Metal nyheter

via Beffes & Blabbermouth:

Metal House Entertainment anordnar sin första spelning på
Klubb 033 i Borås den 7:e augusti och de tre banden som
uppträder är White Lion, Sanchez och Crimes Of Passion.

Sabaton och Crazy Lixx är klara för Back To Rock Festival
i Luzern Schweiz den 5-6:e september, länk.

Steve Lukather har lämnat Toto och kanske ser vi
slutet på bandet i och med det?
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BBC News reports that AC/DC and DEF LEPPARD are among very
few major artists that haven't put their body of work on iTunes,
Apple's leading download store. Like GARTH BROOKS, the legendary
rock acts are believed to be holding out because they want fans
to buy their albums whole, whereas Apple insists artists allow fans
to buy individual tracks.

AC/DC has stopped their material from appearing on iTunes,
choosing instead to sign an exclusive deal (through March 2008)
for full-album downloads with U.S. mobile phone operator Verizon.

Since full album downloads are too large and too expensive to
sell from mobile phones, Verizon is only selling them from the
PC version of its VCast Music service for $12 an album.

The only exception is the group's biggest hit, "You Shook Me All Night Long",
which is available as an over-the-air download.

DEF LEPPARD's latest album, "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge",
is on iTunes, while the rest of the band's catalog is not.

METALLICA ended its iTunes holdout in July 2006, making its work
available for sale via the U.S. and Canada editions of the digital store.

METALLICA albums were previously available for download via
services such as MSN Music, but had never been broken up for
single-song purchase. At iTunes, the group's first four albums
("Kill 'Em All", "Ride the Lightning", "Master of Puppets"
and "...And Justice for All") were expanded with previously unreleased
live tracks recorded in Seattle in 1989.
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JUDAS PRIEST's forthcoming double-disc concept album, "Nostradamus",
is available for streaming in its entirety on VH1.com's The Leak.

"Nostradamus" is scheduled for release via Columbia Records on
Monday, June 16 in Europe, and a day later in the U.S. on Epic Records.

Long in the works, "Nostradamus" takes epic storytelling to a whole
new level, as it recounts the life of this mysterious, world-known
16th century French prophet.

Some of the events that Nostradamus experts have interpreted as his
predictions include the great fire of London in 1666, the rise of Adolf Hitler,
and most recently, 9-11, among countless other renowned events.

As with all new PRIEST releases, the group — singer Rob Halford,
guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing, bassist Ian Hill,
and drummer Scott Travis — will embark on a mammoth worldwide
tour in support of "Nostradamus".

JUDAS PRIEST will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show
"Rockline", hosted by Bob Coburn, on Monday, July 21 at 11:30 p.m.
EST/8:30 p.m. PST. Fans can talk live with JUDAS PRIEST
by calling 800-344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you or
to listen to the show live via the Internet, go to www.rocklineradio.com.