The Armenian music school saga nears its successful completion. After WhoCares project had donated money for the school reconstruction, the donation was tripled by another charity and Armenian government, with Millbank Music from Canada donating on top of that more than $20,000 worth of music instruments to the school in memory of Jon Lord. The […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-05-02
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WhoCares charity compilation was released stateside on August 28. After selling just 700 copies in the first week of release, it nevertheless managed to land on the Top New Artist (a.k.a. Heartseekers) Albums chart at No. 52. The chart lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2012-09-06
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The WhoCares 2CD compilation album will be released in North America on August 28th via Eagle Rock Entertainment. Tony Iommi writes on his website: Many thanks to everyone who bought the WhoCares single or album, we’ve heard from our buddy in Armenia that construction work on the school will start on August 15th! This is […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2012-08-07
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WhoCares charity compilation release date has been pushed back to July 13. Meanwhile, their record label has posted teaser samples.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2012-06-25
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Ian Gillan and Toni Iommi’s charity project WhoCares will release a compilation (with a few rarities thrown in) on June 22 via earMusic. Geoff Barton of Classic Rock Magazine spoke to Big Ian about the project: Tell us about some of the stuff on the WhoCares album, beginning with the Repo Depo track. Repo Depo […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2012-05-05
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Tony Iommi was a featured guest on the last episode of VH1’s That Metal Show, but despite of that most of the show revolved around Purple. Or maybe not even ‘despite’, given the rather incestious relationship between the two bands. Iommi discussed past experience with Ian Gillan and Glenn Hughes as singers in Sabbath. He […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-08-24
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The title pretty much says it all. Here it is.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-05-04
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WhoCares charity single will get a North American release on June 27th via Eagle Rock. This is the release date for a physical CD. European CD release date is now set for May 24th (although Amazon.co.uk lists it as May 9th). Download release for both markets is still set for May 6th. Confused? Me too. […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-27
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The still-yet-to-be-released WhoCares single has already entered the Amazon.co.uk charts. It’s been at #2 position in singles for two days now and yesterday was even spotted at reaching #1. You all now have a chance to contribute to it’s continuing success. It’s great music by outstanding musicians. And it’s all for a good cause. Thanks […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-16
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Born Again will be re-released in the UK via Universal/Sanctuary as a 2CD Deluxe Edition on May 30. Track listing: Disc 1: Trashed Stonehenge Disturbing the Priest The Dark Zero the Hero Digital Bitch Born Again Hot Line Keep it Warm Disc 2: The Fallen (previously unreleased album session outtake) Stonehenge (extended version) Hot Line […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-12
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