Swedish occult rockers GHOST have been forced to cancel their appearance at the U.K.'s Download festival. The band was scheduled to take to the Maverick Stage at 6:25 p.m. today (Sunday, June 12) but called off its set after frontman Papa Emeritus...

Swedish occult rockers GHOST have been forced to cancel their appearance at the U.K.'s Download festival. The band was scheduled to take to the Maverick Stage at 6:25 p.m. today (Sunday, June 12) but called off its set after frontman Papa Emeritus...

Swedish occult rockers GHOST have been forced to cancel their appearance at the U.K.'s Download festival. The band was scheduled to take to the Maverick Stage at 6:25 p.m. today (Sunday, June 12) but called off its set after frontman Papa Emeritus...

Paul Anthony of Planet Rock spoke to IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain ahead of the band's much-anticipated closing set on Sunday, June 12 at the U.K.'s Download festival. Nicko talked about the phenomenal success of MAIDEN's latest album, "The Book of Souls", saying: "It's been so well received; it's great. It's beyond our wildest expectations, really. It's our sixteenth studio album, and, obviously, sixteenth world tour in terms of supporting albums and stuff. But, yes, it's been phenomenal, and the gigs are going so well. And the audiences...

Former SKID ROW and current FOUR BY FATE drummer Rob Affuso was interviewed by rock journalist Mitch Lafon for a recent edition of the "One On One With Mitch Lafon" podcast (Facebook page). You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why he chose to disappear from the rock scene for so many years after the breakup of the classic SKID ROW lineup: Affuso: "I don't wanna sound like this disgruntled rock star, 'cause that's certainly not what it was about. But...