Dubai based band Absolace will open for Anathema at the Forum at the Forum De Beyrouth on the 18th of September 2010!
The band have recently released their debut album titled Resolve[d] and will certainly have the chance to promote their material extensively through their performance at the Forum De Beyrouth.
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Log on to www.StoneSour.com to watch a montage of the band at Blackbird Studios recording their coming album titled “Audio Secrecy”
Additionally, Stone Sour will be releasing the first single off the album titled “Mission Statement” later today at 11 am EST. The track can be downloaded from www.Stonesour.com
Corey Tailor told www.stonesour.com, “In this day and age, it’s important to be strong enough to know who you are. This song is not only a rallying cry for us, but it says everything about what this album means to us. This is just the beginning.”
Stay tuned for more updates from the band!
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The release date for IRON MAIDEN’S highly anticipated new studio album THE FINAL FRONTIER is now confirmed for Monday 16th August (Aug 17th in the USA). The new album artwork has just been unveiled on their website www.ironmaiden.com and was illustrated by Melvyn Grant. To mark the occasion, the band have made special arrangements for one new album track ‘EL DORADO’ to be made available Worldwide as a FREE digital download MP3 with immediate effect via their website www.ironmaiden.com
Singer Bruce Dickinson explains: “‘El Dorado’ is a preview of the forthcoming studio album. As we will be including it in the set of our Final Frontier World Tour (which opens in Dallas On 9th June – full dates below) we thought it would be great to thank all our fans and get them into The Final Frontier mood by giving them this song up front of the tour and album release.”
The band reunited with long-time Maiden producer Kevin “Caveman” Shirley in early 2010 at Compass Point Studios, Nassau to record the album and then moved to LA to finish the recording and do the mixing. Compass Point Studio is very familiar to the band, it was where they recorded the Piece Of Mind (’83), Powerslave (’84) and Somewhere In Time (’86) albums.
(c) 2010 Iron Maiden LLP. Photo by John McMurtrie
Bruce comments: “The studio had the same vibe and it was EXACTLY as it had been in 1983, NOTHING had changed! Even down to the broken shutter in the corner…same carpet….everything… It was really quite spooky. But we felt very relaxed in such a familiar and well-trodden environment and I think this shows in the playing and the atmosphere of the album”
Thirty years on from their eponymous debut album in April 1980, The Final Frontier will be Maiden’s 15th studio album, making a remarkable average of a new album every two years for 30 years and totalling over 80 million album sales during this period.
The full tracklisting for the album (total running time 76:35) is:
THE FINAL FRONTIER
1. Satellite 15…..The Final Frontier 8:40
2. El Dorado 6:49
3. Mother Of Mercy 5:20
4. Coming Home 5:52
5. The Alchemist 4:29
6. Isle Of Avalon 9:06
7. Starblind 7:48
8. The Talisman 9:03
9. The Man Who Would Be King 8:28
10. When The Wild Wind Blows 10:59
The Final Frontier World Tour begins in Dallas on June 9th with 25 shows in major cities across the USA and Canada, playing to an expected 350,000 fans or more. Following this the tour will ship over to Europe starting in Dublin on July 30 and playing a few selected major festivals and stadiums, finishing in Valencia, Spain, on Aug 21 and including a concert in Transylvania.
Says bass player and founder member Steve Harris: “We’re hugely excited about this tour. I think the fans will really like the brand new stage production and lights and we will also be debuting one of the new album tracks, ‘El Dorado’. Our Texan fans will be the very first people anywhere to hear it live, so it will be interesting to see their reaction and how it goes down with the crowd on the night! Eddie has changed a bit for this tour but is possibly the most outrageous one to date…I can’t say too much about him as don’t want to spoil the surprise but I guarantee he will scare the hell out of you !”
