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Papa Roach And Lit Among 49 New Acts Added To Download Line-up

Papa Roach, Rise To Remain, Gogol Bordello, Lit, Escape The Fate and Blitz Kids are amongst the 49 new acts added to the Download 2013 line up, in what is set to be THE biggest weekend in the rock calendar.

Tagged as: Buckcherry, download, Iron Maiden, Jason Newsted, Karnivool, Lit, Metallica, Naked Flame, P.O.D, Papa Roach, Rammstein, Slipknot

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Metallica Get Into Shoe Biz

by Paul Cashmere

There’s no business like shoe business and the members of Metallica now each have their own brand of shoe to prove it.

Tagged as: Metallica, Vans

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KISS Celebrate Forty Years Of Live Shows

by Music-News.com

Yesterday (January 30) was the 40th anniversary of the first live performance of KISS who would go on to gather millions of adoring fans and almost as many detractors.

Tagged as: Ace Frehley, Bob Dylan, Eric Singer, Fleetwood Mac, Gene Simmons, Guns n Roses, Kiss, Metallica, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Prince, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Tommy Thayer

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Metallica Claims Spotify Has Cost Them Album Sales

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The management for Metallica are spinning the numbers released by Billboard on Metallica’s album sales after they put their music on Spotify.

Tagged as: Cliff Burnstein, Metallica, Spotify

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Metallica Metallica Remains Biggest Selling Album Of SoundScan Era

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica’s ‘Metallica’ album remains the biggest selling album of the SoundScan era and clocked up a further 110,000 sales in 2012.

Tagged as: Bob Marley, Metallica, Nielsen SoundScan, NSYNC, Santana, Shania Twain

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RIAA Award Metallica Ten Certifications In December

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

In reviewing the RIAA Gold and Platinum certifications for December, it’s obvious that Taylor Swift is having a great end of 2012, but that statement would also apply to Metallica.

Tagged as: Metallica, RIAA, Taylor Swift

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Spotify Signs Metallica

by Music-News.com

Spotify and Metallica have announced that all music spanning the band’s 30-year history is now available on Spotify.

Tagged as: Metallica, Spotify

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Metallica Start Their Own Record Label Blackened

by Paul Cashmere

After 28 years Metallica have taken ownership of their original masters and have launched their own label Blackened Recordings.

Tagged as: Blackened, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Metallica, Quebec Magnetic, Universal, Warner

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Metallica To Release Quebec Magnetic DVD

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica will release songs from two shows from Quebec during the World Magnetic tour as ‘Quebec Magnetic’ in December.

Tagged as: Metallica, Quebec Magnetic, World Magnetic

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Macy Gray Records Talking Book As A ‘Love Letter’ To Stevie Wonder

by Music-News.com

Grammy-Award winning R&B/Soul singer-songwriter, Macy Gray, will be releasing a new album called “TALKING BOOK” on October 30th, 2012.

Tagged as: Hal Wilner, Jay Leno, John Cusack, Macy Gray, Matthew McConaughey, Metallica, Nicole Kidman, Stevie Wonder, Zac Efron

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New Soundgarden Single Released

by Music-News.com

The end of last week saw the first global radio plays of Soundgarden’s new single ‘Been Away Too Long’ from their eagerly awaited new album King Animal – out on November 12th 2012.

Tagged as: Black Sabbath, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Killers

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Metallica Release Free Concert Download In Honour Of Cliff Burton

by Andrew Tijs

In tribute to their late bassist Cliff Burton, Metallica offer a free download of him playing with them live in 1984.

Tagged as: bassist, Cliff Burton, metal, Metallica

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Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, Photo Ros O'Gorman

Iron Maiden To Headline UK Download Festival

by Music-News.com

Iron Maiden will headline Download Festival on Saturday 15 June 2013, bringing their triumphant ‘Maiden England’ tour to Donington Park on the 25th Anniversary of their first headline performance at the legendary home of rock in 1988 when an astounding 107,000 fans turned out to see their spectacular ‘Seventh Son’ show, still the highest ever

Tagged as: Black Sabbath, Bruce Dickinson, Donington, Download Festival, Iron Maiden, Metallica, The Prodigy

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Soundwave Doesn’t Have The Big Four Yet

by Paul Cashmere

The third Soundwave announcement fell short of featuring Megadeth leaving the Big Four possibility still up in the air.

Tagged as: Anthrax, Killswitch Engage, Metallica, Slayer, Soundwave

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Rolling Stone Readers Pick Their Top Ten Heavy Metal Albums

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Last Friday, Rolling Stone asked their on-line readers to select what they thought were the greatest heavy metal albums of all-time.

Tagged as: Black Sabbath, Guns n Roses, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Rolling Stone, Slayer

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Soundgarden’s First Album In 15 Years Set For Release

by Music-News.com

Seattle’s Soundgarden will release ‘King Animal’, the band’s first new studio album in over 15 years.

Tagged as: Adam Kasper, Ben Shepherd, Black Sabbath, Chris Cornell, Foo Fighters, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Metallica, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Killers

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Anthrax Become First Metal Band Played On Mars

by Paul Cashmere

Anthrax have become the first metal band to be played on planet Mars.

