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GREEN DAY, NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE CONFIRMED AS FIRST HEADLINERS FOR VOODOO MUSIC AND ARTS EXPERIENCE PRESENTED BY STEPHEN REHAGE :: VOODOO CONTINUES ITS EVOLUTION AS A MUSICAL, CULTURAL AND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH ADDITION OF FIRST-EVER ON SITE CAMPING

Green Day will once again headline THE VOODOO MUSIC AND ARTS EXPERIENCE PRESENTED BY STEPHEN REHAGE.  The Grammy Award-winning trio last performed at VOODOO in 2004; their most recent appearance in New Orleans was at the historic re-opening of the Louisiana Superdome in September 2006.  Green Day will be releasing three albums, a trilogy entitled... [Read More]

SANTANA AND THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND ANNOUNCE SIX SPECIAL SUMMER 2012 CO-HEADLINING DATES :::: NEW SANTANA ALBUM SHAPE SHIFTER SET FOR RELEASE MAY 15

Two legendary groups join forces as Carlos Santana and the Santana Band announce six special co-headlining concerts with The Allman Brothers Band during July 2012. The dates kick off July 22 at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Lake, NY, and wrap July 30 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Highlights also include shows... [Read More]

Heritage Hunter Tour Review: Live from Pittsburgh

When the Heritage Hunter Tour kicked off on April 4th, Mastodon and Opeth knew that pulling off 29 shows in 38 days was going to be a grueling ride.  With most of the North American tour consisting of stops in the United States, it also includes two different stints in Canada.  Both bands are veterans of the game, making them quite capable of pulling... [Read More]

REPTAR SELLS OUT SHOWS IN AUSTIN, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, AND NEW YORK CITY AHEAD OF RELEASE OF DEBUT ALBUM :: BAND PLAYS TO OVER 5,000 PEOPLE ON HEADLINE TOUR :: BODY FAUCET DUE OUT MAY 1, 2012 ON VAGRANT RECORDS

LOS ANGELES, CA – April 18, 2012 – Reptar continue to sell out tour dates on their headline tour weeks ahead of the May 1st release date of their debut album, Body Faucet, on Vagrant Records.  The band SOLD OUT their headline stop in Austin, TX at Stubbs Jr. the last week of February then went back to the market for SXSW playing 13 shows... [Read More]

DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOUR DATES LAUNCHING JUNE 15 AND WRAPPING JULY 21 IN SUPPORT OF THEIR GLOBALLY SUCCESSFUL ALBUM ‘A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS’ WITH SPECIAL GUEST CRIMSON PROJEKCT

DREAM THEATER have annouced a second North American leg of a world tour in support of their acclaimed and globally successful album A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS (Roadrunner). The progressive hard rock icons who’ve sold in excess of 10 million records and DVDs worldwide will launch their summer dates June 15 in Rochester, NY and wrap July 21 in Chester,... [Read More]

The Used’s “Vulnerable” :::: The Rock Tribune review

With The Used releasing their fifth studio album (titled “Vulnerable”) and their first under Hopeless Records, one can only wonder what changes (if any) can be expected. Now that they are with a new label, it seems that they have more to say with their creativity than on the last album.  Since the band claims they weren’t give much room to creatively... [Read More]

GREEN DAY IN THE STUDIO RECORDING THREE ALBUMS – A TRILOGY ENTITLED ¡UNO!, ¡DOS!, AND ¡TRÉ! :::: ALBUMS TO BE RELEASED FROM SEPTEMBER 2012 TO JANUARY 2013

LOS ANGELES, CA – April 11, 2012 – Green Day is currently in the studio recording three albums – a trilogy entitled ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! – that will be released by Reprise Records on Tuesday, September 25th 2012; Tuesday, November 13th 2012 and Tuesday, January 15th 2013 respectively.   The albums are the follow-up to... [Read More]

MY DARKEST DAYS’ NEWEST ALBUM, SICK AND TWISTED AFFAIR, AVAILABLE NOW!

