Maiden England '88 Coming to DVD, CD and Vinyl!

Just announced today was the impending release of Iron Maiden's 1988 concert video, 'Maiden England' which was filmed during the 7th Son of a Seventh Son World Tour and is coming to DVD soon. About time!

The show was originally released as a VHS/CD double pack in 1989 but has never been released since. March 25th 2013 will see the concert come to DVD, CD and Picture Disc Vinyl that will all feature extended versions of the show which have never been seen or heard by fans since the concert took place.  On top of this, a second disc, packed with bonuses, will be included.                

Oddly, there's no plans for a Blu Ray release at the moment but I still can't wait to get my hands on that DVD!                                       

It's also worth mentioning that these re-issues will all have new cover art, taken from the promo posters for the ongoing 2012/13 Maiden England World Tour, which is based on this video and the Seventh Son Tour.                                      

                                        

Black Sabbath '13' Announced!!!!

The title and release month for Sabbath's new album and my most anticipated album of 2013 has just been announced!
It's called '13' and is due for release in June. It will be the band's first album since 1995 and the first with the original line-up since 1978's 'Never Say Die', so that means Ozzy Ozborne is back on record with the band! Aditionally, this album sees Sabbath's return to their original label; Vertigo.
The album will also have a supporting tour which will begin this April in New Zeland with more dates due to be announced in the coming months.

Read more here:
www.blacksabbath.com/news

Steve Harris British Lion European Club Tour

Steve Harris and his solo/side project British Lion will be embarking on a European tour and performing in clubs across Febuary and March of this year.
Performing a clubs again will be a step down in show scale for the bassist, who will be touring Europe with Iron Maiden just a few months later, but it looks set to be a series a fantastic and very unique experiences for  fans of Harris and Maiden!

The tour starts at the Porto Hard Club in Portugal on 21st Febuary and ends on 30th March in Manchester.

Check this link for more info:
www.steveharrisbritishlion.com

Iron Maiden 2013 Calendar Review

Today I bought the new Iron Maiden calendar from HMV and so I decided to make a video review for my YouTube channel and also post it here. Enjoy!

I also finally bought AC/DC - Back in Black for those who are interested.

AC/DC Storm the UK Rock Charts!

It's been a few weeks now since the AC/DC discography became available on iTunes and it definitely looks like that decision has paid off. This week, the top 10 in the UK Rock Singles Chart has been populated entirely by AC/DC, with Back in Black taking the No.1 spot while also reaching 27 on the main singles chart. On top of this, there's only 5 non-AC/DC tracks in the top 20 rock singles!

As I write this, the artist page for AC/DC on the Official Charts website hasn't been updated with this info so I included these print screens for proof.

Here's the top 5. Damn advert!

And some more (No.6 was Shoot to Thrill):

AC/DC - Now on iTunes!

AC/DC's entire back catalogue has now been released on iTunes for the first time ever! You can get all of their studio and live albums plus the 1984 EP, ' '74 Jailbreak '. The brand new album 'Live at River Plate' is on there too.


Two exclusive collections have also gone on sale. The first (AC/DC: The Collection) features all 15 studio albums while the second (The Complete Collection) also includes the live albums. They are priced at $99.99 and $150 respectivly.

Iron Man 2 hit Number 1 in the UK charts in 2010 based on CD sales alone and it didn't even feature any new tracks, but the option for legal downloads will help increase their sales even futher in the near future.

The Essential Run-D.M.C. Released!

The brand new compilation album 'The Essential Run-D.M.C.' was released two days ago on October 30th. Even though I saw the album on AllMusic on the release day, I only just relealised that it was a new release today! *facepalm*.
Anyway, this is a 2 disc set making it the longest and most comprehensive Run DMC compilation to date.
Jason Nevins' 1998 hit remix of 'It's Like That' is omited this time but 'Christmas in Hollis' is included. This means that, like Ultimate Run-D.M.C., there are two tracks on this album which can not be found on any studio releases from the group (the other track is 'Here We Go').
It looks like this could be the best Run-D.M.C. compilation out there however, it lacks the DVD which was included with Ultimate Run-D.M.C. but if you just want the music, you can't do much wrong with this.


Check it out on AllMusic: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-essential-run-dmc-mw0002421267