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METALLICA, AC/DC, IRON MAIDEN: METALLICA Embrace Paperless Ticketing At London's Death Magnetic Release Party

As previously reported, METALLICA are to play a one-off charity gig on September 15 at London's O2 with tickets priced at just £5.

MTV.co.uk are reporting that the 15,000 fans attending the gig will not have to wait at box-offices to collect tickets and instead an innovative Paperless Ticketing system will be used.

Gig-goers using a credit or debit card to buy their tickets will not be sent a paper ticket but instead only have to swipe their payment card to gain entry into the venue.

This is the first time this system had been used within Europe. Ticketmaster, the company pioneering the technology, claim this is not only better for fans but also helps reduce secondary ticket sales by touts.

Ticketmaster adds: "Metallica want to ensure that all the proceeds from this launch party to go directly to charity. They also want the audience to be all Fan Club and Mission Metallica members. By working closely with Ticketmaster and their Paperless Ticket technology we can deliver the band's wishes and minimise the possibility of charitable tickets being resold in the secondary market."

AC/DC's Angus Young, Brian Johnson Comment On New Album; Audio Available

Black Ice, the band's first studio album in eight years, will be released on October 20th with three different collectible covers (pictured). Black Ice features 15 new tracks from brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd. The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC,

AC/DC will embark on a major world tour, the group's first since 2001, beginning late October.

Black Ice features the following tracklisting: 'Rock 'N Roll Train', 'Skies On Fire', 'Big Jack', 'Anything Goes', 'War Machine', 'Smash 'N Grab', 'Spoilin' For A Fight', 'Wheels', 'Decibel', 'Stormy May Day', 'She Likes Rock 'N Roll', 'Money Made', 'Rock N Roll Dream', 'Rocking All The Way', 'Black Ice'.

IRON MAIDEN - AirBridgeCargo Airlines Delivers Heavy Metal To Moscow

According to Aircargonews.net, IRON MAIDEN performed their first live performance in Moscow in over 15 years, on August 19, with the help of a heavy metal delivery by AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC).

Air Charter Services, (ACS) chartered an AirBridgeCargo Boeing 747 freighter on behalf of their client, Rock-it Cargo, to carry the 60 tonnes of stage equipment from Amsterdam to Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. The flight was performed on August 17.

The concert, at Moscow’s Olympisky Stadium, is the last event in Iron Maiden’s 2008 touring schedule. The band reportedly invited over 200 of their own family and friends to watch the show.

Wednesday September 3, 2008 - 01:13pm (EDT) Permanent Link
Metallica, Iron Maiden, QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS: METALLICA - Free Death Magnetic Album With XM Satellite Radio Purchase At Best Buy

Best Buy is offering up free copies of METALLICA's new album, Death Magnetic, with purchase of any XM satellite radio. CD release date: September 12. Click here for more details.

As previously reported, XM's new Metallica-only music station: Mandatory Metallica, features music from the entire Metallica catalog, rare live recordings, interviews and more. Available on XM 51 from August 16–September 30.

IRON MAIDEN - "It's Xmas Card Time Again"

IRON MAIDEN have issued the following update:

"Yes, it's almost that time of year again!

As we've done in recent years, we're throwing the design of the official Iron Maiden X-Mas card open to you guys. This is the card that gets sent to FC members and to friends of the band.

Each year, the standard has been amazingly high and we've had a real challenge agreeing on a winner.

So, we'd like you guys to do it again. Send us your designs - conforming to the specifications below - and the winner will be picked by Rod, be printed and sent to loads of people. The winner will get a credit on the card and a signed Derek Riggs print (and some other goodies I'm sure). We'll also award prizes to any runners up we particularly like, and even if your card isn't chosen to be printed we'll be using our favourites on the home-page throughout December.

Your design needs to be A5 size (about 21 by 15 cm) - it's up to you which way round it goes (portrait or landscape). The picture is entirely up to you.

Now here's the important stuff - as the design will be printed, you need to make sure you have a high-resolution image that you can send us if we choose your card. If you're hand painting or drawing, no problem, but if you're creating your design from scratch in Photoshop or whatever, please make sure you do it at 600dpi and not at the lower resolution you'd use for things that are going to be displayed only on a monitor. Keep the original in a very safe place, and send us a copy.

How To Submit Your Design:

Please send in your submissions as lower-resolution JPEG or GIF images - we don't need you to send the huge hi-res file until we choose the winner.

Please make sure that you name your file with your own name - eg. JimSmith.jpg - cos otherwise we get hundreds of files called 'maiden.jpg' and it's hard to keep track of which is which!

Email you entries to us web@maidenmail.co.uk, title your email 'XMAS CARD' and please make sure you include your contact details.

This competition is open to everyone - fanclub members and non-fanclub members.

Closing date for entries is October 15th, we'll announce the winner within a couple of weeks of that date (sometimes decisions are hard to make!) Good luck!"

QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS Confirm Dubai Live Date
Posted on Monday, September 01, 2008 at 13:15:26 EST

QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS have confirmed a new live date at Dubai Festival City in Dubai on November 14. For ticket info visit this location.

