June 2012
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Randy Blythe - Lamb Of God (Manslaughter...
What a horrible thing for a singer to have to go through. A couple of days ago Randy Blythe of Lamb Of God was arrested for manslaughter. Apparently, a fan had gotten on stage not once, not twice but three times during a show. He was pushed back into the crowd the third time by Randy where he fell and hit his head. Two weeks later the fan died. Surely fans need to respect a band’s...
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Slash US Tour - September 2012 + Opening Band Comp...
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators (Myles Kennedy, Brent Fitz,Todd Kerns and Frank Sidoris) have announced a new tour in the USA beginning September 4. An exclusive presale for Citi card members starts Tuesday, July 3 over at http://www.citiprivatepass.com. Regular presale begins Tuesday, July 10th while tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, July 13th. Ticket...
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ChildLine Rocks 2012
October 14th will see 2500 guitarists of all types, genres and ages gathering together at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena to attempt to break four world records:
1. The Largest Electric Guitar Ensemble 2. The Largest Music Lesson 3. The Largest Air Guitar Ensemble 4. The Most Guitar Amplifiers Used Simultaneously
The event is being staged in support of ChildLine, the charity that is a lifeline for...
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The Sex Pistols - 'Pretty Vacant' 7" Picture Disc
The Sex Pistols are releasing their well-known ‘Pretty Vacant’ as a limited edition 7” picture disc on 2nd July - 35 years to the day of its original release. Only 3500 limited edition 7” picture discs will be available via the Universal Music. Their legendary album ‘Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols’ will also be re-issued in September of this year as an expanded and repacked...
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The Gaslight Anthem UK Tour, Oct 2012
The Gaslight Anthem have announced a UK tour to take place this October. The shows are the first in support of their forthcoming album, ’Handwritten’, out July 23rd on Mercury Records. Tickets go on exclusive pre-sale at 9am Tuesday 26th June at www.gaslightanthem.co.uk. O2 Events pre-sale at 9am Wednesday 27th June and on Thursday June 28th through Live Nation. General sale on...
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Get Interactive with Slash
Slash has partnered with MATIvision to create the world’s first multi-camera 360-degree interactive music applications for the Apple iPad, iPod and iPhone to accompany his newly released album ‘Apocalyptic Love’.
The apps let you follow every moment of the band performing songs from their new album through six 360-degree spherical cameras. You choose the camera angle via touch or...
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Roadrunner UK closed, Cosa Nostra opens
Roadrunner Records UK office closes this Friday. But we’ve had some good news. Some of the staff have set up new companies. Michelle Kerr and Kirsten Sprinks in the press office are sticking together and have formed Cosa Nostra PR.
Cosa Nostra PR will pleasingly continue to represent many of the Roadrunner artists for all UK press (national, regional, college, & online) in addition to...
Funeral For A Friend, Cherri Bomb & It Boys! Added...
Funeral For A Friend, Cherri Bomb and It Boys! have been added to the first ever UK Vans Warped Tour show, that takes place on November 10th at Alexandra Palace, London.
“We’ve shared so many great memories being a part of such a prolific tour like Warped and to play the UK Warped show will be rad,” says Funeral For A Friend frontman Matt Davies. “It’s going to be insane. It’s...
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Yellowcard // Yellowcardrock.com: A Message from... →
Sean Mackin of Yellowcard has revealed that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Read his post below from the official Yellowcard page (click the yellowcardrock link for his full post).
yellowcardrock:
Hey there, it’s Sean. I wanted to share with you some recent changes that have taken place in my life. I have been fighting thyroid cancer since December 2011. As you might imagine, this...
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Alice Cooper / Duff McKagan's Loaded / Ugly Kid...
Alice Cooper’s Halloween Night Of Fear tour will hit the UK just prior to Halloween and the Coop will spend Halloween itself performing in Edinburgh. He is to be supported by Duff McKagan’s Loaded and Ugly Kid Joe. Tickets go on sale this week. Presales from 14 Jun 2012, 09:00, general sale from 15 Jun 2012, 09:00.
