Momento Dave Mustaine \\ Megadeth: shows cancelados depois de promotor se negar a pedir desculpas

O MEGADETH cancelou suas datas na Austrália depois de um promotor ter culpado a banda por remover o NEWSTED, banda de Jason Newsted, das datas dos shows que as bandas fariam paralelas ao Soundwave Festival.

Enquanto o promotor do festival, AJ Maddah, informou que a banda NEWSTED havia sido tirada do lineup a pedido do MEGADETH, um representante do Megadeth, Jim Carroccio, informou que o promotor em questão estava mentindo.

Na manhã de hoje o Megadeth cancelou as suas datas australianas com o seguinte comunicado no Facebook : "Devido a circunstâncias além do seu controle, infelizmente o MEGADETH teve de cancelar as suas datas na Austrália. A decisão do MEGADETH não tem relação com o fato de Jason Newsted tocar no Soundwave. Jason e eu nos falamos faz pouco tempo, e continuamos amigos."

Uma hora depois, em um outro post, Mustaine falou algo diferente: "Tudo o que eu pedi foi desculpas por terem me culpado por algo que eu não fiz. Eu ainda quero tocar, mas o promotor prefere não pedir desculpas e prefere dizer que eu pedi a ele que minta, o que eu não fiz. Apenas eu estou vendo como é fácil resolver isso? O [promotor australiano e do Soundwave] AJ Maddah que eu conheço é um cara sábio e cuidadoso, e eu não sei o que aconteceu com meu velho amigo. Minhas malas estão prontas, fãs da Austrália."

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Traduza\\ METALLICA To Perform Entire 'Black' Album At Australia's SOUNDWAVE Festival?

According to Australia's KillYourStereo.com, Soundwave festival promoter AJ Maddah has confirmed that METALLICA will play a two-hour set at this year's event, complete with the "Snakepit" rig, all but confirming that the band's setlist will include the entirety of METALLICA's 1991 self-titled effort.

The last time this rig was used was during METALLICA's 2012 European tour where the LP was played backwards, starting with closing number "The Struggle Within" and ending with "Enter Sandman".

Asked whose idea it was for METALLICA to play the "black" album in reverse on the most recent tour, the band's drummer, Lars Ulrich, told Rolling Stone magazine, "If you like the idea, it was mine. If you don't, it was James' [Hetfield, guitar/vocals]. For better or worse, I'm the setlist guy. This is all subject to change if it doesn't work. But the idea of starting off with the lesser-known songs buried down there and ending up with 'Sad But True' and 'Enter Sandman' seems like a winner. You finish with the money shot, which is the first song."

"Metallica" in 2009 surpassed SHANIA TWAIN's 1997 record, "Come On Over", as the best-selling CD of the SoundScan era. To date, the black album has sold more than 16 million copies in the United States.

Although METALLICA had scored their first radio and video airplay with their previous effort, 1988's "...And Justice For All", the black album was the band's biggest commercial breakthrough, producing five singles and making them into one of the most popular rock bands in the world.

TRETAS\\ Hole cancela show em festival australiano ao descobrir que iria abrir para o Limp Bizkit

Courtney Love cancelou o show do Hole no Soundwave Festival, na Austrália, após descobrir que o Limp Bizkit tocaria depois de sua banda. A informação é do site NME.

A cantora teria mandando uma mensagem no Twitter para o produtor do festival, AJ Maddah, expressando sua indignação. "O que fez você pensar que abriríamos para o Limp Bizkit? Não leve a mal, mas isso é loucura", escreveu.

Também pelo Twitter, o produtor disse estar "muito nervoso" com a situação. "Como se fôssemos pedir permissão para ela cada vez que convidarmos uma banda. Não há sentido em aceitá-la de volta, apenas para ela cancelar novamente ou agir como uma imbecil podre com os outros artistas e os fãs", escreveu.

O Soundwave Festival acontece em fevereiro e março de 2012 e tem como atrações, além do Limp Bizkit, as bandas System of a Down, Slipknot e Machine Head.

