Black Sabbath - Announce Summer Tour 2012

Black Sabbath press release:
Rock legends Black Sabbath will headline a number of Europe's premier festivals in 2012. After announcing their reunion on 11.11.11, these worldwide appearances are one of the most anticipated music events of 2012. Kicking off on Friday May 18th in Moscow at Olimpski, the tour will bring Black Sabbath to the masses at: Download Festival (UK), Azkena Rock Festival (Spain), Hellfest (France), Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium), and Gods of Metal (Italy).

However, that's only the beginning of the group's global tour which will take the band around the world including countries the band has never played before and others they have not visited in more than three decades.

The four original members of Black Sabbath — Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Bill Ward (drums) — are currently recording their first studio album in 33 years with legendary producer Rick Rubin (seven-time Grammy winner, two of those as Producer of the Year) for release worldwide on Vertigo Records, and Vertigo/Universal Republic Records in the US in the fall 2012.

Tour dates confirmed so far:

18/05/2012 - Moscow, Russia Olimpiski
20/05/2012 - St. Petersburg, Russia New Arena
23/05/2012 - Helsinki, Finland Hartwall Arena
25/05/2012 - Stockholm, Sweden Stadium
29/05/2012 - Bergen, Norway Bergen Calling Festival
31/05/2012 - Oslo, Norway Spektrum
02/06/2012 - Malmo, Sweden Malmo Stadium
04/06/2012 - Dortmund, Germany Westfalenhalle
10/06/2012 - Donnington, UK Download Festival
12/06/2012 - Rotterdam, Holland Ahoy
15/06/2012 - Bilbao, Spain Azkena Rock Festival
17/06/2012 - Clisson, France Hellfest
19/06/2012 - Paris, France Bercy
22/06/2012 - Dessel, Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting
24/06/2012 - Milan, Italy Gods of Metal

Rammstein - North American Tour Announced

Following the conclusion of their European tour dates in spring 2012, Rammstein will present their retrospective Made In Germany 1995-2011 in North America as well. As of today, 21 concerts have been confirmed from April to May 2012. All the tour dates can be seen below.

Rammstein: Made In Germany 1995-2011 North American Tour:

April 20 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BankAtlantic Center
April 21 - Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
April 23 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
April 25 - Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena
April 26 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
April 28 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
April 29 - Worcester, MA @ DCU Center
May 1 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
May 3 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
May 4 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
May 6 - Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
May 8 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
May 10 - Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
May 13 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
May 14 - Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
May 17 - Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
May 18 - Glendale, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena
May 20 - Denver, CO @ Denver Coliseum
May 22 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
May 24 - San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
May 25 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

FRA, Clisson - Hellfest Open Air 2012

EVENT INFORMATION :

Location:	France, Clisson
Date:	15 June 2012 - 10:00
Website:	http://www.hellfest.fr/

7th edition of Hellfest Open Air!!!

Hellfest will be on a total new place next year! Be ready for a new battlefield!

BANDS :

Black Sabbath
Blue Öyster Cult
Lamb Of God
Children Of Bodom
Hatebreed
Dimmu Borgir
Trivium
Arcturus
Alcest
Napalm Death
Unexpect
Anaal Nathrakh
Aborted
In Extremo
Hour Of Penance
Benediction
Sólstafir
Darkspace
Orange Goblin
Avulsed
Vulture Industries
Oranssi Pazuzu
Crashdïet
Ufomammut
The Devil's Blood
Winterfylleth
Necros Christos
Rompeprop
Haemorrhage
Aosoth
Vanderbuyst
ASG
Victims
All For Nothing
Amenra
Colour Haze
Thou
d.USK
Dÿse
Death Before Dishonor
The Spudmonsters
Strife
Monkey3

TOUR : GER, Wacken - Wacken Open Air 2012

EVENT INFORMATION

Location:	Germany, Wacken
Date:	02-04 August 2012
Website:	http://www.wacken.com/
Organizer:	ICS Event Service
Tickets:	150 € Buy at http://www.metaltix.com/

BANDS

Amon Amarth
Dimmu Borgir
Cradle Of Filth
Moonspell
Hammerfall
Gamma Ray
Paradise Lost
Machine Head
Dark Funeral
Scorpions
Napalm Death
Watain
Coroner
Six Feet Under
Volbeat
Ministry
Forbidden
In Extremo
Axel Rudi Pell
U.D.O.
Endstille
Sick Of It All
Winterfylleth
Danko Jones (spoken word)
Henry Rollins (spoken word)
Saturnian

An Evening with Lou Reed & Metallica - A live radio broadcast/online webcast in Germany

On Friday evening, November 11, Lou and the band will be performing live for a special radio broadcast in Germany on 1LIVE that will also be webcast on http://www.einslive.de/ and http://www.metallica.de/. Four hundred lucky fans will be in the audience, some even getting a chance to ask the guys about "Lulu!" The broadcast will also air on a number of Germany’s public broadcast network stations either live or at a later point, and all participating stations will also host the live stream on their websites.
For more info on the 1LIVE radio live broadcast/online-webcast, or to enter to win tickets to the event held in Cologne, please visit http://www.einslive.de/ or http://www.metallica.de/. Met Club members should log in to http://www.metallica.com/ for a chance to win tickets through the Club.
This event will only be webcast in Germany, however within hours of completion, we will have it here on http://www.loureedmetallica.com/ for you in its entirety.

Gigantour 2012 - Line-Up,First Dates Revealed

Megadeth are excited to re-launch, for the first time since 2008, their critically acclaimed package festival, Gigantour. The multi-artist bill - with metal heavyweights Motörhead, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil, all personally picked by Dave Mustaine - will kick off in early 2012 with dates tentatively set for late January through early March.

Gigantour was founded by Mustaine in 2005 and was last in North America in May 2008.

The first Gigantour 2012 dates announced are:

26.01 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
27.01 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
28.01 - New York, NY - Theater @ Madison Square Garden
29.01 - Lowell, MA - Tsongas Arena
01.02 - Glens Falls, NY - Glens Falls Civic Center
02.02 - Quebec City, QC - Colisee Pepsi Arena
03.02 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
05.02 - Kingston, ON - K-Rock Centre
07.02 - Oshawa, ON - General Motors Centre
08.02 - Hamilton, ON - Copps Coliseum
09.02 - Auburn Hills, MI - Palace Of Auburn Hills
10.02 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
12.02 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
14.02 - St. Paul, MN - Myth
16.02 - Saskatoon, SK - Prairieland
17.02 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre
18.02 - Calgary, AB - Big 4 Building
20.02 - Abootsford, BC - Abbotsford Ent & Sports Centre
21.02 - Kent, WA - Showare Center
23.02 - San Jose, CA - Events Center
24.02 - Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
25.02 - Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre
26.02 - Albuquerque, NM - Tingley Coliseum
28.02 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium