Kerrang! Magazine presents a series of special gigs at the London Forum in the run up to the 2009 Kerrang! Awards.

Tuesday 28 July: You Me At Six / Attack! Attack! / Out Of Sight

Wednesday 29 July: DragonForce / Stone Gods / Glamour Of The Kill

Thursday 30 July: Buckcherry / 69 Eyes / Dear Superstar

Friday 31 July: Lacuna Coil / Dirty Little Rabbits / Dead By April

Saturday 1 August: Limp Bizkit

For details and tickets see http://www.aloud.com/tickets/kerrang!%20awards%20week%20of%20rock tickets may also be available through other outlets.

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Stone Gods Live @ Download Festival Full

Thanks Stefan for this wonderful video!

Telstar is co-written and directed by Nick Moran, who you may recall as the lead actor in Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. It was supposed to make Moran a star, but didn't. Instead supporting player Vinnie Jones stole his thunder, and it was Jason Statham who went on to become a Hollywood action hero. This lends Telstar a certain piquancy when it touches on the capriciousness of talent-spotting. Rod Stewart auditioned unsuccessfully for Meek, as did Tom Jones and the Beatles, three times ("they're rubbish"). On the other hand, Meek lavished attention on novelties like Screaming Lord Sutch (an astutely cast Justin Hawkins, from the Darkness) and blew large amounts of cash trying to turn his big crush, a 19-year-old blond bacon slicer called Heinz Burt (JJ Feild), into a star.

Former DEEP PURPLE members Jon Lord and Glenn Hughes are among the musicians who performed at the ChildLine Rocks concert this past Monday (June 1) at the IndigO2 in London, England.

Francesco at Deep Purple Italia, who attended the show, tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Jon Lord hit the stage first, performing a version of his 'Pictured Within' song with guest vocalist Steve Balsamo. He then played a version of PURPLE's 'Child In Time' with Balsamo singing and THUNDER playing. Glenn Hughes came on stage shortly after and played 'You Keep On Moving' (from the DEEP PURPLE 1976 album 'Come Taste The Band') with Jon Lord (and THUNDER). After this song, Lord left and Hughes performed another PURPLE classic ('Mistreated') and his solo hit 'Soul Mover'. The duo was back together on stage for the 'grand finale' — a version of 'Smoke On The Water' played by all the bands and artists that attended the event."