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LINKIN PARK To ‘Begin Sharing A Little More Regularly’ With Fans

The surviving members LINKIN PARK have announced plans to start communicating with their fans "a little more regularly" going forward. The band, which has been on hiatus since the death of frontman Chester Bennington in 2017, took to social media earlier today (Tuesday, May 3) to share the following statement with fans: "Two decades in and our LP community continues to inspire us. Your passion and dedication is the lifeblood of what we've built together with you. And it doesn't go unnoticed. "We thought […]

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STRYPER Is ‘Bringing Back The Power Ballad’ On Upcoming Album

Michael Sweet of openly Christian rockers STRYPER has shared a snippet of another song that will appear on the band's next album. The 58-year-old guitarist/vocalist, who recently underwent surgery for a re-detached retina, took to his Instagram on Monday (May 2) to post a 43-second video from the studio, and he included the following message: "When we were growing up, I'd go from a BOSTON album to a @judaspriest album to a @journeymusicofficial album, to you name it. "I'm a metalhead but I'm also a balladeer. And […]

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New Music Adds This Week On MonkeyBoy Radio

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SPINAL TAP Drummer RIC PARNELL Dead At 70

Ric Parnell, who played Mick Shrimpton, the drummer of SPINAL TAP in the mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap", has died at the age of 70. Parnell was also a onetime member of ATOMIC ROOSTER, a 1970s British hard rock/progressive rock band which was led by extraordinary keyboardist Vincent Crane. Ric played drums on solo albums for RADIO BIRDMAN's Deniz Tek, who paid tribute to his friend in a social media post on Sunday (May 1). He wrote: "Ric Parnell died early this morning. "From day one, meeting him, I found him to […]

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MÖTLEY CRÜE To Begin ‘Full-Band Rehearsals’ For ‘The Stadium Tour’ Next Week

MÖTLEY CRÜE is set to begin "full-band rehearsals" next week for the long-awaited "The Stadium Tour" with DEF LEPPARD and guests POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS. Earlier today, MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx shared an Instagram selfie from Tennessee — where both singer Vince Neil and guitarist Mick Mars live — and he included the following message: Sunday May 1st 2022-First day off I've had in awhile.Full band rehearsals start next week.#Sunday #Sleep". The 36-date trek, which is due to wrap September 9 in Las Vegas, was originally scheduled to take place in the summer of […]

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OZZY OSBOURNE Is ‘Doing Well’ After Testing Positive For COVID-19

Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack has issued a health update on his father, shortly after the legendary heavy metal singer tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Jack appeared on Tom Newton Dunn's "The News Desk" on TalkTV Thursday night (April 28) and said (see video below): "He's doing well. I spoke to him shortly before coming in. He just says… I'll save the colorful language, but he says it sucks." The news of the legendary heavy metal singer's diagnosis was shared by his wife […]

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Shares Snippet Of New Song ‘IOU’

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has shared a snippet of another new song, "IOU". The track, along with the previously released single "AfterLife", will appear on the band's upcoming album, also titled "AfterLife". FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's follow-up to 2020's "F8" was once again recorded at the Hideout Recording Studio, the Las Vegas, Nevada facility owned and operated by Kevin Churko, the Canadian record producer/engineer and songwriter who has worked on all of FIVE FINGER's albums beginning with the band's sophomore release, 2009's "War Is The Answer". "AfterLife" will be FIVE FINGER DEATH […]

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CHAD GRAY Says There Are ‘Two Or Three’ Unreleased HELLYEAH Songs With VINNIE PAUL’s Drums

Chad Gray says that there is "talk" about HELLYEAH writing and recording new music. HELLYEAH has been inactive since early 2020 when its U.S. tour was canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, Gray has reunited with his previous band MUDVAYNE, which recently played its first two shows in 12 years, with plans to continue touring in 2022. A few months before the pandemic hit, HELLYEAH had completed a couple of U.S. tours in honor of its drummer, Vinnie Paul Abbott, who passed away in […]

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LED ZEPPELIN’s ‘Five Glorious Nights’ Book Celebrating Appearance At Earls Court To Be Re-Released With Extra Pages

Rufus Publications has announced the re-release of the "Led Zeppelin Five Glorious Nights" book by Dave Lewis. In May 1975, LED ZEPPELIN performed five momentous concerts at the Earls Court Arena in London to a combined audience of 85,000 fans. It found the band at the peak of their powers, slaying the sold-out audiences with a nightly marathon three-and-a-half-hour presentation of light, sound, power and energy. LED ZEPPELIN's appearances at Earls Court represented a career high for the group and four decades on, are still held […]

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