My Darkest Day’s newest album, Sick and Twisted Affair, has officially been released and is available in stores and on iTunes now!  With the release of their second album on Mercury Records, SICK AND TWISTED AFFAIR, featuring the #1 iTunes Rock Song “Casual Sex,” Toronto band My Darkest Days has announced two additional weeks on... [Read More]

SMILE EMPTY SOUL TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM “3′s” May 22, 2012

(New York, NY) – Los Angelesbased rock trio, SMILE EMPTY SOUL have signed a worldwide deal with eOne Music. The band will release their new record entitled “3′s” on May 22, 2012.“We are very excited to be working with eOne on this record. They’re a label that truly backs their artists, and that’s exactly... [Read More]

DragonForce TO TOUR THIS SPRING THE POWER WITHIN TO BE RELEASED ON APRIL 17 FREE DOWNLOAD + PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW

(New York, NY): European power metal dynamos DragonForce have announced plans to return to North America for a spring tour. This outing marks the band’s first full trek with brand new singer Marc Hudson, who also makes his recorded debut on The Power Within. The album lands at retail on April 17. Hudson premiered his voice at a series of... [Read More]

IAMDYNAMITE ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM SUPERMEGAFANTASTIC AND A STRING OF TOUR DATES

Exploding with thunderous beats and crunching power chords, IAMDYNAMITE establish themselves as a two-piece rock and roll force to be reckoned with on their debut LP SUPERMEGAFANTASTIC.  Armed with a single guitar, a basic drum kit and locked-in harmonies, the energy from the duo burns through speakers and electrifies off the stage whenever IAMDYNAMITE... [Read More]

Dandy Warhols :::: This Machine Out April 24th On The End Records

This Machine is the Dandy’s 8th official studio album and  was recorded over the course of 2011 at The Dandy Warhols rock clubhouse/ entertainment megaplex/studio The Odditorium. The band recorded the album with their longtime engineer – producer Jeremy Sherrer. Taylor-Taylor describes this record as “stripped down, woody and extremely... [Read More]

DARK EMPIRE- New Single Available on iTunes

New Jersey’s DARK EMPIRE return to the scene with their third release, this March entitled From Refuge to Ruin. Fusing elements of extreme and classic metal, 70′s prog rock, and poetic, meaningful lyrics, DARK EMPIRE bring forth a tremendously successful amalgam that is refreshingly unique as well as raw and aggressive. Today sees the first... [Read More]

CAVO ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR NEW ALBUM THICK AS THIEVES IN STORES APRIL 10TH

New York, NY – St. Louis rockers Cavo have announced a North American tour, which will coincide with the April 10th release of their upcoming album Thick as Thieves. On the heels of their successful run with Black Stone Cherry, the band will be headlining new dates with Janus as support. The tour, which starts on April 7th in Battlecreek,... [Read More]

COUNTING CROWS ANNOUNCE US TOUR DATES :: KICKING OFF TOUR WITH SOLD OUT SAN FRANCISCO CLUB SHOWS :: NEW ALBUM UNDERWATER SUNSHINE WILL BE RELEASED APRIL 10th

LOS ANGELES (February 21, 2012) Multi-platinum recording artist, Counting Crows announced today they will be touring in support of their new album, Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) which will be released April 10th on Collective Sounds. In the spirit of the band’s first independent release, the Crows will be kicking off... [Read More]

Metalocalypse Co-Creator Announces New Side Project: BRENDON SMALL’s GALAKTIKON

BRENDON SMALL is the co-creator/ writer/ actor/ director/ producer/ of ADULT SWIM’S METALOCALYPSE television series. Brendon Small is also responsible for writing and performing all of the show’s music and DETHKLOK: THE DETHALBUM and DETHALBUM II, the latter now known as the fastest-selling death metal album to date. Now, Brendon has written... [Read More]

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