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2013 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival Heads to Texas
The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is returning for its fourth year this August and September, and while the lineup has yet to be revealed, we now have the cities and dates for this year's run, and good news-we've got a Houston date.
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Conflicting Reports Regarding a Possible Arrest in Boston Bombings [UPDATED]
2:45 p.m. (EST): The Boston Police Department has announced that "there has not been an arrest in the Marathon attack." Investigations are ongoing.
2:35 p.m.: CNN is retracting their previous report that an arrest has been made in the Boston Marathon bombings. Other sources are reporting that officials are close to identifying a suspect after reviewing area surveillance video, but no arrests have been made.
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Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard Streams New Song From Upcoming ‘Moonlander’ Solo Album
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Smashing Pumpkins + Jane’s Addiction Concert DVDs Coming This Summer
Smashing Pumpkins and Jane's Addiction are just two of the acts partnering with Rock Fuel Media to bring the latest innovations in shooting concert films to the fans. Both acts have new DVDs set to arrive June 25.
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Kirk Hammett on Metallica’s Forthcoming Album: ‘It’s a Pretty Slow Process’
There's no question that Metallica have their plate full, but guitarist Kirk Hammett says the band still hopes to have their next album out by 2014 -- yet he won't make any guarantees. In a new interview, Hammett gave an update on Metallica's next album, as well as their other projects.
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Stone Sour’s Corey Taylor ‘So Stoked’ Over Animated ‘Do Me a Favor’ Video
Stone Sour have just unleashed their 'House of Gold & Bones Part 2' and the animated video for the first single 'Do Me a Favor' has had viewers dropping their jaws. Among the biggest fans of the clip is none other than Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor himself.
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Carolina Rebellion Festival Unveils Daily Lineup
The Carolina Rebellion festival is expanding to two full days this year, and will be held May 4 and 5 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. In addition, a Friday campground party will be held May 3. The bands were previously revealed and now the daily lineups and set times have been unveiled.
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Deftones Issue First Statement Regarding Death of Bassist Chi Cheng
The rock world was saddened over the weekend to hear the news that Deftones bassist Chi Cheng had passed away. The musician died after spending four years in either a coma or semi-conscious state as the result of a devastating 2008 car accident. After reactions and condolences from many in the rock community, the first official statement from Deftones themselves came today via a message from the band's guitarist Stephen Carpenter.
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Twin Explosions at Boston Marathon Finish Line [UPDATED]
9 p.m. (EST): The final press conference of the day with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and various other officials just concluded. The FBI is now leading investigations of the events. Davis confirmed that three people were killed in today's blasts.
CNN is reporting that one of the victims killed was an 8-year-old boy. The Wall Street Journal had reported that as many as five other unexploded devices were found around Boston, but investigators now doubt that they were actually bombs.
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HIM Unveil Cryptic Video for ‘Tears on Tape’
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Want to Collaborate with Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath?
Just imagine if you or I, Joe amateur guitar player, could have guitar work from the legendary Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath to use in an original song. How cool would that be? You may be able to do exactly that before long, thanks to a project being considered by Iommi and Queen's Brian May. According to the Birmingham Mail, the veteran rockers are discussing the idea of taking recorded pieces of Iommi's music and then turning it over to fans for their own recordings.