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Ratt ‘Out Of The Cellar’ To Get 40th Anniversary Edition

by Paul Cashmere

Ratt’s 1984 debut album ‘Out of the Cellar’ will have a 40th anniversary release with an extra track added.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, metal, Out of the Cellar, Ratt, USA

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Nikki Sixx Has A Say About New Motley Crue Music

by Music-News.com

Nikki Sixx has hit back at critics who poured scorn on Motley Crue’s new music.

Tagged as: 80s, Dogs of War, glam, John 5, metal, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, rock, USA

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The Sweet Announce Farewell Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The Sweet will return to Australia for one last time in November.

Tagged as: 70s, glam, pop, rock, The Sweet, UK

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Mick Mars Open To Writing for Motley Crue

by Music-News.com

Mick Mars would be willing to write new music for Mötley Crüe – despite his ousting and legal wrangle with his former bandmates.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, metal, Mick Mars, Motley Crue, rock, USA

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More On The New Music From Motley Crue

by Music-News.com

Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx has been “pumping out amazing lyrics and great music”.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, John L, metal, Mick Mars, Motley Crue, rock, USA

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Winger Cancel Australia and New Zealand Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Winger’s upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand for September has been cancelled.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, metal, rock, USA, Winger

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Rick Springfield Lost Album ‘Springfield’ To Be Released After 40 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Rick Springfield’s aborted 1970’s album ‘Springfield’ will finally be released on May 12, 2023.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, glam, pop, Rick Springfield, rock, Springfield, USA

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The Cult Reveals ‘Under The Midnight Sun’ Details

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult will reveal their 11th album ‘Under The Midnight Sun’ in October and have announced the news with the premiere of ‘Give Me Mercy’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Give Me Mercy, glam, hard rock, metal, rock, The Cult, UK, Under The Midnight Sun

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London To Host The Marc Bolan 45th Anniversary Concert

by Paul Cashmere

A concert to honor the life and music of Marc Bolan will be held in London on the 45th anniversary of the passing of the T.Rex lead singer.

Tagged as: 70s, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, glam, Marc Almond, Marc Bolan, pop, rock, T. Rex, The Damned, Tony Visconti, UK

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Steel Panther To Play Australian Dates In October

by Paul Cashmere

Pisstake glam metal band Steel Panther will return to Australia in October.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, glam, metal, rock, Steel Panther, USA

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Tommy Lee Makes It Through His First Full Motley Crue Show This Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Tommy Lee managed to make it to the end of a Motley Crue show for the first time on the current ‘The Stadium Tour’.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, metal, Motley Crue, rock, Tommy Lee, USA

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Tommy Lee Says He Broke His Ribs Carrying Luggage Down Stairs

by Music-News.com

Tommy Lee broke four ribs carrying luggage down uneven stairs at a rental house in Nashville.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, metal, Motley Crue, rock, Tommy Lee, USA

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Nikki Sixx Labels Pearl Jam “Boring”

by Music-News.com

Nikki Sixx has branded Pearl Jam “one of the most boring bands in history”.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, glam, metal, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, Pearl Jam, rock, USA

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Sixx:AM Have No Plans To Tour

by Music-News.com

Sixx:A.M. have no current plans to tour or release new music.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, glam, metal, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, rock, Sixx:AM, USA

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Motley Crue Are Planning A 2022 World Tour

by Music-News.com

Motley Crue are “100 per cent planning” to reunite for their ‘The Stadium Tour’ next year.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, metal, Motley Crue, rock, USA

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Motley Crue Too Fast For Love Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

Motley Crue’s debut album ‘Too Fast For Love’ was released 40 years ago today, 10 November, 1981.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, metal, Motley Crue, rock, Too Fast For Love, USA

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Slade To Reissue ‘Slade In Flame’ Next

by Paul Cashmere

Slade’s underrated ‘Slade In Flame’ album is the next vinyl reissue from the UK’s 70s Glam Rock band.

