Carrie Fisher, the actress best known as Star Wars‘ Princess Leia Organa, has died after suffering a heart attack. She was 60. Family spokesman Simon Halls released a statement to PEOPLE on behalf of Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd: “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed […]
Singer George Michael has died aged 53, his publicist has said. The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and later continued his success as a solo performer, is said to have “passed away peacefully at home”. Thames Valley Police said South Central Ambulance Service attended a property in Goring in Oxfordshire […]
Rick Parfitt, the guitarist from Status Quo, has died at the age of 68, his manager has confirmed. Rick died in hospital in Spain from an infection after being admitted on Thursday with complications to a shoulder injury. In June the rock musician suffered from a huge heart attack; the band’s manager Simon Porter said […]
After hinting last week that he might get some new NINE INCH NAILS music out before the year’s end as promised, Trent Reznor is making good on his word. A new five-song NINE INCH NAILS EP called “Not The Actual Events” has just been released digitally, on one-sided vinyl and as a “physical component.” The fifth and final song from “Not The Actual Events” — […]
Philip Anselmo says that he doesn’t have anything in common with Vinnie Paul Abbott at all, explaining that “anything out of that dude’s mouth seems sour.” Vinnie Paul made headlines in October when he said that it was “sad” to see Anselmo doing “a lot of things” that have tarnished PANTERA‘s image in the fifteen years since the band’s split. The former PANTERA drummer’s […]
Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Hungarian beauty who some called the OG Kim Kardashian, is dead just shy of 100 years old … TMZ has learned. We’ve learned Gabor died Sunday after suffering a heart attack. She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her husband Frederic Prinz Von Anhalt held birthday parties for Gabor the […]
During an appearance earlier today on Eddie Trunk‘s SiriusXM show “Trunk Nation” PHILIP ANSELMO talks about kissing Doug Pinnick from KING’S X “These so-called peers — those are your words — who gave me backlash need to take a good, cold stare in the mirror themselves. And anyone else who throws that word ‘racism’ or ‘racist’ around […]
Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has blasted MACHINE HEAD‘s Robb Flynn and ANTHRAX‘s Scott Ian for suggesting he was racist after a video surfaced of him earlier in the year giving the right-arm salute and yelling a white-supremacist slogan at a California concert. Anselmo performed the PANTERA classic “Walk” at the January 22 “Dimebash” […]
DOES THE LATEST ‘STAR TREK: The ever-reliable sources that Entertainment Weekly always tap for celebrity info revealed Martin-Green will play the lieutenant commander on the ship. Deadline reports her character’s name is Rainsford. Bryan Fuller, the former showrunner turned co-creator of the upcoming Star Trek show, has described the lead character as a “sensitive hero,” and promised […]
FORMER MISFITS GUITARIST DOYLE WOLFGANG VON FRANKENSTEIN SIGNS LABEL/DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH EMP LABEL GROUP. NEW ALBUM AS WE DIE DUE IN APRIL VIA EMP/MONSTERMAN European Tour Dates Announced forAbominator UK/European Invasion Tour – As announced on the Black Carpet at the The Epiphone Revolver Music Awards 12/13, former MISFITS guitarist DOYLE WOLFGANG VON FRANKENSTEIN has signed a label and distribution […]
Ex-KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has spoken out once again about the possibility that he will rejoin his former band. Rumors about Frehley‘s return to KISS gained strength earlier this year after he teamed up with KISS lead singer Paul Stanley on a cover of FREE‘s “Fire And Water”, marking their first collaboration since 1998’s “Psycho Circus”. Asked if there is a chance that he will re-team with KISS, Frehley told “Talking Metal” at […]
Things Are Looking Grim For Godfather Of Metal It was recently reported that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi was in remission from his cancer diagnoses. Unfortunately, not all is well regarding the guitarists’ health. It was recently reported that Tony Iommi will have to undergo surgery to remove what appears to be a “lump in […]