Queen + Paul Rodgers' forthcoming album, The Cosmos Rocks, will be released on CD throughout the world excluding North America on September 15. The tracklisting is as follows: 'Cosmos Rockin'', 'Time To Shine', 'Still Burnin'', 'Small', 'Warboys', 'We Believe', 'Call Me', 'Voodoo', 'Some Things That Glitter', 'C-Lebrity', 'Through The Night', 'Say It's Not True', 'Surf's Up . . . School's Out!', 'Small Reprise'.

The Cosmos Rocks was produced and performed by Brian May, Paul Rodgers and Roger Taylor. Co-produced and engineered by Joshua J Macrae, Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson. All tracks were written by Queen + Paul Rodgers.

Tuesday September 2, 2008 - 04:58am (EDT) Permanent Link
METALLICA, AC/DC, SAMMY HAGAR: METALLICA - Best Buy, Newbury Comics Bonus Items For New Album Detailed

Best Buy and Newbury Comics are offering special bonus items with purchase of METALLICA's new album, Death Magnetic.

If you order the album from Best Buy, fans will get 11 exclusive bonus tracks for the Xbox 360 game Guitar Hero III and free shipping.

For more information click here.

If you pre-order Death Magnetic from NewburyComics.com, you will receive a limited-edition pint glass (only 1,500 will be made). For more information, click here.

In addition, 30 second clips of each song are available at the links provided:

'That Was Just Your Life'

'The End Of The Line'

'Broken, Beat & Scarred'

'The Day That Never Comes'

'All Nightmare Long'

'Cyanide'

'The Unforgiven III'

'The Judas Kiss'

'Suicide & Redemption'

'My Apocalypse'

AC/DC - Limited Edition-Deluxe Version Of Black Ice Detailed

The official AC/DC Store has announced that a Deluxe Edition of AC/DC' upcoming album, Black Ice, will be available. This limited edition hardcover deluxe package features a 30-page expanded booklet with exclusive new illustrations, studio and live photographs of AC/DC.

The tracklisting is as follows: 'Rock 'N Roll Train', 'Skies On Fire', 'Big Jack', 'Anything Goes', 'War Machine', 'Smash 'N Grab', 'Spoilin' For A Fight', 'Wheels', 'Decibel', 'Stormy May Day', 'She Likes Rock 'N Roll', 'Money Made', 'Rock N Roll Dream', 'Rocking All The Way', 'Black Ice'.

Black Ice, the band's first studio album in eight years, will be released on October 20th with three different collectible covers. Black Ice features 15 new tracks from brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd. The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC,

AC/DC will embark on a major world tour, the group's first since 2001, beginning late October.

SAMMY HAGAR Approves Political Use Of 'Right Now'

According to Paul Cashmere from Undercover.com.au, SAMMY HAGAR has no objection to the Republican Party using his song `Right Now` in the presidential campaign. In fact, Hagar says the Democrats can use it too.

"When I wrote the lyrics to 'Right Now' I intended them to inspire people to not sit around and wait for something they believed in but to go out and get it ' to make a change however they needed to," he said in a statement. "Whether it was McCain who used the song or if Obama had chosen to use the song, with the current political climate, the lyrics still have the same meaning, and we all need to do something to make a difference, every action counts. In fact, I still feel so strongly about this that I wrote a new song "Cosmic Universal Fashion" with a young Iraqi musician in an attempt to motivate a new generation to the same affect. I am pleased to be associated with the lyrics to my original song and the new one in hopes that both will make people move to make a difference."

`Right Now` was on Hagar`s third Van Halen album `For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge`.

While Hagar wrote the lyrics, the Van Halen brothers and Michael Anthony are credited with the music and Eddie Van Halen is not happy.

“Had they asked, permission would not have been granted,” their publicist said.

George W. Bush also used the song in the 2004 campaign.

Monday September 1, 2008 - 02:35am (EDT) Permanent Link
ROB HALFORD, METALLICA, TED NUGENT: ROB HALFORD - "Nostradamus Led A Bit Of A Metal Life..."

LA Weekly's Skylaire Alfvegren recently caught up with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford to discuss the band's new album, Nostradamus. The following is an excerpt from the interview.

Q: Do you feel certain camaraderie with Nostradamus because he was basically exiled, somewhat like heavy metal, and ultimately triumphed when he gained the patronage of Catherine de Medici and wrote the quatrains?

Halford: "Yeah! Thank you for picking up on that! You're one of the few journalists that has. But that was one of the appealing parts of the man's character. You know, in metal, we talk about rejection, and running up against people that attack us. That's exactly what that guy went through. He was looked upon as a bit of a freak, and he had this gift, this uncanny ability to have these visions and prophecies, and he was looked upon as being someone — at least by the Catholic Church — dabbling in the black arts."

Q: I definitely see a parallel between your music and the man's life.

Haford: "Oh, but it was a terrible time to live, the 16th century, to a certain extent. There were still remnants of the Inquisition going on, which was hideous. He dealt with all that, and we thought, man, this guy led a bit of a metal life with some of those emotional elements, but he stood up for himself and he was triumphant in the end, and that's just a great story."

