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From Ozzy.com:

THIS YEAR'S GROUND-BREAKING OZZFEST PROUDLY ANNOUNCES
LAMB OF GOD, HATEBREED AND LORDI
AS AMONG THE FIRST ARTISTS
TO LEAD THE CHARGE WITH OZZY OSBOURNE
AT THIS SUMMER'S HISTORIC
"FREEFEST"

"Come join us," said OZZY and SHARON OSBOURNE February 6 at the Los Angeles press conference to unveil the bombshell: this year's 12th annual OZZFEST will be known as "FreeFest." OZZY and SHARON's statement--with tour producer LIVE NATION--was an invitation for other artists to join OZZY by performing for free, thus making the tickets to the summer's premiere touring concert festival entirely free for fans.

This bold invitation to perform in front of tens of thousands of frenzied rock kids has already been accepted by such artists as Lamb of God, Hatebreed and cutting-edge Finnish act Lordi, who will lead the charge with OZZY in this historic move that redefines a concert industry marred by rising ticket prices. Lamb of God and Lordi will perform on the main stage with OZZY, while Hatebreed will headline OZZFEST's reliably down and dirty second stage with Mondo Generator, Ankla, Circus Diablo, Nile and The Showdown. These are only the first artists who have stepped forward to be part of this ground-breaking touring extravaganza, with more artists to be announced in the coming weeks for the main and second stages.

The 24-city earth-pounding OZZFEST will now launch July 12 in Seattle, WA at the White River Amphitheatre. The tour was originally announced to start July 7 in Southern California but had to be moved to accommodate the extension of OZZY's European tour. OZZFEST will also hit Seattle, WA, George, WA, Sacramento, CA, Mountain View, CA, Devore, CA, Phoenix, AZ, Albuquerque, NM, Denver, CO, Kansas City, MO, Dallas, TX, San Antonio, TX, St. Louis, MO, Columbus, OH, Tinley Park, IL, East Troy, WI, Indianapolis, IN, Holmdel, NJ, Hartford, CT, Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Detroit, MI, Charlotte, NC and West Palm Beach, FL.

As OZZFEST's founder and namesake, OZZY will make his triumphant return to the headlining position on this year's mainstage after surprising fans last year by performing on the second stage at a handful of dates. Audiences can expect the Prince of Darkness to unveil new songs from his forthcoming studio album (release date TBA), OZZY's first disc of new material since 2001.

To gain entry into this year's OZZFEST, fans will go to www.ozzfest.com or www.livenation.com to find links that will direct them to special sponsor sites where tickets can be secured. Select sponsors will have a unique opportunity to engage fans one-on-one utilizing one of music's best known brands. Tickets will be available for download on June 12. Stay tuned to www.ozzfest.com and www.livenation.com in the coming weeks for more ticketing information.
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[panayiotis1984]

A lot of news ladies and gentlemen... Are you ready ??

The guitarist of Rush, A Lifeson will have a part on the new album of Porcupine Tree. The album will be published on April. R. Fripp pf King Crimson plays also on this album.

Def Leppard started work on their new album that according to them we will have on the next January.

The tickets for the reunion of Genesis, at Twickenham and Old Trafford, were sold-out in 90 minutes. 100,000 tickets sold in 1,5 hour !!!!

The vocalist of the legendary Shocking Blue, Mariska Veres, lost the fight with cancer at 59 years old. Shocking Blue gave us great songs like "Venus", "Mighty Joe" and "Never Marry A Railroad Man"

After at least 20 years the grandpa U.J.Roth works on a new rock album… Let’s see if this delay brings something good..

At the 26th of March will be released, the new album of Magnum, Princess Alice & The Broken Arrow"

B. Ferry, E. John και Duran Duran will perform at the new Wembley to a concert for the 10 years from the lost of princess Diana

The singer of thrasher Heathen, S. Kress, “left” us also. We all loved his great albums "Breaking The Silence" (1987) and "Victims Of Deception" (1989). So long…

Big loss, the death of Stuart "Snake" Neale, singer of Tobruk and recently of The Wildhearts. His heart betrayed him so young…just 43 years old…

No more S. Augeri for Journey. The new singer of the band is officially J.S. Soto. Steve Augeri just finished his first solo album and is ready for the second album with his old band Tall Stories!!

Movie for the life of Freddie Mercury (Queen) is financed by R. De Niro!! Johnny Depp to the role of Mercury….

