Peter Dolving of THE HAUNTED and Mikael Stanne of DARK TRANQUILLITY will be the special guests of Full Metal Jackie on her specialty metal program “Chaos” this Sunday, April 15 on Indie 103.1 FM.
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SPREAD EAGLE vocalist Ray West will perform at The Cat Club in West Hollywood, California on Sunday, May 6 and at The Joint in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, May 9.
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DOKKEN mainman/namesake Don Dokken has issued the following update: “The boys and I are currently in the studio working on [the new DOKKEN album] ‘Lightning Strikes Again’ and it should be out sometime in September.
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QUEEN has been turned into ice cream by Ben & Jerry’s.
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According to a posting at Schlared.com, former ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes is asking fans to watch a video his sons made for ACCEPT’s “Balls to the Wall” (Note: they are pretending to be playing along to ACCEPT’s original recording; it’s not a cover version).
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The organizers of the Maryland Deathfest, which is set to take place May 26-27 at the Sonar in Baltimore, have issued the following update: “Due to reasons beyond the control of both Maryland Deathfest and PSYCROPTIC, the band has been forced to cancel [its appearance at the festival].
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Gene Sloan of USA Today reports: First AEROSMITH gets its own theme-park ride.
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Henry Trappler of Celebrities.com caught up with VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum outside Hyde in Hollywood, California on Friday (April 6).
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Jurnalo.com reports: The cultural divide between villagers in north Germany and the heavy metal fans who descend on their quiet community could hardly be greater.
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Die Trying have announced they have re-formed. No word on when the band plans to release a new album.
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Lamb of God have been confirmed for a number of European festivals, they are:

June 2nd in Nurburgring, GER @ Rock Am Ring Festival
June 3rd in Nurnberg, GER @ Rock Am Park Festival
June 4th in Brussels, BEL @ Ancienne Belgique
June 5th in Northampton, UK @ Soundhaus
June 6th in Edinburgh, UK @ Liquid Rooms
June 7th in Glasgow, UK @ Carling Academy
June 9th in Sheffield, UK @ Coperation
June 10th in Leicestershire, UK @ Download Festival
June 12th in Colchester, UK @ Arts Centre
June 13th in Hellendoorn, NL @ Lantaarn
June 15th in Hultsfred, SWE @ Hultsfred Festival
June 17th in Seinajoki, FIN @ Provinssirock Fest
June 20th in Berlin, GER @ SO36
June 21st in Tilburg, NET @ 013
June 22nd in Clisson, FRA @ Hellfest
June 23rd in Dessel, BEL @ Graspop Metal Meeting Festival
June 25th in Hamburg, GER @ Grunspan
June 27th in Arendal, NOR @ Hovefestivalen
June 28th in Copenhagen, DEN @ Pumpehuset
June 29th in Twistringen, GER @ Reload Festival
June 30th in Leipzig, GER @ With Full Force Festival
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Guns N’ Roses have, not surprisingly, postponed the start of their upcoming world tour because their bassist “fell down a flight of stairs“. The tour was due to kick off in Japan on April 14th and dates are to be rescheduled for a later date. Check out the press release from the band’s bassist Tommy Stinson below:

“I feel so bad right now. I accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. I put my hand down to break my fall and heard a loud ‘pop.’ The next morning my hand looked like a balloon. I went to see my doctor and while the good news is that it’s not broken, the bad is news is it’s severely sprained and I may have done some ligament damage. We had our last rehearsal a few days ago and shipped the gear to Japan and then this happened. I feel horrible.“

Longtime Guns N’ Roses associate Del James revealed in a recent online posting that the band’s long-awaited new album, ‘Chinese Democracy‘, is currently in the “mixing” stage.
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Fearless Records have announced the tracklisting for ‘Punk Goes Acoustic 2‘ due out May 8th, check it out below:

1. Jack’s Mannequin – “Bruised”
2. theAUDITION – “Don’t Be So Hard”
3. +44 – “Baby Come On”
4. Daphne Loves Derby – “Sun”
5. Say Anything – “Woe”
6. Alesana – “Apology”
7. All Time Low – “Jasey Rae”
8. Silverstein – “RedLight Pledge”
9. The All-Amercian Rejects – “Night Drive”
10. Mayday Parade – “Three Cheers for Five Years”
11. The Spill Canvas – “Staplegunned”
12. Relient K – “Who I am Hates Who I’ve Been”
13. Anti-Flag – “Welcome to 1984”
14. Sherwood – “The Only Song”
15. Set Your Goals – “Echoes”

Check out a few clips on the album’s myspace here.
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