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Pure Rock Newswire 04/25/03 By Sefany Jones, Contributing Editor Friday, April 25, 2003 @ 4:48 AM
05/26/03 Nagoya, JAP Club Quattro 05/27/2003 Osaka, JAP Big Cat Nevermore’s forthcoming album, Enemies of Reality, has been pushed back to a July 28th release date through Century Media. Jane’ s Addiction will finally release their long-awaited studio album, Hypersonic, on July 15th, just shortly after the kick off of Lollapalooza. The album is being produced by Bob Ezrin (KISS, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd), who also produced Jane’s Ritual De Lo Habitual in 1990. Metallica’s forthcoming studio album, St. Anger, is set for release through Elektra on June 10th. Blind Guardian’s live double-disc CD will simply be titled Live, and will be released on May 26th. Shadows Fall are touring machines! They are currently in Europe with Soilwork and Children of Bodom until May 14th, then they will be at the New England Metal Fest on May 16th, onto a few gigs with Sworn Enemy and Nothingface into a 2-month run on Ozzfest in the US. For all their tour dates, check out ShadowsFall.com. Perris Records just reissued Pretty Boy Floyd’s Electric Boyz With Electric Toyz on April 18th. The album will include bonus tracks and new artwork. 2003 marks the 30th anniversary for Lynyrd Skynyrd. They will release their latest studio effort, Vicious Cycle, on May 20th through Sanctuary. Apparently Slayer’s DVD, War at the Warfield, which was supposed to be released in February, will now be released on June 3rd through American. The ‘Jailhouse Rock 2’ tour will include Hatebreed, Agnostic Front, Biohazard and Throwdown. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: 06/05/03 Elizabethtown, NJ Rexplex 06/08/03 Wilmington, NC Hammerjacks 06/09/03 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Cafe 06/10/03 Orlando, FL House Of Blues 06/11/03 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Ovation 06/12/03 Tampa, FL Masquerade 06/13/03 Atlanta, GA Masquerade 06/14/03 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues 06/15/03 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy's 06/18/03 Albany, NY Valentines (w/ Suffocation & Wasteform) 06/20/03 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance (w/ Shadows Fall & Sworn Enemy) Pure Rock Newswire 4/20/03
05/16/03 Worcester, MA The Palladium Check out ZakkWylde.com to see Black Label Society’s video for “Stillborn” off their forthcoming album, The Blessed Hellride, (due out on April 22nd). The video was directed by Rob Zombie. Mudvayne has a few headlining gigs coming up: 04/27/03 Fargo, ND Playmaker's Pavilion 04/28/03 Lincoln, NE Royal Grove 04/30/03 Fort Wayne, IN Pierre's Entertainment Center 05/01/03 Perrysburgh, OH The Mission Soilent Green will be at the Relapse Records’ Contamination Festival, with a second guitarist, Tony White and a new bassist, Scott Crochet. They will appear at the following festival dates: 05/02/03 Memphis, TN Hi Tone 05/06/03 Metairie, LA Zeppelin’s TheHighwayStar.com reports the following: “April 20, 2003 marks the 35th anniversary of Deep Purple's very first live appearance. At the Brøndby Pop Club in Copenhagen, Denmark Rod Evans, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Nick Simper and Ian Paice took the stage as Roundabout. When they returned to the UK a few weeks later they changed the name to Deep Purple. Systematic and RA will open the dates for Stone Sour and Powerman 5000 (Systematic is playing instead of Outspoken.) For the complete itinerary, check out StoneSour.com.
04/24/03 Red Deer AB, The Vat 04/26/03 Calgary AB, The Metro The third and possibly the last season of The Osbournes will begin airing on MTV on June 10th, and will include Sharon Osbourne’s colon cancer recovery. Napalm Death and Earache Records kiss and make up, and begin to prepare a double-disc CD set that will contain tracks from Napalm’s 10-year career, as well as rarities, “lost” recordings and liner notes by bassist Shane Embury. A release date has yet to be secured.
04/18/03 Tokyo, JAP Club Quattro 04/19/03 Nagoya, JAP Club Quattro Halford’s ‘Metal Gods’ tour keeps adding more dates – all confirmed dates so far are as follows: 04/25/03 Chicago, IL House of Blues 04/26/03 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater 04/27/03 Detroit, MI Clutch Cargos 05/02/03 NYC, NY B.B. Kings 05/03/03 NYC, NY B.B. Kings 05/04/03 Worcester, MA The Palladium 05/06/03 Montreal, CAN Metropolis 05/08/03 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance 05/11/03 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero 05/24/03 Dallas, TX Deep Ellum 05/31/03 Seattle, WA, The Northgate Theatre Get pre-sale tickets at Lollapalooza.com for the following cities: Detroit, Columbus, Milwaukee, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Minneapolis and Chicago. And for those of you who haven’t already heard, The Donnas have been added to this years festival, as has A Perfect Circle, who will replace Queens of the Stone Age from August 15th through August 23rd (six shows). The ‘420 Musik Conspiracy Festival’ on April 19th in San Francisco has the following bands slated for the event (among many others): Vio-lence, Skinlab, Pissing Razors, 40 Grit, Luxt and Society 1. For more info, check out Skinlab1.com. Stone Sour’s self-titled debut album has just been certified ‘gold’ (500,000).
