Rockipedia No.166
Airbourne have re-scheduled their UK tour after being invited to join Motley Crue on tour in Canada with Joe Perry Project. New dates are:
16/03 Portsmouth Guildhall
30/03 Bristol Colston Hall
01/04 London Hammersmith Apollo
02/04 Liverpool Academy
03/04 Manchester Apollo
05/04 Edinburgh Picture House
06/04 Glasgow Academy
07/04 Leeds Academy
08/04 Newcastle Academy
10/04 Wilverhampton Civic Hall
11/04 Nottingham Rock City
13/04 Belfast Mandela Hall
14/04 Dublin Academy
Five Finger Death Punch played as a four-piece last night in Norway after guitarist Zoltan Bathory fell ill before the show. Singer Ivan Moody explained Bathory had gone to hospital and asked if the crowd wanted them to play anyway. They did, and reports say the show worked out fine.
Blaze Bayley is running an online contest to win signed copies of their new album. All you have to do is sign up to the band’s forum and guess song titles from the upcoming release. Winners will receive the LP when it’s ready – it’s due for release on February 1 with advance orders accepted from December 1.
A tale of two Taylors - Roger Taylor of Queen says he’s considering touring with Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. Roger says Hawkins is his “blood brother,”and adds: “It sounds like fun – he’s got such a great, open approach to life.”
Rock and metal label SPV is back in business after cutting a deal with Sony, who'll take over their biggest acts including Motorhead and Halloween for a time. The company became insolvent in May but after a revamp will continue operating as an independent label. Boss Frank Uhle says: “We’ve learned our lesson and we’ll soon have SPV a force to be reckoned with.”
Mastodon will tour the UK in February:
16/02 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
17/02 Bristol Academy
19/02 Glasgow Barrowlands
20/02 Manchester Academy
21/02 Newcastle Academy
23/02 Nottingham Rock City
24/02 London Roundhouse
Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee has told Rock Radio how he got into DJing: “I had a DJ buddy of mine and we were working on some stuff in the studio. He went home and left his turntables one night and I thought, ‘Hmm, let me at this,’ and I just started goofing around. There was something about it that turned me on. Because I’m a drummer I’m obviously a big fan of beats, and when there’s lots of beats it’s pretty much dance music. I strictly do it for fun – I love playing drums and singing and playing guitar live and that’ll never change. But downing a few beers and watching people go crazy is just fun to do.”
Gunfire 76 and Bullets and Octane are offering Christmas presents to those attending their London show on December 10. The first 100 ticketholders to drop off a Christmas card for either band at the merch stall will be given a copy of either band’s album.
Rod Stewart is being sued for $3.3m by lawyers Glaser ,Well, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro for unpaid bills relating to three cases stretching back nine years.
HIM will tour the UK in March:
13/03 Nowrich UEA
14/03 Manchester Academy
15/03 Edinburgh Picture House
16/03 Newcastle Academy
18/03 Bournemouth Academy
19/03 Birmingham Academy
20/03 Nottingham Rock City
Korpiklaani and GWAR have been comfirmed for Bloodstock 2010 in Derbyshire on August 13-15.
The latest edition of Metal Hammer is out now featuring Slayer, AC/DC, Atreyu, Within Temptation and, as ever, much much more. Check out the details.
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