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BREAKING NEWS: STATUS QUO/FRANTIC FOUR: JOHN COGHLAN CONFIRMS THAT HE, PARFITT AND LANCASTER ARE REUNITED

Status Quo have been on and off and on again all year with the Last Of The Electrics billed as the final time Quo would ever plug in, Rick Parfitt leaving the...

TONY IOMMI NEEDS ANOTHER CANCER OPERATION

Warming up in Dubai on the '13' tourSome sad news regarding Black Sabbath guitarist and founder of Heavy Metal, Tony Iommi.After receiving the news in August that his cancer is in remission...

BREAKING NEWS: MARK STANWAY SENSATIONALLY LEAVES MAGNUM AFTER 36 YEARS SERVICE

Keyboardist Mark Stanway has made the shock decision to leave British pomp rockers Magnum midway through their current run of UK and Irish dates.On his Facebook page today Stanway said: "Due to...

Raven And Diamond Head To Play HRH NWOBHM 2017 – Full Line-Up Is Here

​ The fine ladies and gentlemen at HRH just held a very successful HRH NWOBHM in Sheffield this weekend and before the dust has settled and the empty beer cans have been swept...

SAIICHI SUGIYAMI TO PLAY TWELVE DATE SPRING 2017 UK TOUR

Acclaimed blues-rock guitarist Saiichi Sugiyama and his band are touring the UK in the Spring of 2017 to coincide with their new album release in late April.Saiichi , who has a career...

LAST IN LINE DRIVE IT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART ON DREAM BILLING WITH INGLORIOU

Words: Liz Medhurst, Pictures: Sally NewhouseTonight's co-headliner was a real dream billing, a match made in heaven. I was so excited on my way to hear this double helping of top class...

UNDISCOVERED KISSTORY – KISS COVER VERSIONS

I'm not talking in this article about other people covering Kiss songs, like we've all probably done from time to time. No, in this episode of UNDISCOVERED KISSTORY, we're going to sit...

Piotr Wiwczarek / Motörhead Designer Joe Petagno Saved Our Album

Vader brought their Empire to London this Monday night and blitzed the Dome with a set drawn from their new, best yet, album and some classic tracks too from the Polish Death...

Kiske And Hansen Back In Helloween: Pumpkins United World Tour 2017/18 Is Official

It's happened! Just like we told you here on MetalTalk on 22nd May 2012 (right here), Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen are back in Helloween. The band have put out a statement...

DELAIN BATHE IN THE MANCHESTER MOONLIGHT

Another year, another Delain touring cycle. The Dutch symphonic Metallers have put a lot of miles in over the past few years, with prestigious support slots with Nightwish in the US as...

ARCHIVE: Tony Mottram: It’s All About The Bass

Remembering Lemmy and the Wild Days: Tony Mottram's Captivating Music Photography.

DIAMOND HEAD GOING STRONG ACROSS THE USA

Diamond Head kicked off the first night of their American tour last week in San Francisco, and they were marvelous. Reinvigorated by vocalist Rasmus Bom Andersen (Ras), and lead by the unflaggingly...

Edition eighteen of Cum On Feel The Newz

Eighteen Visions were an American Metal band from Orange County, California, formed in October 1995. The band broke up in April 2007, less than a year after their major label debut was...

CREAM RISES TO THE TOP AS STARS PAY TRIBUTE TO JACK BRUCE

A sparkling night at the recently reopened Shepherd's Bush Empire saw a star studded cast pay a superb tribute to legendary former Cream bass player Jack Bruce who very sadly passed away...

SCORPIONS SLING SINGAPORE A GOLDEN PERFORMANCE

Six years ago the Scorpions announced their farewell to the world, however the end is still nowhere in sight with the Hannover based band, who were formed by guitarist Rudolf Schenker way...

STEVE ‘LOOPY’ NEWHOUSE – The Loopy World Diaries

Ok, where do I start? At the beginning I guess, so let me introduce myself.Born Steve Newhouse on May 1st 1957, in the London Borough of Hackney, I had the nickname of...

OVERKILL’S BOBBY BLITZ RECALLS HILARIOUS TALE OF SINGING ‘OVERKILL’ WITH MĂ–TORHEAD

Overkill frontman Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth was interviewed by Emily Strigl of the Talking Metal podcast recently and told a superb story about when Lemmy asked him to join Motörhead on stage to...

THE TUBES PUT ON A SHOW OF DAZZLING THEATRICALITY AND MUSICIANSHIP

Roman's basement was held in thrall for well over two hours of dazzling theatricality and musicianship. Melding the gauche style of the Talking Heads and the intelligent virtuosity of Toto with the...
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