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Tours, tours and more tours

Now that ANTHRAX has finished touring for the moment, SCOTT IAN and CHARLIE BENANTE will rejoin BILLY MILANO and DAN LILKER for another round of dates with S.O.D. on a tour that begins in Pennsauken, New Jersey on March 10 at the March Metal Meltdown and ends in Anaheim, California on April 1.

NEUROTICA still on the road

NEUROTICA continues to tour the country in support of Living in Dog Years. In Arlington, Texas tonight, the band proceeds through the midwest before wrapping up the road trip in Clearwater, Florida on April 7. Visit www.neurotica.net for the complete itinerary.

BLACK SABBATH wins a Grammy

BLACK SABBATH won a Grammy Award on Wednesday night, honored for Best Metal Performance for the live version of "Iron Man" from Reunion, while METALLICA got the Best Hard Rock Performance award for "Whiskey in the Jar" from Garage, Inc.

JIMMY PAGE/BLACK CROWES concert will be released online

That JIMMY PAGE/BLACK CROWES concert will not be released to stores after all. Instead, it will be made available at musicmaker.com, which currently running one live track, a cover of FLEETWOOD MAC's "Oh Well."

UNION to tour

UNION, whose Blue Room was released on Tuesday, will launch a club tour in support of it on March 17 in Anaheim, California. Right now, dates run through April 29 in Old Bridge, New Jersey, with more to be added. The band plays tonight at the Coconut Teaszer in W. Hollywood, California at a release party for the record. See http://www.unionasylum.com for the complete tour itinerary.  

Heavy Metal 2000 soundtrack lineup

The soundtrack of the movie Heavy Metal 2000, due out April 18, features a cast of metal notables including PANTERA, MONSTER MAGNET, DAYS OF THE NEW, INSANE CLOWN POSSE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, COAL CHAMBER, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MACHINE HEAD, FULL DEVIL JACKET, PUYA, APARTMENT 26, BAUHAUS and BILLY IDOL, who voices one of the characters in the movie. The sequel to 1981's Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal 2000 will be out this summer. For more info, visit www.heavymetal.com, www.hm2000music.com, www.ritual.com and www.restless.com. 

March Metal Meltdown countdown

TESTAMENT has replaced THE MISFITS as the Saturday headliner of March Metal Meltdown on March 11, the second night of a two-day event featuring over 100 bands that's being held in Pennsauken, New Jersey at the South Jersey Expo Center. WITCHERY, HATE ETERNAL, and GOD FORBID have also been added to the lineup that features S.O.D., OVERKILL, SENTENCED, and IMMORTAL.

BRUCE KULICK's guitar returned

BRUCE KULICK was surprised and happy to find a large box waiting for him when he picked up mail at his P.O. Box--in it was the ESP guitar that had been stolen the week before at the KISS Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. An anonymous shipper returned the instrument, intact and complete, by Priority Mail, so Kulick doesn't know who to thank (could it be the thief with a guilt-ridden change of heart?) but he's elated to have it back. "I really appreciate it," he says. UNION's Blue Room disc comes out Tuesday, and a record release party will take place at the Coconut Teaszer in W. Hollywood on Thursday, February 24.

QUEENSRYCHE on month long tour

QUEENSRYCHE is back on the road with a run of dates in the midwest and east. They'll be in Cleveland, Ohio on February 25 on a leg that wraps one month later with a double header in Chicago, Illinois on March 24 and 25.

Last update: February 25, 2000

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