Plano teen nightclub Rock Steady may close
The News Review:
- Plano teen nightclub Rock Steady may close
- BreakThru Radio Airs Exclusive New Specialty Show ‘Ardent…
- The Gauntlet: Chimaira Metal News
- Iron Maiden Stick with EMI
- Trebek has a heart attack
- Cultural events in the city – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- Iron Maiden Closes Integrated Deal With EMI
Plano teen nightclub Rock Steady may close
Dallas Morning News – Dec 12, 2007
So the McKinney dad opted to open his own venue. Almost overnight Rock Steady earned its buzz as an alcohol-free venue where teenagers could groove to their kind of rock. For almost two years the strip-mall club has provided a home to such amateur sensations as Gym Class Dropouts the Cadillac Incident and those death-metal mavens I the Emperor. But as much as kids and parents like it Rock Steady may soon have to close… Currently it’s alcohol-free. Division Arlington.
BreakThru Radio Airs Exclusive New Specialty Show ‘Ardent…
PR Web – PR Web (press release) – Dec 12, 2007
ABUT BREAKTHRU RADIBreakThru Radio (BTR) is the Internet's source for the World's Best Independent Music where expert DJs expose the rich underground of sound not found on commercial radio. Whether it's death metal dancehall hip-hop indie rock roots country reggae electronica acid jazz ambient beats dub two-step or folk whatever genre you can imagine BTR has it well-stocked and with no expiration date. In a world where independent music is becoming infinitely more accessible the need for informed sources to filter out the best of it has become a necessity. Music fans across the globe are beyond frustrated with commercial radio and often feel victimized by it. "Music for music lovers" is BTR's motto and one that its DJ's take very seriously… ABUT BREAKTHRU RADIBreakThru Radio (BTR) is the Internet's source for the World's Best Independent Music where expert DJs expose the rich underground of sound not found on commercial radio. Whether it's death metal dancehall hip-hop indie rock roots country reggae electronica acid jazz ambient beats dub two-step or folk whatever genre you can imagine BTR has it well-stocked and with no expiration date. In a world where independent music is becoming infinitely more accessible the need for informed sources to filter out the best of it has become a necessity. Music fans across the globe are beyond frustrated with commercial radio and often feel victimized by it. "Music for music lovers" is BTR's motto and one that its DJ's take very seriously. BTR offers its listeners unlimited access to underground music twenty-four hours a day seven days a week with a daily audience that includes more than two dozen countries.
The Gauntlet: Chimaira Metal News
The Gauntlet – Dec 12, 2007
The tour will kick off on January 31 in Albany NY and wraps up on March 5 in North Carolina. East coast dates will include Divine Heresy as openers and west coast dates will be opened by Light This City. Chimaira is currently finishing up the final leg of their crushing headlining tour with Kataklysm Terror and The End in support of their latest album and Ferret Music debut “Resurrection” which hit streets last March. The band has toured relentlessly since the release of “Resurrection” including a co-headlining spot on last summer’s Sounds of The Underground tour.
