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LickLibrary News

Welcome to the news section of the LickLibrary website, here you will find all the latest news and information from LickLibrary. In addition you'll notice some of our feeds from Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube and our Podcast's on iTunes.

Eric Clapton says Crossroads Festival will be back

Tue, 29 Jun 2010

Last weekend the legendary Eric Clapton made the fans at his Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago by announcing it would not be the last event!

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Slash to record Manchester Concert

Tue, 29 Jun 2010

Slash's Manchester concert on July 3rd will be recorded to make a live album.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd release DVD of 2007 concert

Tue, 29 Jun 2010

Lynyrd Skynyrd have just released a CD/DVD Set, 'Live From Freedom Hall' featuring their performance at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, USA in June 2007.

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The Edge joins MUSE at Glastonbury

Mon, 28 Jun 2010

U2's guitarist, The Edge, joined MUSE onstage on Saturday during their headline set at Glastonbury.

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Beatles films are not true says Sir Paul

Mon, 28 Jun 2010

Sir Paul McCartney has said many of the films about The Beatles are untrue.

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Radiohead plan to release album this year

Mon, 28 Jun 2010

Radiohead have confirmed they will be releasing a new album later this year.

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Zakk Wylde & High Voltage Festival give you the chance to win new gear!

Thu, 24 Jun 2010

High Voltage Festival are giving fans the chance to win a Zakk Wylde signature ZV custom and a Marshall Amp! 

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Meet Ozzy Osbourne!

Wed, 23 Jun 2010

Ozzy Osbourne and HMV stores are giving fans the chance to meet the rocker this week!

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The Big 4 perform together in Bulgaria!

Wed, 23 Jun 2010

For the first time 'The Big Four' (Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica) performed together on stage in Bulgaria last night.

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New Release: Metal Rhythm Guitar in 6 Weeks

Tue, 22 Jun 2010

New Release: Metal Rhythm in 6 Weeks by Andy James. Check it out!

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Sonisphere UK add more bands to the line up

Tue, 22 Jun 2010

Last night Sonisphere Festivals added more bands to the Knebworth, UK line up

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Watch the "Big Four" live in concert - at the cinema!

Mon, 21 Jun 2010

America's Heavy Metal Big 4 Sonisphere concert will be aired live throughout the world at Cinemas tomorrow!! 

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Iron Maiden's - Eddie's make over

Mon, 21 Jun 2010

Iron Maiden kicked off their Final Frontier Tour last week and debuted the latest reincarnation of their famous mascot Eddie at the Texas show.

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Black Label Society release track from upcoming album

Thu, 17 Jun 2010

Black Label Society have released a new track from their album on to YouTube from the upcoming album, check it out. 

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Slash gets jumped by fan during show, but the show goes on!

Tue, 15 Jun 2010

At a show last night in Milan, Italy Slash was jumped on by a crazy fan during his guitar solo, his guitar got broken but do you think that stopped him? 

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Avenged Sevenfold release album artwork and tracklisting for 'Nightmare'

Tue, 15 Jun 2010

Avenged Sevenfold released their album artwork and tracklisting today on their website for the new album "Nightmare" in stores end of July.

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Hear the new Ozzy album online!

Tue, 15 Jun 2010

Ozzy Osbourne fans can check out the new album 'Scream' online now! 

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Stone Sour to release new album in September and tour the UK in November

Tue, 15 Jun 2010

Stone Sour played Download Festival this past week and announced their new album will be out September 7th and frontman Corey Taylor confirmed they'll be back in November for a UK tour!

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Ozzfest comes to the UK!

Tue, 15 Jun 2010

At last night's Metal Hammer Golden God Awards it was announced that Ozzfest will be coming to the UK for a one off date at the O2 Arena in Greenwich! 

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Linkin Park announce first UK tour since 2008

Tue, 15 Jun 2010

Linkin Park have announced their first UK tour since January 2008 for this coming November. 

