In a new interview with Top Link Music manager and concert promoter Paulo Baron and music critic Regis Tadeu, Tarja Turunen was asked if she would consider doing a tour with NIGHTWISH if all of her former bandmates apologized to her about how their split happened and invited her to share the stage with them again. She responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It is very, very hypothetical that all what you said will happen, first of all — it’s very, very hypothetical.

“I’m living in a world, like we are all living in a world, that things happen without us noticing,” she continued. “I mean, I can’t really close any doors in that sense; I’m not that kind of person any longer. I learned so many things in this life already. I take them as they are.

“So I don’t know. It would be very hypothetically possible,” she added. “It would be unlikely to happen.”

Turunen was fired from NIGHTWISH at the end of the band’s 2005 tour by being presented with an open letter which was published on the NIGHTWISH web site at the same time. In the letter, the other members of NIGHTWISH wrote: “To you, unfortunately, business, money, and things that have nothing to do with emotions have become much more important.”

NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen later called the decision to part ways with Turunen “the most difficult thing I ever had to do.” For her part, Tarja said the way she was kicked out of the group proved that her former bandmates were not her friends. “Maybe one day I’ll forgive, but I will never forget,” she said.

In 2019, Turunen dismissed Internet chatter about her possible return to NIGHTWISH after her December 2017 onstage reunion with the band’s then-bassist/vocalist Marko “Marco” Hietala during a “Raskasta Joulua” concert in Hämeenlinna, Finland.

“I know a lot of fans would love to see something happen, but it’s a very long distance away,” she told Kerrang! magazine. “Personally, I don’t see anything happening with me and them, to be perfectly honest. Marco came a little later into the band; he wasn’t there since the beginning. He was always a guy I was close to. Me and [NIGHTWISH keyboardist/leader] Tuomas Holopainen, however, haven’t seen each other in a long time… but we have been in touch. It’s not bad. The past is what it is; we can’t change that. We can only change the future.”

NIGHTWISH’s authorized biography, “Once Upon a Nightwish: The Official Biography 1996-2006”, was published in Finnish in 2006 and in English three years later.

Turunen’s husband, Marcelo Cabuli, and his business partners later sued the parties behind the book for defamation. Named in the lawsuit were the publishing house Like Kustannus Oy and the author of the book, Marko “Mape” Ollila. Cabuli and his Brazilian business partners argued that the book includes false accusations and insinuations that have caused them suffering and financial problems.

The book blamed Cabuli for the events leading up to Turunen’s dramatic expulsion from the band in late 2005.

In 2011, the Helsinki District Court dismissed Cabuli’s lawsuit, ruling that the book — which criticized Cabuli on only a few of its 380 pages — did not detrimentally affect his work or reputation in South America. In addition, the court determined that Ollila did not maliciously portray Cabuli in a negative light.

Last summer, Holopainen said that NIGHTWISH would split up if the band’s current singer Floor Jansen ever chose to leave.

Holopainen, who formed NIGHTWISH in 1996 with guitarist Emppu Vuorinen and Turunen, made the comment while discussing the departure of Hietala.

Pressed by U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine about his 2019 statement that NIGHTWISH would disband if another member opted to depart, Tuomas said: “That’s how I felt back in 2019, and that’s also how I felt when Marko left. I take my words back when it comes to that. But if it would be Floor leaving, that’s it, it’s the end of NIGHTWISH. Absolutely, 100%.”

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Sharon Osbourne will release the fourth installment of her autobiography in November.

The promotional material for the book, titled “Coming Home”, promises to detail “some of the most hardest years she’s experienced: the anguish of a broken marriage and Ozzy’s infidelities, the constant spectre of drug abuse, the loss of friends and betrayal of colleagues, and her ongoing battles with mental health crises.”

Two years ago, Ozzy said that he was “terrified” Sharon would leave him after she learned of his extramarital affairs six years ago.

After Ozzy’s affair with celebrity hairstylist Michelle Pugh was made public in May 2016, he underwent therapy for sex addiction. Sharon and Ozzy later reconciled and they even renewed their vows.

Asked in an interview with “Good Morning Britain” if he was amazed he and Sharon were still together, Ozzy replied: “I am. I’ve been a bad boy at times.”

