts
last hands to it. And his way to work is somehow strange.
Chris Ethridge
the Bassist of
the Flying
Burrito Brothers
has passed away aged 65 - here
Live on
Stage at the Coachella Festival past friday - The
Black Keys joined on stage by CCR
Orignalsinger
John Fogerty
- and the Song 'The Weight' - hier.
In this Radio-Interview
Aerosmith Bassist
Tom Hamilton,
says that the new band album is postboned to September
The new Album by Asia
in the
Original Line up - Geoff
Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer & John Wetton
"XXX" comes june 29. http://www.asiaworld.org/
Kill Devil Hill feat.
Vinny Appice (Heaven&Hell/Black
Sabbath/Dio) on drums,
Rex Brown (Pantera/Down)
on Bass, Mark
Zavon (Ratt,
W.A.S.P.) at guitar, Jason
"Dewey" Bragg (Pissing
Razors) on vocals have
announced their european tourdates . Some Soundsamples are
available here http://www.killdevilhillmusic.com/
On April 24 the Rock'n'Roll
Allstars played
at the Teatro Vorterix in Buenos Aires in Argentina. Therefore here,
here,
hier,
here,
here
and here
Live-Videoclips.
Brian May and
Roger Taylor of
Queenwill
once again participate at the US Show 'American Idol' Here
you
find the past Performances at this Event.
Dave Stewarts
(Eurythmics)
and Glen
Ballards have
debuted their new Musical yesterday on Broadway in
New York - Therfore a Trailer-Videoclip
is available.
On may 9 Iggy
Pop releases
his new Album 'Après' . This disc includes engl./french Songs
orignally by
Serge
Gainsbourg (La
Javanaise), Edith
Piaf (La vie
en Rose), the
Beatles (Michelle)
and Frank
Sinatra
(Only the Lonely).
Original Member Juan
Croucier is
back in again in his old Band Ratt
and play with
them on may 11./12. at the M3 Festival
in the USA.
The Stone
Roses will be
supported by Holly
Cook daughter
of Sex Pistols
Drummer Paul
Cook on their upcoming
tour. By the way Hollysmother was in Culture Club,and her godfather is
Boy George.
More to read here....
Hideous
Divinity are
currently streaming the Song ‘A
New Hope of Worms’ from their new Album named
'Obeisance Rising' - out today.
Here
a list of all newNominees for the next American
Country Awards .
Edguy have
now been confirmed for this year's Bang
Your Head Festival -
All Infosat: Bang-your-head.de.
More fall dates for the 'Into
the Darkness' tour feat. 'Pain',
'Moonspell', 'Swallow The Sun' and
'Trail Of
Tears'
have been announced - here.
On June 12 Soullegend Bobby
Womack releases
his first Album in 18 years entitled
'The Bravest Man in the World'. Therefore a Making
of... Video is available
Musician Renato
Bella has put
out another Single 'Another Night Alone' featuring Ex-Survivor
Singer
Dave
Bickler and
Night Ranger's
Brad Gillis on
lead guitar http://www.renatoabella.com/blog
Portland Doom Metalband Witch
Mountain are
out with their new Album 'Cauldron Of The Wild' . The Song
'Beekeeper' can be checked out here
.
Below find a new Trailer for the new traveling Interview Show by
Ryan Roxie (Alice
Cooper)
Switchblade
Rosi from
Oklahoma have a new Videoclip
for the Titeltrackof their current EP named
'Nocturnal Guest
On May 29 via Eagles Records - Live At The Roseland Ballroom, NYC , a
2CD Set by
Bachman
& Turner
will be out. The Tracklist reads as follows
Disc One: 'Let It Ride' 'Rock Is My Life' 'Not
Fragile' 'Hey You' 'Hold Back The Water' 'Waiting Game'
'Moonlight Rider' 'Lookin’ Out For #1'Stayed Awake All Night'
'American Woman'
Disc Two: 'Four Wheel Drive' 'Slave To The Rhythm' Blue Collar'
'That’s What It Is' 'Sledgehammer'
'Rollin’ Along' 'You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet' 'Shakin’
All Over' 'Roll On Down The Highway'
'Takin’ Care Of Business' http://www.bachmanandturner.com/
Because DreamTheater
did not get their visas for may 04.
to play at the Century Theatre in Bejing, they had
to cancel this show. http://www.dreamtheater.net/
As known on may 21 Firewind
are out with
their new release 'Few Against Many'. The Single named
'Wall Of Sound' is now available via iTunes
Helloween have
started pre production to their new Album once again with producer Charlie
Bauernfeind.
Release date is scheduled for early next year. http://www.helloween.org/
On june 19 Kataklysm
will issue a
new Multi-Disc DVD named 'The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined'
Therfore find a Video
for the Track 'Iron Will'
Ami Rockers Rival
Sons have a
new Videoclip
for the Song "Pressure and Time"
Today the new Album 'Carved Into Stone' of Prong
is released.
Therefore a Video for the track
''Revenge... Best Served Cold' is out. http://www.prongmusic.com/
The Parlotones
hava a new
Video
for the Song 'Save Your Best Bits' from the new Album
"Journey Through The Shadows" - and here
find a live in the Studio
Journey -
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey Documentary -is debuting a the
TriBeCa Film Festival - here.
The movie shows the band on their past Revelation Tour with singer Arnell
Pineda. http://www.journeymusic.com/
Fair Warnings 'Best
And More' Compilation, which came out march 23 in Europe is due today in
the USA.
The complete album can be streamed here
.
23.04. 2012
Happy Birthday Today Sergei
Prokofiev (Russian
composer)121+ - Charles
Edward Davenport (US
boogie-woogie pianist)118+
Roy Orbison,76+
- Jacqueline
Boyer (French
singer)71 -
John Allen (
Nashville Teens)67
John Miles,63
- David
Cross (King
Crimson/others)63 - Narada
Michael Walden,
60
Captain
Sensible (The
Damned)57 - Steve
Clark (Def
Leppard)52+ - Simon
Matthews
(Jesus Jones)48
Paul Clifford (Wonder
Stuff)44 -
Stan Frazier (Sugar
Ray)44 - Barry
Fratelli/Barry Wallace
(The Fratellis)33
Lauri Ylönen
(The Rasmus)33
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Shirley
Temple (84
- Lee
Majors (US
actor - 'The Fall Guy',
73
Paavo Lipponen
(Ministerpresident
of
Finland, 71
Jacqueline
Boyer (71
- James
King (US-actress
"Pearl
Harbour", 33
Passed Away This Very Day ...21 years ago:
Johnny Thunders/John Anthony Genzale Jr
(38) The New York Dolls
...2 years ago: Engin
Yörükoglu (65)
Mogollar
... 2 years ago: Bo
Hansson (67)
Rock Olga
...1 year ago: Peter
Lieberson (64)
American composer (lymphoma)
...1 year ago: Matthew
"Dutch" Tilders (69)
Netherlands-born Australian blues singer-songwriter
Further Trivia - here
today 24 years ago: Whitney
Houston becomes
first artist to hit No. 1 on US Hot 100 with seven consecutive singles
More Trivia - here
Ron Young of Little
Caesar has
posted another Update for Day 9 at the Studio on the band's Facebook
Site Here
you find all upcoming european tourdates.
Sinead O'Connor has
cancelled all her european tourdates due to illness - here.
Motörhead is bigger than Elvis Presley " that's what
Scandinavia's biggest newspaper Aftonbladet reports.
Motörheads
new Shiraz wine sold more than 250,000 bottles in Scandinavia only.
More infos - Motorheadwine.com.
Rod Morgenstein
of Winger is
selling his Sabian Signature Ridecymbal, China Cymbal,
Crash Cymbal, Splash Cymbal, Vic Firth Isolation Headphones and some
signatured Drumsticks - all for
charity reasons. If interested mail to: troz57@msn.com
On April 21 Mastodon and
Opeth did a
signing session at Disc-Go-Round in Corpus Christi, Texas
because of the Record Store Days. Therefore a 14min.Videoclip
is available and lots of pictures here.
The Jacksons
wanna take their brother Michael
as a Hologramm
on their upcoming tour - here
Melodicrocker Gentry have
a new Song 'You Lied' written by Gary
Gentry/Cindy Burch &
Randy Gentry - release with other Songs such as What Might
Have Been /
Bring Back The Love/Without You (I'm Not Me) on www.myspace.com/582406977
and www.reverbnation.com/gentry2012.
Unisonic are
nominated for 3 Awards at the Metal Hammer Germany Awards :
Best German Band - Best Debut Album -
- God Of Riffs
The Awards are taking part on Sept 14.in Berlin - For voting go here
Crimson Glory haveput
a so called Raw
Sample of their new Song 'Stardust' online for listening.
Past satureday Neil
Diamond, 72, has tied the knot with his 42 years old girlfriend
Katie McNeil It is his
3rd wedding - here.
Here
you find the updated European Touring Schedule of Children
Of Bodom.
On april 20 the new Gotthard
Single 'Starlight' was releasesd. Hier
you find a short Teaser. The Album 'Firebirth'
comes June 1
Asia feat. Geoff
Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer & John Wetton have just
announced another England tour.
Further dates are to follow. http://www.originalasia.com/
22.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Glen
Campbell (US
singer)76 - Peter
Frampton,62
- Paul
Carrack (Ace/Squeeze/Mike
& the Mechanics/solo)61
Kenny Lyons (Lemonheads)56
- Craig
Logan (Bros)43
-
Fletcher Dragge (Pennywise)46
Shavo Odadjian
(System of a
Down)38 -
Daniel Johns (
Silverchair)33 - Ginger
Sling (Smashing
Pumpkins)32
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Wladimir
Iljitsch Lenin (142, +) - Robert
Oppenheimer (co inventor of the r 1. nuclear bomb, 108, +)
Aaron Spelling (Hollywood-Producer, 89, +) - Jack
Nicholson (US Actress 75) - Steve
Fossett (68, +)
Passed Away This Very Day ...29 years ago: : Earl
"Fatha" Hines (79)
US jazz pianist
...13 years ago: Apostolos
Nikolaidis (60)
Greek singer
...4 years ago: Paul
Davis (60) US
singer and songwriter (heart attack)
...2 years ago: Fred
Panopio (71)
Filipino folk singer (cardiac arrest)
...1 year ago: Hazel
Dickens (75)
US bluegrass singer
Further Trivia - here
Today 51 years ago: First annual Country
Music Festival held
in US, at the 13,000-seater Coliseum in Jacksonville,
with Faron Young and Earl Scrubbs
More Trivia - here
According to USAToday.com
Ted Nugent will
plead guilty for shooting a black bear back in 2009 in Alaska.
Guitarist Marty
Friedmans (Ex-Megadeth)
llast 2 Soloalbums 'BAD D.N.A.' and 'Tokyo Jukebox 2' which were
availabel in Japan only so far, will now come out in Europe as a
Deluxe 2 Disc Set
On June 5 in the USA a new Boxset 'Strange Euphoria' by rockband Heart
will be out.
The tracklist and more
can be checked out here
On June 22 Swedish Rockers Oxygen
are out with their new Album 'Final Warning'. The Tracklist reads:
1-Janitor Of Love 2- Anything For You 3- When Tomorrow Never Comes 4- I
Remember
5- Gold From The Future 6- We Must Fight 7- I Wanna Know For Sure 8-
Bring Back The Joy
9- Best Days Of Our Lives 10- You.
Iced Earths
Jon Schaffer
has announced, that the band will start work to yet another new album in
the fall.
Currently the band has a busy touring schedule which can be found
here.
Jeff Scott
Soto has
announces some Warm up dates in Germany and Austria:
25.07. 'Knust' presented by 'Headbangers Ballroom' in Hamburg, GER
26.07. – 'Mad Dog' in Wuppertal, GER
27.07. – 'Harly's' in Innsbruck, Austria
On July 28 Soto
appears at the
Rock of Ages in Seebronn GER .www.jeffscottsoto.com.
Norwegian band The
Way Of Purity
have parted ways with singer Tiril Skardal because of musical
differences.
The new Frontgirl is Marja
Panic. More
about this Band here...
All Infos around the Melodic Rock Event Nr. 1 - theengl.Firefest
2012 are
available at: www.firefestofficial.com
On May 25 In
Extremos
"Sterneneisen live - Laut sind wir und nicht die Leisen" will
arrive on CD & DVD.
More to read here.