Traduza\\ DEZ FAFARA Says COAL CHAMBER Is 'Not Even Discussing' Any Other Tours After SOUNDWAVE

Alternative Music Hub recently conducted an interview with Dez Fafara (DEVILDRIVER, COAL CHAMBER) about COAL CHAMBER's upcoming reunion tour as part of Australia's Soundwave Festival. A few excerpts from the chat follow below.

Alternative Music Hub: How excited are you to play as COAL CHAMBER again?

Dez: Very excited; it has been a slow progression. Meegs [Miguel Rascón, guitar] and Mikey [Mike Cox, drums] started to come around in '05. They came around to a sold-out DEVILDRIVER show in California and Meegs pulled my wife aside and apologized to her about everything that went that caused my family to move into a one-bedroom apartment and start all over again. I thought that was rather big-hearted of him and they were off hard drugs for 2-3 years then. Cut to '09, Meegs came up to DEVILDRIVER to play [COAL CHAMBER's] "Loco" with us on stage in Pasadena. At the end of it, he came up and gave me a hug and said, "I want to do this in the future." Now in 2011 we are talking about doing shows. They have been off the hard drugs for some time so they can play at 100 percent capacity. We want to bring back the Ten Ton Gorilla back on the stage.

Alternative Music Hub: That is good to hear as the drugs were an issue that caused the breakup.

Dez: When I left COAL CHAMBER, I told the press I was leaving because I wanted to go a different musical direction. But what I did was take the high road and not say in front of their wives, parents and families, all of whom I have known for years, that, "Hey, they are so strung out on drugs they are going to be dead." I just took the high road and said I was leaving. That was good because I never went against them in the press. It allowed them to get clean and allowed us to be friends. I realized that every night I was on stage with a microphone in my hand, I was putting money in their pockets which led to putting drugs into their hands. Once we stopped going on stage as COAL CHAMBER, their money ran out, their fame ran out and they eventually had to get clean. Now that they are alive, what more do you need to say apart from, my friends are alive and want to play music.

Alternative Music Hub: What is the situation with [former COAL CHAMBER bassists] Nadja [Peulen] or Rayna [Foss]?

Dez: Well, Rayna was far gone, way in the beginning. She has some stuff she is dealing with internally, which I don't think will bring her back to music. Nadja, we had talks with her. We needed the enthusiasm as well as… We didn't want any demands; because we had no demands. It was the best interest of the original members was to go find someone with the same interest as we did and enthusiasm. That is where Chela [Rhea Harper] had come from. She's [a] real-deal player. She grew up with the music of COAL CHAMBER, brings that enthusiasm and she is an amazing-looking girl so she will have a great stage presence.

Alternative Music Hub: I know it has been said that COAL CHAMBER are only playing Soundwave but if it all goes well, could we see other tours around the world?

Dez: Since we announced we are doing Soundwave, we have offers to do tours and we are not even discussing it. We have been offered three or four record deals. We want to come down and have a fun time and full of happiness. Once we get home from it, then we may discuss it. Keep in mind three days after we get home from Soundwave, I go on tour of America with DEVILDRIVER. So with DEVILDRIVER being booked, it will be hard to have both.

Read the entire interview from Alternative Music Hub.

COAL CHAMBER 2012 lineup:

Dez Fafara - Vocals
Miguel "Meegs" Rascón - Guitar
Mike Cox - Drums
Chela Rhea Harper - Bass

Soundwave 2012 \\ SLIPKNOT, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, LIMP BIZKIT, MARILYN MANSON, MACHINE HEAD Confirmed For SOUNDWAVE

SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLIPKNOT, LIMP BIZKIT, MARILYN MANSON, MACHINE HEAD and LAMB OF GOD are among the confirmed bands for next year's Soundwave festival in Australia, set to take place in late February/early March.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