Sharon added: “It’s like a Shakespearean play, our love story. Ozzy’s has been a right old [expletive] with women.”

Pressed about whether he feared Sharon would leave him the last time he was caught cheating, Ozzy said: “Oh, absolutely. I was terrified.”

Asked if he is addicted to sex, Ozzy said: “I think it’s another fix. If you’re a junkie, like I was, anything that alters your mind, you’ve gotta find it. I didn’t love any of these people. I’ve learned a lesson.”

As for how close she came to kicking Ozzy out, Sharon said: “I was just really broken in every sense.

“I said to Ozzy, ‘If you ever do this to me again, I’m gonna cut your hair off or I’m gonna cut all your clothes.'”

Ozzy chimed in: “I wish I hadn’t done this stupid thing that I did, and that’s the truth, because you never know what you had until you’ve lost it. And I thought I’d lost it, big time.”

Back in 2017, Sharon told the British paper The Telegraph that Ozzy wasn’t cheating with just one woman. “There were six of them,” she said. “Some fucking Russian teenager… then a masseuse in England… our masseuse out here in Los Angeles… and then our cook. He had women in different countries. Basically, if you’re a woman giving Ozzy either a back rub or a trolley of food, God help you.”

Sharon talked about how she learned of his affairs. “We were sitting on the couch watching telly; Ozzy on one couch and me on the other,” she said. “And suddenly, he sends me this e-mail. ‘Why did you send me this stupid e-mail?’ I asked, and when Ozzy told me that he hadn’t sent me anything, I grabbed his phone and said, ‘Look!’ And, of course, it was a message meant for one of his bloody women.”

The announcement of Sharon’s new book comes two weeks after Mirror reported that she and Ozzy Osbourne are leaving Los Angeles and returning to their native United Kingdom due to rising taxes in California.

The legendary heavy metal singer and his wife/manager will reportedly spend most of their time at their home Welders House, in Buckinghamshire.

Last October, Variety reported that Ozzy and Sharon had partnered with Sony Pictures and Polygram Entertainment for their upcoming biopic. The as-yet-untitled film, which will focus on the love story between the BLACK SABBATH frontman and his wife and manager, will be scripted by Lee Hall, who previously worked on Elton John’s “Rocketman”. The film is being produced by Sharon and her children Jack and Aimée Osbourne via their label Osbourne Media (which was also behind the Showtime documentary “God Bless Ozzy Osbourne” and A&E’s “Biography: The Nine Lives Of Ozzy Osbourne”), alongside Michele Anthony and David Blackman on behalf of Polygram Entertainment. Andrea Giannetti is overseeing development for Sony.

In 2020, Ozzy stated about the biopic: “From what I understand, it’s about Sharon and I and our relationship. It’s how we met, fell in love, and how we married. She’s my other half. She grew up a lot with me, and I grew up a lot with her.”

“I hope it will be a story that everybody can relate to,” Sharon said. “You don’t have to be a fan of the music, because it’s a story about a survivor. No matter what life throws at you, you pick yourself up and you start again. It’s just an amazing story of overcoming everything that’s thrown at you in your life.”

Sharon added that the film will be “a lot more real” than the QUEEN biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody”. “We don’t want it to be squeaky, shiny clean and all of that,” she said. “We’re not making it for kids. It’s an adult movie for adults.”

Sharon’s father, former music mogul Don Arden, became known as the “Al Capone of pop” and the “English Godfather” for his tough-guy business practices while overseeing the careers of acts ranging from ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA to BLACK SABBATH. Arden and his daughter became estranged in 1982 after she took over the management of Ozzy’s solo career, also marrying the singer. Father and daughter were not on good terms for nearly 20 years until reconciling in 2002.

Sharon had to pay her father $1 million in a court settlement after she gained control of Ozzy’s affairs.

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MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil’s previously announced July 16 solo concert at the 2022 Red River Valley Fair has been canceled. The show was also scheduled to include GREAT WHITE and VIXEN.