The Dio Disciples are confirmed for Germany's Wacken 2012 www.wacken.com
- The Band consists of :
Simon Wright -
Drums (AC/DC,uva.) -
Craig Goldy
– Gitarre (Dio uva.)
Scott Warren –
Keyboards (Dio, Heaven and Hell) - James
LoMenzo - Bass
(Megadeth uva.).
Tim
“Ripper” Owens
– Vocals (Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen uva.) -
Toby Jepson -
Vocals (Little Angels).
Die Gothic-Metaller Pythia
sind da mit dem Video
zum Song 'The Circle', der vom neuen Album
'The Serpent's Curse' stammt, das im Februar erschienen war.
The new Video-Trailer of Frontiers
Records for
april has arrived
21.04.
2012
Happy Birthday Today Eddie
King/Edward Lewis Davis Milton (US blues
guitarist)74+ - Iggy
Pop,65 -
Paul Davis (US singer,64+
Michael
Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)53 - Jerry
Only/Gerald Caiafa (The Misfits)53 - Branden
Steineckert (The Used)34
Jukka Nevalainen
(Nightwish)34 Further
Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Anthony Quinn (97, +) -
Elisabeth II, Queen of England (86 -
Andie MacDowell (54
Passed Away This Very Day ...13 years ago: Charles
"Buddy" Rogers (94) American
actor and jazz musician
...9 years ago: Nina
Simone/Eunice Kathleen Waymon (70) American
singer
..5 years ago:
Lobby Loyde/Barry Lyde/John Baslington Lyde
(65) Australian rock music guitarist
...4 years ago:
Al Wilson (68) American soul singer (kidney
failure)
...2 years ago: Ludvigsen/Gustav
Lorentzen (62) Norwegian singer (cardiac
arrest) Further Trivia - here
Today 49 years ago: The
Beatles and
the Rolling
Stones met for the first time at the
Crawdaddy Club in Richmond,
England.
The Rolling Stones opened show.
More Trivia - here
New
CD/DVD releases in week 20.04.-27.04.2012:
CRAZY LIXX,
ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN, TRIXTER, RUNNING WILD, TYKETTO, DEPARTURE,
HUMBUCKER, STEEL HORSE, SHOTGUN EXPRESS, OLI BROWN, ANATHEMA, SAXON,
HANNIBAL,
PENDRAGON, WALTER TROUT -- EUROPE, AT VANCE, STICKY BOYS, JETHRO
TULL, FATAL SMILE,
BANGALORE CHOIR, PAUL SABU
... more in CD
/ Latest & more
releases
Delain
have a new Videoclip
for their new Single 'Get The Devil Out Of Me', which again is from
their new
Album 'We Are The Others'
- out june 1
Manowar have posted another Preview
for the upcoming new Album with the track 'Expandable'
Some Die Hard Fans had the chance to visit a Studio Listening
Party. Read here
what had happened.
NY Heavy Rockers Widow
have a
Video for the Song 'Take Hold Of The Night'. The Track comes from
the
current Album 'Life's Blood'
ON April 27 Moonspell
are out with their new Album 'Alpha Noir/Omega White' Hier
a short preview to
'Alpha Noir' can be found.
Guitarist Bert Weedon
has passed away aged 92 . Weedon was
the 1. Brit. Solo guitarist in the UK Single charts
with "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" 1959 and the 1st engl. solo
guitarist topping the Official Top 40 Album
with his '22 Golden Guitar Greats' - More to read here.
On may 30 a new Autobiography "Looking Back At Me" by former Dr.Feelgood guitarist
Wilko Johnson will
be
published in the UK
Countrystar Willie
Nelson has recorded the Song 'Roll Me Up' together with
Snoop Dog More
about this here.
Rhapsody introduces
their new Drummer Alex Landenburg - here.
NIghtwish and Kamelot
are confirmed for theProgPower USA XIII, on Sept 12. - 15.
on the Center Stage Atlanta in
Atlanta, Georgia - here.
All Event Infos - here.
Katana release
a new Album 'Storms Of War' on May 14. The Track ‘Kubilai Khan'
can be listened to here
Find the offical
Trailer for austrian Nova Rock Festival in Nickelsdorf, Burgenland/Austria
Sonata Arctica have a new Videoclip
for the Song "Stones Grow Her Name". The new Album '"Stones
Grow Her Name"'
comes may 18
Tiamat are
currently recording their new Album "The Scarred People" in
the german Woodhouse Studios in
Hagen - Studio Updates are available here.
20.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Lionel
Hampton (US jazzmusician (104)+ -
Tito Puente
(US latin musician)89+ - Del
Dettmar ( Hawkwind)65
Craig Frost (Silver
Bullet Band/Grand Funk Railroad)64 -
Luther Vandross (US singer)61+ -
Michael
Stephen Portnoy (US drummer)45 -
Mikey Welsh
(Weezer)41 - Carmen
Electra/ (Pussycat Dolls)40
Jasmin Wagner
(German singer)32 Further Birthdays - here
further Celebrity Birthdays Today George Takei ("Sulu" from
Startrek 75 - Ryan O′Neal
(US Actor 71 - Jessica Lange (US
Actress63)
Carmen Electra (40
Passed Away This Very Day ...102 years ago: Tony
Jackson (44) American jazzmusician (syphilis)
...21 years ago: Steve
Marriott (44) Small Faces and Humble Pie. (fire)
...20 years ago: Benny
Hill/Alfred Hawthorne Hill (68) English
actor, comedian/ singer (thrombosis)
...20 years ago: Johnny
Shines (76) American Delta Blues slide
guitarist (heart problems)
...5 years ago:
Andrew Hill (75) US jazz pianist (cancer)
...1 year ago: Gerard
Smith (34) 'TV on the Radio'
Further Trivia - here
Today 44 years ago: Deep
Purple play
their first live show in Denmark at Tastrup More
Trivia - here
I Am I the new Band of Ex-Dragonforce
Singer TZ Thearst comes may 26. with their new album 'Event
Horizon'
Thin Lizzy have extended their Touring Schedule - here.
Devil's Train
featuring ex-Stratovarios
Drummer Jörg Michael
have a new Videoclip
for the Song 'Sweet Devil's Kiss'
- Audiosamples from the Album are available here.
Iceland singer Björk
had to cancel some Shows in Argentina because of vocal cord
problems - here
It seems, as Boy
George is working on a new Album - There is a Cover of Lana Del
Ray's 'Video Game'
available. .- here
According to canad. Press Levon
Helm, Singer and Drummer of the The
Band has passed due to throat cancer.
The Band was a
legendary Seventies Band, who played their very last show in 1976 - 2
years later, movie maker
Martin Scorsese
reworked their carriere and this show in the film 'The Last Waltz'.
- Here
you find a cut from this.
Greg Ham,58,
member of the australian Band Men
At Work was found dead at home. No reasons known yet here.
Tom Petty & The
Heartbreakers
started their
world tour yesterday at 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, CO
The setlist can be found here
.
Korpiklaani
have announced a southamerican Tour - here.
Squeeze
appeared at the Coachella Festival in the USA past weekend Apart
from that the band played live in the TV Show Wednesday's Ellen - therefore here
a Videoclip is available.
Former Blind Guardian
Drummer Thomen Stauch
is back again with Savage
Circus - Check out their new
You Tube
Channel. Further Infos on thei Band
Facebook Site.
Rushhave
an official
Lyricvideo for 'Headlong Flight'.
Gotthards neue
'Starlight' Single ist ab heute auf iTunes erhältlich. Hier
gibts einen kurzen Cut daraus.
Canadian rockers No
Place For A Hero are offering their complete Debütalbum for a Free
Download .
And there is a new Videoclip
for the Song 'Surrender'
Here
Ted Nugent
comments to his recent political statements which got even the Secret
Service on the plan.
On June 26 the Blues
Traveller release their new Album "Suzie Cracks The Whip".
The tracklist reads :
01. You Don't Have To Love Me 02. Recognize My Friend 03.
Devil In The Details
04. All Things Are Possible 05. Things Are Looking Up 06.
Love Is Everything (That I Describe)
07. Don't Wanna Go (feat. Crystal Bowersox) 08. Nobody Fall In
Love With Me 09. Cover Me
10. Saving Grace 11. Big City Girls 12. Cara Let The Moon
On may 5 Red Hot
Chilli Peppers are out with their 'We Salute You' EP, which
includes covers of artists, who have
prev. been intoducted into the RR Hall Of Fame. This is:
The Ramones, Iggy
& The Stooges, Neil Young, David Bowie, The Beach Boys and Dion
& The Belmonts.
Within this Clip
Death Angel are
answering fanquestion from on the Road, in this case from
Winnipeg Canada
On Jan 27 Ronnie
Montrose appeared live at the Uptown Theater in Napa, California
. Now, after this musician has
passed, this concert will shortly be available on DVD. And it is the
first ever live recording DVD in Montrose' 40 years
carriere.
On June 1 Jorn Landewill
release his new and 11. Soloalbum "Bring Heavy Rock To The
Land"
Happy
Birthday Today Alexis
Korner, 84+
- Dudley
Moore (UK
actor,pianist,comedian,composer)77 - Alan
Price (Animals)70
Eve Graham (The
New Seekers)69 - Bernie
Worrell (US
Parliament/Funkadelic)68
Mark Volman (
Turtles/Mothers of Invention)65 - Rod
Morgenstein (Winger/Dixie
Dregs)59
Tony Martin,55
- Julia
Neigel (German
singer)46 - Luis
Miguel (Mexican
pop singer)42
Ruud Jolie (Within
Temptation)36 - Daniel
Schuhmacher (German
singer)25
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Tim Curry (66
- Paloma
Picasso (63 - Ashley
Judd (44 - Rivaldo
(brasilian soccer player, 40 - Kate
Hudson (33
Passed Away This Very Day ..15 years ago: El
Duce/Eldon Hoke (39)
The Mentors (train accident)
...9 years ago: Conrad
Leonard (104!)
English pianist, composer
...7 years ago: Bryan
Ottoson (27)Head
Charge (pneumonia)
...2 years ago: Keith
"Guru" Elam (48)
American rapper
Further Trivia - here
Today 32 years ago: Brian
Johnson 32
year old singer with Geordie joined AC/DC, replacing Bon
Scott, who
died after a drinking binge.
More Trivia - here
'Headlong Flight', the first Single from the new & 20. Rush
Album 'Clockwork
Angels', Lenth: 7:20 Min.
can be streamed at Rolling
Stone . Here
you find first US Tourdates
Legendary TV producer and Radio DJ (Rock Roll & Remember Syndication
Show) Dick
Clark
has passed away
aged 82 due to a massive heart attack - here
Rival Sons
have announced another european tour - here.
Iced Earth
will support
Volbeat on
their upcoming US Tour . All dates - here
The new Millencolin
Album/DVD named "The melancholy Connection"comes may 25. It
includes mainly B-Sides
and 2 new track. Find a Trailer
therefore.
Norwegian metalheads Lakai
are coming with their newAlbum 'Konspirasjoner' on April 20. Listen to
the entire
CD - here.
Norwegian Glamrocker Valerie
have a new
Single named "When Two Hearts Collide" which can be listened
to here.
This comes from the new upcoming, selftitled album. More bandinfos -
here.
On June 5 Florida's Marion
Crane are out
with their new album 'The New Religion' . The Titeltrack can
already be
heard here
.
Accepts new
Album 'Stalingrad'has entered following european charts : Germany : #6
Switzerland: #17 - Austria: #32 -
France: #50 - Czech Rep-.: #25
Soulflys
new european Tourdates are here
Chicagos Bible
Of The Devil will
release their new Album "For The Love Of Thugs And Fools" on
may 8
The Track 'Anytime' canbe checked out here
. More Bandinfos at: http://www.bibleofthedevil.com/
P.O.D.s new
Single "Lost In Forever" can be listened to here
. The new Album "Murdered Love" comes June 19
Running Wild
have a "Shadowmaker" Video
Trailer. Release is April 20
The Leverelles
are out with the new Video
for their Song 'Truth Is'
18.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Gian
Francesco Malipiero (Italian composer)130+
- Glen
D.Hardin (Crickets)73 - Lennie
Baker (Sha Na Na)66
Andy Kyriacou (Modern
Romance)54 - Kelly
Hansen (Foreigner/Hurricane)51 - Bez/
Mark Berry (Happy Mondays)48
Greg Eklund
(Everclear)42 -
Mark "Tru" Tremonti (Alter
Bridge/Creed)38 - Further Birthdays -
here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today James
Woods (US-actorr,
65 - Eric
Roberts (US-actor
and brother of Julia Roberts, 56
Conan
O’Brien (US-Lateshow-Host,
49 - Haile
Gebrselassie (ethiopean
marathon athlets, 39
Passed Away This Very Day ...39 years ago: Willie
"The Lion" Smith (79) American
jazz pianist
...6 years ago: John
Burch/John Alexander Burchell) British
pianist, composer
...3 years ago: Bruno
Adams (46) Australian singer-songwriter
...2 years ago: Devon
Clifford (30) Canadian drummer
Further Trivia - here
Today 39 years ago: The Neil
Young movie
"Journey Through the Past" debuted at the Dallas Film
Festival.