Except from that to a recent poll from BBC to the question “Who is the biggest rock band ever?” Queen were first with a difference of 400 votes from Beatles that were first at the previous poll. Finally no Beatles at the top…

According to B. Corgan, the new album of Smashing Pumpkins will be ready on May.

Poison will publish an album with remastered songs and for that reason they accept any ideas from their audience through the site www.myspace.com/poison .
So if you have anything in mind ….

Another man lost the battle with cancer. C. Aylmer of Samson that was known from the albums "Head On" and "Shock Tactics". Bruce Dickinson was singing for those albums

The Quireboys published DVD with the title "One More For The Road". It contains 17 live songs and some other bonus material.

Rumors saying that AC/DC are at the last stage of their new album "Strap Ot On"!. But on the other hand the company Albert Productions denies everything… There is still a hope for AC/DC…

Lillian Axe of S. Blaze sing contract with Metro City Records for a new album. Something like that happen also in 1993 with the album "Psychoschizophrenia"!

M. Myers will be at the role of the Who drummer, K. Moon. This is a movie based on the life of Moon with title "See Me Feel Me (Keith Moon Naked For Pleasure)".
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[panayiotis1984]

Rolling Stones summer tours...


Tue Jun 5 2007 Werchter Park (festival site), Leuven (near Brussels), Belgium
Fri Jun 8 2007 Goffert Park (festival site), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Sun Jun 10 2007 Isle of Wight Festival, Seaclose Park Newport, Isle of Wight UK
Wed Jun 13 2007 Commerzbank arena, Frankfurt, Germany
Sat Jun 16 2007 Stade de France, Paris, France
Mon Jun 18 2007 Stade Gerland, Lyon, France
Thu Jun 21 2007 Stadi Olimpic, Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain
Sat Jun 23 2007 Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastian, Spain
Mon Jun 25 2007 Estadio Jose Alvalade XXI, Lisbon, Portugal
Thu Jun 28 2007 Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
Sat Jun 30 2007 Estadio de Santo Domingo, El Ejido, Almeria, Spain
Fri Jul 6 2007 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Mon Jul 9 2007 Jaz Beach, Budva, Montenegro
Sat Jul 14 2007 Hipprodrome, Belgrade, Serbia
Tue Jul 17 2007 Lia Manoliu National Stadium, Bucharest, Romania
Fri Jul 20 2007 The Puskas Ferenc Stadium, Budapest, Hungary
Sun Jul 22 2007 Outdoor Exhibition Centre, Brno, Czech republic
Wed Jul 25 2007 NSC Olimpiys’kyi, Kiev, Ukraine
Sat Jul 28 2007 Place Square, St Petersburg, Russia
Wed Aug 1 2007 Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland
Fri Aug 3 2007 Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
Sun Aug 5 2007 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wed Aug 8 2007 Valle Hovin, Oslo, Norway
Mon Aug 13 2007 LTU Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
Wed Aug 15 2007 AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
Sat Aug 18 2007 Slane Castle, Slane (near Dublin), Ireland
Tue Aug 21 2007 O2 Arena, London England, Great Britain


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[panayiotis1984]

After their excellent first album "The Batle", Jorn Lande (ex-Marsterplan, Ark) & Russell Allen (Symphony X) announsed the release day of the new album, at the 11th of May.
The title of the album will be "The Revenge" and the tracklist is:


“The Revenge” (vocals: Jorn and Russell)
“Obsessed” (Russell)
“Victory” (Jorn and Russell)
“Master Of Sorrow” (Jorn)
“Will You Follow” (Russell)
“Just A Dream” (Jorn and Russell)
“Her Spel”l (Jorn)
“Gone Too Far” (Russell)
“Wake Up Call” (Jorn and Russell)
“Under The Waves” (Jorn)
“Who Can You Trust” (Jorn and Russell)
“When Time Doesn't Heal” (Jorn and Russell).

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[panayiotis1984]

The basic stages of the Primal Fear new album were completed two weeks ago after the guidance of Charlie Bauerfeind.
This album will contain some quest appearances by guitarists like Magnus Karlsson (Starbreaker, Allen/ Lande), Kai Hansen & Henny Wolter. Also Simone Simons of Epica will participate in one track.

The mixing of the album will start at the 14th of April and the man behind that is Ronald Prent (Def Leppard, Scorpions).

