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3/11/2010
Legendary Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash
has unveiled the lineup of his touring band, which will take to the
road this spring in support of Slash's self-titled debut solo album.
Joining previously announced vocalist Myles Kennedy from Alter
Bridge will be rhythm guitarist Bobby Schneck, who's toured
with Weezer and Green Day, Alice Cooper and Vince
Neil drummer Brent Fitz, and Big Wreck bass player Dave
Henning. The band's first confirmed gig ...
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3/11/2010
Saving Abel has set Miss America as the title of the
band's sophomore album, according to Tunelab Music. The record is
set for a June 8th release, with the Mississippi-based rock band
starting a new U.S. tour on Thursday (March 11th) in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. More dates are penciled in for April, May and June, with
information about a first single also on the way.
Drummer Blake
Dixon told us that fans can expect the ...
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3/11/2010
Puddle Of Mudd has announced a new string of tour dates slated
to begin on April 1st in Anaheim, California, with the trek extending
deep into May. Dates are even beginning to pop up in late June for the
group, with frontman Wes Scantlin telling us that he has no idea
when he might get a break: "I do not know. All I know is I'm on, you
know, this bus becomes my life and ...
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3/11/2010
Muse will play a small club show at Stubb's in Austin, Texas
on Saturday, March 20th, during next week's South By Southwest
music festival, according to Billboard.com. The gig will find the
British trio back in a more intimate environment right in the middle of
their latest North American arena tour. But drummer Dominic Howard
told us a while back that he enjoys playing concerts of all sizes: "Just
going from one extreme to another ...
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3/10/2010
Switchfoot has a busy few months ahead. The group will swing
by The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on March 17th to perform the
song, "Mess of Me. " Also coming up are a batch of North American dates
between now and April 21st, followed by an overseas tour.
After
the guys return to the U.S., they'll have a couple of appearances
before playing the sixth annual Switchfoot Bro-Am, set for June
26th at ...
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3/10/2010
The Smashing Pumpkins are looking for a new bassist and
keyboard player, it was announced on Tuesday (March 9th) by the band's
publicist. Bassist Ginger Pooley, who toured with the group in
2007 and 2008, has left the band to take care of her new baby, while it
is not clear what happened with keyboard player Lisa Harriton.
Band leader Billy Corgan plans to hold an open audition process
to find the group's new members, ...
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3/9/2010
Radiohead has issued a statement that information about the
band's new album circulated in an email among fans is "made up,"
according to NME.com. The email, which allegedly emanated from
the band's merchandise site, reportedly said that Radiohead's eighth
studio album was titled Tehrangeles and had been completed. An
11-song track listing was also included. But a spokesperson for the
group said, "Most of it is made up and there is no album or album
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3/9/2010
Foo Fighters will begin recording their seventh studio album
in September, frontman Dave Grohl told RollingStone.com at
the Independent Spirit Awards in Los Angeles on Friday night (March
5th). Grohl said, "Me and (Foos drummer) Taylor (Hawkins)
have already started demoing songs," adding, "I think this could be our
heaviest album yet." Grohl also revealed that the record will be
produced by Butch Vig, partially in honor of the 20th anniversary
of Nirvana's classic ...
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3/9/2010
Although Tool singer Maynard James Keenan is busy with
other ventures like his vineyards and his rock cabaret act Puscifer,
he did hint to us in a new interview that he's done some writing for
the next Tool album. But Keenan also added that he's perfectly
comfortable taking a long time between projects: "Some new band,
their first two records are the ones that are the freshest, 'cause
they've had all their lives to write ...
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3/9/2010
System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian will give two
orchestral performances of his Elect The Dead Symphony in the
U.S. this summer. Tankian will perform with the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra at Chastain Park Amphitheater on July 9th in Atlanta, and with
an orchestra assembled by The Greek Theatre on July 30th at that venue
in Los Angeles. The two American concerts will follow a string of
performances that will team Tankian with some of ...
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