New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Diamond Head have announced their first UK tour date for 2007:

Thursday, April 19 at the Robin in Mount Pleasant, Bilston, Wolverhampton.

Support at the show will come from DEMON .

DIAMOND HEAD has been confirmed for the Keep It True VIII festival, set to take place April 14 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany.

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Female hard rockers VIXEN have been selected as finalists in two categories at this year's Independent Music Awards . "Best Song: Hard Rock/Metal" for "I Try" and "Best Album: Hard Rock/Metal" for "Live & Learn" .

Created by Music Resource Group , publisher of the best-selling Musician's Atlas contact resource, the IMA program coordinates a variety of programs and events to market and promote IMA winners and finalists throughout the year, according to Sonicbids.com . Among the promotional benefits are online jukeboxes dedicated to both IMA Winners and IMA Finalists. MRG directs consumers and industry representatives to these two promotional areas through a series of high-profile marketing campaigns, advertising, trade show activities, promotional materials, etc.

Among the atist judges for the upcoming 2007 awards are Ozzy Osbourne , Wynonna , Suzanne Vega , Cyndi Lauper , Fatboy Slim , McCoy Tyner , Paul Oakenfold , Marc Ribot , Buddy Guy , David Grisman , Beenie Man and Howard Tate .

VIXEN will shortly be returning to Europe to perform a few shows as special guest to YNGWIE MALMSTEEN . The dates are as follows:

Dec. 14 - Helsinki, FIN @ House of Culture
Dec. 15 - Oulu, FIN @ Teatria
Dec. 16 - Tampere, FIN @ Club Pakkahuone

VIXEN 's new album, "Live & Learn" , has just been released in Europe via Demolition Records .

"Live & Learn" track listing:

01. Anyway
02. Live & Learn
03. I Try
04. Little Voice
05. Pacifist
06. Don't Want It Anymore
07. Love Song
08. Angry
09. I'm Sorry
10. You Wish
11. Suffragette City
12. Give Me Away

VIXEN 's current lineup:

Jan Kuehnemund - Guitar
Jenna Sanz-Agero - Vocals
Kat Kraft - Drums
Lynn Louise Lowrey - Bass

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Sebastian Bach has issued the following message:

"Last Tuesday [Nov. 7], we went to WCCC Radio in Hartford, CT at 2 in the afternoon the day of show to perform three songs live, acoustic, in the studio. We did 'Little Wing' [ JIMI HENDRIX cover], 'I Remember You' [ SKID ROW ], and the brand new song 'By Your Side' . It is always with some amount of trepidation that I enter into these situations live on the radio 'without a net,' not knowing the surroundings or how good the sound is gonna be. Well, I am happy to say that the session went great and I am real happy with how the sound went out on the air live all over Connecticut. Check out 'By Your Side' acoustic version [at this location ]... the album version is not acoustic but I am really digging how Metal Mike and Johnny Chromatic pulled this song off without drums or bass. This song was written by [producer] Roy Z [ HALFORD , BRUCE DICKINSON ] and myself and will be on the new record coming out in 2007!"

Upcoming SEBASTIAN BACH tour dates (supporting GUNS N' ROSES , unless otherwise noted):

Nov. 13 - Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena
Nov. 15 - Toronto, ONT @ Air Canada Centre
Nov. 16 - Whitby, ONT @ Johnny B's (headline show)
Nov. 17 - Ottawa, ONT @ Scotiabank Place
Nov. 18 - Quebec City, QC @ Colisee Pepsi Arena
Nov. 24 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
Nov. 25 - Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
Nov. 26 - Toledo, OH @ Headliners (headline show)
Nov. 27 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
Nov. 28 - Sauget, IL @ Pop's (headline show)
Nov. 29 - Milwaukee, WI @ Bradley Center
Dec. 01 - Ames, IA @ Hilton Coliseum
Dec. 02 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
Dec. 04 - Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
Dec. 06 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
Dec. 07 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
Dec. 09 - Spokane, WA @ Big Easy Concert House (headline show)
Dec. 10 - Everett, WA @ Everett Events Center
Dec. 11 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden Arena
Dec. 13 - Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center - Cal State U
Dec. 14 - Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre (headline show)
Dec. 15 - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Coliseum
Dec. 17 - Universal City, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre @ Universal CityWalk
Dec. 19 - Universal City, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre @ Universal CityWalk
Dec. 20 - Universal City, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre @ Universal CityWalk
Jan. 10 - Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena T
Jan. 11 - Bakersfield, CA @ Rabobank Arena
Jan. 13 - Reno, NV @ Reno Events Center
Jan. 16 - San Diego, CA @ iPayOne Center

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