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Rage against the Machine & Aerosmith TO HEADLINE Download Festival
Download…Ready to Rock! We can now confirm that legendary multi-million selling AEROSMITH and double Grammy-winning RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE will join AC/DC as headliners of the 8th Download Festival. Aerosmith, who are celebrating 40 years as America’s Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll band will return to the main stage at Donington Park for the first time in 16 years. Last playing as headliners of the Donington Monsters Of Rock festival in 1994 and 1990, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry et al return with their legendary juggernaut performance, one that has earned them the title of best-selling American rock band of all time. Aerosmith have sold more than 150million albums worldwide and…
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Starman show starts on SKY 1
Pineapple Dance Studios: Where careers are made, dreams are broken, bitching is an Olympic sport and everyone is fabulous! The new series kicked off last night February 14th 2010. Based in London’s Covent Garden, Pineapple Studios are legendary in show-business, home to the most demanding auditions and rehearsal space for the world’s biggest stars and shows. The show follows Pineapple Studios dance teacher Andrew Stone and his band Starman in their quest for a major record deal. Starman consists of 6 talented musicians Andrew Stone (lead singer) Rosaleen O’Connell (Backing Vocalist) Luka Cadez (Drummer), Jesus Ruiz (Guitarist), Mickey Cowdroy, (Bassist) and Craig Custance (Keyboard) all of which are from…
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Rage Against The Machine announce Free gig in London
London ‘Thank You’ gig just announced Rage Against The Machine reached the Christmas No. 1 spot thanks to those that bought the single and now the massive ‘Thank you’ gig that was promised is finally here! On Sunday 6th June, Finsbury Park will host the victory party to end all victory parties! The victory marks a stunning upset against the heavily favoured X Factor single. Following the massive Facebook campaign to make the 1992 track top the Christmas charts, RATM will play a concert in celebration of this incredible triumph. You spread the word, you swayed the outcome, you made music history! Now let’s celebrate! Register for your free tickets…
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Starman debut on Sky One
Picture: Enda Madden new series set to explode on Sky ONE Sky One is to air the story of an up and coming pop band, as part of a major new documentary filmed in London’s renowned Pineapple Dance studios. The featured band, Starman, intend to release a single off the back of the show, which airs for the first time on February 14. The band formed a just year ago when music entrepreneur and the band’s manager Robert Davies met Pineapple dance teacher, singer and self-proclaimed “ready made pop-star” Andrew Stone. The band were then discovered by Sky when they approached Pineapple to make the new documentary, Pineapple Studios: Survival…
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Bloodstock comes of age heaven & Hell to headline
Heaven & Hell confirmed as Bloodstock Sunday Headliner Heavy Metal Legends HEAVEN & HELL have been confirmed as headline act for BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2010. The metal masters have chosen to headline the 10th anniversary of the festival, crowning an already incredible line up, befitting such an important milestone. Living legend/Guitarist TONY IOMMI commented: “Great for Geezer and me to play somewhere near to home, even better to headline a legendary festival. Thanks for the opportunity” BLOODSTOCK more than welcomes their appearance. Founder Paul Gregory says: “10 years of bringing the UK a METAL festival that metalheads can be proud of has just been made better with the announcement of…
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Wolf at Bloodstock 2009
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Turisas at Bloodstock Festival 2009
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Sonisphere 2009 Overview
Review for Metalized Magazine by Enda Madden August 1st and 2nd 2009: UK’s first ever Sonisphere festival treated music fans from all over the world to the perfect opening party as the clouds cleared way for a fantastic weekend of sun, song and booze at the historic and beautiful Knebworth Park. The strong line-up promised that huge crowds would appear and organisers were not disappointed when 40,000 metalheads turned up ready to rock. For two beautiful days, the outside world didn’t matter as fans lived and breathed great rock music. This was the way festivals were meant to be. As a stalwart on the UK metal festival scene, organiser Stuart…
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Limp Bizkit at Sonisphere New pictures and review
Review from Metalized Magazine by Matt Bond After such a blinding set at Download not too long ago, Limp Bizkit had set the bar incredibly high for themselves. Whilst they didn’t quite reach that standard, Fred Durst and co. still managed to hold their own in a line-up that included Metallica, Lamb of God and Machine Head (thus meaning that most of the watching crowd were fans of said artists). It was possible that Limp Bizkit could’ve been eaten alive (no pun intended) but you could argue by the reactions that Break Stuff, Rollin, and Bookie received, by the end of the set they had about 85% of the crowd…
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Heavy metal the New religion?
Metal fans use the force to make Heavy Metal a UK religion Thousands of metallers ‘convert’ in effort to follow Jedi into 2011 census Thousands of rock fans have already promised to convert to the UK’s latest faith, as they join a fast-growing internet campaign to see Heavy Metal recognised as a religion in the 2011 census. Following an internet campaign before the 2001 census, 390,000 UK residents listed Jedi – the fictional Star Wars creed as their religion, making it the UK’s fourth largest. Now, Heavy Metal enthusiasts are looking to follow the trailblazing Jedi’s into the 2011 census. Whilst the Office of National Statistics pointed out that…