Q: Where did you guys get the bug to do a concept album?

Halford: "Everybody's surprised, and we're kind of, like, blinking ... I suppose it's just an unusual thing to do. It's certainly unusual for someone like Priest — at least from an outside perspective — who've been around since the early 1970s. We've wanted to do a concept record forever. But we never really got 'round to it, because we've had a life of 'write the songs, go into the studio, do a world tour ... write the songs, go into the studio, do a world tour.' We've been doing that for over 35 years, you know? So it was our manager Bill Curbishley, he knew that this was the right time; he's a savvy guy. We thought this is just another incredible Curbishley moment, and so we went off into the studio and fulfilled this dream."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Report: METALLICA - "Some Kind Of Refined Monster"

New York Times correspondent Ben Ratliff has filed the following story on METALLICA and their new album, Daeth Magnetic.

JAMES HETFIELD, Metallica’s mordant singer and guitarist, reported to work first, loudly practicing vocal exercises. Lars Ulrich, the group’s affable drummer, followed him. Then came the band’s long-haired surfers: the lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, a small man walking lightly on his toes; and the bassist Robert Trujillo, the newest member, heavy-featured and mild-mannered.

They were in a guarded outbuilding of Cotroceni Stadium here, several hundred feet beyond the stands. (The stadium usually serves the soccer team FC Progresul Bucuresti.) A low-ceilinged room had been remade as the band’s preconcert practice space, or what it calls its tuning room. There was a green drum kit with two bass drums, racks of guitars and basses, and Pro Tools equipment for digital recording.

The band needs its 20-minute warm-ups for physical preparation — its members are all in their mid-40s now. And in the last four years the group also has used the time to write new material, including much of its surprising, vigorous new album, “Death Magnetic” (Warner Brothers).

A photographer asked the band members to stand together. “Again?” Mr. Hetfield mumbled. “We did that in ’84.” Office humor; nobody laughed. The guitarists started playing entwined riffs and after 10 minutes they moved into “Creeping Death,” from 1984, that night’s opener. It is gothic early Metallica: a song of negative certainty, written from the perspective of the 10th plague visited on Egypt.

“No new songs tonight,” Mr. Ulrich said apologetically, as an assistant wrapped gripping tape on his fingers. “I’m kind of new-songed out, to be honest.”

The concert would be what most fans probably wanted anyway: music recorded between 1983 (“Kill ’Em All,” the first Metallica album) and 1991 (“Metallica,” a k a the Black Album), but nothing from the often reviled second half of the band’s career. There were flames and fireworks; the crowd chanted and headbanged all the way through a rainstorm. “You’re going to sing as loud as you can?” Mr. Hetfield bellowed before “Seek and Destroy,” the final encore. “You’re going to make Metallica proud of Bucharest?”

Metallica will face the present soon enough, when it releases “Death Magnetic” on Sept. 12. The album, produced by Rick Rubin, is far better than anything the group has recorded in the last 12 years; it sounds as if the band has woken out of a daze. But it may also be seen as a regression, evoking the band’s sound from the mid-’80s.

Go to this location for the complete story.

CNN's Glenn Beck Welcomes TED NUGENT

According to an update at TED NUGENT website: "Two media icons join forces for an unconventional look at the news of the day. Beck & Nugent share their unique perspectives on world events, politics and pop culture. This is one you won't want to miss! The interview will air Friday, August 29, on CNN - 7pm, 9pm, and Midnight EST."

For more info on CNN's Glenn Beck click here.

Sunday August 31, 2008 - 08:44am (EDT) Permanent Link
Metallica, MEGADETH, Kiss: METALLICA - 'The Day That Never Comes' Hits Billboard Charts

Billboard magazine report that METALLICA's new single, 'The Day That Never Comes', has landed on the Modern Rock chart at #25, the Mainstrem Rock chart at #7, and on the Hot 100 singles chart at #31.

As previously reported, Metallica have released the second single off their upcoming album, Death Magnetic. Entitled 'My Apocalypse', the track is now available for download on iTunes.

MEGADETH - First Video Tour Of New Studio Available To MegaFanClub Members

MEGADETH have issued the following update:

"Now posted at the MegaFanClub is the first video tour of the new studio that is currently under construction near San Diego, California. A special guest runs the camera and takes us through a brief tour of the new space, soon to be over-hauled as Megadeth's new recording studio! Stay tuned for more exclusive videos clips as the studio progresses!"

To register for the MegaFanClub and check out the footage go to this location.

KISS To Announce Alive/35 East Coast Tour Dates

BW&BK has learned from inside the KISS camp that the band are planning an East Coast leg of their Alive/35 anniversary tour.

Complete tour details are expected soon, with Northeast cities such as Providence and Boston already in the plans, as confirmed with a simple "Yes" from KISS bassist/vocalist GENE SIMMONS.

Stay tuned for further confirmation of dates and cities.

Upcoming KISS Alive/35 tour dates can be found at KISSOnline.com.

Friday August 29, 2008 - 01:27pm (EDT) Permanent Link