Tagged as: 30 Seconds To Mars, Anthrax, Metallica, Slayer, Soundwave, The Beatles

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Soundwave The Complete Line-up With Metallica, Linkin Park, Blink 182

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave has delivered what is arguably the greatest line-up ever for a music festival in Australia.

Tagged as: A Perfect Circle, Blink-182, Linkin Park, Metallica, Paramore, Soundwave, The Offspring

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James Hetfield, Metallica. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Metallica To Headline Soundwave

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave’s 2013 headline act is Metallica.

Tagged as: A Perfect Circle, Blink-182, Linkin Park, Metallica, Paramore, Soundwave, The Offspring

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Metallica Discuss 3D Live Concert Film

by Andrew Tijs

Lars Ulrich has said Metallica’s forthcoming 3D film will not be like The Song Remains The Same.

Tagged as: 3D, film, Lars Ulrich, metal, Metallica, rock

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett To Release Book Of Horror

by Paul Cashmere

Kirk Hammett of Metallica fame has his first book on the way. ‘Too Much Horror Business – The Kirk Hammett Collection’ documents his love an collection of horror.

Tagged as: Kirk Hammett, Metallica, Too Much Horror Business

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Macy Gray Australian Tour Dates Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Macy Gray is heading to Australia for her first tour down under in 12 years.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Eurythmics, Macy Gray, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, Radiohead

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Metallica Play Entire Black Album Backwards

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica put a new twist on the complete album performance. For the first time ever on Monday they played their iconic self-titled ‘Black’ album from end to beginning instead of beginning to end.

Tagged as: Black Album, Metallica

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Dave Grohl Enlists Music Royalty For Sound City Documentary

by Andrew Tijs

Dave Grohl reveals the trailer for a doco on legendary studio Sound City, featuring Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Trent Reznor and more.

Tagged as: Dave Grohl, documentary, film, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Nirvana, RATM, Sound City, Stevie Nicks, studio, Tom Petty, Trent Reznor

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Live Nation Buys Michael Coppel Presents

by Paul Cashmere

US touring giant Live Nation has acquired Australian promoter Michael Coppel Presents and Michael Coppel will take over as the company President and CEO.

Tagged as: Live Nation, Live Nation Buys Michael Coppel Presents, Metallica, Michael Coppel, Pink, Roger Waters

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Metallica 3D Film To Be Directed By Nimrod Antal

by Paul Cashmere

Nimrod Antal, the director of Journey to the Center of the Earth, Journey 2, will direct the Metallica 3D movie project.

Tagged as: 3D, Metallica, movie, Nimrod Antal

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Metallica Announce Their Own Music Festival

by Paul Cashmere

The Metallica secret is out. The band has announced that they will create their own music festival to be called ‘Orion Music + More’.

Tagged as: Metallica, Orion Music + More

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Metallica Offer Teaser For A Live Movie

by Andrew Tijs

Metallica have posted a teaser video promising that fans will see them like never before, possibly in 3D.

Tagged as: 3D, concert, film, live, metal, Metallica, movie, rock, teaser, video

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Foster The People Finally Top The ARIA Chart

by Andrew Tijs

Foster The People finally beat out Adele in this week’s ARIA Chart Wrap.

Tagged as: 360, Adele, Album Chart, ARIA, Boy & Bear, First Aid Kit, Foster The People, Gotye, John Williamson, Kanye West, M83, Matt Corby, Metallica, Nero, Rod Stewart, San Cisco, The Black Keys, The Jezabels, The Wombats, Tim McGraw, wrap

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The Cult’s Ian Astbury Defends Lou Reed And Metallica

by Andrew Tijs

Ian Astbury of The Cult has defended Lou Reed and Metallica’s reviled Lulu album in an interview.

Tagged as: album, Choice Of Weapon, Ian Astbury, Lou Reed, Lulu, Metallica, new, rock, The Cult

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January 12, 2023

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien Releases Solo Album Preview

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December 6, 2019

Stone Temple Pilots Announce New Music

Stone Temple Pilots will release new music in 2020 with their first acoustic album, Perdida.

December 3, 2019

Intimate Gary Moore Performance To Be Released

Back in 2009, Gary Moore played an intimate gig to a few hundred fans in London. Now that show is finally going to see the light of day.

November 27, 2019

ARIA Albums: Beyoncé Tops First Chart Of 2014

With the Christmas season over, it allows regular albums to reclaim the charts, and this week the self-titled fifth album for Beyonce climbs back up two places to give her the first ARIA No.1 album of her career.

January 4, 2014

Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Second Bernard Fanning Solo Album Due In June

Former Powderfinger singer Bernard Fanning will release his second solo album in June.

April 3, 2013

New U2 Coming Sooner Or Later

A new U2 album could be with or without you in 2013, then again maybe not. Bono says the band has been working on a follow-up to 2009’s ‘No Line On The Horizon’ but doesn’t care if it takes 10 years to produce.

January 17, 2013