More Trivia - here
Kill
Devil Hill featuring
drummer Vinny Appice have a Preview
for their new Song 'Revenge'
Soundgarden
are out with
the Song "Live To Rise," the first new Track in 15 years,
which can be currently downloaded
for free on iTunes. More about this - here.
Van Halen have
announced 18 more tourdates. All Live Dates here
at one glimpse.
Slash is
dj ing a new 6 parts series on BBC 2 in England, where he presents
his songs, who have influenced him
most. The first part can alread be heard as a Replay here
Metalband Black
Breath have a
new Videoclip
for theSong ‘Home Of The Grave’
Status Quo will
film a new move on the Fiji islands, where they play themselves next to engl.
TV Star Craig Fairbrass
and comedy actor Jon
Lovitz. More to read here
Jon Oliva's
Pain have
updated their Tourdates with 2 more tourdates, which are:
23.06. - Brückenforum - GER Bonn - 25.06. - Vosselaar,
Belgium - Biebob
'I AmI' the
new Band of Ex-Dragonforce
Singer ZP
Theart
are streaming their first song 'This Is My Life'
at http://iamiofficial.com/intro.php
. On may 27. the band will play their first show at O2
Academy in
Birmingham, England
Audiosamples of all Songs of the new Europe
Album 'Bag Of
Bones can be listened to here
- Release date is set
for april 27.
Danko Jones has
put the 1.
Webisode of his new studioworks to a new album online.
Velvet
Revolver guitarist
Dave Kushner
has a new band project named Pusher
Jones. Their
first Single comes
May 1 and is entitled 'Count Me Out'. Listen to the track at
rollingstone.com.
Axl Rose has
commented on his Twitter
page about the intoduction of Guns'n'Roses
in the RR Hall
Of Fame
According to Thisisgloucestershire.co.uk,
on may 8 Robert
Plant will
play with his new band project Space Shifters
his first Show in Gloucester Guldhall England
Many instruments and Amps once ownd by Rory
Gallagher have
been put on auction - here.
On april 17 Amorphis
played live at
the YleX Studio B Live in Helsinki, Finland. This show can viewed
entirely here
According to Examiner.com,
and according to rumours Gene
Simmons of Kiss
is supposed to play the role of
Elvis Presley in a new movie.
Fromer singer ofr US Glamrockers Child's
Play - Brian Jack has
passed. No reasons known yet. More to read here
Some Countrystars have gathered for a Song named "The Choice"
All proceeds go to poor US Kids Hier
you can listen to the track.
In this Video
Lemmy
Kilmister of Motörhead
comments at
the Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles.
On May 28 reunited US Metalheads Malice
will release
their new Album 'New Breed Of Godz'. Here
you find a
Song Snippet from the newly recorded 'Hell Rider'
Drummer Mike
Portnoy, Bassist
Billy
Sheehanand guitarist
Tony McAlpine will
embark on an european tour together
All dates can be found here
. And here
you find a Liveclip as a teaser.
Iron Savior traten
am 14.04. im Plan B in Moskau, Russland auf. Davon gibts einen Liveclip.
English ProgRocker Touchstone
give away the
Track ‘Joker
In The Pack’ for free download.
For reminder - all infos and bands involved in this year's - German Bang
Your Head Festival are available at: Bang-your-head.de
If you register for the Mailing
List you get 2 new songs of Ted
Nugent for
free.
17.04.
2012
Happy
Birthday Today Artur
Schnabel (Austrian classical pianist,
composer)130+ -
Marta Eggerth (Hungarian actress and
singer)100+
James Last (German
orchestra leader)83 - Chris
Barber (UK jazz band leader)82 -
Billy Fury,71+
Roy Estrada (Frank
Zappa/Captain Beefheart)69 -
Anthony ''Tony'' Crane (The Mavericks)67
Jan Hammer
(Czech. composer, keyboard player)64 - Michael
Sembello (US guitarist, composer)58
Pete Shelley/Peter
Campbell McNeish
(Buzzcocks)57 - Maynard
James Keenan
(A Perfect Circle/Tool)48
Mikael Åkerfeldt
(Opeth)38
- Posh
Spice/Victoria Beckham nee Adams (Spice
Girls)38 Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Nikita
Chruschtschow (118, +) - Thornton
Wilder (US Novelist 115, +) - William
Holden (US-actor, 94, +) -
Jennifer Garner (US-actress,
40
Passed Away This Very Day ..52 years ago: Eddie
Cochran (21)
American singer, songwriter (car accident)
...41 years ago: Carmen
Lombardo (67)
Canadian singer and composer (cancer)
...38 years ago: Vinnie
Taylor/Chris Donald (24)
Sha Na Na (drugs)
...14 years ago: Linda
McCartney née Eastman
(56) (breast cancer)
...9 years ago: Earl
King/Earl Silas Johnson IV (69)
New Orleans Blues guitar virtuoso (diabetes)
...4 years ago:
Danny Federici (58)
E-Street Band (melanoma)
...1 year ago: Nikos
Papazoglou
(63) Greek singer-songwriter
Further Trivia - here
Today41 years ago: All four Beatles
have solo singles in UKcharts: Paul
McCartney:
Another Day,
Ringo
Starr: It
Don't come Baby, John
Lennon, Power
To The People and George
Harrison: My
Sweet Lord.
More Trivia - here
Overkills new
Album 'The Electric Age' hits europ.Charts. This is: Germany:
#34 - Switzerland: #62
Austria #73 All upcoming tourdates - here.
Dave Stewarts new Album named 'The Ringmaster General' comes in
the fall. For the song
'God Only Knows You Now' a Duett together with Jesse Baylin a Videoclip
is available.
Find a Trailer
vor the upcoming new Jaded
Heart Album 'Common Destiny', - out on may 25.
GreenDay are
coming with a new Album Triologie named "¡Uno!, ¡Dos! ¡Tré!"
Starting off on sept. 21.
with Part 1. The other 2 albums follow in a 2 months distance.
Hier
you find a brandnew Video-Interview
with Paul
Stanley talking
about the new Kiss
Album 'Monster'
On
April 27 69
Chambers are
out with their new
Studioalbum "Torque". Therefore
hier
and
hier
new
Studio-Videos
is available.
10 years after the death of Country
Icon
Waylon
Jennings
there will be a new album entitled :
'Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings'. More on this story
here.
Evergreen
Terrace have
announced a new european tour.
All Infos -
here.
The All-American
Rejects have
a new Videoclip
for the Titel
Song of their new album
"Kids In The Street"
On May 25 Velvet
Revolver
release
'Let It Roll: Live in Germany' DVD. This one was filmed
during one of their last
concerts in Germany for the TV Rockpalast Series. Only a few days later,
Scott weiland had quit and the band went
on their hiatus.
Lionel Richie
is celebrating his fist no. 1 album in 26 years with
here....
Here
you find a brandnew
Video-Interview with
Jimmy
Vaughan. In
this he talks about the early passing of his
brother
Stevie Ray Vaughan,
whom he
actually wanted to record a duet album.
Santana have
announced their Shapeshifter
Tour - here.
Trails Of Tears
have a Studio
Report for their new and upcoming 7. Studioalbum.
Marilyn Manson a.ka.
Bryan Warner,43
has got engaged to his girlfriend actress Seraphim
Ward, 27
He was prev. married to Dita
VanTeese and engaged to both actresses Rose
McGowan and Rachel
Even Wood
On June 26
Linkin Parkrelease
their new longplayer
„Living Things“. Therefore a
Trailer
is available. And the single
“Burn It Down” can be found on iTunes
Paradise Lost are coming with their new album 'Tragic Idol'
on april 23. Therefore a Trailer
is available
In Support of his new Album 'Plains Of Oblivion' Jeff
Loomis appeared live at Sonar in Baltimore, MD April 14
Therefore a Liveclip
is available.
Fear Factory have
an official
Trailer for the upcoming new
Album 'The Industrialist'. Release date is june 1
01. Juni.
On May 25 Zodiac
are out with
their first album "A
Bit Of Devil". Therefore a Teaser
is available.
Kataklysm
have posted a 3.
Traile rfor their 'iron Will' DVD
The new Album of Sin
City Sinners will carry the title 'Divebar Days Revisited'.
It will exclusively include songs, the
Band has not performed within the last 5 years. Infos - here.
Dragonforce have
a Trailer
for their
Album 'The Power Within'. The Tracklist
reads as follows:'Holding
On'
'Fallen World' 'Cry Thunder' 'Give Me the Night'
'Wings of Liberty' 'Seasons' 'Heart
of the Storm' 'Die By the Sword'
'Last Man Stands' 'Seasons' (Acoustic Version). The
Track ‘Fallen
World’ can be downloaded hier
for free.
The whole album can be listened to -
here
Happy
Birthday Today Charlie
Chaplin (English
composer, comedy actor)123+ -
Henry Mancini (US
composer)98
Bobby Vinton,77
- Dusty
Springfield,73+
- Dave
Peverett (Foghat/Savoy
Brown)69+ - Gerry
Rafferty,65+
Lee 'The Bear'
Kerslake (Ex-Uriah
Heep)65 -
John Bentley (Squeeze)61
- Peter
Garrett (
Midnight Oil)59
Little Jimmy
Osmond (The
Osmonds)49 -
David Pirner (Murphy
& Pirfinkle/Soul Asylum)48
Esbjörn
Svensson (jazzmusiker)48+
- Dero
Goi (Oomph)41
-
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Ellen Barkin (frz.Actress
58 - Martin
Lawrence (US-actor, 47
Passed Away This Very Day ...39 years ago: Nino
Bravo/Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis (28)
Spanish singer
...20 years ago: Andy
Russell/Andrés Rabago Pérez ()
US popular vocalist
..13 years ago: Alexander
"Skip" Spence (52)
US -Canadian drummer
...2 years ago: C.
P. Rele/Chandrashekhar P. Rele (82)
Indian classical singer
Further Trivia - here
Today 38 years ago: Queen
held its first
U.S. concert at Regis College in Denver, CO.
More Trivia - here
Mark Wenner, founder member Nighthawks
had to undergo a heart bypass operation. After some weeks of
regeneration the band will be back on the road end of may, early june. http://www.thenighthawks.com/
Slash, Duff McKagan,
Steven Adler, Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke performed 'Mr. Brownstone',
'Sweet Child O' Mine'
and 'Paradise City with singer Myles
Kennedy at the RR
Hall Of Fame Intoduction. Therefore an Audio
is available.
And here
you find already some images..
Former Guns'n'Roses members
Duff McKagan, Matt
Sorum and Gilby
Clarke got together 3 days ago at the
House Of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio to celebrate McKagans
book publishing of his Memoir entitled
It's So Easy (And Other Lies)- Therefore a Videoclip
is available.
On may 28 Public
Image Limited (feat. John
(Rotton) Lydon are going to release their first album in 20 years.
More of this story - here.....
Andrew Love,
member of the legendary
Memphis
Horns has passed away, aged 70 on Alzheimer desease - hier.
Here
you find a list of new CD releases in the next weeks.
5 guitars ofTom Petty
have been stolen from the soundstage in Culver City CA,
This is a
1967 Blonde Rickenbacker 360/12 (serial # GH 3747) - 1967 Epiphone
Sheridan
1965 Gibson SG TV Jr. (serial # 318533) - Fender Broadcaster
Dusenberg Mike Campbell Model - Petty is going to pay $ 7.500,-- for the
returning of his instruments.
The whole Story can be read here.
On April 26 The 24. Jazzfest in Gronau takes part, lasting 11 days.
All Infos and participating artists are
available at : http://www.jazzfest.de/contero/
.
In August 2012 Hugh
Cornwell (Stranglers) is going to release his new Soloalbum
'Totem & Taboo'. His
upcoming Tour-Dates are available here.
In April Mulitinstrumentalist Graig
Erikson releases his new CD. All Infos at: craig-erickson.com.