Dates are:
24 Oct 2012 Wed Motorpoint Arena Cardiff 25 Oct 2012 Thu...
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Young Guns, Sick Puppies, Kyng & Eye Empire To...
Seether have announced a US headline tour. They’ll be supported by Sick Puppies and Kyng (and are calling the tour ‘The Triple Threat Tour’), with Young Guns and Eye Empire as special guests in selected markets.
Dates are: 9/2: Atlantic City, NJ - House Of Blues 9/20: Boston, MA - House Of Blues 9/21: Sayreville - Starland Ballroom 9/22: Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Concert Pavilion...
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Phil x And The Drills UK Dates
PHIL X and The DRILLS are touring the UK this month. They kept those dates quiet!
Dates according to www.philx.tv are:
JUNE 12 - PURPLE TURTLE CAMDEN, LONDON
JUNE 13 - ANDTERTONS, GUILDFORD
JUNE 14 - DRY BAR, MANCHESTER
JUNE 15 - BRANDLINGS, NEWCASTLE
JUNE 16 - THE GARAGE, SWANSEA
JUNE 17 - COMRADES, BRADFORD
JUNE 18 - ABC2, GLASGOW
JUNE 19 - BOILEROOM, GUILDFORD
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Yellowcard's Ryan Key To Sit At Upcoming Shows
Yellowcard’s Ryan Key has posted that he will be stting down at a few of the upcoming Warped Tour shows following surgery on his foot. He wrote:
Looks Like I Will Need Some Help From My Friends…
Hey everyone. I have some unfortunate news. It is nothing too serious, but I had to have a medical procedure on the bottom of my right foot which is going to prevent me from putting any weight on...
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Destine's 'All The People' Proceeds to Gambia
Destine has released a new single ‘All The People’ from their new album ‘Illuminate’. Proceeds from this release will be donated to a health centre and primary school in Berending, Gambia.
You can purchase the single at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/all-the-people/id507463327?i=507463731
Inspired by the stories of Denis Breukers and Marga Stay of the Pallum foundation,...
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New Model Army Equipment Stolen in Walsall
New Model Army celebrated the first weekend with their new bassist, Ceri Monger with a festival warm-up gig at Robin 2 in Bilston, Wolverhampton last Saturday 2nd June.
Unfortunately their van was broken into that night in the carpark outside the Walsall Holiday Inn Express, and a large number of items were stolen. With gear borrowed from other groups, the band still managed to perform at...
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We Are (Not All) The Ocean
We Are The Ocean have announced the departure of vocalist Dan Brown. They write:
It is with much regret that we announce the departure of vocalist Dan Brown from We Are The Ocean. Dan has been our best friend and band member for over five years now. However, throughout the demoing and recording of our new album, we have been faced with the difficult realisation that the band’s and...
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Bowling For Soup October 'One Big Happy Tour'...
Bowling For Soup are celebrating their 18 year anniversary as a band this week and to commemorate have announced their 30th trip to the UK. The band will be back in October with support coming from friends The Dollyrots and Patent Pending. The tour has been named the ‘One Big Happy Tour’.
Prior to the tour, Bowling For Soup will release a new album on their own Queso Records label, entitled ‘One...
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Stream The Rocket Summer's 'Life Will Write The...
The Rocket Summer’s new album ‘Life Will Write The Words’ is in stores and online tomorrow, Tuesday, June 5 via Aviate Records. However you can now stream the album in its entirety over on PureVolume.com. Check it out at http://www.purevolume.com/news/The-Rocket-Summer-Premieres-New-Album-Life-Will-Write-The-Words.
Creator of The Rocket Summer, Bryce Avary...
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Want to be in Black Sabbath's Iron Man Video?
Black Sabbath want fans to be a part of their new video for ‘Iron Man’. They are inviting fans to upload videos of themselves singing or rocking out to ‘Iron Man’. ‘Iron Man’ was originally released in 1970 from their ‘Paranoid’ album but didn’t have a video made for it. The song is a classic Sabbath tune and a live version of ‘Iron...
