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Here is the Weekly Rockin'Town Newsletter
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The Week In Rock: Metallica Recognized, Falling In Reverse #1 & Highly Suspect Album
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JULY 13th - JULY 20th 7/13 Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson (pictured) finally meets the singer he replaced, Paul Di’Anno, for the first time in Croatia. Dickinson, promoting his solo album, “The Mandrake Project,” performs in Zagreb, where Di’Anno is receiving physiotherapy treatments after undergoing major knee surgery nearly two years ago. A fan brings them together. 7/15 Billboard reports that Metallica’s self-titled set, commonly …
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The Grateful Dead & Bonnie Raitt To Receive Kennedy Honors In December
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The Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt will be among the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C. on December 8th (CBS will broadcast of the ceremony on December 23rd). "To be recognized alongside the artists who have in the past received this honor is beyond humbling,” wrote the four surviving founding members of the Grateful Dead — Bob Weir (pictured above), …
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Fever 333 have issued "Higher Power." The song's chorus reinforces the message of empowerment and unity and calls for recognition of the contributions of Back, Bown and Asian people to the nation. Lyrics include the lines: "There are no diamonds to be produced without pressure" and "No lessons to learn without trials." "To exist in a world that challenges your …
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Former Metallica Bassist To Sell Instruments
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Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted has teamed with Reverb to sell instruments from his personal collection including a bass used on the band’s tour in support of “And Justic For All” and the “Black Album.” "The last 30 or 40 years as I’ve traveled around playing music for people, I’ve gathered some cool shit,” Newsted said in a statement. The Official …
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Queensryche: "The Origins Tour" This Fall
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"We are thrilled to bring to you 'The Origins Tour," said singer Todd La Torre in a statement. "We will once again be performing (the self-titled) EP and (the band's full-length debut effort) 'The Warning,' in their entirety!" Over the years, and there have been many of them, fans have developed a love for the group's early releases, especially the '83 EP and …
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