On May 25 Jazzsinger Melody
Gardot releases her new Album 'The Abscence'. More about it and
the new
Videoclip for the Track 'Mira' is available here.
And of course get artist infos at http://www.melodygardot.com/
South Carolina Rockband Isabelle's
Gift have a Videoclip
for the Song "Million Dollar Joke" coming from their
2011 Album 'Possession With Intent'.
Eluveitie will
tour together with Sabaton
in the fall withing the 'Swedish Empire tour' All Dates can be found
here.
Torpedohead have
a new Videoclip
for the Song "Rotten Radio", which can alos be
downloaded for free at: www.facebook.com/torpedohead
The song comes from the upcoming new Album 'Greetings From
Heartbreak Key'
The 2nd annual Ritchie
Blackmore Protégé Shred Off competition took part. And the
winner is Matteo
Bizzarri from
Ferrara, Italiy. Here
you can check out the Videoclip with his Performance.
After Robin Gibb (Bee
Gees) had already announced his recovery in feb, is now seriously
ill again. He's been
taken to a hospital in London and lies in a coma. Despite his liver
cancer he also suffers apparently pneumonia
now. The whole family has gathered at his bedside, fearing this will be
the last time seeing him alive. the whole
Story can be checked here.
Steelshine the
new project featuring King
Kobra and Big
Cock guitarist Dave
Henzerling, Greg Leon Invasion
and Big Cock
Drummer John
Covington, and Ex- Adler's
Appetite Singer Seann
'Tarsha' Nicols have put out their
third Single named "Psychedelic Girl" . This can be listened
to - here.
15.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Bessie
Smith (US
blues singer)118+ - Dave
Edmunds,68 -
Stuart "Wooly" Wolstenholme (BJH)65+
Michael Kamen (composer)64+
- Oscar Harrison
(Ocean Colour Scene)47 - Linda Perry
(4 Non Blondes)47
Frankie Poullian
(Darkness)45 - Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)44
- Phil Labonte
(All That Remains)37
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Claudia
Cardinale (Italien actress 73 - Emma
Thompson (engl.actress 53
Emma Watson (engl.
actress, "Harry Potter", 22
Passed Away This Very Day ...44 years ago: Borys
Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky (73)
Ukrainian composer
...38 years ago: Giovanni
D'Anzi (68)
Italian songwriter
...17 years ago: Cleo
Brown (85)
American jazz singer
...14 years ago: Rose
Maddox (71)
American country singer-songwriter
...11 years ago: Joey
Ramone/Jeffry Ross Hyman (49)
Ramones
...8 years ago: Ray
Condo/Ray Tremblay (53)
Canadian rockabilly singer
...7 years ago: John
Fred/John Fred Gourrier (63)
John Fred and the Playboys
...4 years ago: Brian
"Blinky"Davison (65)
The NIce
...4 years ago: Sean
Costello (28)
American blues guitarist
...2 years ago: George
Melvin (63)
American jazz and R&B keyboardist
Further Trivia - here
Today 45 years ago: Nancy
Sinatra and Frank Sinatra started
a 4 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with
'Somethin' Stupid', The only father and daughter act ever to score
a No.1 single.-
More Trivia - here
STICK
MEN (featuring
Tony Levin
& Pat Mastelotto)
22.10.2012 CZ-Prague, Lucerna Music Bar - 23.10.2012
CZ-Ostrava, Klub Parnik
26.10.2012 DE-Erfurt, HsD - 27.10.2012 DE-Frankfurt, Jazz
Festival Frankfurt
02.11.2012 DE-Dresden, Tante JU www.papabear.com
14.04.
2012
Happy
Birthday Today Loretta
Lynn/Loretta Webb (US
country singer)80 -
Ritchie Blackmore,67
- Larry
Ferguson (Hot
Chocolate)64
Dennis Bryon (Amen
Corner/Bee Gees/Blue Weaver)63 -
Julian Lloyd Webber (English
cellist)61
Carl Hunter (The
Farm)47 - Martyn
LeNoble (Porno
For Pyros/The Cult/Jane's Addiction)43
David Miller (Il
Divo)39 - Christian
Älvestam (Scar
Symmetry)36 - Win
Butler (Arcade
Fire) 32
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Rod Steiger (US-actor,
87, +) - Erich
von Däniken (77 - Julie
Christie (71 - Adrien
Brody (US actor, 39
Sarah Michelle Gellar
(US-actress "Buffy", 35
Passed
Away This Very Day ...58 years ago: Lil
Green (34) American blues vocalist (peumonia)
...40 years ago: Niño
Ricardo/Manuel Serrapí (68) Spanish
flamenco composer (liver chirrosis)
...29 years ago: Pete
Farndon (30) The Pretenders (drugs)
...7 years ago:
Benny Bailey/Ernest Harold Bailey (79)
jazzmusician
...5 years ago: Don
Ho/Donald Ho Tai Loy (76) Legendary Hawaiin
pop singer (heart attack)
...2 years ago: Mississippi
Slim/Walter Horn Jr (66) American blues
singer
...2 years ago: Peter
Steele/Petrus T. Ratajczyk (48) Type
O'Negative/ Carnevore Further Trivia - here
Today 56 years ago: Little
Richard's Long
Tall Sally hits top of US R&B chart -
More Trivia - here
New
CD/DVD releases in week 13.04.-20.04.2012:
HALESTORM,
CAVO, HARDBONE, DRAGONFORCE,
TAPROOT, MOLLY HATCHET, DAVID A. TAYLOR -- CRAZY LIXX, TRIXTER, TYKETTO,
DEPARTURE,
HYDROGYN, ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN, RUNNING WILD, ANATHEMA, ORDEN OGAN,
PARADISE LOST,
OLI BROWN, SAXON, PAUL SABU, PENDRAGON, WALTER TROUT
... more in CD
/ Latest & more
releases
At
the hungarian MR2 Petöfi Ràdio Ektomorf
played an
acoustic set in front of only 35 invited guests.This has been
recorded for a future CD. The band will do a one off show in Cham in
Germany. Hier
you find a teaser. The new
acoustic CD will include next to own songs also a cover of Lynyrd
Skynyrds 'Simple Man' and Johnny Cashs
'Folsom Prison Blues'. -Find an official
Trailer.
In this Video
Paul McCartney
pays tribute
to Jim
Marshall with
a Hendrix
Cover
At Powerline
Kiss Drummer
Eric Singer talks
about the situation at the RR
Hall Of Fame, Axl Rose
and his points of view.
And here
you find a list of artists who would deserve so much more to be
intoducted into the RR Hall
than the one's who will be honoured this time.
On May 22 Neal
Morse (Ex-Spock's
Beard) will put out his new Cover-Album. Find a Studiovideo
where Morse
covers the Styx
classic 'Sail
Away' - More Infos - here
Rob Zombie has
directed a TV adverts spot for ants destroyment - here.
The Sweet (feat
Andy Scott)
will release a brandnew Album named 'New York Connection' .
The tracklist reads as follows: ‘New
York Groove’ (written by Russ
Ballard)
‘Gold On The Ceilings’ (The
Black Keys)
- ‘It's All Moving Faster’ (Electric
Frankenstein)
‘New York Connection’ (originally the B-side of Sweet’s
‘Wig Wam Bam’)
‘Shapes Of Things’ (The
Yardbirds)
- ‘You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record)’ (Dead Or
Alive)
‘Because The Night’ (by the Patti
Smith Group)
Lead vocal: Tony O’Hora
‘Sweet Jane’ (The
Velvet Underground)
Lead vocal: Andy Scott
‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ (The
Ramones) Lead
vocal: Bruce Bisland
‘Broadway’ (written by a team including
Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller)
- ‘Join Together’ (The
Who)
Primal Fear are
confirmed for the Graspop
Metal Meeting in
Dessel in Belgium on June 22. - 24. All event infos
are available here.
For her 70th Birthday Barbara
Streisand will
release a new Album: "A Woman In Love - The Greatest
Hits" .
Further Infos - here.
Sabaton
have put out a Video
with the finalRehearsel for their Northamerica tour.
Legendary producer Bob
Ezrin will
handle the new, yet untitled Deep
Purple Album
Country Chart Queen Taylor
Swift is
currently working hard on the follow up to her successalbum "Speak
Now".
Finnish rockers All
Against are
currently streaming their new EP 'Blindness'
Kanadian Stoner Metalband Wizard
Of Kaos are
coming with their selftitled album on may 22. The Track
‘The Great Shadow', can be downloaded for free - here
Swedish Viking/death Masters Unleashed
have a Lyricvideo
for the Track 'Odalheim', the titletrack of the upcoming
new Album.
Bluesrocker Joe
Bonamassa doesn't
take a rest, and is going to release his acoustic concert from July 3
2011 at the
Opera in Vienna shortly on DVD/Blue Ray
Austria's Zombie
Inc. have a
new Videoclip
for the Song 'Challenge Of The Undead', coming from the recently
released Debütalbum 'A Dreadful Decease'
German Krautrockband Mother
Jane (feat. Klaus
Hess) sare
currently seeking replacement for Kai
Schiering and
' Jens
Betjemann who
had left the band earlier. http://www.mother-jane.de
Croation Rockers
Ashes You Leave
have a new Video
for the Track ‘Summers Ends’
Gypsy
Pistoleros founder
Lee Pistolero
has left the band, to concentrate more on his solocarriere.
He's already promoting his new Soloalbum Duende! Last Of The
Pistoleros - online
Here
Steven Adler
comments to the feud between Slash
and Axl
Rose and the
rather odd situation about the
Guns'n'Roses intoduction into the RR Hall Of Fame.
Moonspell hava
a new Videofor
the Track 'Lickanthrope' from their new 'Alpha Noir/Omega White' Album.
On April 21 a Double-Live-Album of the'Blizzard Of Ozz-Tour' (nur auf
Vinyl) byOzzy
Osbourne from
the year
1981 feat. Rhandy
Rhoads, will
be released in a limited version.
On June 16 Kreator
will play their first ever show in India at the Bangalore
Open Air in Bangalore
American Bluesrocker Delta
Moon are out
with their new Album 'Black Cat Oil' Therefore the band will undergo
yet another european tour.
Van Halen
have a new Videoclip
for the Song 'She's The Woman'
The new Into
The Darkness Tour 2012 features:
Pain,
Moonspell, Swallow the Sun
and Lake
Of Tears.
Further Event Infos at: http://www.intodarkness.eu/
Find all winners of the Golden
Gods Awards at
one glimpse:
Golden God: Gene
Simmons - Guitarist:
Jinx and Jake
Pitts (Black
Veil Brides)
'Riff Lord':
Slash - Bassist:
Nikki Sixx (Sixx:A.M.,
Mötley Crüe)
Drummer:
Jeremy Spencer
(Five Finger Death Punch) - Vocalist:
Amy Lee (Evanescence)
Album of the Year: "The Path of Totality" (Korn)
- Live Band: Avenged
Sevenfold
International Band: X
Japan - Dedicated
Fans: Avenged
Sevenfold
Comeback of the Year: Slipknot
- Lifetime
Achievement Award: Rush
13.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Howard
Keel/Harry Clifford Leek (US singer,
actor)93+ -
Tim Field (Springfields)76 -
Eve Graham New Seekers)69
Brian
Pendleton (Pretty Things)68+ -
Jack Casady (Jefferson Starship/SVT/Jefferson
Airplane)68
Lowell George
(Little Feat)67+ -
Al Green (US soul singer)66 - ''Mike''
Chapman (Australian born UK musician)65
Max Weinberg
(E Street Band)61 - Jimmy
Destri (Blondie)58 - Niels
Olsen (Danish singer)58 -
Louis Johnson (Brothers
Johnson)57 - Kim
McAuliffe (Girlschool)53 -
Aaron Lewis (Staind)40
Lou Bega/David
Loubega (German singer)37 - Toni
Lundon (Liberty X)33
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today
--------
Passed Away This Very Day ...7 years ago: Johnny
Loughrey (59)
Irish singer
...7 years ago: Johnnie
Johnson (80)
American piano player and blues musician
...2 years ago: Steve
Reid (66)
American jazz drummer
...2 years ago: Manos
Xydous (57)
Greek singer-songwriter, musician (cardiac arrest)
Further Trivia - here
Today 39 years ago: The
Who's frontman,
rocker Roger
Daltrey releases
his first solo LP. The album entitled "Daltrey"
-
More Trivia - here
Hier
you find Pantera
and their just released Piss-Videoclip.