The full list of dates for the First Leg are:
JUNE
Wed 9 US Dallas, TX Superpages.Com Center
Fri 11 US Houston, TX Cynthia Mitchell Pavilion Woodlands
Sat 12 US San Antonio TX AT&T Center
Mon 14 US Denver CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
Wed 16 US Albuquerque The Pavilion
Thu 17 US Phoenix AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Sat 19 US San Bernardino CA, San Manuel Amphitheatre
Sun 20 US Concord CA, Sleep Train Pavilion
Tue 22 US Auburn WA, White River Amphitheater
Thu 24 CAN Vancouver BC, GM Place
Sat 26 CAN Edmonton AB Rexall Place
Sun 27 CAN Calgary, AB Saddledome
Tue 29 CAN Saskatoon SK Credit Union Centre
Wed 30 CAN Winnipeg MB, MTS Center
JULY
Sat 3 CAN Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
Tues 6 CAN Ottawa, ON, Cisco Blues Festival
Wed 7 CAN Montreal QC Bell Centre
Fri 9 CAN Quebec, QC Summer Festival
Sun 11 US Holmdel NJ, PNC
Mon 12 US New York NY, Madison Square Garden
Wed 14 US Pittsburgh PA First Niagara Pavilion
Thu 15 US Cleveland OH, Blossom Music Center
Sat 17 US Detroit MI, DTE Music Theatre
Sun 18 US Chicago IL, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Tue 20 US Washington DC, Jiffy Lube Live
Fri 30 IRELAND, Dublin, The O2
AUG
Sun 1 UK Knebworth, Sonisphere Festival,
Thu 5 GERMANY Wacken Festival
Sat 7 SWEDEN Stockholm Stora Skuggan Sonisphere Festival
Sun 8 FINLAND Pori Kirjurinluoto Sonisphere Festival
Wed 11 NORWAY Bergenhus Festning Koengen
Sat 14 HUNGARY Sziget Festival
Sun 15 TRANSYLVANIA Cluj, Polux Mall
Tue 17 ITALY Villa Manin Codroipe, Nr Udine
Thu 19 BELGIUM Pukkelpop Festival
Sat 21 SPAIN Valencia Auditorio Marina Sur
For all the latest information on the tour and for ticket availability please go to www.ironmaiden.com
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Rockability is launching a new website which should be up within 10 days. It will feature many interactive links including:
* “Rockability Radio” which will entail the music of the suppressed talents of Arabia.
* Get your daily updates on current news surrounding the Arabian rock scene as well as the International landscape.
* Enter and Participate in Local Competitions – listen, watch and rate music from the local scene and be apart of the unique Rockability charts.
* Many Many More…….
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Rock N’ Roll icon Ronnie James Dio passed away on May 16th, 2010 after a struggle he’s had with stomach cancer.
Dio’s illness with cancer was first announced in November 2009, Heaven & Hell’s tour dates for the summer 0f 2010 were canceled on May 4th due to the deteriorating health of the legend.
Dio was the singer for iconic bands such as Raindow, Black Sabbath, and most recently Heaven & Hell, in addition to his solo career under the name Dio. He was inducted into the Rock Walk of Fame in June 2007.
RIP Dio!
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Celebrate our 1 year special edition with our special content and interviews.
We like to give a special thanks for Alison Timpson, Kareem Chehayeb, Moe, Alex, Sawsan and all the people who contributed to issue IV.
Issue IV includes:
* The Headliners Featuring Green Day
* Interview with Chris Adler – Lamb of God drummer
* Interview with Howard Jones – Killswitch Engage
* NEW SECTIONS
- Fresh Meat (Dommin)
- Ask The Artist
- Indie Rock
- From the Studio (Depth Interview)
- Memorabilia (Rock Museum)
- Guitar Techniques (How Fast Can You Play)
* LOCAL SECTIONS
- Local Rockers (Kuwait – Black 13 Angels)
- Quickie (Lebanon – Weeping Willow)
- Special Coverage (Jordan – Bilocate)
- Rockers Utopia (Micah Dailey)
* ALBUM REVIEWS (NEW TO THE SHELVES)
- Bon Jovi / The Circle
- Scorpions / Sting in the Tail
- Creed / Full Circle
- Within Temptation / An Acoustic Night at the Theater
HAPPY READING !
Find Us @:
- VIRGIN MEGASTORES
- HARD ROCK CAFE
- COLUMBUS CAFE
- CAFE SUPREME
- YOUSIFI SHOWROOMS
- AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF KUWAIT
- D’LUSH
- 3D’S LOUNGE
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Rockability Magazine is featured in Bazaar Magazine’s April issue! This is a real honor for us, Bazaar is one of the leading magazines in Kuwait today and it’s very flattering and feels like quite the accomplishment to get a mention in there!
Please take the time to read the article as it really does highlight Rockability and the scene with reality! You can find the article here: http://www.bazaar-magazine.com/baz/bazaar/index.php?show=eIndex&show_filter=view&action=article&art_id=ART00000000692
It’s great to see the local metal scene getting its share of being in the spotlight, there’s a lot of hard working individuals and bands out there that are pushing the bar and showing that Kuwait and the Middle East has got enough rock/metal to share with the world as all the other regions have! Veterans from before and new names to the scene are moving forward and that’s what gives us a great drive, we love the local scene and we love being the only rock/metal publication out here!!
Thank you all for the support!!!
The Rockability Family
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