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"Rockesha: The Hair is Back" promoter press release states: "business associate tried to take his own life" and that "47 paid patrons the day of show killed any effort" of saving the event.

“Rockesha: The Hair is Back” promoter releases statement about cancelled show.   Facebook — The promoter for the “Rockesha: The Hair Is Back” concert has come forward and posted a statement about the cancelled show. Rob Lyons  of Splat Entertainment LLC was the promoter and has taken full responsibility for its failure. The event was scheduled early in 2014 and has been promoted for months. Online links had tickets being sold for $ 30.00 and VIP[…]

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Eddie Trunk says “Turn out was poor” as blame for ‘Rockesha: The Hair Is Back’ cancellation. The show featured Quiet Riot, Warrant, Lita Ford & Firehouse.

    Eddie Trunk says “Turn out was poor” as the blame for ‘Rockesha: The Hair Is Back’ music festival being cancelled.   Twitter –  Radio personality, TV star, author and all around heavy metal know-it-all Eddie Trunk says a ‘poor turn out’ to blame for 80s hairfest getting cancelled. A Wisconsin area promoter has been promoting “Rockesha: The Hair Is Back” for months, but It turns the first day of summer rock show is cancelled.[…]

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Eddie Trunk says "Turn out was poor" as blame for 'Rockesha: The Hair Is Back' cancellation. The show featured Quiet Riot, Warrant, Lita Ford & Firehouse.

    Eddie Trunk says “Turn out was poor” as the blame for ‘Rockesha: The Hair Is Back’ music festival being cancelled.   Twitter –  Radio personality, TV star, author and all around heavy metal know-it-all Eddie Trunk says a ‘poor turn out’ to blame for 80s hairfest getting cancelled. A Wisconsin area promoter has been promoting “Rockesha: The Hair Is Back” for months, but It turns the first day of summer rock show is cancelled.[…]

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Steven Sweet on Warrant's show debacle in Illinois; "We can't pay our bills this week, which are already past due."

  Steven Sweet on Warrant’s show debacle in Illinois; “I did not lose my home to a tornado, but I did have to return home from my work week to tell my wife (and 10 week-old son) on Mother’s Day, that we can’t pay our bills this week.”   Facebook — After a crazy weekend in the world of all that is Warrant – the bands drummer Steven “Sticky” Sweet has thrown his collective 2[…]

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Local radio DJ "Chandler" from 96-7 I-Rock in central Illinois invites the band WARRANT onto his show to explain their bailing on charity gig.

    Radio DJ “Chandler” from 96.7 I-Rock in Central Illinois invites the band WARRANT onto his show to explain their bailing on local charity gig.   Illinois — From the heartland in America to the world wide web we bring you part 2 of the Warrant cancelled show drama from this past weekend. For those who haven’t heard all the grim and gory details, we invite you to read part 1 on Metal Sludge[…]

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Warrant cancels show on tornado victims in Illinois, fans and promoters outraged alleging the band took 2/3 of their non-refundable deposit ($10,000.00) and drove away.

Warrant cancels show on tornado victims in Illinois, fans outraged. Band issues a statement, “The incidents and subsequent unfortunate cancellation of our show in Pontiac was regrettable.”   Facebook — Rock fans from Washington Illinois are not happy with the rock band Warrant. We’ve got a bunch of emails about a cancelled performance by the multi platinum 80s rockers and some are alleging that the bands gear was set up, then taken down, deposits paid[…]

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Jani Lane remembered at Revolver’s Golden Gods Awards but sadly with a ridiculous typo blunder claiming he was from the band Motorhead!

    Jani Lane remembered at Revolver’s Golden Gods Awards but sadly with a ridiculous typo blunder claiming he was from the band Motorhead!   Los Angeles — At last night’s Revolver Golden God’s Awards at the Club Nokia live in Los Angeles there was a special segment where they remembered fallen rock stars with a performance by Zakk Wylde. Jani Lane of Warrant was mentioned and it was great to see a hairband king[…]

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Jani Lane remembered at Revolver's Golden Gods Awards but sadly with a ridiculous typo blunder claiming he was from the band Motorhead!

    Jani Lane remembered at Revolver’s Golden Gods Awards but sadly with a ridiculous typo blunder claiming he was from the band Motorhead!   Los Angeles — At last night’s Revolver Golden God’s Awards at the Club Nokia live in Los Angeles there was a special segment where they remembered fallen rock stars with a performance by Zakk Wylde. Jani Lane of Warrant was mentioned and it was great to see a hairband king[…]

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Bobbie Brown on Jani Lane's death, "He entrusted his life to people he thought were his friends and people he thought he could trust and they intentionally fucked him and left him to die."

  Bobbie Brown says she’s communicating with Jani Lane, “You are going to think I’m crazy for saying all of this….but basically, he wants me to let the world know what happened.” By: John Parks   For Longtime readers of this page or anyone wise to hair metal pop culture,  Bobbie Jean Brown needs no introduction.  Bobbie is currently promoting both her reality show “Ex Wives of Rock” and her telltale autobiography  “Dirty Rocker Boys”,[…]

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Part 2 of our Metal Sludge Exclusive! Is former Warrant singer Jani Lane’s supposed long-lost daughter looking for a cash-in?

  The late Jani Lane & Brandy Magill   Is former Warrant singer Jani Lane’s supposed long-lost daughter looking for a cash-in? Here’s part 2 of our Metal Sludge exclusive By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large   LOS ANGELES — The story of Jani Lane’s long-lost daughter is gaining momentum, as a Florida woman named Brandy Lynn Magill is claiming to be the illegitimate offspring of the late rock star who sold millions[…]

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