For those of you planning to catch ex-RR artist Glassjaw on tour in the next few days, the tour has been cancelled. The official press release is as follows: Daryl Palumbo suffers relapse – all UK shows cancelled Glassjaw vocalist Daryl Palumbo was rushed to a London hospital this morning following a serious relapse of Crohn’s Disease forcing the cancellation of Glassjaw’s UK tour and promotion that was due to start tomorrow in Glasgow. Further news will announced as soon as it is available. The UK dates affected are as below. As of yet, there is no confirmation as to whether the dates will be rescheduled. December 6th – Glasgow G2 7th – Manchester Hop & Grape 8th – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 9th – London Astoria In addition, it also looks likely that Glassjaw’s dates in Germany, France and Italy will also be cancelled. We wish Daryl a speedy recovery.

The top feature in our VIDEO section right now is the latest from Sinch. The band just returned home from a tour run with Stone Sour, and this video was shot on that tour run. During shows in Philly and NYC, live footage of the band was captured, along with their on stage visuals. Put them together, and short of seeing the band live, this is the best representation of Sinch you will ever see. No glitz, glamour, or extras, this video was shot on a shoe string budget, literally. This piece was done purely for the love of the music. Check out the new Sinch video, “Tabula Rasa.”

Here at Roadrunner Towers we regularly get email in from fans of various bands. Some even write to us on a regular basis. One such person is Sam Proctor, and she happens to be a fan of Nickelback. Recently on eBay, there was a very rare charity auction to win VIP tickets and backstage passes for an exclusive invite only Nickelback radio show for just 1077 guests in New York on January 23rd. It just so happens that the winning bid of $3200 was Sam’s and she & a guest will be flying to NY in January to be met by Ryan Peake’s wife Treana for the show and to meet the band! Between now and after, we’ll be sharing Sam’s tale as she gears up for an adventure of a lifetime! You can check out the auction HERE. And now over to Sam… Congratulations! Probably The Best Day of My Life (Until January 21st 2003 That Is!) Several things run through one’s mind when you see a rather nice looking dessert on a sweet trolley Should I? Shouldn’t I? Will I regret it? bla bla bla…. Seeing the VIP Concert tickets in the ICA Charity Auction was one of those moments. It took me a week of pondering and running all the possible scenarios that may or may not happen, in order to decide that I would actually make a bid. I left it right to the last few minutes of the auction (I set my alarm for 5.30am) and logged into the site. The bid amount had gone up slightly in the last few days. I was a little bit shocked at this point and started to think that it was totally out of my grasp. Then I thought – what the hell! How many other opportunities am I going to get like this? So I made a bid – $50 more than the current bid figure. Pretty much straight away the site came back with the notice that I had already been outbid! Not to be outdone at such a critical point in my life, I upped the bid by another $50. At this point, there was only about 1 minute left on the auction. I waited a few more seconds before clicking the Submit button and then waited for the reply. YES! I am the highest bidder. I looked at my PC clock and noticed that by my calculations the auction should be over. I hit F5 on my keyboard to refresh the screen and waited……. I was still the highest bidder….. I hit F5 again……… The item had disappeared from the Items I’m Currently Bidding On….. The auction was over…… I scrolled down the page waiting to see where the item had moved to. Would it be in Items Lost or Items Won…… OH MY GOD…..ITEMS WON…..VIP NICKELBACK CONCERT IN NEW YORK…… I just sat there in silence for a few minutes, not actually believing what I had just done. I went back to the bedroom and my boyfriend looked at me and said ‘I guess you won then!’ Obviously my face said it all. I am now so exicited I could explode. I have constant waves of thoughts crashing through my mind, but the overwhelming one is ‘I’m going to meet Nickelback. I’m actually going to touch (Ooo Err misses!) and speak to Chad. I just hope that I can think of something to say. I ‘ve had some congratulatory emails from Ryan Peake’s wife and when they get home from the UK later in the week I should receive more details about the concert. In the meantime, I’m going to do my best to stick to day to day things, such as trying to sleep and do my job! I’m 30 in February so you could say that this is the ultimate 30th Birthday present! AND…. to top it all I’m going to achieve my number one thing on my ‘Things To Do Before I’m 30’ List – which is…. ‘Meet rock star(s) and hopefully become life long friends!…..cool! Tune in for the next installment which is entitled…. ‘Things To Panic About and Do Prior to Meeting International Rock Stars’!!!! 🙂

The lovely Jill Dixon sent us in the following email, and we thought we’d share it with you. Thanks for the line Jill! Hi Roadrunner! Thought you might be interested in this from my local paper. I was at the show and had a fantastic time. The crowd were really up for it – singing and jumping along. Never Again nearly took the roof off. I hope the band enjoyed it as much as we did. Please don’t take too long to come back to Newcastle!!! We love ya Nickelback!! Rockers Wow The Arena Nov 27 2002 By The Evening Chronicle With a flash of leaping flames and pyrotechnics, Canadian rock band Nickelback exploded onto the stage of the Telewest Arena.And after the crowd had been sufficiently warmed up by the impressive supporting act Default, the chart-toppers kicked into action with an appropriate Woke Up This Morning.They continued into the night with a mix of old and new songs from The State album and the more recent Silver Side Up, working the crowd up into a jumping frenzy. We even got a taste of yet-to-be-released material.But as my knees began to ache from all the leaping around to the popular rock anthems Never Again and the recently released single Too Bad, it was time to take it easy with an acoustic version of the Spider-Man film theme Hero.My time-out was short lived as Nickelback came back with a crowd-roaring encore of their biggest hit, How You Remind Me, with frontman Chad Kroeger encouraging the crowd to sing along.And, in an even more impressive explosion of pyrotechnics, the good times were gone all too soon.By my reckoning the group were on stage for less than an hour. They have a wealth of material and could have treated us to a tad more on-stage time.That said, a good time was had by all – it’s just a pity it was over as quickly as it was. DAWN ARMSTRONG

Yesterday we gave you Joey Jordison’s top 10 records of the year. Today, we share with you Burton C. Bell’s Top 5: 1. Damage Manual – Blue 2. Interpol – Turn on The Bright Lights 3. Tindersticks – Trouble Everyday Soundtrack 4. Ben Bell – Devil On a Sunday (demo) 5. Swans – The Great Anhillator (from 1995) ps…the state of music is sad, so I must resort to the classics to hear something decent…. Burton

Last night’s Nickelback show at Wembley Arena in London sold out, selling an astounding 11,000 tickets. Prior to the show announcements were overheard warning ticket hopefuls that counterfeits were on sale such was the demand! With astonishing pyrotechnics for the entire duration of the set, and fireworks(!) to conclude, not to mention every soul in the building singing along to ‘Hero’ and ‘How You Remind Me’, and hearing a brand new as-yet-unrecorded Nickelback song it really was quite a show to remember. And to help you do just that, or at least see what you missed this tour, we’ve just posted up 24 exclusive live photos from the show. Check them out in the Nickelback PHOTO GALLERY.

Time for you to check out more photographic evidence from the Roadrage European tour 2002. Head over to our ARTIST section, pick the Roadrage band you wanna see photos of, and check out the photo gallery. 60 or so new photos added… and still more to come.

So it’s nearly the end of the year again. The music chart is filled with Best Ofs and compilation CDs, the magazines are filled with end of year polls, and who are we to differ. We asked Joey of the Murderdolls & Slipknot to share with us his top ten records of 2002 and why he chose those ones in particular! Over to Joey… 1. Murderdolls – Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls Hey, kiss my ass!!!! 2. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf Always been a big fan since the first record… but they outdid themselves on this one… heavier than all the others. 3. Peter Murphy – Dust Bauhaus was my favourite dark/goth band… Peter’s stuff is more mellow but still has that eerie feel to it. 4.Satyricon – Volcano Their best record to date I think… much more of a rock vibe to it than previous efforts without losing any of the integrity. 5. Immortal – Sons Of Northern Darkness Immortal… don’t fuck with them. 6. Today Is The Day – Sadness Will Prevail If suicide was an option this would be the record… insane. 7. Down – 2 Makes me wanna drink Southern Comfort… result = excellent record. 8. Anorexia Nervosa – New Obscurants Order Black metal’s best kept secret…from France…great atmosphere. 9. Hundred Reasons – Ideas Above Our Station I dont know why I like it…but seems good to me. 10. Las Ketchup – The Ketchup Song hahahahaha!!! hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

US trade magazine Billboard has announced the nominees for its annual awards which take place in Las Vegas next week. The awards show, to be broadcast by Fox in the USA, will be fronted by US comedian Cedric ‘The Entertainer퉌_ and will feature performances from Justin Timberlake, Faith Hill, Avril Lavigne, Creed, Nelly, and Puddle Of Mudd, and a tribute to Run DMC퉌_s Jam Master Jay. Nickelback have been nominated for the following awards: Duo/Group of The Year: Creed, Linkin Park, Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd Hot 100 Single of the Year: Ashanti – Foolish, Nelly – Hot In Herre, Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland – Dilemma, Nickelback – How You Remind Me Rock Artist of the Year: Creed, Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, Staind Best of luck to all in the Nickelback camp.

Last Friday, November 29th, Sepultura began shooting the video for their cover of U2’s “Bullet The Blue Sky” in S퀌£o Paulo, Brazil. The song will be one of the tracks featured on their upcoming EP, “Revolusongs”. We are also pleased to share that Igor & Monika Cavalera welcomed a baby boy, Icaro Bass Cavalera, on November 24. Icaro is their third child, brother to six-year-old Joanna and three-year-old Raissa. Many congratulations to Igor, Monika, Joanna, & Raissa.