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Guitar Center Sessions: An Evening with Kenny Wayne Shepherd
PR reports: Guitar Center is pleased to announce the next installment of Guitar Center Sessions: An Evening of Dialogue and Insight with Grammy nominated blues/rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

Scheduled for Wednesday, February 18 at the Guitar Center in Pasadena, CA, the evening will focus on Kenny as he shares career highlights, the secrets behind his technique, songwriting, tone and talks in depth about his new Fender Signature Series Stratocaster, designed exclusively by KWS. The evening, co-presented by Fender Musical Instruments, is free and open to the public.

Renowned blues/rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd stormed onto the music scene as a teenager with a fiery style and virtuosity seldom seen before. Since then he has had a string of No. 1 mainstream rock singles and holds the record for the longest running album on the Billboard Blues Charts with "Trouble Is....". - more on this story

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Gomez Spring Tour Plans
PR reports: ATO Records is proud to announce that Gomez will be embarking on a string of spring US dates in support of their soon-to-be released sixth studio album "A New Tide."

The band will kick off the tour at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX, then head up the east coast to play a very special CD release show on March 31 at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Appearing on nearly half of the dates will be Josh Ritter, who will be performing with a full band.

Additionally, the band will be returning for their third appearance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival this June in Manchester, TN alongside such acts as Beastie Boys, Ben Harper, Wilco, and David Byrne. - more on this story

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Bonded By Blood Talk Masters Of Disaster Tour, The Closing Of Metal Maniacs
PR reports: Bonded By Blood will be playing their first cross-country shows on the Masters of Disaster tour. Alongside fellow thrash acts, EXMORTUS and WITCHAVEN, Bonded By Blood vocalist, Jose "Aladdin" Barrales looks to take a little bit of the LA thrash scene to every town they play. As the excitable frontman explains, "This is our first Full US tour and we are really excited to play all over the US as more and more fans seem to want us to play their hometown."

However as sweet as the tour is for each band on the bill, there is always the inevitable sour. Metal Maniacs magazine, as has been reported, has closed its doors. Before the esteemed metal institution went out of business, they had lent their name as the main sponsor for the tour. "Im honored and saddened that Metal Maniacs is sponsoring this tour" says Jose, who elaborates his position. "I'm honored that its a metal mag for metal fans that has always kept an eye out for smaller bands and I'm saddened that they are closing their doors. Thats one less mag of a scarce few there is that metal fan can get his hands on."

Despite the bittersweet feelings that the closing of Metal Maniacs has brought to the tour, all of the bands intend to keep the underground spirit of the magazine alive by personally making sure that at each show no head is left unbanged and each body has been throughly thrashed. - more on this story

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Paul Anka One Night Stand
Noble reports: Legendary singer/songwriter "Paul Anka" will perform a rare one-off UK concert at the London Palladium on Sunday 8th February at 7:30 pm. [why his PR folks put quotes around his name is a mystery]

Anka will perform hits from his vast back catalogue, including "My Way", "Diana" and a swing version of The Killer's "Mr. Brightside", featured on his recent album "Classic Songs, My Way" which celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Anka's most famous song "My Way". Anka is one of this century's most successful entertainers and songwriters, with awards and accomplishments that are unsurpassed. The Palladium show will feature his favourite songs, covering the gamut of his own greatest hits, to elite singer-songwriters, ballads, pop and adult contemporary classics.

Arranged for big band in the vein of his last critically acclaimed release, "Rock Swings", the Palladium concert will showcase Anka's unmistakable vocals, and his uncanny ability to make any song his own with style. On his critically acclaimed "Rock Swings" album, Anka brought his unique renditions some of the greatest rock songs ever, with big band, crooner-style interpretations of songs by Nirvana, Van Halen, the Cure and Oasis. His swing versions of "Smell's Like Teen Spirit" and "Wonderwall" are sublime. - more on this story