And Corrosion Of Conformity
are out with the Video
for theTrack 'Psychic Vampire'. The song comes from the
selftitled Album which was released in Feb.
2 days ago live at the Revolver Golden God Awards - Marilyn
Manson feat. Johnny
Depp
Drummer Scot Coogan has
left the Ace Frehley Touring
Band to concentrate more on his other Band
Lynch Mob who
will be going to the Studio, to record the follow up to 2009s 'Smoke
& Mirrors' Here
you find more infos and tourdates.
Wednesday 13 has
announced further tourdates and infos
Faith No More are
playing following summer dates
28.06. - Volt Festival - Sopron, Hungary -
29.06. - Belgrade Calling - Belgrade, Serbia
30.06. - Creation of Peace - Kazan, Russia - 02.07.
- Stadium Live - Moscow, Russia
04.07. - Malta Festival - Poznan, Poland -
07.07. - Sonisphere - Amnéville, France
On June 10 Edguy
will appear live at the legendary Download Festival in
Donnington Park,England Downloadfestival.co.uk
Running Wilds
Rockin'Rolf has posted a new Video Message - in german
and in english.
10CC
foundermember/Drummer Kevin
Godley has made peace with collegue Graham
Gouldman
at least for the Show on may 10 at the London Royal Albert Hall.
Countrystar Neal
McCoy has released his second Single 'Shotgun Rider' from his new
Longplayer
'XII' . A Review and listening to the track can be found here.
Vince Neil is
holding his grand Black Carpet opening Event of his new
GirlsGirlsGirls-Stripclub in Las Vegas NV.
today.
Arjen Lukassen
has put the Titeltrack
of his new conceptalbum "Lost In The New Real" online.
On April 24 Pigeon
Toe release their Debütalbum 'The First Perception'.The Song 'The
Chase' can be heard hier
.
the Who Manager Bill
Curbishley was actually asked by the Olymp.comitee, whether
Keith Moon would be available
for playing at the final of the Olympic Games. - The whole story can be
checked out here.
HellYeah have
postboned the release of their new Album 'Band Of Brothers' from june
05. to July 17 - The single
Single 'War In Me' is already available at iTunes.
'Intersections' the new album of reunited german metalheads Mekong
Delta comes April 20. There is a sample of the
song 'The
Cure' and one of the 'The Healer'
available for a teaser.
New Country Music Releases in May: Carrie Underwood,
‘Blown Away’ - Colt
Ford, ‘Declaration of Independence’
Pat Green, ‘Songs
We Wish We’d Written II’ - Willie
Nelson, ‘Heroes’
Chris Cagle,
‘Back in the Saddle’
12.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today István
Anhalt (Hungarian-born
Canadian composer)93+ -
Montserrat Caballé (Spanish
soprano)79
Herbie
Hancock,72
- John
Kay/Joachim Fritz Krauledat (Steppenwolf)68
Sandra "Lois"
Reeves (Martha
Reeves & the Vandellas)64 -
David Cassidy, 62
Alexander
Briley (Village
People)61 -
Pat Travers,58
- Herbert
Grönemeyer (German
singer)56
Vince Gill (US
country singer)55 - Les
Pattinson / Will Sergeant (Echo
& The Bunnymen)54
Arthur Paul
"Art" Alexakis (Everclear)50
- Sean
Welch (Beautiful
South)47 - Mellow
Man Ace)Cypress
Hill)45
Guy Berryman (Coldplay)34
- Bryan
McFadden (Westlife)32
- Brendon
Urie (Panic At
The Disco)25
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Tom Clancy (US-novelist,
65 - David
Letterman (US-Nighttalker, 65 -
Andy Garcia (US Actor 56
Shannen Doherty (US
Actress 41 - Claire
Danes (US Actress33)
Passed Away This Very Day ..49 years ago: Herbie
Nichols (44)
American jazz pianist (leukemia)
...45 years ago: William
"Buster" Bailey (64)
American jazz musician (heart attack)
..41 years ago: Wynton
Kelly (39) US
jazz pianist (epileptic fit)
...23 years ago: Herbert
Mills (77)
Mills Brothers
...13 years ago: Boxcar
Willie/Lecil Travis Martin (67)
US "hobo music" / country singer
...3 years ago: Ruben
"Zeke" Zarchy (93)
American jazz musician (pneumonia)
Further Trivia - here
Today 58 years ago: Bill
Haley and the Comets record
Rock Around the Clock -
More Trivia - here
All Shall Perish
have issued a spanish Track named ‘El Pasado Nos Perseguira’
(‘The Past Will Haunt Us’) - The Song cha be checked out within
this Widgets - The band is currently on
af US Tour.
MInistrys new
Album 'Relapse' has entered follwoing Charts : #154 in the US
Billboard's Top 200,
#32 in the Billboard's Independent Record Chart und auf #19 in the
Billboard's Top Hard Music Chart, and
on #6 in the CMJ's Loud Rock Charts http://www.thirteenthplanet.com/ministry/
Ron Yong of
Litte Casear commented to Axl
Rose's letter ref. the RR. Hall of Fame intoduction. Hier
you find
a Statement.
Richie Kotzen
had to cancel all his April live dates due to a bad vocal cord infection.
On Aprilö 20 Peter
Gabriel is out with his "Live Blood" Album, which was
recorded in march 2011 at London's
Hammersmith Apollo . http://petergabriel.com/
Dream Theaters current
Longplayer 'A Dramatic Turn Of Events' , is now available in HD at
HDtracks.com
- here.
On April 10 Slash
appeared live in ABC-TV's Jimmy Kimmel Live! Show. Find Clips
here
and here
Former Rose Tattoo Bassist
Steve King is
now a member of australian Rockband 'Stand Alone'
Band Infos at their Facebook
Site.
Rush release their new and 20th Studioalbum "Clockwork
Angels" on june 12.. There is already aTeaser
available - here.
Doro has been
confirmed for the Zwarte Cross Festival 2012 in Lichtenvoorde, Holland
on July 21.
All Event Infos - here
Rich Teeter (Ex-The
Dictators and Twisted Sister) has passed away aged 61 NO causees known
yet - here. Kiss
performed a second eventing at Dancing With the Stars. This time
with 'Lick
It Up'
11.04.
2012
Happy
Birthday Today Nick
LaRocca ( The
Original Dixieland Jass Band)122+ -
Tony Victor (The
Classics)69
Bob "Whispering"
Harris (DJ,
radio host; Old Grey Whistle Test/BBC Radio 2)66 - Tom
Hill
(Geordie)62
Terry Ollis
(Little Wing/Hawkwind)60 - Neville
Staples (Fun
Boy Three/Specials)57 - Nigel
Pulsford (Bush)49
Lisa
Stansfield,46
- Dylan
Keefe (Marcy
Playground)42 - Oliver
Riedel (Rammstein)41
Chris Gaylor (The
All-American Rejects)33 -
Joss Stone, 25
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Jennifer
Esposito (39 - Àlex
Corretja (span. Tennissplayer, 38
Passed Away This Very Day ...6 years ago:
June Pointer
(52) The Pointer Sisters (cancer)
...1 year ago: Billy
Bang/William Vincent Walker (63)
US free jazz musician (cancer)
... 1 year ago: Lacy
Gibson (74) US
jazz influenced blues guitar virtuoso (heart attack)
Further Trivia - here
Today 48 years ago:
Beatles occupy
a record-breaking fourteen positions on US Hot 100 chart - Can't Buy Me
Love (1),
Twist and Shout (2), She Loves You (4), I Want to Hold Your Hand (7),
Please Please Me (9),
Do You Want to Know a Secret (14), I Saw Her Standing There (38), You
Can't Do That (48), All My Loving (50),
From Me to You (52), Thank You Girl (61), There's a Place (74), Roll
Over Beethoven (78) and Love Me Do (81)
-
More Trivia - here
As here
reported, the Rolling
Stones will meet at the studio this month to start work on new
material.
For the "A Symphony of British Music" Aug. 12. at London's
Olypmiastadion for the final at the Olympic Games
the Sex Pistols have
denied to take part.
Northern Irish Rockers Stormzone
will support Sebastian
Bach on his tour throughout Spain.
On Setp 22 there wil be a tribute concert for
Jim Marshall who
has just passed away at London's Wembley Arena
Participating artists are: Zakk
Wylde, Corey Taylor, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani
and
Paul Gilbert and more.
More to read here....
Kill Ritual
have posted a 3. Song named 'Law Of The Land' from their new Album
. 'Law Of The Land' here
Apparently Queen
will play further dates with American Idol winner Adam
Lambert - More to read here.
US Rockband Train
are streaming currently their new Album 'California 37' at NME.
On May 18 Sonata
Arctica will release their new Album "Stones Grow Her
Name" Therefore a Making
of.... is
available. More Infos at: http://www.sonataarctica.info/
Donovan
Frankenreiter, former Surf-Champ and singer/songwriter will
release his fifth and new album 'Start Livin'
on May 29.
10.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Bunny
Wailer/Neville Livingston (Bob
Marley/Wailers)65 - Bernd
Clüver (German
singer)64
Fred Smith (Blondie/Television)64
- Ernest
Stewart (KC
and the Sunshine Band)62+
Dave Peverett (Savoy
Brown/Foghat)62+ - Eddie
Hazel (
Parliament/Funkadelic)62+
Steve
Gustafson (10,000
Maniacs)55 - Brian
Setzer (Stray
Cats/Brian Setzer Orchestra)53
Katrina
Leskanich (Katrina
& The Waves)53 -
Torch/Warren DeMartini (Ratt)49
- Tim
Alexander (Primus)47
Reni/Alan John
Wren (Stone
Roses)48 - Mike
Mushok (
Staind)43 - Aidan
Moffat (Arab
Strap)39
Sophie
Ellis-Bextor (UK
singer)33 -
Bryce Soderberg (Lifehouse)32
- Elizabeth
McClarnon (Atomic
Kitten)31
Mandy Moore (US
singer)28
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today
Passed Away This Very Day ...54 years ago: Chuck
Willis/Harold Willis (30)
US bluesmusician
...52 years ago: Arthur
Leslie Benjamin
(66) Australian composer (cancer)
...50 years ago: Stuart
Sutcliff (22)
orig. bassist of the Beatles (brain haemorrhage)
...33 years ago: Nino
Rota/Nino Rinaldi
(67) Italian composer (thrombosis)
...9 years ago:
Little Eva/Eva Narcissus Boyd (59)
America singer (cancer)
...9 years ago: Douglas
'Noel' Fox
(63) The Oak Ridge Boys (strokes)
...7 years ago: Wally
Tax (57) The
Outsiders
...5 years ago: Dakota
Staton (76) US
jazz vocalist
Further Trivia - here
Today 36 years ago: Peter
Frampton went
to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Frampton Comes Alive', the biggest
selling 'live' album in rock history
- More Trivia - here
Gestern
traten Kiss in
der US ABC TV Show Dancing
With The Stars auf.
On July 3 Ugly
Kid Joe will support Guns'n'
Roses in Tel Aviv at the Summer Rock 2012. Rad - here,
and the Band has just filmed a Pro Videoclip for the Song 'Devil's
Paradise' . All European Livedates - here.
LA Guns (Phil
Lewis Version) Bassist Scott
Griffinis
offering bass
lessions while on tour. More infos - here.
Anathema have
announced their new Europa
Tour-dates . The new Album "Weather Systems" comes april
20
On may 22 Diablo
Swing Orchestra will release their new Album "Pandora´s Piñata".
The new Song "Voodoo Mon Amour"
can be checked out already here
Denmarks Dawn Of
Demise have a new Videoclip
for the Titeltrack of their new Album 'Rejoice In Vengeance', which is
scheduled ofr a june 17. release.
Doro has updated her Tour-Dates
- On Oct. 19. her newStudioalbum, the first one for Nuclear Blast will
be out.
Because of some
Visa Problems
Sabaton had to cancel their first 5 Shows
of their upcoming US Tour.
This one now starts april 15. in San Antonio and runs 'till end of may. Here
you find a Videomessage of the band
After 'A Taste Of Extreme Divinity' from 2009, Hypocracy
around mastermind Peter
Tätgren are now going to record
their next new Studioalbum. Release date is planned for early next year.
More Infos - here.
