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“Portraits Of Gillan”, the latest book in the new “Portraits” series from Rufus Publications, is a photographic celebration of Ian Gillan’s post-DEEP PURPLE career, published as a brand-new coffee-table book tracing his career with a mixture of well-known, rare and unseen photographs from some of ro…

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and TRIVIUM have announced the continental European dates for “The Poisoned Ascendancy” tour.
“The Poisoned Ascendancy” will launch in the U.K. in late January 2025 for six shows, before the two bands, along with support act ORBIT CULTURE, head over to mainland Europe for 18…

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST kicked off the U.S. leg of their “Invincible Shield” world tour last night (Thursday, April 18) at Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, Connecticut.
PRIEST’s 18-song setlist included three songs from the band’s latest album, “Invincible Shield”: the title t…

CREED played its first show in 12 years earlier today (Thursday, April 18) as the headliners of the Summer Of ’99 cruise.
The band’s lineup of Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips is playing two shows during the cruise, which is traveling from Miami to the Bahamas between Ap…

In a new interview with Chris Akin Presents, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann spoke about the band’s nearly decade-and-a-half-long working relationship with British producer Andy Sneap, who is also a touring guitarist for JUDAS PRIEST. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “He’s kind of a memb…

In a new interview with Ultimate Classic Rock to promote the 2024 remastered reissue of UFO’s 1977 album “Lights Out”, UFO frontman Phil Mogg was asked if there is still “more to do” with the band. He responded: “No, no. I think it’s come to a conclusion. We did that last U.K. tour in 2019, just bef…

Guitarist Philip Näslund, who recently joined IRON MAIDEN vocalist Bruce Dickinson’s solo band, has shared two video blogs covering the rehearsals for, as well as the first three shows of, “The Mandrake Project” world tour. Check them out below.
Näslund is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter and produce…

In a new interview with Brazil’s A Rádio Rock, SUM 41 vocalist Deryck Whibley spoke about the band’s decision to call it quits after the completion of the tour in support of SUM 41’s latest album, “Heaven :x: Hell”. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It was a tough decision because I lov…

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND have issued a statement on the passing of the band’s founding member Dickey Betts. Dickey died Thursday morning (April 18) at the age of 80. The cause was cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Betts’s manager David Spero confirmed to Rolling Stone.
In their state…