The Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Update

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Well you can always hope!

Well, that's true. We'll see what happens. *crosses fingers*

[Deathstroke]

The new Extreme DVD/CD Take Us Alive is due out in the spring.

[Magnificent Bastard]

The new Godsmack single "Cryin' Like a Bitch" is rumored to be a slam against Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx.

Sully Erna on touring on Cruefest 2: "There's definitely been some rock-star garbage on this tour that we just have never seen in our career . . . this was the first time that I felt like, 'You know what?! If there's gonna be some people that are gonna treat other people a certain way, then I'm gonna go out there every night and . . . make sure that we make you look old and fat, and go home with a nice big fat paycheck."

You can check out the song here. The new Godsmack album, The Oracle, is due in May.

I lol'd at the old & fat comment.

[Deathstroke]

A Dio Box set is coming:

"Last year, Dio was supposed to tour Europe but the trek was scrapped. During it, the band had planned to sell their Tournado box set. Now, Dio will allow fans to get the package. It will be a limited-edition set, each signed and numbered. Tourando includes the Killing the Dragon CD, the Evil or Divine DVD/CD, bonus material, interviews, photos and much more."

Apparently Megadeth is all touchy feely now that both Mustaine and Ellefson are all Christians:

"Bassist Dave Ellefson is now part of Megadeth once again and the rocker told Ultimate-Guitar.com that the reunion has everything to do with Christianity. Ellefson explained that being sober and having faith led him to realize the error of his ways, and he was able to express that to singer Dave Mustaine. In the interview, Ellefson also talks about what he would have changed in the past, how rehearsals for the upcoming Rust in Peace 20th anniversary shows are going and what he thinks of his bandmates."

[DonC]

Screw Europe, Dio needs to tour North America again.

[Deathstroke]

Screw Europe, Dio needs to tour North America again.

Well first I'd say he had to get healthy THEN screw Europe and tour North America.

[DonC]

Good point. I'd forgotten Ronnie was sick.

[Deathstroke]

The new Meatloaf CD will be out April 19th and it is called Hang Cool Teddy Bear.

[Deathstroke]

Fifth Angel has hired Jeffrey McCormack as their new drummer.

[Deathstroke]

The new Tesla CD Alive In Europe is due out April 23rd.


The new Steve Vai disc Where The Other Wild Things Are - Live In Minneapolis is due out April 13th on his Favored Nations Entertainment.


The new Mass CD Sea of Black will be out in Europe on April 23rd.

01. Falling From Grace
02. All The Years Gone
03. The Right Side
04. Coming Home
05. Thru The Rain
06. All That I Needed
07. More Than A Friend
08. Ashes To Ashes
09. Till We Meet Again
10. Captain Jack (instrumental)
11. Sea Of Black (full length MP3 clip)

[Deathstroke]

The new Iron Maiden CD will be called The Final Frontier. It is due out late summer.

The band will be doing a North American tour starting June 9th and ending July 20th.

JUNE

Wed 09 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Fri 11 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat 12 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Mon 14 Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
Wed 16 Albuquerque, NM The Pavilion
Thu 17 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Sat 19 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheatre
Sun 20 Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion
Tue 22 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre
Thu 24 Vancouver, BC GM Place
Sat 26 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
Tue 29 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
Wed 30 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre +

JULY

Sat 03 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
Wed 07 Montreal, QC Bell Centre*
Sun 11 Holmdel, NJ PNC
Mon 12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden++
Wed 14 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
Thu 15 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
Sat 17 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sun 18 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Tue 20 Washington D.C. Jiffy Lube Live

[DonC]

No way! I read on ironmaiden.com that they were only doing European festivals this year.

And they're touring with Dream Theater! I just might see about seeing them in Cleveland and Detroit.

[Sentry76]

New Maiden has a title!

Awesome - thanks for the info

[Deathstroke]

No way! I read on ironmaiden.com that they were only doing European festivals this year.

And they're touring with Dream Theater! I just might see about seeing them in Cleveland and Detroit.

Hey DonC, you luck you then if you do. They aren't coming to Massachusetts this time around so it is unlikely I'll see them.

[DonC]

Well, the Cleveland show is on a Thursday and Detroit is only 3 hours away. Maiden is playing there on a Saturday. I've never seen a band twice in three days and Maiden would be my first choice. Plus Dream Theater supposedly changes their set list every night.