Tagged as: 70s, Dave Powell, glam, Noddy Holder, rock, Slade, Slade In Flame, UK

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Sweet Have An Old New Song Called ‘Everything 2021’

by Paul Cashmere

Andy Scott has resurrected an old song called ‘Everything’ by Sweet into a new song for Sweet now called ‘Everything 2021’.

Tagged as: 70s, Andy Scott, Everything 2021, glam, rock, Sweet, UK

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The T.Rex Classic ‘Electric Warrior’ Turns 50 Today

by Paul Cashmere

‘Electric Warrior’, the sixth album but first breakthrough for T. Rex, was released on this day on 24 September 1971.

Tagged as: 70s, Electric Warrior, glam, pop, rock, T. Rex, UK

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Lexxi Foxx Quits Steel Panther

by Paul Cashmere

Founding Steel Panther bass player Lexxi Foxx has left the band.

Tagged as: 00s, glam, Lexxi Foxx, metal, rock, Steel Panther, USA

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Gary Corbett of Cinderella Dies The Same Day As Band’s Guitarist Jeff LaBar

by Paul Cashmere

Rock band Cinderella has lost two members in one day. On the same day guitarist Jeff LaBar died at age 58, keyboard player Gary Corbett has also passed away.

Tagged as: 80s, Cinderella, Gary Corbett, glam, Jeff LaBar, rock, Tom Kiefer, USA

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Jeff LaBar of Cinderella Dies At Age 58

by Paul Cashmere

Cinderella guitarist Jeff LaBar has died at age 58. A cause of death has not been announced.

Tagged as: 80s, Cinderella, glam, Jeff LaBar, metal, USA

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Motley Crue Kick Off Reissue Series As 40th Anniversary Rolls Around

by Paul Cashmere

November 10 2021 will mark the 40th anniversary of the release of the first Motley Crue album ‘Too Fast For Love’.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, Hollywood, metal, Motley Crue, rock, Tommy Lee, USA, Vince Neil

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Joan Jett at Red Hot Summer, Mornington, 19 January 2019 photo by Karen Freedman

Joan Jett Says HerLook Was Inspired By Marc Bolan

by Music-News.com

Tommy Bolan, who was the lead singer of T. Rex and one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement of the 1970s, inspired her music and image.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, glam, Joan Jett, pop, rock, T. Rex, The Runaways, USA

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Taste Make Isolation Video For Pre-Isolation Song ‘Stand Up’

by Paul Cashmere

Taste have used self-isolation time to create a music video for their new song ‘Stand Up’.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, glam, Ken Murdoch, Michael Tortoni, rock, Taste

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Steve Priest of The Sweet Dead at 72

by Paul Cashmere

The Sweet bass player Steve Priest has died at age 72.

Tagged as: 70s, glam, pop, rock and roll, Steve Priest, The Sweet, UK

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Motley Crue To Revisit ‘Dr Feelgood’ 30 Years On

by Tim Cashmere

California’s notoriously raucous glam metal days can be summed up with the era’s poster boys Motley Crue and their album ‘Dr. Feelgood’. Now, 30 years on it is getting a re-release, but is it the re-release we need?

Tagged as: demos, Dr Feelgood, glam, Los Angeles, metal, Mick Mars, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, reissue, remastered, rock, Sunset Strip, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil

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Gary Glitter Is Not Entitled To ‘Joker’ Royalties

by Paul Cashmere

Gary Glitter will not financially benefit from his song being used in ‘Joker’.

Tagged as: 70s, Gary Glitter, glam, pop, rock, UK

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The Poor, Screaming Jets and Palace of the Kings To Open For Kiss

by Paul Cashmere

Kiss have revealed their opening acts for the Australia. The Poor, Palace of the King and The Screaming Jets will play as well as The Superjesus, Dallas Crane, Rival Fire and Legs Electric around the country.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Dallas Crane, glam, Kiss, Palace of the King, rock, The Poor, The Screaming Jets, The Superjesus, USA

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Nikki Sixx Is Ready To Stop Touring Completely

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Nikki Sixx has “kind-of, sort-of” retired from touring.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, metal, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, rock, USA

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