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Zakk Wylde wins the Metal Hammer Golden God Award, Mike Portnoy wins best drummer award

Tue, 15 Jun 2010

Last night Metal Hammer magazine held their Golden Gods awards ceremony in London and Zakk Wylde was there to collect his Golden God award!

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Download Festival to honour musicians who have passed away this past year

Thu, 10 Jun 2010

Download Festival organisers have announced that they will pay tribute to the rock legends and personalities that have passed away this past year.

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Coming in July: Andy James Webcast!

Wed, 09 Jun 2010

This July Andy James will be taking the hot seat for a live webcast!

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Sonisphere Festival UK announce more bands to line up - Including Sacred Mother Tongue!

Tue, 08 Jun 2010

Sonisphere Festival made another announcement this evening, in the additions to the line up were Gary Numan and Sacred Mother Tongue!

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Iron Maiden album details released & free download of new track!

Tue, 08 Jun 2010

Iron Maiden have released the details and artwork for their upcoming studio album, "The Final Frontier" and have a FREE download of a brand new album track for fans to download! 
 

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Ex-Stereophonics Drummer Stuart Cable passes away

Mon, 07 Jun 2010

Early this morning the former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable was sadly found to have died at his home in South Wales.

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Rage Against The Machine play to 40,000 + at free London Gig!

Mon, 07 Jun 2010

Last night over 40,000 people attended the free gig hosted by Rage Against the Machine to celebrate their victorious Christmas Number 1 over the Xfactor single this past December.

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Disturbed preview snippet of new single and album details, and win signed guitar!

Mon, 07 Jun 2010

Disturbed have released a preview of their new single, and details of their forthcoming album.

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Avenged Sevenfold launch limited edition "Book of Nightmares"

Fri, 04 Jun 2010

Avenged Sevenfold have launched the pre-order for a limited edition "Book of Nightmares"

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Michael Schenker Group at London's Shepherds Bush Empire

Fri, 04 Jun 2010

Michael Schenker played the London Shepherds Bush Empire this past Wednesday, where our very own Andy James and Sacred Mother Tongue opened the show!

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Slash talks about the future of Velvet Revolver

Fri, 04 Jun 2010

Slash has confirmed that Velvet Revolver are definitely not over.

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Music Radar invite fans to ask Mike Portnoy their questions

Thu, 03 Jun 2010

Quite possibly the busiest drummer in the business at the moment, Mike Portnoy will be asking the questions from his fans submitted to Music Radar's website, here's how you can get involved. 

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Latest Media Uploads (May-June)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010

Latest Media Uploads (May-June)

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Carlos Santana working new all-stars cover album

Thu, 03 Jun 2010

Carlos Santana is recording a new All-Star covers album including a Led Zeppelin cover featuring Chris Cornell.

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KISS offer advice to young bands

Thu, 03 Jun 2010

In a recent interview, KISS gave some good advice to the young budding bands out there. 

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Sir Paul McCartney recieves music award from the US President

Thu, 03 Jun 2010

Yesterday, Sir Paul McCartney performed at the White House in Washington after picking up an award from the US President! 

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LickLibrary Interview with UFO's Vinnie Moore

Wed, 02 Jun 2010

In February, we went down to Vinnie Moore's London show, here's our interview with the UFO guitarist. 

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Aerosmith announce US tour!

Tue, 01 Jun 2010

Aerosmith have announced a full North American tour this summer.

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New Releases

New Release: Metal Rhythm Guitar in 6 Weeks

Tue, 22 Jun 2010



AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
ANDY JAMES' METAL RHYTHM GUITAR IN 6 WEEKS SERIES!

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Latest Media Uploads (May-June)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010

Latest Media Uploads (May-June)

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LickLibrary Interview with UFO's Vinnie Moore

Wed, 02 Jun 2010

In February, we went down to Vinnie Moore's London show, here's our interview with the UFO guitarist.

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