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TESTAMENT CONFIRMED FOR NORWAY METAL HEART FEST

TESTAMENT are the first confirmed band for Metal Heart, a brand new two-day metal festival set to take place August 17-18 at Tapperiet in Notodden, Norway. A total of 10-to-12 acts will perform at the event.

More information about bands and ticket availability will come soon.

Source BBM

   

FORMER RAINBOW, JOE LYNN TURNER AND GRAHAM BONNET TEAMING UP FOR JAPAN TOUR

BBM reports that Ex-RAINBOW singers Joe Lynn Turner and Graham Bonnet are scheduled to appear on a double bill in late May and early June in Japan. This is certain to be an amazing experience for RAINBOW fans. Bonnet will front ALCATRAZZ and JLT's band will feature collaborator and friend, guitarist Akira Kajiyama. Kajiyama and Turner recently enjoyed success on their first dually-billed album "Fire without Flame".

May 30 - Tokyo, JPN @ O-East
May 31 - Tokyo, JPN @ O-East
Jun. 01 - Osaka, JPN - Shinsaibashi Club Quattro

JOE LYNN TURNER band lineup:

Joe Lynn Turner - Vocals
Akira Kajiyama - Guitar
Toshio Egawa (GERARD) - Keyboards
Atsushi Hasegawa (GERARD) - Bass
Kenichi Fujimoto (GERARD) - Drums

ALCATRAZZ is:

Graham Bonnet - Vocals
Howie Simon - Guitar
Glen Sobel - Drums
Tim Luce - Bass

Source BBM

   

PAUL STANLEY "THERE IS TWO KINDS OF MUSIC AND ONLY TWO KINDS OF ART: GOOD AND BAD"

The following report is courtesy of Mike Kerwick from Northjersey.com:

Paint used to be PAUL STANLEY's mask, a coat that simultaneously brought him fame and shielded him from his fans.

For the better part of 30 years, Stanley crisscrossed the country wearing a layer of white on his face, slathers of red on his lips and a black star around his right eye. He would hit the stage in black spandex, his buddy Gene (Simmons) would spit blood, and his band would pledge to rock-and-roll all night ... and party ev-uh-ree day.

Paint carried Stanley and the three other makeup-clad members of KISS from one packed house to another, from one continent to another, from one collection of screaming fans to another. It helped Stanley carve out his onstage identity.

So is it any surprise that Stanley gravitated toward paint? Is it any surprise that Stanley found a calling capable of complementing his music?

"There's two kinds of music and only two kinds of art," Stanley said, "good and bad. And you can find both in any style."

Six years ago, he first took up brushes and began splashing colors around on a blank canvas. A friend told Stanley he painted to deal with grief. Stanley had never painted but did major in art at a performing-arts school when he was young.

"When you try to tell people when you're 6 years old that you want to be a rock star, they pat you on the head and say, 'Go play cowboys and Indians,' " Stanley said. "I pursued more art. It seemed more practical. Ultimately, I figured that my calling was really music."

Source Morthjersey

 

 

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