06/05/03 London, UK Astoria Theater 06/07/03 Solvesborg, Sweden Sweden Rock Festival 06/08/03 Milan, IT Milan Rock Festival 06/10/03 Athens, GR Lyoabettus Theater With Dream Theater and Fates Warning: 07/17/03 Detroit, MI DTE 07/24/03 Los Angeles, CA Universal Amp 07/25/03 San Diego, CA Humphry’s 07/26/03 Concord, CA Pavilion 07/27/03 Sacrament, CA Cove Fates Warning drummer Mark Zonder will be unable to tour with the band during their dates with Dream Theater and Queensryche. A replacement has yet to be announced. However, the good news is that former Fates guitarist Frank Aresti will rejoin the band for the tour. On Saturday, May 24th, The Scorpions will play a free concert at Neues Schloß in Stuttgart, Germany at the General Automobile Club’s 100th anniversary party. California’s largest outdoor venue, Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, (capacity 65,000) has officially changed it’s name to Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen. The Devore, CA venue typically hosts large festivals such as the annual Ozzfest. This year, MTV will honor Metallica in their annual tribute show, MTVicon, which will air on May 6th. (Last year’s “icon” was Aerosmith.) Included on the show will be coverage of performers honoring the band, such as: Avril Lavigne, Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Sum 41, all of whom will perform live. Halford’s ‘Metal Gods 2003 North American Tour’ has confirmed more dates in addition to the one’s previously reported: 04/25/03 Chicago, IL House of Blues 04/26/03 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater 05/04/03 Worcester, MA The Palladium 05/06/03 Montreal, CAN Metropolis 05/08/03 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance 05/11/03 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero 05/31/03 Seattle, WA, The Northgate Theatre Seven Witches and Cage have a few gigs lined up: 04/16/03 Santa Ana, CA The Galaxy 04/18/03 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick 04/19/03 Reseda, CA Paladino’s Overkill vocalist Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth will be on the Eddie Trunk show – you can check out the KNAC.COM feed on April 10th and 12th, starting at 7AM (PST). Twisted Sister has lined up a string of gigs: 04/04/03 L'Amour, Brooklyn, NY (appearing as Bent Brother) 04/11/03 The Downtown, Farmingdale, NY (appearing as Bent Brother) 04/12/03 The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY (appearing as Bent Brother) 05/01 – 05/05/03 Tour of Army Bases in Korea for the USO 06/08/03 Solvesborg, SWE Sweden Rock Festival 06/27/03 Pratteln, SWI Z7 06/28/03 Balingen, GER Bang Your Head Festival 07/19/03 Chicago, IL TBA Steamhammer/SPV will re-issue Yngwie Malmsteen albums The Seventh Sign, Magnum Opus and Inspiration on April 28th. The re-issues will contain new artwork, new booklet, additional liner notes and a previously unreleased bonus track.
04/26/03 Cleveland, OH TBA (No Amon Amarth) 05/04/03 Worcester, MA TBA 05/11/03 Philadelphia, PA TBA Bon Jovi will appear and perform live on QVC (a home shopping television program) from the group's concert at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA, on April 12th. The show will air on QVC from 8 – 9PM (EST). God Forbid have penciled in studio time this May to begin recording their next effort for Century Media Records. Suicidal Tendencies are also slated to begin recording their next effort. However, they do have a couple of gigs lined up with Cypress Hill: 04/18/03 San Bernardino, CA Gothams/La Luna 04/19/03 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Expo Hall Zakk Wylde will be making an online chat appearance at the http://www.guitar-guitar.com/ chat room on April 8th, 2003 from 12:00PM to 12:30PM (PST). Zakk and Black Label Society will be doing an autogragph signing at Guitar Trader of San Diego on that same day from 12:30pm to 2:00pm to support their show that evening at 4th and B. Shadows Fall have some dates lined up with Shai Hulud, Unearth, and Cephalic Carnage: 04/01/03 Detroit, MI Shelter 04/02/03 London, ON The Embassy 04/03/03 Toronto, ON Opera House 04/04/03 Montreal, QU Rainbow 05/17/03 Worcester, MA Palladium New England Metal & Hardcore Fest Cold have pushed back the release of their album, Year of the Spider from April 29th to May 13th. Anthrax’s much-anticipated album, We’ve Come For You All is set for release in the US on May 6th, in which they will perform a one-off show with Ministry in Philadelphia, PA at the Electric Factory. Then they will kick off their tour with Motorhead on the 7th in Norfolk, VA. Mondo Generator -- which features Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age) – are preparing to release their sophomore effort, A Drug Problem That Never Existed, in June/July through Ipecac Recordings. In the meantime, the will hook up with Tomahawk and The Melvins for a few gigs: 04/28/03 San Diego, CA Cane’s 04/29/03 Anaheim, CA House of Blues 04/30/03 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues Hate Eternal has a handful of shows lined up: 05/14/03 Passaic, NJ Connections 05/16/03 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance 05/17/03 Worcester, MA The Palladium - New England Metalfest 05/18/03 Philadelphia, PA. Trocadero 05/19/03 W. Springfield, VA Jaxx Faster Pussycat has a bunch of Euro gigs coming up: 05/10/03 Dudley, UK JB's 05/11/03 Glasgow, UK Renfrew Ferry 05/13/03 Northampton, UK Roadmenders 05/14/03 London, UK The Underworld 05/15/03 Cardiff, UK MS1 05/16/03 Bradford, UK Bradford Rio 05/17/03 Nottingham, UK Rock City 05/18/03 Manchester, UK Manchester University 05/20/03 Madrid, SP Aqualung 05/21/03 Victoria, SP Azkena 05/23/03 Milan, IT Indian's Saloon 05/24/03 Bassano Del Grappa, IT La Gabbia 05/25/03 Rome, IT Alpheus Guitarist John Norum (ex-Europe) is the latest addition to UFO. Fu Manchu are in the mastering stages of their next effort, Go For It: Live, which should be ready for release in May. For the previous Newswire, please click HERE.
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