Some names of the tracks are:
"Save Me"
"Fighting The Darkness"
"The Curse Of Sharon"
"Psycho"
"The Final Word"
"Every Time It Rains".

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[panayiotis1984]

Just before the release of their new album, "Era Vulgaris", Queens Of The Stone Age hire Michael Shuman (ex-Wires On Fire) as their new bassist


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[panayiotis1984]

New details for the new album of Patti Smith.
The name of the album will be "Twelve" and will be released on the 16th of April. The album will contain only remastered songs.
To the album, except than the band of Smith will also play : Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Tom Verlaine (Television), Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) and also the son and daughter of Patti.

Track listing:

'Are You Experienced?'
'Everybody Wants To Rule The World'
'Helpless'
'Gimme Shelter'
'Within You Without You'
'White Rabbit'
'Changing Of The Guards'
'The Boy In The Bubble'
'Soul Kitchen'
'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
'Midnight Rider'
'Pastime Paradise'


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[thecoop]

Check out Ozzy.com.

It's been redesigned for the release of the new Ozzy album - you can move around this cool room and holding the mouse over different things in the background plays short samples of new songs!!

It's a REALLY cool idea, and I think the material sounds very good - better than Down To Earth especially!

I wish other bands websites did similar. Even if you hate Ozzy (and I know a lot of you do), check out the site anyway as it's really cool!
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[Holymagica]

Gulf Daily News reports: A new venue has been arranged by Bahrain-based Mirage Promotions for the Middle East debut by American rock band AEROSMITH. The aim is to avoid delays experienced by many fans during last month's SHAKIRA concert.

SHAKIRA performed for more than 25,000 people at the Dubai Autodrome, but fans reported major delays getting to and from the venue because of heavy traffic.

AEROSMITH will now perform at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground — the venue hosting the annual Rugby 7's tournament.

Several Bahrain fans who travelled for the SHAKIRA concert missed all or part of it because of traffic jams.

"It took me over two hours to get to the concert venue and most of the way, I had to walk it with my friends," said Bahraini Alia Mohammed, 18.

"By the time we got to the Autodrome, the concert was already well into its first half.

"I also had many friends who had bought tickets but were unable to catch the concert."

The AEROSMITH concert will be held on May 31.

More than 20,000 fans are expected to attend the only Middle East performance by this iconic rock band and the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground and adjacent areas will be capable of handling more than 10,000 vehicles.

Source-Blabbermouth

[Voice of Reason]

RUSH 2007 North American Tour Dates

JUNE 2007

13th Atlanta, GA HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
15th West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
16th Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
18th Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
20th Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
22nd Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
23rd Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
25th Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
27th Boston, MA Tweeter Center
29th Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
30th Saratoga Springs, NY

JULY 2007

2nd Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
4th Buffalo, NY Darien Lake
6th Camden, NJ Tweeter Center
8th Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
9th Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
18th Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
20th Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
21st Portland, OR The Amphitheatre at Clark County
23rd Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
25th Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
27th Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
28th Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
30th San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre

AUGUST 2007

1st San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
3rd Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion
4th Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
6th Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
8th Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
11th Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Centre
12th San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
14th Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
23rd Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
24th St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
26th Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
28th Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
30th Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Centre

SEPTEMBER 2007

1st Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
2nd Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheater
6th Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater
8th Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amph
9th St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
12th London, ON John Labatt Centre
14th Quebec City, PQ Colisee de Quebec
15th Montreal, PQ Bell Centre
19th Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
21st Ottawa, ON ScotiaBank Place
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Talent: http://tinyurl.com/3dwzqw

[Holymagica]

Steve Morse has lined up the following U.K. guitar clinics:

Steve has two guitar clinics lined up during Deep Purple UK tour this month, with the possibility of another to follow. So far we have:

• 22nd April: at Thistle Manchester Airport Hotel, 4pm. Tickets are £5.00, with 93 available as of last week, organised through Sounds Great.
• 1st May: at Guitar Guitar, Glasgow. Afternoon kick-off. Contact the Glasgow store (0141-552-9896) for details.