Six Feet Under
have a new Single 'Formaldehyde' hier
for listening. The new studioalbum is coming soon
On Aug. 31 Feuerschwanz are
coming with their new Album "WalHalliGalli"! Here
you find the Video for the Track
'Wir Lieben Dudelsack'
New Jersey's Loaded
Gun are currently streaming here
their Song 'Hard Candy Blues' , which will be included in their
Debütalbum, which will be released soon. More bandinfos at: : www.loadedgunband.com
the new
Soloalbum 'Plains Of Oblivion' of Jeff
Loomis (Ex-Nevermore) can currently be
streamed here
Within this Video
you can watch how Axl Rose
comments to journalists about the G'n'R Original
Reunion:
'Not In A Lifetime'
T&N, formerly known as Tooth
And Nail feat. former members of Dokken
- George
Lynch, Jeff Pilson and
Mick Brown and
Brian Tichey
are working on new Material. Here
you find a Promoclip. Further infos at: www.facebook.com/pages/TN/264254906995701.
On August 19 the
Show of Iced
Earth at the Kourion Amphitheater,outside
of Limassol auf Cypros will be filmed for a
future DVD . All Tour-Dates here
UK Rockers Knock
Out Kaine will release their Debütalbum 'House Of Sins' on
may 18. Samples and further infos here.
After his vocal cord surgery Country Star Keith
Urban hdurfte was not allowed to speak, cough and sneeze for 1
month.
Now he is completely well again and says: "I feel like a mid 40's
football player, who received the knees of a 20 year old.
The whole story - here.
On April 24 in the USA a new Cheap
Trick
DVD, Live: Broadcast Archives will be out http://www.cheaptrick.com/
09.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Carl
Perkins,80+
- Terry
Knight/Richard Terrance Knapp (Grand
Funk Railroad) 69+
Gene Parsons (Byrds/Nashville
West/The Flying Burrito Brs)68 -
Steve Gadd (US
int. session drummer)67
Les Gray (The
Mourners/Mud)66+ - Hal
Ketchum (US
country music singer)59 - Mark
Kelly (Marillion)51
Gerard Way (My
Chemical Romance)35 - Albert
Hammond Jr (The
Strokes)32 - Clueso(German
singer)32
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Hugh Hefner (founder
of the Playboy-Magazins, 86 - Jean-Paul
Belmondo (french actor 79
Dennis Quaid (US-actor
., 58 - Jacques
Villeneuve (Formel 1 champ 41 - Kristen Stewart (Twilight,
22
Passed Away This Very Day ...24 years ago: Dave
Prater (50)
US Southern Soul and R & B singer (car crash)
..24 years ago: Brook
Benton/Benjamin Franklin Peay (56) American
singer
...15 years ago: Mae
Boren Axton (82) 'Queen Mother of
Nashville' (drowned in bath tub)
...13 years ago:
Colin Manley (56) The Remo Four (cancer)
...4 years ago:
Erkki Aukusti Junkkarinen (78) Finnish
singer
...3 years ago: Duke
D'Mond/Richard Palmer (66) The barron
Knights (Heart attack)
...1 year ago: :
Robert Orrin Tucker (100) American
bandleader Further Trivia - here
Today 56 years ago: Gene
Vincent recorded
the classic rock 'n roll song 'Bebop-A-Lula. - More Trivia - here
Little Caesar
have posted an Update from the Studio on their Facebook
Site The recording work is goin on well
For a reminder all upcoming european tourdates can be checked l here
at one glimpse.
German rockers Bonifre
have parted ways with drummer Dominik
Hülshorst The new man is
Harry “Fireworks” Reischmann (Gregorian) Further Infos at: http://www.bonfire.de/index1.html
Adrenaline Mob
appeard live after the San Antonio Rampage's American Hockey League
Match against the
Milwaukee Admirals at theAT&T Centerin St.Antonio on April 7.
Therefore a Fan-Videoclip
is available.
Countrystar Lee Price
has a new Song named ‘I Drive Your Truck’ released on iTunes -
listen to the song here.
On april 24 in the USA the new Album ‘Hard 2 Love' will be
released.
On may 4 the Toten
Hosenwill release their new CD named "Ballast der
Republik" http://www.dietotenhosen.de
Find the Videoclip
for the Track 'An Tagen Wie Diesen'
Duran Duran
are coming with a brand new Live CD/DVD named 'A Diamond In The Mind'
this summer.
Therefore a Trailer
is available.
Swed./German Rockers At
Vance have a new Album named "Facing Your Enemy" coming
out. The song
"Savior" can be checked out already here.
Epica have
announced 2 more Shows in Greece on april 25. and 26. 04. in
Thessaloniki and Athens http://www.epica.nl/
Jack Blades (Nightranger/Damn'Yankees)
about his new Solo Album - "Just Get In The Car
And Drive; Listen To The Whole Thing And Just Enjoy The Ride"
The whole Interview is available here.
Gun Barrel
have a new Videoclip
for the Song 'Brace For Impact'
US actress Jana
Kramer releases a selftitled Country - debut album on june
05. On April 13 the artist will perform at
the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville - which can be also watched on the
internet -here.
The Used have
a new Videoclip
for the Song "I Come Alive", which can be foudn on the new
Album
"Vulnerable" which was released march 26
http://theused.net/ .
The Blur, who
had reformed in 2008 after 4 years of hiatus, will play at the end
of the Olympic Games in London
for the very last time. For this event there will be also a final single
entiteld "This Is Under The Westway"
Epica, Anwynn
and Valkyre
are the latest acts confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest 2012
onOct. 19. - 21.
at theOktoberhallen in Wieze in Belgium.
Glamrocker Sin
City Sinners from Las Vegas have announced their new - Zach
Throne. thesincitysinners.com
On April 23 Hasse Fröbergs
(The Flower Kings) new and second Soloalbum 'Powerplay' will be out. Hier you
can pre order the CD from April 13.
Countryrocker Kenny
Chesney has a new Song named ‘Feel Like a Rock Star’ (Feat.
Tim McGraw) Hier
you can read a Reviewand have a listen to the Track
08.04.
2012
Happy Birthday Today Jacques
Brel (Brlgium
singer)83+ - Roger
Chapman,70
- Steve
Howe (Yes/Asia)65
Justin
Sullivan (New
Model Army)56 -
Izzy Stradlin,50
- Donita
Sparks ( L7)49
- Julian
Lennon,49
Salt/Cheryl
James ( Salt n
Pepa)48 - Paul
Gray (Slipknot)40+
-
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Kofi Annan (7.
UNO- General secretary received 2001 peace nobel price 74
Vivienne Westwood (fashion
designer , 71 - Patricia
Arquette (US Actress 44)
Passed Away This Very Day ...17
years ago: Roosevelt
"Booba" Barnes (59) US Bluesman (cancer)
...15 years ago: Laura Nyro (49)
American singer (cancer)
..3 years ago:
David "Pop" Winans (74) American
gospel singer (heart attack)
...2 years ago:
Malcolm McLaren (64) (cancer)
...1 year ago:
Daniel Catán (62) Mexican composer
Further Trivia - here
Today 35 years ago: The
Damned are the
first UK punk band to play US. -
More Trivia - here
Halestorms new
Album 'The Strange Case Of…'can be listened to here
in it's entirely. Release date is april 10 Here
you find Adrenaline Mob and 'Come Undone', where Lzzy
Hale is singing on. Danko
Jones have released a Behind-The-Scenes
Look At "Highly Complex Creative Process"
Countrysinger Jack
Owen is still leading the Billboard Country Charts with
‘Alone With You' . Apart from that he
recently proposed to his girlfriend model Lacey
Buchanan
during a
concert and even went on his knees.
machte er kürzlich während einer Show seiner Freunding (Model)
einen Heiratsantrag
Accept kicked off their european tour 2 days ago in Paris. The
Setlist for this first show was :
'Hellfire' 'Stalingrad' 'Restless And Wild' 'Living
For Tonite' 'Breaker' 'Son Of A Bitch' 'Bucket Full Of
Hate'
'Monsterman' 'Shadow Soldiers' - guitar solo - 'Neon
Nights' 'Bulletproof' 'Losers And Winners'
'Aiming High' 'Princess Of The Dawn' 'Up To The Limit'
'No Shelter' 'Pandemic' 'Fast As A Shark'
Zugabe: 'Metal Heart' 'Teutonic Terror' 'Balls To The
Wall'
Xandria
Bassist Nils
Middelhauve has injured his hand and suffered a blood poisoning
during a recent show.
So he's gotta stand out on the upcoming tour with Epica
and Stream
Of Passion and Serenitys Fabio
d’Amore
helps out.
Country Icon
Charlie
Daniels has just gone through eye surgery. But he's on his way
better and will be back
on stage mid April -
And Countrystar Kenny
Chesney releases his new Album 'Welcome to the Fishbowl' on June
19 . - here
Melodicrock Band Driver
feat. Gitarrist Roy Z and Sänger Rob Rock release a new CD named
'Countdown'
on May 25. The Tracklist incl. Soundsamples reads as follows:
Return to the Sky 02) Rising Son 03) Countdown 04) Hollywood Shooting
Star
05) Thief in the Night 06) Cry of the Wounded 07) Always on my Mind 08)
Feel the Fire 09) Destiny
10) Running from the Darkness 11) Babylon (exclusive European
bonus track)
Listen to : Countdown
/ Return
To The Sky / Thief
In The Night. Further Infos at www.robrock.com
07.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Billie
Holiday (US emale jazz singer)97+ -
Ravi Shankar
(Indian sitar player)92+ -
Charlie Thomas (Drifters)75
Mick Abrahams
(Jethro Tull)69 - Bill
Kreutzmann ( Warlocks/Grateful Dead)66
- Pat
Bennett (The Chiffons)65
Florian
Schneider- Esleben ( Kraftwerk)65 -
John Oates (Hall & Oates)63 -
Janis Ian/Janis Eddy Fink (US singer)61
Bruce Gary (
The Knack)61+ - Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today James Garner (US Actor 84 -
Francis Ford Coppola (73 - Jackie
Chan (58 - Russell
Crowe (48
Passed Away This Very Day ...18 years ago: Lee
Brilleaux (41) Dr.Feelgood (cancer)
...7 years ago: Grigoris
Bithikotsis (82) Greek folk singer/songwriter
...3 years ago: Mari
Trini/Maria Trinidad Perez Miravete (61)
Spanish pop singer/ actress (cancer)
...1 year ago: François
Chassagnite (55) French jazz musician
Further Trivia - here
Today 28 years ago: A record 40
British acts
appeared on the US
top 100 singles chart.
-
More Trivia - here
I AM I is the
new Band of former Dragonforce Singer ZP
Theart. Next to him the line up is:
noch Jacob Ziemba (Git)
Neil Salmon (Bass)
and Paul Clark Jr (Drums).
The Debütalbum 'Event Horizon'
will be released shortly . More to read - here.
Sabaton have issued the englische
Version of the Titeltrack of their newAlbum 'Carolus Rex' out
May 25
Also a new Buckcherry
Song named 'Wherever I Go' will be included on the new Avenger
Soundtrack
The Track was specially written for the Soundtrack . http://www.buckcherry.com/
The Royal Southern
Brotherhood, feat. Cyril
Neville, Devon Allman and Mike
Zito have issued their selftitled
Studioalbum http://royalsouthernbrotherhood.com/
Yesterday Jeff Loomis
(Ex-Nevermore) has released his second Soloalbum "Plains Of
Oblivion" http://www.jeffloomis.com/
On april 6 Exumer are
out with their new Album "Fire & Damnation". Here
you can listen to the complete CD
More Band Infos -
here.
Adler, the new
Band of Steven Adler (Ex-G'n'R)
will release their Debütsingle , 'The One That You Hated'
on April 10. This Song can be checked out here
. MoreInfos about this new project are available on their Facebook
Site.
Here,
here
and here
you can look behind doors of the american Nuclear
Blast De partance
Die Libertines, feat.
Pete Doherty and
Carl Barat,
and also John Hassall
and Gary
Powell have gathered once
again working on new Material for yet another Album - here.
Next Headliner at Germanys Bang
Your Head Festival on July 13. und 14. in Balingen is
Venom. http://www.bang-your-head.de
Jazzicon Esbjorn
Svensson, who died at a diving accident, has a new album named
"301" (named after the Studio "301" in Sidney
) out.
Europe have
posted Part
32 and Part
33 of their In-Studio Webisodes
With Bonfire and
pet.a Cry4help" (Schrei um Hilfe) the german rockband helps
the animal savers of Peta.
Therefore they release a new EP named "Cry4Help" on May
5. Listen to the song here
Author Steve
Wright is currently writing a book about Graham
Bonnett (Rainbow/MSG/Alcatrazz) And he
promises, that you can read sides about this man you don't know yet.
