Aerosmith to return for two all-star nights in Hollywood with Black Crowes, Heart, Run DMC and more
California, Dream On: Aerosmith & Friends will take place over two nights at the Hollywood Bowl - and it looks like Joey Kramer is back
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Former Foreigner frontman Kelly Hansen joins the Dead Daisies in place of John Corabi
The Dead Daisies' revolving door continues to spin as John Corabi departs, Kelly Hansen arrives, and there's a new bass player too
Long-overdue Scorpions movie Wind Of Change finally has a trailer and a release date
The trailer for Wind Of Change arrives a year after a teaser video was released
"This single shouldn't really exist." Rare 1969 Led Zeppelin single that the band wanted destroyed surfaces on British TV show
One of just 500 copies of Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love single from 1969 appears on BBC TV's Antiques Roadshow
Aerosmith tease imminent live return in Hollywood
Steven Tyler and rock photographer Ross Halfin deliver strong hint that Aerosmith have plans
Artists
Orphaned Land’s Kobi Farhi on Metallica, David Draiman, and his 35-year quest for peace
The Israeli musician has toured with Palestinian bands, is a fierce critic of Benjamin Netanyahu and has written many songs against bloodshed in the Middle East. But after October 7 and the atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank, does he still believe unity is possible?
Sleep Theory's Cullen Moore: The 10 records that changed my life
Sleep Theory have become hot new stars for their mash-up of metal and R'n'B, but Cullen Moore shows its more than just lip service
“If I were you, I’d get a haircut and disappear”: How prog icons The Soft Machine got their name
A key moment in the Canterbury band’s history came when the future Gong mastermind made contact with his former collaborator in 1966
“Greg Lake said, ‘I can’t believe they played Schizoid Man like this”: Italian proggers’ trick got them a record deal
They had to open for Deep Purple with no introduction and no lights. But their response led to being signed by ELP’s label, partying with Jaco Pastorius and Joni Mitchel, and writing with Peter Sinfield
Music
“If he’d had been any quieter you’d put out a missing persons alert”: The solo work of Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright
He made just two albums and one collaboration record over 18 years, because his real focus was sailing – but that’s no reason to discount the keyboardist’s output
The story of the acid classic that psychedelicised black American folk music
The Chambers Brothers' 11-minute classic Time Has Come Today was written after a Timothy Leary lecture and was hated by the record company... until it became a smash hit
Lammoth: the surprisingly emotional black metal project about a pony from Lord of the Rings
Why am I welling up listening to a dude screaming about Bill The Pony? Blame Lammoth
How King Crimson created Starless, complete with the “death of prog” solo
One of their most popular and recognised songs was rejected, plundered for its title then became the star of 1974 album Red – after the line-up who’d made it had disintegrated
Tech
Best CD players 2026: These fresh slices of optical-drive brilliance breathe new life into your old CD library
Buying guide Physical media’s fully back on the menu, and these outstanding CD players from Cambridge Audio, Marantz, FiiO and more are the proof in the pudding
Best MP3 players 2026: Regain control of your music library with these high-powered portable players
Buying guide These MP3 players from FiiO, Sony and Actico are at the forefront of a digital-library revival - here's my top choices
Best cassette players 2026: Rekindle your love for analogue tapes with a too-cool-for-school cassette player
Buying guide The humble cassette tape, once the world’s default portable music format, is back in fashion. Here are the best cassette players you can buy right now
Audio masters Pro-Ject bring the “mechanical soul” of the open road to the home with new Harley-Davidson turntable
The new heavy-duty, belt-driven record player takes its inspiration from Harley-Davidson's iconic bar and shield logo
Latest Reviews
Audience go off-piste on eclectic third album The House On The Hill
Audience wore their soul and R&B influences on their sleeves, but theit originality put them right in the progressive milieu
Technology, monsters and the most epic metal show of the year - how Metallica conquered Sphere
The first review of Metallica’s opening two nights at the Las Vegas Sphere is in
Amon Amarth's Eight Legs Of Thunder is their best since Twilight Of The Thunder God
Anthemic death metal songs about Vikings: if it ain't broke, don't fix it
The Beatles' Rubber Soul is pivotal: the pop album as a complete artistic statement
The Beatles' historic Sixties psych-folk moment Rubber Soul gets an insightful expanded treatment
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