[thecoop]

Ozzy Osbourne's new album is to be called Black Rain and released early June. A preview of his new single will be available on Ozzy.com on Friday 13th April. This album has been recorded in Ozzy's home studio - better he says because you can get the idea down when you get it. Ozz also says he went into this wanting a new No More Tears, and something that would hang with Diary Of A Madman, and he described Down To Earth as somewhat of a filler album. He appears very satisfied with Black Rain. If what he says about it is true, I'm looking forward to it very much.
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[Voice of Reason]

Megadeth European Tour

JUNE 2007
1 Nurnberg, Germany Rock Im Park (** Festival)
2 Roeselare, Belgium Schwung Festival (All Ages Festival)
3 Nurburg, Germany Rock Am Ring (** Festival)
5 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega (All Ages)
7 Tampere, Finland Sauna Open Air (All Ages Festival)
8 Derbyshire, UK Download Festival (*** Festival)
10 Dublin, Ireland Ambassador Theatre (****)
12 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowland Ballroom (Age 14+)
13 Bristol, UK Academy (Age 14+)
14 Folkestone, UK Leas Cliff Hall (All Ages)
16 London, UK Astoria (*****)
17 Biddinghuizen, Holland Fields Of Rock Festival (All Ages Festival)
19 Hamburg, Germany Markthalle (******)
20 Karlsruhe, Germany Festhalle Durlach (******)
22 Zaragoza, Spain Monsters Of Rock (All Ages Festival)
24 Clisson, France Hellfest (All Ages Festival)
26 Rijssen, Holland Lucky & Co (All Ages)
27 Zurich, Switzerland Rohstofflager (All Ages)
28 Vienna, Austria Arena (All Ages)
30 Milan, Italy Gods Of Metal (All Ages Festival)

JULY 2007
2 Tel Aviv, Israel Hangar 11 (All Ages)



** 16+ (though 16-18 year olds must be accompanied by an adult)
*** No under 8, and under 16 must be accompanied by an adult
**** Over 18 ground floor. Under 18 balcony (no alcohol served)
***** 14+ (though 14-16 year olds must be accompanied by an adult)
****** 16+ (16 and under ok if accompanied by an adult and can only stay until 10pm
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Talent: http://tinyurl.com/3dwzqw

[thecoop]

SPINAL TAP ARE BACK!! Source: AOL.co.uk

Spinal Tap is back, and this time the US mockumentary band wants to help save the world from global warming.
The mock heavy metal group immortalised in the 1984 mockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap, will reunite for a performance at Wembley Stadium as part of the Live Earth concerts scheduled worldwide for July 7.
The original members of Spinal Tap will be there: guitarist Nigel Tufnel (played by Christopher Guest), singer David St Hubbins (Michael McKean) and bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer). Rob Reiner, who both directed This Is Spinal Tap and played the fake documentarian Marty DeBergi in the film, will also be in attendance.
A new 15-minute film directed by Reiner on the band's reunion will also play at the opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York today.
The festival, hosted by Al Gore, is to open with a showing of several global warming-themed short films produced by the SOS (Save Our Selves) campaign.
SOS is also putting on the Live Earth concerts, to be held across seven continents.
Reiner explained the reunion of Spinal Tap - a band always known more as a parody of rock'n'roll excess than environmental awareness.
"They're not that environmentally conscious, but they've heard of global warming,'' said Reiner, whose other films include When Harry Met Sally and Stand By Me.
"Nigel thought it was just because he was wearing too much clothing - that if he just took his jacket off it would be cooler.''
Spinal Tap has reunited several times since the film, but hasn't for a number of years. For the band - whose last album was 1992's Break Like The Wind - the occasion warranted a new single: Warmer Than Hell.
Reiner provided a sneak peak at the lyrics: "The devil went to Devon, it felt like the fourth degree. He said, 'Is it hot in here, or is it only me?'''
The director said the new short film explained what the band had been doing with their lives lately. Nigel has been raising miniature horses to race, but can't find jockeys small enough to ride them; David is now a hip-hop producer who also runs a colonic clinic; and Derek is in rehab for addiction to the internet.
Reiner, 60, has for more than 20 years worked with the National Resources Defence Council, an environmental action organisation. Though the Spinal Tap reunion will be a lot of laughs, he hopes the SOS short films programme and the Live Earth concerts have a substantial effect.
"What I think is going to be nice about this whole effort is there will be marching orders for people,'' said Reiner. "Not only from a personal standpoint of what individuals can do in their lives, but a macro perspective with respect to the public sector and government.''
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[panayiotis1984]

The new single by Velvet Revolver, "She Builds Quick Machines", it is available for free download from this link: http://www.fmqbproductions.com/epks/2007/velvetrevolver2/download.html

The new album of the band will be published on the 3rd of July. Its cover is the following: http://media.velvetrevolver.com/vrlibertad.jpg


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