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PHILADELPHIA … Johnny Dee talks to The Hair Metal Guru about coming up in the Philly clubs, playing with Doro, Britny Fox, Waysted and Tyketto

“Billy [Childs, bass] tried to talk to Mike [Michael Kelly Smith, guitar], and Mike tried to talk to Dean [Davidson, vocals/guitar] and Dean tried to get over whatever he hates about all of us, and this and that. And I literally thought for a little bit that, man, this might actually fucking happen.” — Johnny Dee on a Britny Fox reunion THE HAIR METAL GURU — In yet another of a long series of interviews[…]

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2 OF THE 3 … Members of Cinderella are open to a ‘One-Off’ reunion show to honor their late guitarist Jeff LaBar

“Yeah. I would be open to it, and I’m sure Fred would too.” — Eric Brittingham on the possibility of a Cinderella one-off tribute show for Jeff LaBar REUNION NEWS — Recent interviews with former members of the band Cinderella have started to make the rounds, and there has been talk of a possible ‘One-Off‘ reunion show. The subject of a tribute show to the band’s late guitarist Jeff LaBar has been talked about by[…]

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RIP … Jack Ponti musician, songwriter, manager, producer, label executive Dead at 66

Metal Sludge — Another sad day in music as we report the passing of musician, producer, manager, and record label executive Jack Ponti. According to an online New Jersey area Obituary Ponti passed away on October 7th. Ponti had a long career in music that started out with him playing in a local New Jersey band with a guy named Jon Bon Jovi. Over the last 4 plus decades the New Jersey native worked with[…]

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L.A. DRUMS … L.A. Guns replaces drummer before Summer Tour starts, Tracii Guns welcomes former Odin drummer Shawn Duncan

Metal Sludge — It’s almost go time for the summer tour season to kick into high gear. Yesterday L.A. Guns founder, lead guitarist and main song-writer Tracii Guns posted an update that simply read: “Let’s go already” with some laughing emojis and sharing the band’s summer tour itinerary. Less than 24 hours later, Guns announced the band’s newest member, Shawn Duncan on drums. “Inwould@like to personally welcome @shawnduncan007 into the @laguns family “ wrote Guns[…]

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ROCK THIS … RockTember announces Sept. 9th & 10th 2022 with Tom Keifer, Jackyl, Winger, Stephen Pearcy of Ratt, Quiet Riot, Ron Keel Band & Lillian Axe

Metal Sludge — RockTember have announced their annual fall festival to take place the weekend of September 9th and 10th 2022. The annual event is held at Grand Casino in Hinckley Minnesota which is about an hour and change north of Minneapolis. The 2-day event will feature more than a dozen hard rock bands that helped shape the landscape of music from the 80’s and 90’s. Friday night will be headlined by Jackyl, with direct[…]

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SONIC SLAM 2022 … Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, L.A. Guns and Faster Pussycat announce Summer Tour 2022

Loudwire — Tom Keifer is fired up to tour for 2022 and he’s bringing along some veteran bands to provide support. L.A. Guns and Faster Pussycat will join the #keiferband when they hit the road next summer for what they’ve dubbed the “Sonic Slam” tour. Tom Keifer says, “#keiferband is amped for the ‘Sonic Slam’ 2022 tour with our friends L.A. Guns and Faster Pussycat! Get ready for a 100 percent live, raucous, loud and[…]

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M3 2022 … M3 Music Festival lineup: Kix, Tom Keifer, Tesla, Skid Row, BOC, Extreme, Stryper, Zebra, Lizzy Borden, Yngwie, Doro, Quireboys, Vain & XYZ

Metal Sludge — The 13th annual M3 Music Festival have announced their 2022 lineup. The 3-day event will be held on May 6th, 7th and 8th 2022. Friday is headlined by local kings Kix with Lizzy Borden as support, along with Doro and Count’s 77. Saturday is headlined by Tom Keifer (Cinderella) with Extreme as direct support, new comers Blue Oyster Cult, Stephen Pearcy (the Voice of Ratt), Tony Harnell (the Voice of TNT), Heaven’s[…]

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CANCELLED … The Big Rock Show Summer tour with Ratt, Tom Keifer, Skid Row & Slaughter officially off

LOS ANGELES, California — It seems that Covid19 has claimed another… The Big Rock Summer Tour is officially cancelled. The summer tour was set to feature Ratt, Tom Keifer of Cinderella, Skid Row and Slaughter. Ratt has made an official announcement via their Facebook page. Ratt wrote: “Unfortunately like the rest of the concerts, festivals and our Tour that was pushed into 2021. www.bigrocksummertour.com will NOT happen. RATT will be announcing shows Aug 2020. #ratt #Tour #rattproblem “ This sucks[…]

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IN A FLASH … Legendary ’80s Rock Photographer Mark Weiss publishes “The Decade That Rocked”

Metal Sludge — Mark Weiss was more than just a photographer during hard rock’s explosion in the 1980s. He lived it. From the photo pit to the backstage dressing room to the hotel parties to the tour bus. Weiss has seen it all, and yes the New Jersey native has the photos to prove it. Weiss, 60, just published the book “The Decade That Rocked,” featuring nearly 400 pages and close to 800 original glossy[…]

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THE BIG ROCK TOUR POSTPONED … Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy Informs Fans More than 50% of Dates Postponed

Metal Sludge — Ratt singer Stephen Pearcy has just shared some news that several of The Big Rock Summer Tour dates have been postponed. Pearcy took to social media on April 22nd and informed fans that all of the shows in May and June are offiicially postponed, along with all of the July dates except for 1 late in the month. The Big Rock Summer Tour was set to play throughout the spring and summer[…]

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