This is authorizised by Bonnett
himself. Here
you find a short teaser to read.
Canadian Metalband All
Else Fails have a new Videoclip
for the Song 'Obsidian Walls'. The Track comes from the
Album 'The Oracle: What Was, Is, and Could Have Been', which came
out last August.
Eddie Vedder (Pearl
Jam) is suffering some nerv damage in his arm.That's why the
already set up solo tour had to
be postboned. - here.
2 days ago Alice
Cooper held a speak at the Paradise Valley Board Of Education
Meeting, for the
Mr Holland's Opus Foundation (Mhopus.org)
in Arizona. Alice donated 20.000 Dollar for musical instruments for
students eductation.
On april 24 Death
By Stereo are out with their new Album "Black Sheep of the
American Dream". More infos here.
On April 14 when the The
Faces willb e intoducted into the RR Hall Of Fame there will be
also a book published with
many facts and even more pictures about the band. More infos coming soon.
On April 24 Terror will
release their new CD/DVD/LP "No Regrets, No Shame: The Bridge Nine
Days"
Therefore a Announcement-trailer
is available.
Eighties All Girl Rockband Vixen
intend to put out a new album for their 25th anniversary d
www.vixenrock.com.
06.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Merle
Haggard (US
country singer)75 -
Gheorghe Zamfir
(Roman. pan flute musician)71 -
John Stax (Pretty
Things)68
Udo
Dirkschneider
(U.D.O.) 60 - Blind
Mississippi Morris/Morris Cummings
(US delta blues musician)57
Warren Haynes (Gov't
Mules) 52 -
Martin Mendez (Opeth)34
-
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today
-------
Passed Away This Very Day ..41 years ago: Igor
Stravinsky
(88) Russian-born composer
...14
years ago: Wendy
Orlean Williams (48) Plasmatics (suicide)
..14 years ago: Tammy
Wynette/Virginia Wynette Pugh (55) US
country music singer
...11 years ago: Charles
Pettigrew (37) Charles and Eddie (cancer)
...8 years ago: Niki
Sullivan (66) The Crickets (heart attack)
...3 years ago:
Jan "Tollarparn" Eriksson (69)
Swedish jazz pianist )- Further Trivia - here
Today 50 years
ago: Mick
Jagger and Keith
Richards met Brian
Jones for the
first time -
More Trivia - here
New CD/DVD releases in week 06.04.13.04.2012:
UNISONIC, MY
DARKEST DAYS, THE VEER UNION, OUTLOUD, SILENCE, C.T.P., NEW EDEN,
TARANTULA,
ALTER BRIDGE, OVERKILL, LOSTPROPHETS -- ACCEPT, KORITNI, JEFF
LOOMIS, TEMPESTA
... more in CD
/ Latest & more
releases
Blues Rock Superstar
Joe Bonamassa is currently working with Aerosmith
guitarist Joe
Perry on a new Album
'Driving Towards Daylight',which is due may 18 - here
On april 3 Bonamassa is
starting with the 'Countdown to Daylight' his Web TV Series,
including 10 sequels including
unreleased Interviews and Behind The Scenes recordings of his
studioworks - here.
More Infos at: http://jbonamassa.com/ On July 7
Bob
Dylan plays the Salzburg Arena in Salzburg Austria - here
Ensiferum have
posted their final Studio
Webisode . Further Infos and Tour-Dates - here.
John Corabi
has posted here
a ltd. Edt. 2 Song CD Sampler incl. a Track by The Scream named 'Father,
Mother, Son'
als and also a Track 'If I Never Get To Say Goodbye..."
of his forthcoming Solo unplugged CD
Nervecell have
a new Videoclip
for the Song 'Shunq (To The Despaired...King Of Darkness)' featuring
Karl Sanders of
Nile for Guest
Vocals. Further Infos at: http://www.nervecell.net/
Twisted Sister
Frontman Dee Snider
releases a new Soloalbum 'Dee Does Broadway' on may 8. The song
'I Get A Kick Out Of You' can be checked out on his official Facebook
page
Quiet Riot
have a new EPK
feat. new singer Scott
Vokoun.
Check out a new personal Video-Message
of Jerry Gaskill
of King's X, who
is on his way to be completely well again.
On May 22 Blues icon Sonny
Landreths new Album "Elemental Journey" will be
released.
Barney McKenna the last Original member of the Dubliners
has passed away aged 72 - in the morning while having
his usual cup of tea. Here
in this Clip he sings the Dubliners Track 'I'm a Man You Don't Meet
Every Day'. More here.
...
Northern Irish Rockers Stormzone
feat. Ex-Sweet
Savage members John
"Harv" Harbinson and Drummer
Davy Bates
have a Videoclip
for the Song ‘Jester's Laughter’. The Band will release a new album
in the fall and wants to tour. http://www.myspace.com/stormzoneuk
Former Ozzy Osbourne Bassist
Phil Soussan has
released a Videoclip for his Version of the Ozzy
Osbourne
Song "Shot In The Dark" - a Track he has written for r
Ozzys 1986 Album 'The Ultimate Sin'
For his Version below Soussan
plays all instruments himself and sings.
San Francisco Doom-Metaller Castle
release their new Album 'Blacklands' on april 28. the Videoclip
for the
Titeltrack is available And here
check out a Promotional Teaser. Latere this year the band will play some
dates in the Netherlands and Germany. More infos at: http://www.heavycastle.com/
On June 5 swedish band The
Hives are out with their first new Album in five years entitled
'Lex Hives'. Here
you
find a Track by Track explantation.
In May austrialn metalheads Belphegor
will hit the Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida to record their
next
Album. More Infos at: http://www.belphegor.at/news.htm
Sweden Glamrocker Fatal
Smile have a new Videoclip
for their Single ‘Welcome To The Freakshow,out on April 13
The new Album '21st Century Freaks' comes may 14. http://www.fatalsmile.com/
Jim Marshall,
inventor of legendary Marshall Amps has passed away aged 88 - here.
Jack White (White
Stripes) has put out a rather bicarre Video
to hisSolo-Single 'Sixteen Saltines'
05.04.
2012
Happy
Birthday Today Herbert
von Karajan (Austrian
conductor)104+ -
Tony Williams (The
Platters)84+ -
Alan Clarke (The
Hollies)70
Nicholas
Caldwell (The
Whispers)68 - Dave
Holland (Judas
Priest)64 - Agnetha
Faltskog (
ABBA)62
Christopher
Franke (Tangerine
Dream)59 - Stan
Ridgway (US
singer)58 -
Mike McCready (Pearl
Jam)46
Paula Cole (US
singer)44 -
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Arthur Hailey
(engl-canadian novelist 92, +)
Passed Away This Very Day ..31 years ago: Bob
Hite (36)
Canned Heat (heart attack)
...29 years ago: Danny
Rapp (41)
Danny & The Juniors (suicide)
...18 years ago: Kurt
Cobain (27)
Nirvana (suicide)
...14 years ago: Cozy
Powell/Colin Flooks (50)
British legendary drummer (car crash)
...10 years ago: Layne
Staley (34)
Alice in Chains (drugs)
...6 years ago: Gene
Pitney (66)
American singer songwriter
...5 years ago: Mark
St. John/Mark Leslie Norton (50)
Kiss (cerebral hemorrhage)
...3 years ago: Nancy
Overton (83)
The Chordettes (cancer)
...1 year ago: Gil
Robbins (80)
American folk singer (cancer) )-
Further Trivia - here
Today 43 years ago: The first International
Festival of Country Music takes
place at Wembley
More Trivia - here
Today at 4
p.m. (CET) the Musicmirror
- Rockline Radioshow
on rockradio.de
or at 10 p.m. (CET) on
Radio
Bavaria
The
first new Song of
Soundgarden
in 15
years named 'Live To
Rise' can
be streamed here
The Track
can be
found on the Avengers
Assemble Film Soundtrack Album
As Las
Vegas Sun reports,on may 26 Vince
Neil of
Mötley Crüe
will
play a free concerts on the
Memorial Day Weekend at
Fremont Street Experience for promotion for the upcoming Mötley
Crüe Kiss USA
Tour.
The new album of
Unisonic,
the
Band feat. Michael
Kiske, Kai Hansen,Mandy Meyer, Dennis Ward
und Kosta
Zafiriou has
jumped on pos. 19 in Japan
and in
Czech Rep. on 34 in the
national Album Charts
On May 22 the 2nd Solo
Album ofJoey
Ramone named „…Ya
Know?“ will be released postum.
On this disc-
Demos
and unreleased songs of Joey
can be found.
On June 1 Jorn
Lande (Avantasia/Masterplan)
is out
with his new
Soloalbum "Bring Heavy Rock To The Land".
All Infos at:
http://www.jornlande.com/
Meat Loaf
has
announced the first dates of his upcoming world tour, starting in June.
All Infos here.
On April 2 australian musician
James
Oswald 'Jimmy' Little
has
passed away aged 75
On may 28
Crucified
Barbara are
out with their new album
'The Midnight Chase'. Therfore find a Videoclip
for the Song
'Into The Fire'
Eklipse
is the
female pendant to Apocalyptica.
The All
Girl band has just released their first
Album
"A Night In Strings" - Therefore find a
Videoclip,
where those 4 ladies play 'Cry Me A River with violins
and cellos. More band infos at: http://www.e-k-l-i-p-s-e.com/
Marilyn Manson
has a
Video
for the
Song "No Reflection" from
the new Album 'Born
Villian', coming
may 1
Germany's
Das Rock Hard
Festival from
May 25. - 27-
has announced it's
Running Order
- here.
Sweden
Glamrocker Dynazty
have
a Videoclip
for the Song
"Sultans of Sin". This is the
Titeltrack of their current
release which was released in Feb.
Dragonforce have
announced their european tourdates
- here.
Overkill have
a new Videoclip
for the Song
'Electric Rattlesnake' from the new Album 'The Electric Age'
which came out March 30
04.04.
2012
Happy
Birthday Today Muddy
Waters 97+
- Ian
"Knox" Carnochan
(Vibrators)67 - Dave
Hill (Slade)66
- Pick
Withers (Dire
Straits)64
Peter John
Haycock (Climax
Blues Band)61 - Gary
Moore,60+
- Mark
Yates (Terrorvision)44
Josh Todd
Gruber (Buckcherry)41
- Paul
Dedrick Gray (
Slipknot)40+ - Philip
Jimenez (Wheatus)37
Johnny Borrell
(Razorlight)32
-
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Robert Downey
jr. (47
- Heath
Ledger (austral.
actor
33, +) - Jamie
Lynn Spears (US-actress/singer,
21
Passed Away This Very Day ...32 years ago: Red
Sovine/Woodrow Wilson Sovine
(61) US country music singer (heart attack)
...17 years ago: Kenny
Everett/Maurice Cole
(50) English legendary radio DJ, (Aids)
...15 years ago: Gene
Ames (74) Ames
Brothers
...7 years ago: Grigoris
Bithikotsis
(82) Greek folk singer/songwriter
...2 year ago: Sugar
Lee Hooper/Marja van der Toorn
(62) Dutch party singer (Koma)
...1 year ago: Scott
Columbus (54)
Manowar )-
Further Trivia - here
Today 48 years ago: The
Beatles held
the top five places in the US singles chart, at No. 5 'Please Please Me',
No.4 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', No.3, 'Roll Over Beethoven', No.2 'Love
Me Do' and at No.1 'Can't Buy Me Love'
More Trivia - here
As known on may 25 The
Cult are coming with their new Album 'Choice Of Weapon' the first
new album since
5 years. Audiosamples of all Tracksare now available for listening
at Amazon
Scotisch
Rockband Gun
is back again and release their next new album 'Break The silence' on
June 11.
The Song
"Last Train From Central" can be downloaded for free
www.gunofficial.co.uk
On June 14 the new Music Film 'Rock
Of Ages' will hit US cinemas. The ersten
Trailer is out now for quite a
while. Now Trailer
Nr. 2 is here.