Iron Maiden Stick with EMI
All American Patriots – All American Patriots (press release) – Dec 12, 2007
Signed to EMI Records in November 1979 Iron Maiden quickly became one of the biggest rock bands in the world and have gone on to sell some 70 million albums including three No 1 and 15 Top 10 albums in the UK alone. A Matter of Life and Death Iron Maiden?s 14th and most recent studio album released in 2006 charted at No 1 in 10 countries achieved Top 10 positions in 30 more and was Billboard magazine?s No 1 International Album. With a massive worldwide live following Iron Maiden continue to take Metal into new territories. In March this year they became the first major metal band to play in India when their show sold out to over 25000 fans in the grounds of Bangalore Palace and also were the first band ever to sell out the United Arab Emirate?s Desert Rock Festival in Dubai with fans travelling there from all over the Middle East. These shows were followed by more European dates in June which saw the band being the first to headline Donington Festival in the UK for a fourth time and the further announcement that in early 2008 Iron Maiden will embark on their most ambitious tour to date – a 60000 mile six week trip around the planet flying in a customised Boeing 757 carrying all band crew and equipment and flown by Maiden vocalist and Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson. This historical opening leg precedes extensive tours of North America and Europe later in the year… A Matter of Life and Death Iron Maiden?s 14th and most recent studio album released in 2006 charted at No 1 in 10 countries achieved Top 10 positions in 30 more and was Billboard magazine?s No 1 International Album. With a massive worldwide live following Iron Maiden continue to take Metal into new territories. In March this year they became the first major metal band to play in India when their show sold out to over 25000 fans in the grounds of Bangalore Palace and also were the first band ever to sell out the United Arab Emirate?s Desert Rock Festival in Dubai with fans travelling there from all over the Middle East. These shows were followed by more European dates in June which saw the band being the first to headline Donington Festival in the UK for a fourth time and the further announcement that in early 2008 Iron Maiden will embark on their most ambitious tour to date – a 60000 mile six week trip around the planet flying in a customised Boeing 757 carrying all band crew and equipment and flown by Maiden vocalist and Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson. This historical opening leg precedes extensive tours of North America and Europe later in the year. In the last two weeks Iron Maiden have been busy breaking yet more records for this the ?SMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WRLD TUR 08? which concentrates on songs from their classic eighties albums and features a tour production based on the Egyptian concept of their legendary mid eighties tour focused around the Powerslave album. Already over nine months in advance of the concert dates 125000 tickets for their three stadium shows in Sweden and Finland sold out in less than two and a half hours and continuing South America?s love affair with all things Maiden their date at the Simon Bolivar Stadium in Bogata enjoyed the fastest and biggest first day box office of any music event ever held in Colombia.
Trebek has a heart attack
San Diego Union Tribune – Dec 12, 2007
“It could have been a lot worse” said Janie Liszewski Van Halen's publicist and live-in girlfriend. “The pool is buried in mud the driveway gate is down and some major landscaping is going to be needed to restore the yard to its former self” Liszewski said. SINGER DIED F CCAINE DThe death last month in Las Vegas of Kevin Dubrow lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot has been ruled an accidental cocaine overdose. Clark County coroner spokeswoman Samantha Charles said after toxicology results were received Monday “The cause is cocaine intoxication. ”Police have said there was no forced entry and no suspicious circumstances when Dubrow was found dead Nov. 25 at his Las Vegas home. – CMPILED FRM NEWS SERVICE REPRTS.
Cultural events in the city – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Tribune Review – Dec 12, 2007
The 47-year-old actor was required to meet with the judge in connection with a cocaine-possession case. Baldwin was aware of the hearing and contacted his probation officer Thursday to report that he couldn’t make it because he was in Canada shooting a movie said his attorney Grant Hoagland adding the message apparently didn’t reach the judge. — The Associated PressSinger’s overdose ruled accidentalThe death last month of Kevin Dubrow lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot has been ruled an accidental cocaine overdose. Clark County coroner spokeswoman Samantha Charles confirmed the cause Monday after toxicology results were received Monday. Dubrow was found dead Nov. 25 at his Las Vegas home.
Iron Maiden Closes Integrated Deal With EMI
Billboard – Dec 12, 2007
The recording deal covers the world except the United States where Sanctuary handles the band’s works. Financial details were not disclosed. Iron Maiden and EMI have a 28-year recording relationship. Since then the band has since gone on to sell roughly 70 million albums says EMI including three No… EMI and their worldwide affiliates have always fulfilled this” comments manager Rod Smallwood. CM8ShowAd(“Middle”); The band’s 14th and most recent album “A Matter of Life and Death” opened at No. 1 on Billboard’s European Top 100 Albums charts following its release in August 2006. The group’s upcoming “Somewhere Back in Time” world tour has proved a box office smash with stadium dates in Scandinavia South America and Australia selling out in rapid fashion. The tour is due to kick off Feb. 1 at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai India.