Blaze Bayley attacked in Greece

The Blaze Bayley band were attacked on a street in Greece during their current tour, frontman Bayley has reported.

Two men, whom Bayley says were clearly on drugs, nearly ran down one of the band’s entourage after their show in Agrinio, then followed the tour van and threw a brick through one of its windows,

Blaze Bayley: Promise and Terror

narrowly missing someone inside.

In his tour blog Bayley reports: “Agrinio was crazy – a really intimate packed-out gig with plenty of crazy fans and the odd crowd-surfer.

“After the fantastic gig we stopped on the way back to the hotel at a late-night pie shop. I was talking to support act Fury UK’s manager when two drugged-up youths on a scooter drove towards him.

Tour dates ago-go…

Pendulum: Coming this way in May

Henry Rollins, Glassjaw, Enter Shikari, Underoath and Pendulum have all released tour dates for the first half of 2010.

Rollins will bring another spoken-word tour, called Frequent Flyer, in January, with tickets going on sale this Friday:

Hendrix tops rock riff poll

Hendrix: Number one

Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Child (Slight Return) is the best guitar riff in rock’n’roll history, according to readers of the Music Radar website.

Hundreds of people voted in the poll to make the site’s Riff Week celebrations, and a Top 50 has been compiled. Music Radar says: “Whole careers have been built on killer guitar riffs – but what the hell is a riff anyway? Most definitions are along these lines: ‘A short rhythmic music phrase which may be repeated often during a piece.’

Metallica Add Date

Metallica had this news for fans in Ireland: “We’re jumping ahead to May as we continue to roll out the dates for 2010 a few at a time. It’s been over 20 years, so needless to say, we are looking forward to returning to Belfast on May 11 at the Odyssey.”

BON JOVI To Appear On Saturday Night Live

According to Therockradio.com, BON JOVI has booked an appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live on December 12th when Twilight Saga: New Moon star Taylor Lautner will host. The appearance is just one of many the band has done to plug its new album The Circle and the single ‘We Weren’t Born To Follow’.

Slash CD and Tour In Spring

Slash had this news for his Twitter followers: “Driving around listening to the analog mixes of my solo record, I gotta say it sounds awesome. The whole self-titled record was recorded analog. It will be released March/April.