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• Kelly Johnson – RIP

  We were very sad to hear of the passing of former Girlschool singer and guitarist Kelly Johnson. She’d been fighting cancer of the spine for several years and succumbed, aged just 49, on Sunday 15 July.

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• Slash to appear in Guitar Hero III video game

  Former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver legend Slash is set to appear in the next installment of the mega-selling Guitar Hero game – due to be released for Playstation 2, 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii this Autumn.

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• Machine Head added to Metallica's Wembley line-up

  Machine Head will follow-up their triumphant appearance at this year's Download festival by replacing Bullet For My Valentine as one of the opening acts for Metallica's show at Wembley Stadium in London on 8th July. Also scheduled to appear are H.I.M and Mastodon.

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• New Gallows Dates

  Punk bad-boys Gallows have released another batch of UK dates.

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• Online Guitar Tuition From Nils Lofgren

  The erstwhile Springsteen guitarist and performer in his own right is offering a course of one-on-one lessons via his site. For $15 you can get hold of four one-hour videos that, we must say, look pretty good to us.

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• Wurzels Pull Out of Glastonbury

  Instead of playing what would have been a home-town gig in front of a festival crowd, the legendary zoider quaffers have pulled out of an appearance at Glastonbury on Sunday 24th June amid reports that they’re unhappy with the stage upon which they were due to play.

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• Giants of heavy metal team up for UK tour

  Machine Head, Trivium, Dragonforce, Arch Enemy and another band yet to be announced are all to team up for a UK tour in November dubbed The Black Crusade.

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• Coxon back in Blur

  It looks like influential guitarist Graham Coxon has finally decided bury the indie hatchet with his former band and return to Blur after months of rumours.

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• Iron Maiden to play Brixton Academy in June

  Metal legends Iron Maiden will play their last UK show for at least a year on 24th June with a special appearnce at London's 4,800 capacity Brixton Academy.

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• Line 6 sells, and Dave's buying

  Megadeth's latest album United Abominations may well have shocked us with its metallic impertinence, but it was a pleasant surprise and a return to form nonetheless.

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