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Judas Priest Fan Listens To “Nostradamus” 391 Straight Days

Photo: Tent/WireImageWhen heavy metal gods Judas Priest roll into Cleveland’s Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre tonight, the concert will mark the crowning moment in what has been an incredibly strange year for superfan Jim Bartek. Since June 17th, 2008, the day Priest released their 16th album Nostradamus, the 49-year-old Bartek has listened to the one-hour-and-forty-two-minutes-long double album an astounding 391 days in a row, Cleveland’s Plain Dealer reports. While Bartek isn’t out to set reco

Published: 2009-07-14 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

News Ticker: Metallica, “Rock Band,” Allman Brothers, David Byrne

With their new album due out later this year, Metallica is whetting their fans’ appetites with a new site called “Mission Metallica.” The band entices fans to “Experience the album… before it’s done.” The site will launch in May. MTV announced that Rock Band will begin selling full album downloads. First up: Judas Priest’s Screaming for Vengeance on April 22nd. The Allman Brothers have canceled this year’s run at NYC’s Beacon Theatre due to Gregg Allman’s recovery from Hepatitis C. The band promises to return to the venue in 2009 to celebrate their fortieth anniversary. Twenty-seven years after collaborating on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, David Byrne and Brian Eno are working on a new album, due out in 2009. The duo will reportedly tour together as well.

Published: 2008-04-18 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

News Ticker: Abbey Road, Judas Priest, Jay-Z, Frank Lucas Jr.

Mary J. Blige, Panic at the Disco and Sheryl Crow will be among the artists that will perform on the second season of Sundance Channel series Live From Abbey Road. Metal icons Judas Priest will release their sixteenth album, a double-length entitled Nostradamus, on June 17th. The band’s first concept album will tell the story of the legendary sixteenth century prophet Michel de Nostradamus. Jay-Z will join Radiohead and My Bloody Valentine as a headliner at this year’s Roskilde Festival, to be held in July 3-6 in Denmark. Rapper Frank Lucas Jr., son of American Gangster focus Frank Lucas, is suing the NYPD for $25 million, claiming the police used excessive force and racially profiled him during an arrest in March.

Published: 2008-04-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup