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33 Years Ago: Meat Loaf Leads All-Star Cast in 'Roadie'

Jeff Giles — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:55:36 +0000

Before he scored such notable movie roles as the Spice Girls' bus driver in 'Spice World' or as Bitch Tits Bob in 'Fight Club,' Meat Loaf made his big-time leading man debut in 'Roadie,' a 1980 comedy about ... well, a roadie.

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Meat Loaf on Drinking Urine: 'It Was an Allergy Thing'

Billy Dukes — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:52:23 +0000

Meat Loaf says he's never drank his own urine, but he knows people -- famous people -- who have. The singer does cop to injecting a solution that included his urine however, but it's really not as strange as it seems.

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Meat Loaf Postpones England Shows for Medical Reasons

Billy Dukes — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:56:32 +0000

It's been a rough start for Meat Loaf's UK tour. The singer postponed another show last night because of "medical reasons afflicting several members of the band." That's the fifth of eight shows he's either cancelled or postponed.

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Meat Loaf on Touring: 'I Outweigh Jagger by 100 Pounds'

Billy Dukes — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:26:50 +0000

Meat Loaf is retiring from the road. The American rocker says his Last at Bat Tour -- which begins on Friday (April 5) in Newcastle, U.K. - will be his final tour. Previously he'd only hinted that the run of dates would be his final European tour, but during a recent interview he admitted his health his holding him back.

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2013 Classic Rock Tour News

Crash — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:15:31 +0000

A slew of Classic Rockers have announced tour plans for this year. Wanna peek at who you'll have a chance to see?

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Meat Loaf Announces Farewell 'Last at Bat' Tour

Chad Childers — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:25:33 +0000

Meat Loaf may have suggested his touring career was concluding as far back as 2007, but the rocker is finally and apparently ready to say farewell to at least one nation. The vocalist has just announced the 'Last at Bat' tour of the U.K., which is intended to be his final trek in the country.

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Meat Loaf Prepares for Knee Surgery

Billy Dukes — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:14:53 +0000

Classic rocker Meat Loaf is preparing for knee surgery today. The 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' singer posed for this picture for his Facebook page Monday afternoon, taken just minutes before he was set to go under the knife. An unidentified poster writes that the recovery process will take about two weeks.

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Rock Report: 35 Years Ago: Meat Loaf's 'Bat Out of Hell' Released

Sterling Whitaker — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:00:35 +0000

Meat Loaf was an actor and little-known singer with one minor album and an appearance in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' to his credit before he released 'Bat Out of Hell' in 1977. The album catapulted the entertainer to superstar status, in the process becoming one of the most iconic records of the 1970s -- though Meat Loaf would become so defined by its success that he would struggle to recover for more than a decade.

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Happy 65th Birthday Meat Loaf [VIDEO]

Crash — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:27:09 +0000

Happy Birthday to Meat Loaf, who turns 65-years-old today (September 27th)!!! Throughout the years, Meat Loaf has given conflicting reports as to the actual date of his birth -- not out of vanity, but as a general payback to an at times harsh rock press. When we asked him what year he was born in, he said: "Anywhere from '46 to '54, take your pick. When I'm doing press, I make up stories, 'cause what's the difference in me making up stories, or their making up stories? So I figure, if they can do it, why can't I?"

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