SYSTEM OF A DOWN
SLIPKNOT
LIMP BIZKIT
MARILYN MANSON
HOLE
A DAY TO REMEMBER
MACHINE HEAD
LAMB OF GOD
TRIVIUM
ALTER BRIDGE
LOSTPROPHETS
ANGELS & AIRWAVES
COBRA STARSHIP
THE USED
YOU ME AT SIX
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT
UNWRITTEN LAW
COAL CHAMBER
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL
THURSDAY
FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS
RAISED FIST
DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN
ZAKK WYLDE’S BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
MASTODON
UNDEROATH
SAVES THE DAY
CIRCA SURVIVE
STEEL PANTHER
JACK'S MANNEQUIN
MESHUGGAH
THE SISTERS OF MERCY
ENTER SHIKARI
FOUR YEAR STRONG
BLACK VEIL BRIDES
MADINA LAKE
ZEBRAHEAD
HATEBREED
BIOHAZARD
TIMES OF GRACE
CKY
STREET DOGS
DRAGONFORCE
GOJIRA
KVELERTAK
LETLIVE
HELLYEAH
CRO-MAGS
THE CAB
RELIENT K
VERSA EMERGE
HEROES FOR HIRE
KILL HANNAH
THE DANGEROUS SUMMER
CHIMAIRA
FRAMING HANLEY
WATAIN
ROYAL REPUBLIC
I AM THE AVALANCHE
TURISAS
RIVER CITY EXTENSION

The dates:

Feb. 25 - RNA Showgrounds - Brisbane
Feb. 26 - Olympic Park - Sydney
Mar. 02 - Showgrounds - Melbourne
Mar. 03 - Bonython Park - Adelaide
Mar. 05 - Claremont Showgrounds - Perth

For more information, visit www.soundwavefestival.com.

SEFOTEU\\ Van Halen: primeiros shows de 2011 são cancelados

Os primeiros shows do VAN HALEN em 2011 não vão mais acontecer – pelo menos por enquanto – já que vem da Austrália a notícia que o festival SOUNDWAVE REVOLUTION foi cancelado.

As datas estavam planejadas pelo território australiano, começando no fim de setembro, com o Van Halen encabeçando o elenco, com vários outros artistas como Alice Cooper, Machine Head, Alter Bridge, Danzig, Hellyeah, Bad Religion, e outros.
Ainda permanece a possibilidade de que o VH poderia tocar na Austrália, uma vez que os promotores falam de planos para que muitos dos artistas envolvidos se juntem e toquem shows em regiões separadas ao invés do grande festival itinerante.

O jornal Sidney Morning Herald afirma que os organizadores do evento citaram o cancelamento de última hora de um dos grandes nomes contratados como causa principal da ruína do evento original.

O promotor do evento, AJ Maddah falou com a estação de rádio de Sidney Nova 969 hoje, confirmando que o evento tinha sido cancelado depois que Stix Zadinia – o baterista do Steel Panther – deu a notícia nessa manhã.(...)

Rocknews\\ Van Halen anuncia tour fora dos EUA

O Van Halen confirmou que será headliner do festival itinerante australiano Soundwave Revolutions. Serão as primeiras apresentações da banda desde a turnê de reunião, que percorreu a América do Norte entre 2007 e 2008. Fora do continente, o grupo não se apresenta desde a excursão divulgando o álbum Van Halen III, com Gary Cherone nos vocais, em 1998.

Serão cinco datas entre setembro e outubro nas cidades de Brisbane, Sydney, Melborune, Adelaide e Perth. Outras atrações confirmadas são Alice Cooper, Machine Head, Steel Panther, Danzig, Hole e Alter Bridge.




Campanha: #VanHalenNoBrasil!

Traduza\\ SAXON, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, MURDERDOLLS, DIMMU BORGIR Confirmed For Australia's SOUNDWAVE

SAXON, ONE DAY AS A LION (the project featuring Zack De La Rocha [vocalist for RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE] and Jon Theodore [former drummer of THE MARS VOLTA]), BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, MURDERDOLLS, BRING ME THE HORIZON and DIMMU BORGIR are among the newly confirmed bands for the 2011 edition of Australia's Soundwave festival, set to take place in late February/early March.