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Wolf Spider's Kingdom Of Paranoia Revisited
MMP reports: Wolf Spider is one of the most acclaimed thrash metal bands in the entire history of the Polish scene. Throughout the years their breathtaking releases became legendary, and their status as Polish thrash metal heroes still remains unbroken. "Kingdom of Paranoia", their second offering, proved to be a milestone for the band, once and for all proving their worth. Thanks to this album the band signed a record deal with a legendary label Music For Nations. And today Metal Mind Productions presents the exclusive reissue of "Kingdom Of Paranoia" which will bring you back to the glorious days of pure thrash metal madness�

"Kingdom Of Paranoia" saw the light of day in 1990. Recorded in the famous Giełda Studio in Poznań, the album showed extreme musical progress, revealing the band's fascination with technical thrash metal. The album received enthusiastic reviews in worldwide press. Chris Welch, chief editor of the British edition of Metal Hammer, even included "Kingdom of Paranoia" in his top 5 albums for November 1990.

Although Wolf Spider disbanded, their legend still lives on in hearts of metal fans all across the globe. This exclusive reissue of "Kingdom of Paranoia", is a must-have for all thrash metal maniacs, expecting nothing more than prime thrash annihilation! New digipak edition includes 5 bonus tracks and is limited to 2000 copies. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on a golden disc. Metal Mind Productions set the release date for 9th February in Europe and 10th March in USA (via MVD).
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A Camp Go Soph
PR reports: A Camp announces the release of their long awaited sophomore album and US debut Colonia, out April, 28th 2009 on Nettwerk.

Originally formed as a Swedish musical duo by The Cardigans front woman/lyricist Nina Persson and Atomic Swing musician Niclas Frisk, A Camp has since evolved into a trio with the addition of American film composer, Shudder to Think member, and Nina's husband, Nathan Larson.

As the title Colonia suggests, the new album is a journey through a myriad of themes, events and ideas which have been prevalent throughout history and remain true today. - more on this story

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Lubriphonic Go West
PR reports: The Chicago, IL based Lubriphonic is heading out west, with stops in St. Louis, MO and Kansas, for a string of Colorado dates this February. With high intensity live performances and a searing stage presence, the quintet mixes elements of rock, soul, funk and groove into a silky smooth auditory experience not to be missed.

Having toured with the likes of Koko Taylor, Buddy Miles, Otis Rush and Lenny Kravitz, the quintet blends pure talent with years of experience to create an original and exciting project. Dirty guitars, blistering leads, groovy rhythms, punchy bass, soulful vocals and razor sharp brass are trademark Lubriphonic.
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Erik Norlander, Lana Lane Featured on Multimedia Project
PR reports: Symphonic rock's Erik Norlander and Lana Lane have joined forces with internationally bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson (Dune novels with Brian Herbert, Star Wars and X-Files novels) for a groundbreaking crossover novel and progressive rock recording project titled Terra Incognita.

Anderson has created an incredible fantasy universe with sailing ships, sea monsters, and the crusades. Erik Norlander, an accomplished keyboardist/composer and a founding member of progressive rock band Rocket Scientists, joined the project upon its inception to pen the music and produce the recording after a meeting with Anderson and Shawn Gordon of ProgRock Records. Norlander's wife, Queen of Symphonic Rock Lana Lane, was recruited as the lead female vocalist.

"The 'Terra Incognita' project is really the perfect convergence of spirits," affirms Norlander. "I have been a fan of Kevin's novels for some time, and Kevin enjoys many of the CDs I've produced. Normally we would have a hard time collaborating as we really work in different media. But we found a common link in ProgRock Records chief, Shawn Gordon, with whom I have worked for several years as both my label distributor and general comrade-in-arms. Shawn brought us all together for a lunch meeting last year, and that was the catharsis for this excellent project. This is surely a unique exercise in mixed media, and I'm thrilled to be involved." - more on this story

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. Metallica Live
Metallica's World Magnetic Tour 2009 rocked the Allstate Arena in Chicago on January 26, 2009 and Tony K was there and today he gives us his full report while Adam Bielawski provides almost 30 kick ass photos from the show. Check it out! - Read the full Metallica Live review

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