STATIC-X, SHADOWS FALL Schedule Denver Signing Session

STATIC-X and SHADOWS FALL will take part in a signing session this Thursday, October 25 at Independent Records in Denver, Colorado beginning at 6:30pm. The store is located at 937 East Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80218 (two blocks away from the two bands' joint performance later that night — so you can stumble over to see 'em play after you meet 'em).

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

AVENGED SEVENFOLD's new self-titled album can be streamed in its entirety on MTV's The Leak at this location. Due on October 30, the CD follows up 2005's "City of Evil". It will arrive as both a standard CD and an interactive MVI disc.

AVENGED SEVENFOLD is giving fans a chance to create their own guitar solo for the band's latest single, "Almost Easy". Anyone who pre-orders the group's new self-titled album or buys it after it comes out on October 30 at the iTunes store will receive a bonus "jam-along" version of the track minus guitarist Synyster Gates' solo. Fans can then devise their own solo and upload it at AvengedSevenfold.com. The solo picked by Gates as the best will earn the winner a Synyster Gates signature model guitar from Schecter Guitar Research, autographed by the entire band, along with a pair of tickets to an upcoming show where they will meet AVENGED SEVENFOLD.

Lead vocalist M. Shadows told The Pulse of Radio that the band felt "Almost Easy" would set itself apart from other rock tracks as soon as it got on the radio. "Musically, it's just bad-ass," he said. "Like, we wanted to go with the first single being something that was gonna kick ass on the radio and didn't sound like anything else out there and kind of set us apart. Everything's so formula, and what we like about this song is not formula at all. But it's still somehow under four minutes, we've got two guitar solos in there, a guitar intro, a great bridge, bad-ass chorus and some slamming riffs."

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KISS' Appearance At Australian GRAND PRIX Confirmed

Sam Edmund of the Herald Sun has confirmed that KISS will perform at next year's Australian Grand Prix.
In a coup for the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, the veteran rockers will play to thousands of revved-up fans at Albert Park.
The outdoor concert will rock the GP after practice, qualifying or the race, from March 13-16.
Singer and guitarist Paul Stanley confirmed the American band would be performing at the race.
The GP show will be sandwiched between the band's big-budget stage performances across Australia and New Zealand.
"We're going to Australia — we're doing the Grand Prix," Stanley said.
"We're gearing up for some big shows out of the country."
A spokesman for the AGPC said the full program for next year's race would be announced in November.
The signing of KISS is part of a bid by GP organisers to bounce back from last year's sluggish ticket sales.
The 2008 Grand Prix will also mark the return of the V8 Supercars.

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TOMMY LEE: I Would Never Do A Stupid Show Like 'Rock Of Love'

Former MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee has shot down reports that he is considering appearing on upcoming season of the "Rock of Love" reality TV show.

Lee, who was rumored to be a contender for the "rock star" role in the show's second season, stated via his official newsletter, "Just to stop the rumors... I AM NOT nor would I ever do a stupid show like the 'Rock of Love'!!"

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GENE SIMMONS' NO GOOD TV Rockets Past 100 Million Clip Views On YouTube

No Good TV, whose Chairman of the Board is KISS entrepreneur Gene Simmons, and dedicated YouTube partner channel have combined to catapult the Internet sensation past the 100 million clip view mark in six months. The network is currently the #5 most viewed partner of all time on YouTube.

Breaking the 100 million clip view mark is the latest in a string of achievements for No Good TV. In the past three months alone, the network has been the subject of a cover story in the Hollywood Reporter and has also enjoyed feature coverage in USA Today, Variety, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, the Boston Herald, TV Week, the Denver Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others. Original series "In Bed with Carrie", hosted by No Good TV's own Carrie Keagan, is nominated for Best Web Talk Show in the first annual TV Guide Online Video Awards. Keagan herself was recently inducted into the Broadcast Film Critic's Association. No Good TV also recently signed with the Endeavor talent agency and partnered with 3 Arts Entertainment to launch a late-night television series with Robert Morton ("The Late Show with David Letterman") on board as executive producer.

"We'd like to thank our friends at YouTube for their tremendous support. They have created true digital democracy online by providing an amazing vehicle for new networks to connect with a mass audience," said Kourosh Taj, Co-President and Head of Programming for No Good TV. "Of course, we are especially grateful to all our fans worldwide and our friends in the entertainment industry who get a kick out of being NO GOOD!"

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TOOL Readying DVD Release For Christmas

TOOL will issue a DVD called "Vicarious" on December 18, according to a post at the band's official web site, Toolband.com. Although details on the disc are sketchy, it will include the title video, which was for the first single from the band's 2006 album, "10,000 Days". The post said that the set will contain "an extended cut (of the video), lots of bonus material and, of course, special packaging," although it did not reveal whether any other clips or footage would be featured.

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ROBERT PLANT On LED ZEPPELIN Reunion: 'Blowing Everybody Away Isn't The Issue Anymore'

The Pulse of Radio reports: Robert Plant insists that LED ZEPPELIN's reunion show next month in London is not a dry run for an upcoming world tour. Plant told Uncut, "There'll be one show and that'll be it. We need one last great show because we've done some (reunion) shows and they've been crap."

When asked if the one show will lead to the temptation to take the show on the road, Plant said, "Not for me, but I can't speak for anyone else."

Plant was asked if he ever thought about touring with ZEPPELIN, if only to blow the band's longtime competitors THE WHO and The ROLLING STONES away: "We weren't in competition with anybody. We were LED ZEPPELIN. We were at that time the biggest band in the world. There wasn't anyone else. There was no one near us. We were out there on our own. And blowing everybody away isn't the issue anymore. Blowing myself away is the issue. That's what it's all about now."

He went on to knock THE WHO and the STONES, who have carried on pleasing fans over the years despite losing founding members: "They're doing what they're doing. It keeps them off the streets, I suppose."

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ROCK'N'ROLL FANTASY CAMP Going On Tour

Mitchell Peters of Billboard.com reports that Rock'n'Roll Fantasy Camp, which matches ordinary people with rock star counselors who teach them the ins and outs of writing and performing music, will launch a 25-city club tour this summer, founder David Fishof tells Billboard.

Details are still being locked down, but the tour will be based on a one-day camp held Sept. 10, 2006, in Columbus, Ohio. With the help of such "rock star" counselor as Kelly Keagy (NIGHT RANGER), Simon Kirke (BAD COMPANY) and Gunnar Nelson (NELSON), campers rehearsed throughout the day, then served as the opening band later that night for DEF LEPPARD/JOURNEY at Columbus' Germain Amphitheatre.

Fishof says the jaunt will begin between July and August, visiting "House of Blues-type" venues across the country. For a fee of approximately $2,000, between 80 and 100 people will be allowed at each one-day camp. That cost includes a select amount of concert tickets for that night's show.

Read more at Billboard.com.

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HELLYEAH: New Time Announced For San Antonio In-Store Appearance

Due to scheduling changes, the HELLYEAH in-store appearance on Friday, October 26 at the Rockbox in San Antonio, Texas has been moved up to 3:00 p.m.

Get a wristband to guarantee your place in line when you either purchase the band's debut self-titled CD, or pre-order the upcoming new DVD in which you will receive a very cool limited-edition litho poster for the band to sign. You can also pick up your concert tickets for the show later that evening at Sunken Gardens.

The Rockbox is located at 4307 Thousand Oaks, off Perrin Beitel (in the Gold's Gym shopping center) across from Brunswick Bowling Alley.

For more details, go to theedgemagazine.com or call 210-650-9095.

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