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BON JOVI’S NEW SINGLE “BECAUSE WE CAN” AVAILABLE ON ITUNES NOW!

Bon Jovi’s brand new single Because We Can blasts out to worldwide radio today at 7:00 a.m. (EST) and will be available on iTunes. Because We Can is the first single from What About Now, Bon Jovi’s upcoming studio album, set for March 26th release on Island Records.

What About Now will feature an original Jon Bon Jovi song, Not Running Anymorefrom the new Lionsgate motion picture Stand Up Guys. The song has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. This is Jon’s second nomination, after he first won the Golden Globe in 1990, for Blaze of Glory fromYoung Guns II. The Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be telecast live this Sunday, January 13th at 5:00 p.m. PT/8:00 p.m. ET on NBC.

Bon Jovi’s return to the road in 2013 will launch the latest chapter in an ongoing blockbuster run which has already secured Bon Jovi’s status as the essential live rock band. Bon Jovi Because We Can – The Tour will make its way across the globe with dates in the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, South Africa, Brazil, and Australia.

Bon Jovi Because We Can – The Tour

February:

9 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

10 Washington DC Verizon Center

13-14 Montreal, Que. Bell Centre

17-18 Toronto, Ont. Air Canada Centre

20 Kanata, Ont. Scotiabank Place

21 Pittsburgh, PA CONSOL Energy Center

27 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena

March:

1 Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Times Forum

2 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center

5 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena

6 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena

9 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena

10 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena

13 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center

14 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center

16 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena

17 Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena

April:

2 Calgary, Alb. Scotiabank Saddledome

3 Edmonton, Alb. Rexall Place

5 Winnipeg, Alb. MTS Centre

7 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center

10 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center

11 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center

13 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center

14 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena

16 Denver, CO Pepsi Center

17 Salt Lake City, UT EnergySolutions Arena

19 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center

20 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena

23 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena

25 San Jose, NJ HP Pavilion at San Jose

July:

12 Chicago, IL Soldier Field 18 Detroit, MI Ford Field

20 Foxboro, MA Gillette Stadiumv 24-25 East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium

The tour will also hit the following cities, with additional details to come:

Memphis, TN

Milwaukee, WI

Philadelphia, PA

Portland, OR

Raleigh, NC

San Antonio, TX

Seattle, WA

State College, PA

Vancouver, BC

For more information, visit bonjovi.com.

ANTHRAX RELEASE A STATEMENT ABOUT ROB CAGGIANO’S DEPARTURE FROM THE BAND

Anthrax have released the following statement about the departure of guitarist Rob Caggiano:

“Rob has been an integral part of Anthrax for so many years, as our lead guitarist, in a production capacity, but most of all, as our close friend. His contributions to the band have been enormous. While we are sad that he is leaving, we wish him nothing but great success going forward, and hope to share the stage with him again sometime down the road.

With the Metal Alliance Tour on the horizon, we have been considering several lead guitarist options, and will be making an announcement on that shortly.”

Anthrax – Charlie Benante, Scott Ian, Frank Bello, Joey Belladonna

SAXON PREPARE TO DELIVER THEIR LATEST ALBUM SACRIFICE ON FEBRUARY 26TH

With a storming new stomp in their boots and a renewed, lithe swagger to their legendary sound, Saxon will release Sacrifice, on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 through UDR. Taking a sharper, re-invigorated approach to the production, on this, their 20th album, Saxon have produced 10 of their strongest, heaviest and most inspired songs for many-a-year, and a more than worthy successor to their last album A Call To Arms.

“Less tricks, more power!” roars frontman and founding father Biff Byford, “my brief to the band was to be raw, be real and not be afraid to look back at the old classic material for inspiration.”

The album was recorded at LS Studios in Yorkshire and was produced by Byford with Andy Sneap mixing and engineering by Jacky Lehmann. It fairly bristles with muscular metallic intent, Paul Quinn’s and Doug Scarratt’s guitar work the best it’s ever been, while Biff’s vocals sound fresher and livelier. The songwriting too harks back to a classic era in Saxon’s history, with the likes of Warriors Of The Road, Wheels Of Terror and Stand Up And Fight evoking the halcyon days of yore with a contemporary twist, the classic Saxon sound absorbing the snarl, ferocity and attitude of contemporary bands (and fans) such as Megadeth, as evidenced by the crunching title cut Sacrifice.

“It’s certainly been done from a more early ‘80s thrashier perspective,” explains Biff, “and it’s not just guitars bashing away willy-nilly, they’ve got a fresh drive, purpose and perspective.”

Besides the new material, Saxon will also be adding some unique recordings of revisited classic to certain formats of the release, also produced by Byford and mastered by Andy Sneap, including an orchestrated version of Crusader and an acoustic version of Frozen Rainbow.

“From the songs to the production, I wanted to focus on the raw aspects which made us great in the first place,” concludes Biff, “And living in that rawness, combined with some great classic Saxon-songwriting, has in my opinion made Saxon fresher than ever.”

Sacrifice Confirmed track listing:

1. Procession
2. Sacrifice

3. Made In Belfast

4. Warriors Of The Road

5. Guardians Of The Tomb

6. Stand Up And Fight

7. Walking The Steel

8. Night Of The Wolf

9. Wheels Of Terror

10. Standing In A Queue

Bonus Disc:

1. Crusader (Orchestrated version)
2. Just Let Me Rock (Re-recorded version)

3. Requiem (Acoustic version)

4. Frozen Rainbow (Acoustic version)

05. Forever Free (Re-recorded version)

Formats:

• a limited edition deluxe digibook (including a bonus disc featuring the revisited classic tracks)
• a standard jewel case CD

• a vinyl LP picture disc

• a Direct to Consumer (D2C) fan package (available exclusively for online order from online retailers)

• a digital download

DEEP PURPLE TO REISSUE “LIVE IN PARIS 1975” IN THE NEW YEAR

Deep Purple, who have also announced a new studio album due in April 2013, will be digging through their past, reissuing 10 classic albums over the course of the new year.

 

The reissues will be begin January 29th, when Live In Paris 1975 will be released as a double CD. The album has been digitally remixed and re-mastered from the original multi-track recordings.

 

The show, recorded April 17th, 1975, at the Palais des Sports in Paris, was the band’s last concert with Ritchie Blackmore, who was leaving Deep Purple to form Rainbow. Blackmore would eventually return to the band, several years later, to record Perfect Strangers. However, the guitarist eventually left the band for good in 1993.

 

Blackmore, vocalist David Coverdale, bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice roared on classics like Burn, Stormbringer, Highway Star, Space Truckin’ and Smoke On The Water.

 

Deep Purple’s Live In Paris 1975 will be re-released through Eagle Rock Entertainment.