Newly added acts:

BRING ME THE HORIZON
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
COHEED & CAMBRIA
DIMMU BORGIR
FEEDER
FUCKED UP
H2O
MILLENCOLIN
MURDERDOLLS
ONE DAY AS A LION
SAXON
SILVERSTEIN
THE AMITY AFFLICTION
THE ROCKET SUMMER
WE THE KINGS

The dates are as follows:

Feb. 26 - Brisbane, Showgrounds
Feb. 27 - Sydney, Eastern Creek Raceway
Mar. 04 - Melbourne, Showgrounds
Mar. 05 - Adelaide, Bonython Park
Mar. 07 - Perth, Steel Blue Oval

The official Soundwave 2011 lineup:

30 SECONDS TO MARS
36 CRAZYFISTS
A SKYLIT DRIVE
ALESANA
ALL THAT REMAINS
ANBERLIN
ASKING ALEXANDRIA
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
BAYSIDE
BREATHE CAROLINA
BRING ME THE HORIZON
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
DEVILDRIVER
DOMMIN
EVERY AVENUE
FEEDER
FOXY SHAZAM
FUCKED UP
GANG OF FOUR
H2O
HIGH ON FIRE
I SEE STARS
ILL NINO
IRON MAIDEN
KYLESA
LESS THAN JAKE
MAD CADDIES
MAYDAY PARADE
MELVINS
MILLENCOLIN
MONSTER MAGNET
MURDERDOLLS
MXPX
NEVER SHOUT NEVER
NEW FOUND GLORY
NONPOINT
ONE DAY AS A LION
PENNYWISE
PRIMUS
PROTEST THE HERO
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
RISE TO REMAIN
ROB ZOMBIE
SAXON
SEVENDUST
SILVERSTEIN
SLASH
SLAYER
SOCIAL DISTORTION
STONE SOUR
SUM 41
TAKING DAWN
TERROR
THE AMITY AFFLICTION
THE ATARIS
THE BLACKOUT
THE BRONX
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM
THE MAINE
THE ROCKET SUMMER
THE STARTING LINE
THE SWORD
THERE FOR TOMORROW
THIRD EYE BLIND
TRASH TALK
VEARA
WE THE KINGS

Traduza\\ It's Official: IRON MAIDEN To Headline Australia's SOUNDWAVE Festiva

It's now official: British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN will headline the 2011 edition of Australia's Soundwave festival, with SLAYER, SLASH, ROB ZOMBIE and AVENGED SEVENFOLD also joining the bill.

The dates are as follows:

Feb. 26 - Brisbane, Showgrounds
Feb. 27 - Sydney, Eastern Creek Raceway
Mar. 04 - Melbourne, Showgrounds
Mar. 05 - Adelaide, Bonython Park
Mar. 07 - Perth, Steel Blue Oval

In addition, IRON MAIDEN will also play two arena shows prior to the festivals with first ticket access for fan-club members:

Feb. 23 - Melbourne, Hisense Arena
Feb. 24 - Sydney, Entertainment Centre

The exclusive pre-sale will take place on Monday, August 9 Augst at noon and run through to 5 p.m. Tuesday, August 10 (local time). The pre-sale is open to all fan club members.

Tickets for these two shows go on sale to the general public on August 12.

The official Soundwave 2011 lineup:

30 SECONDS TO MARS
36 CRAZYFISTS
A SKYLIT DRIVE
ALESANA
ALL THAT REMAINS
ANBERLIN
ASKING ALEXANDRIA
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
BAYSIDE
BREATHE CAROLINA
DEVILDRIVER
DOMMIN
EVERY AVENUE
FOXY SHAZAM
GANG OF FOUR
NEW FOUND GLORY
GASLIGHT ANTHEM
HIGH ON FIRE
I SEE STARS
ILL NINO
IRON MAIDEN
KYLESA
LESS THAN JAKE
MAD CADDIES
MAYDAY PARADE
MELVINS
MONSTER MAGNET
MXPX
NEVER SHOUT NEVER
NEW FOUND GLORY
NONPOINT
PENNYWISE
PRIMUS
PROTEST THE HERO
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
RISE TO REMAIN
ROB ZOMBIE
SEVENDUST
SLASH
SLAYER
SOCIAL DISTORTION
STONE SOUR
SUM 41
TAKING DAWN
TERROR
THE ATARIS
THE BLACKOUT
THE BRONX
THE MAINE
THE STARTING LINE
THE SWORD
THERE FOR TOMORROW
THIRD EYE BLIND
TRASH TALK
VEARA