KIDNAPPING SUSPECT ARRESTED AT IRON MAIDEN SHOW IN TEXAS
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The New York Post reports: Deputies in Texas arrested a kidnapping suspect in the middle of an Iron Maiden concert. Derrick Roseland, who was sought on aggravated kidnapping charges in Austin, was arrested at the AT&T Center in San Antonio on Saturday by deputies from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office after one of his fellow […]
EUROPE TO RELEASE “THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 30TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW-LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE” ON JULY 21ST
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On July 21st, Swedish hard rock veterans Europe will share their unique 30th-anniversary performance of The Final Countdown from London’s legendary Roundhouse. The Final Countdown 30th Anniversary Show-Live At The Roundhouse celebrates the multi-platinum album’s triple-decade success. The band played the album in its sequential entirety at a series of selected cities in 2016, with […]
JACK RUSSELL’S GREAT WHITE TO CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF “ONCE BITTEN” WITH AN ACOUSTIC ALBUM AND TOUR
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Jack Russell’s Great White will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Great White’s hit album Once Bitten with a tour and new acoustic album, Once Acoustically Bitten. The acoustic album will be released on July 14th and the band will begin their U.S. tour on July 6th. They will stay on the road through summer and […]
DRUMMER VINNY APPICE SAYS THAT RONNIE JAMES DIO WOULD HAVE BEEN “PISSED” OFF AT GENE SIMMONS’ ATTEMPT TO TRADEMARK “DEVIL’S HORN” HAND GESTURE
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Drummer Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, Dio) tells the, Ouch You’re On My Hair podcast, that if Ronnie James Dio were still alive, he would be “pissed off” at Gene Simmons’ attempt to trademark the “devil’s horns” hand gesture. Appice said, “Ronnie’s hand gesture thing is an old Italian thing; it’s called the […]
BMG TO PUBLISH NEW BOOK, “FOR THE SAKE OF HEAVINESS: THE HISTORY OF METAL BLADE RECORDS” AVAILABLE AUGUST 29TH
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Metal Blade Records and BMG are proud to announce the upcoming release of For the Sake of Heaviness: the History of Metal Blade Records on August 29th. Written by label founder and CEO Brian Slagel with Mark Eglinton, the book features a foreword by Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and celebrates the storied label’s 35th anniversary. Slag […]