On Tuesday (March 15), organizer issued the following statement: “Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, the July 16th Vince Neil, GREAT WHITE, and VIXEN performances have been canceled. This is in no way a negative reflection on, nor any fault of the artists, promotor, or venue, but an unfortunate set of circumstances. If you have already purchased tickets, you will receive an email explaining the refund process.”

When it was first announced, Neil’s appearance at the Red River Valley Fair raised eyebrows with CRÜE fans who were concerned that the band’s “The Stadium Tour” would once again be postponed after it was originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020 but ended up being pushed back to 2021, and then to 2022, due to the coronavirus crisis. Vince is scheduled to perform with MÖTLEY CRÜE one day before he was set to appear at the Red River Valley Fair, on July 15, in Cincinnati, Ohio at Great American Ball Park and again one day after the West Fargo gig, on July 17, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at American Family Field.

Back in December, Nikki Sixx said that MÖTLEY CRÜE is still on track to finally launch its long-awaited reunion this year. The bassist addressed the status of “The Stadium Tour” while answering a fan question on Twitter. Responding to a fan who wrote, “I’m hopefully going to see The Crue in Houston Tx Aug 2022!”, Sixx said, “We 100% plan on touring in 2022. See ya at the show.”

Last October, Sixx told Germany’s Radio Bob! that he and his CRÜE bandmates will “start rehearsals in May” for “The Stadium Tour” — which also features DEF LEPPARD, POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS. “I start training in December,” he said. “Now it’s down to hard work, getting ready, getting the band into rehearsal.

“We rehearse really hard because we will take a song like ‘Dr. Feelgood’ and while we’re building the show — let’s just say the show is… all the lights are moving, they’re green and they’re slowly moving — we’ll build a whole intro in and design the lights and the lasers around that,” he explained. “So it’s a long process and tedious. So we go to rehearsal and we might need to build in those 32 bars. And then we’ve gotta work with the lighting and the laser company. And then we’ve gotta make sure everything is organized so we get our count-ins for where we need to be onstage. So there’s so much going on.”

When it happens, “The Stadium Tour” will mark the CRÜE’s first live dates since wrapping its 2014/2015 farewell tour. CRÜE toured with POISON back in 2011 and DEF LEPPARD teamed up with POISON for a string of road dates in 2017, but the upcoming jaunt marks the first time all four acts — including JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS — have hit the road together for an extended tour.

MÖTLEY CRÜE’s last studio album was 2008’s “Saints Of Los Angeles”, which was followed by a 2009 “Greatest Hits” compilation.

In 2018, MÖTLEY CRÜE recorded four new songs for “The Dirt” movie, including the single “The Dirt (Est. 1981) (Feat. Machine Gun Kelly)”, “Ride With The Devil”, “Crash And Burn” and the band’s own spin on Madonna’s “Like A Virgin”.

Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, the July 16th Vince Neil, Great White, and Vixen performances have been…

Posted by Red River Valley Fair on Tuesday, March 15, 2022

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A renewed lineup of Revstar electric guitars feature a unique 5-way switching circuit and comes in three tiers: Element, Standard, and made-in Japan Professional.All new Revstar models feature unique switching options for increased versatility. Revstar Element models feature the Dry Switch high-pass filter introduced in the original series. Revstar Standard and Professional models, available with either humbuckers or P90-style single-coil pickups, feature the Focus Switch—a passive boost function that evokes the sound of overwound pickups—as well as a unique five-way switching circuit that offers a new twist on classic “in-between” sounds. The new Revstar series comes in three tiers: Element, Standard, and the made-in-Japan Professional. All models feature chambered bodies developed with the signature Yamaha Acoustic Design process. Using advanced measurement and modeling tools, Yamaha developed the chambering pattern to precisely shape tone and increase resonance while lowering weight and optimizing balance. The renewed lineup also introduces a new neck profile across all models, a new range of racing inspired finishes, and the first left-handed models in the series’ history. Yamaha | Revstar Series | Cardinal Black Perform at Rockfield StudiosRSP02T/RSP20 MSRP: $3,200.00. RSS02T/RSS20/RSS20L MSRP: $1,260.00 and $1,340.00 left-handed models.RSE20/RSE20L MSRP: $786.00 and $864.00 left-handed models. More info at: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses

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