Leave's Eyes
and Torfrock are
confirmed for Germany's Wacken 2012 . www.wacken.com
Belgium Melodic Rockers Frozen
Rain have a Videoclip
for the Song 'Believe It Or Not',from the new
'Ahead Of Time' Album
According to Vegas
Confidential Vince
Neil of Mötley
Crüe is not wanted anymore at the Las Vegas Palms Hotel
The tracklist
of the new
Gotthard Album
'Firebirth' reads
as follows:
'Starlight' 'Give Me Real' 'Remember It’S Me'
'Fight' 'Yippie Aye Yay' 'Tell Me' 'Shine' 'The
Story Is Over'
'Right On' 'S.O.S.' 'Take It All Back' 'I Can' 'Where
Are You' http://www.gotthard.com/
According to Haaretz
Newspaper Guns'n'Roses
will play Tel Aviv's Park Hayarkon on May 5
Saxon - Heavy
Metal Thunder - Live: Eagles Over Wacken CD/DVD - Potcast
Part 3.
Royal Hunt have
announced their new tourdates
- here.
On June 26 Eagle Rock - 'Pink
Floyd - The Story Of Wish You Were Here' will be released
on DVD/ Blu-ray.
John Fogerty
is coming with his new
Album "Wrote a Song for Everyone" in the fall.
The title is taken from an old
CCR Song .
Delains new
Song "Get The Devil Out Of Me" can be heard now in it's
entirely - here
It looks like
as
GreenDay will
intoduct Guns'n'Roses
into
the RR Hall of
Fame on April
14. in Cleveland
Ohio - here.
And maybe
Slash
and
Matt Sorum
will
play live - here.
The Soundtrack for the Film 'The
Devil's Carnival' is now available. Details and Audiosamples-
here.
On June 1 Patti
Smith will
release her new Album
"Banga". Find all european tourdates -
here.
Drummer Sebastian
"Seb" Sippola has left the Band Grand
Magus He is replaced by Ludwig
“Ludde” Witt
(Shining/Spiritual Beggars) Further Updates and News - here.
Former
Spice Girl
Gerry Halliwell will
get her very own Reality
Show on brit. TV -
here.
Croation Band Ashes
You Leave are currently streaming the Track ‘Summers
End’ This piece of music comes from
the new and sixth Album 'The Cure For Happiness'
James McCartney,
Son of Paul
is intending
to form the new Generation
of the Beatles
. Therfore he
wants
Sean Lennon (son
of
John Lennon),
Dhani Harrison
(Son
of
George
Harrison) and Zak
and
Jason Starkey
(Ringo
Starr’s Sons)
- More to read
here.
Daniel Graig has
promised : "I'll
Keep Going As Bond" - here.
03.04. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Alessandro
Stradella (Italian
composer)373+ - Doris
Day,90 -
Don Gibson
(US legendary country singer)84+
Tony Orlando,68
- Mick
Mars/Bob Alan Deal
(Mötley Crüe)57 -
Eddie Murphy (US
actor, singer)51
Criss Oliva
(Savatage)49+ - Sebastian
Bach,44
- Andrew
(Drew) Shirley
(Switchfoot)38 -
Leona Lewis,27
-
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Doris Day (US
Actress88
- Marlon
Brando (US
Actor 88, +)
- Helmut
Kohl (german
counceler
82
Alec
Baldwin (US
Actor 54
Passed Away This Very Day ...125
years ago: Johannes
Brahms (63) Austria-Hungarian composer (cancer)
...22 years ago:
Sarah Vaughan (66)
American jazz singer (cancer)
...13 years ago: Lionel
Bart (69) UK composer of songs and musicals
(cancer)
...9 years ago: Homer
Banks (61) African-American songwriter (cancer)
...7 years ago: Tony
Croatto/Hermes Davide Fastino Croatto Martinis (65)
Italian singer, composer (cancer)
...6 years ago: Martin
Gilks (41) The Wonder Stuff. (motorbike
crash)
...1 year ago: Calvin
Russell/Calvert Russell Kosler (62)
American protest singer-songwriter (cancer)
)- Further Trivia - here
Today 48 years ago: Bob
Dylan made his
first entry into the UK charts with his single 'The Times They Are
A-Changin'
More Trivia - here
Little Caesar
shortly
enter the Studio to record their new and fifth
Album named 'American Dream'
The CD is scheduled for Mid May and is first available via
iTunes - digital,and as Hardware
via LittleCaesar.net
- Apart from that, the band has lined
up new european tourdates, which are:
17.06. Elda, Spain, Texola - 19.06. Granada,
Spain, Planta Baja - 20.06. Cadiz, Spain,
Supersonic
21.06. Estepona, Spain, Louie Louie Club -
22.06. Madrid, Spain, El Sol - 23.06. Valencia,
Spain, Durango
24.06. Barcelona, Spain, Apolo 2 - 26.06.
Verviers, Belgium, Spirit of 66
- 27.06. Frankfurt, GermanyNachtleben
28 - Unna,Germany Lindenbrauerei
- 29 - Regensburg, Germany Alte
Mälzerei, - 30 - Uster, Switzerland,
Rock City
01.07. - Gams, Switzerland - S-Event
- (Musicmirror - Live Tipp!!!!!)
The New Black have
put a very rare Track
named '4 Weeks With A Perfect 10'? on
iTunes
for downloading
This is a Bonustrack on
the digital edition of their second Album
and
nowhere else available.
On April 20
Rammstein
are
starting there US !
The "Made in Germany 1995-2011" Tour in Florida. Therfore they
use 24 Trucks and
more
than 100 crew
http://www.rammstein.com/
In this
Videoguitarist
Satchel shows
his collegues of
Steelpanther
in a
new guitar riff in the dressing room.
The new Line up of
Sabaton is:
Joakim Brodén
- Vocals
- Pär
Sundström -
Bass -
Chris Rörland
- Guitars
Thobbe Englund -
Guitars - Robban
Bäck - Drums
In this
Videoclip
those nebe's get introduced.
DJ Ötzi
and the
Bellamy
Brothers have
jumped with their new Album 'Simply The Best'on
pos 38 in the german
Media Control Charts. -
And the Country Soundtrack for
"The
Hunger Games - Die Tribute von Panem"
has
landed on 69 - This on has sold 175.000
units in the USA and has gone
no. 1 in the Billboard Top 200
On March 31
Anthrax played
Pantai Carnaval in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Therefore here
and here
Videoclips
are available.
Northern Irish Rockers
Trucker
Diablo have
a new Videoclip
for the Song 'Voodoo', from the current album
'Devil Rhythm'
Roger Daltrey (The
Who) and
Paul Weller
(Jam/Style Council) want
to make an Album
together. NO release date
given yet. More to read about this - here
Eluveitie are
confirmed for this year's
Summer Breeze Festival
All
Event Infos at: Summer-breeze.de.
Flying Colours
feat. Mike
Portnoy und Steve
Morse have
posted a
Making of.... Behind
the Scenes Video
Job For A
Cowboyare
out with their new CD
"Demonocracy" on April
6./10. April. The Song 'Imperiel
Wolves'
can be heard
here
and 'Black Discharge' here.
Cradle Of
Filth are
out with their new Cd "Midnight In The Labyrinth" on
April 17 . More Infos -
here.
June 17 Dying
Fetus will
release their new Album named 'Reign
Supreme' For the track 'Subjected' there is
already a
Lyric
Video available.
The new
Tommy Bolin Album,
featuring “Collaborations” with
musicians such as Warren
Haynes, Peter Frampton,
Derek
Trucks, etc. - Tommy Bolin Gets Tribute
from Warren
Haynes, Peter Frampton, Joe Bonamassa
& Steve
Lukather:
www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/tommy-bolin-0327-2012.
Denish
Thrasher The
Kandidate have a Video
for the Song 'Let the Maggots Have It'
After 12 years and 6 albums
Secret Sphere have
parted ways with their singer
Roberto
"Ramon" Messina
The
band is currently looking for a new guy. More
Infos here.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
are offering their fans a free Live EP, recorded at their
2011 european Tour
More about this
- here
This week the
band starts their US part of the
"I'm With You" world
tour.
Happy
Birthday Today Herbert
Mills (The Mills Brothers)100+ -
Serge Gainsbourg,84+
- Marvin Gaye,73
- Leon Russell,70
Larry Coryell
(US jazz fusion guitarist)69 -
Emmylou Harris,65 -
Leon Wilkerson (Lynyrd Skynyrd)60+
David Robinson
(The Cars)59 - Keren Jane
Woodward (Bananarama)51 - Greg
Camp (Smash Mouth)45
- Further Birthdays -
here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today
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Passed Away This Very Day ...25 years ago: Buddy Rich/Bernard
Rich (69) US jazz drummer (brain
tumor)
...14years ago: Robert 'Rob' Pilatus
(32) o Milli Vanilli (drugs)
...9 years ago: Edwin Starr/Charles Edwin
Hatcher (61) US soul music singer (heart
attack)
...2 years ago: Kelvin Henderson
(62) British country musician )-
Further Trivia - here
Today 45 years ago: Steve
Winwood left
the Spencer
Davis Group to
form Traffic &
The Beatles finished
recording
the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." the biggest
selling album of the 60's in the UK.
More Trivia - here
Chilenian Metalband Kintral
are currently streaming the Song 'De
Bastardos ' from the upcoming new album 'Subversion'.
Yesterday the Academy of Country Music (ACM)presented the
47.annual ACM Award Gala in Nashville
Thompson Square
got best duo of the year. Taylor
Swift - best female singer and Blake
Shelton best male singer
Swedish Powerrocker Tad
Marose have a new guitarist named Kenneth
Jonsson. On April 6 they will play the
first Show with him in their hometown Bollnäs, Sweden. Apart fromt that
the Band is currently busy working in the
studio on their new Album 'Revenant', which will be finished shortly . http://www.tadmorose.com/
On may 12 Boston, MA – Berklee College of Music President Roger
Brown will present in a special ceremony at the
Agganis Arena at Boston University -honourable doctorates to the Eagles,
Alison Krauss and
Mulatu Astatke
The Iron Maidens,
the only female official
Iron Maiden Tribute Band will play some dates in Indonesia. More
Infos
and dates - here.
Melodic Rock guitarist Chris
Bickley has put out his first Solo CD named 'Tapestry Of
Souls' - All Infos at www.chrisbickley.net,
Within this Videoclip
Kiss can be watched, walking down the Hollywood Walk Of
Fame in LA
Within this
Interview Bobby
'Blitz' of Overkill
talks about the new Album 'The Electric Age', and that this one
is much
more straight forward than the last 'Ironbound' Album.
Norways Slaves Of
Fashion have parted ways with singer
Johannes Stole The band is currently seeking a new
Frontman. All further Infos - here.
Happy
Birthday Today Rudolph
Isley (Isley Brothers)73 - Ronnie
Lane (Faces/Small Faces)66+ - Jimmy
Cliff,64 - Simon
Cowe (Lindisfarne)64
Gil
Scott-Heron,63+ - Billy
Currie (Visage/ Ultravox)60 - Jeff
Porcaro (Toto)58+ - Susan
Boyle (Scot. singer)51
Mark White (ABC)51
- Peter
O'Toole (Hothouse Flowers)47 -
Phil Demmel
(Machine Head)45
John Butler
(Australian Musician(37 - Further Birthdays -
here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Edgar Wallace (137, + -
Ali MacGraw (US-actress 74
Passed Away This Very Day ...28 years ago: Marvin Gaye/Marvin
Pentz Gay, Jr. (44) (shot)
...20 years ago: Nigel
Preston (32) The Death Cult and The Cult (drugs)
...13 years ago: Jesse
Stone (97) US rhythm and blues musician
...8 years ago: Paul
Atkinson (58) The Zombies (liver desease)
...3 years ago:
Duane Jarvis (51) US guitarist (cancer)
)- Further Trivia - here
Today 42 years ago: The "Woodstock"
movie
premiered in Hollywood More
Trivia - here
Paul
Di'anno had to cancel his complete already set up US Tour,
apparently out of reasons beyond his controll
Vince Neil of Mötley
Crüe does make his own promotion for his new Club 'Girls
Girls Girls' in Las Vegas
Def Leppards Phil
Collen is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Album 'Adrenalize'
his own way - here.
The fourth annual Revolver
Golden Gods Award Show is taking part april 11 at the
Club Nokia in Downtown Los Angeles,
CA. This can watched live also via Internet here
Among many others also DreamTheater
have been nominated in the
category: 'Comeback Of The Year'. Here
you can vote for them.
On March 19 the new Studioalbum "Essential" of Eloy
came out. This
can be heard in it's entirely at Spotify
Further Infos and the new tourdates at: http://www.eloy-legacy.com/
Within this Video
Lemmy of Motörhead
answers some fanquestion
Here
and herer
you find Video-Updates of Buckcherry
in theStudio at work for their new Album.
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