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- September 12
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- “America is so divided. Trump is clearly unhinged.” Punk priestess Patti Smith still fears for all our futures
- Rolling Stones and Speaqua launch portable speaker that doubles as a bottle opener
- Listen to Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel team up with Ukrainian metallers Blind8 on new single Labyrinth
- "Will we bring the tour overseas? We’re exploring options..." Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe and Mastodon's Brann Dailor talk their new collab single, their history together and what the future may hold
- Aphrodite's Child's classic third album 666 to be released as five-disc box set
- 60 years of US Beatlemania celebrated in 1964 mono box set
- “Delivering a cerebral, skilful and inventive blend of prog and metal, they’ve remained proudly on the periphery of fashion”: The best Dream Theater songs featuring Mike Portnoy (to date)
- "We've vastly improved since our 80s heyday!” Tears For Fears announce very first live album
- Frost* share behind-the-scenes footage in video for their new single Moral & Consequence
- “I met Brian May and said, You're the reason I used to spend months and months on end in my garage trying to build a f***ing guitar.” How Queen inspired Radiohead's Thom Yorke to follow his dreams
- Saga singer Michael Sadler reveals cancer diagnosis
- Listen to Lamb Of God and Mastodon's explosive new team-up single, Floods Of Triton
- Watch footage and check out the monstrous 26-song setlist from Linkin Park's second comeback show at the Kia Forum in California last night
- "Dissonant, angular and blearily psychedelic, it absolutely reeks of madness." Black metal icon Gaahl has made one of this year's weirdest extreme metal albums with Trelldom's ...By The Shadows
- “The four-note phrase is arguably the most recognisable motif of the entire Pink Floyd catalogue”: Seven powerful moments that help make Wish You Were Here so unique
- "Rack is an incendiary device of an album": The Jesus Lizard shine as brightly as ever on the irresistible, fascinating Rack
- "It's my swan song life story": 50 years ago Terry Slesser was Paul Kossoff's singer in Back Street Crawler - now he's finally releasing a solo album
- "This renaissance of heavy metal is worldwide": From Gojira at the Olympics to crazed teenage fans, Rob Halford is incredibly excited about the state of heavy metal
- "Phil Mogg sings so unusually so it's difficult to copy, but Axl did a fantastic job": Michael Schenker's track-by-track guide to his new album My Years With UFO
- Megadeth drummer hits out at fashion brand for "stealing" heavy metal imagery
- Mike Portnoy doesn't regret leaving Dream Theater despite massive success of his recent return to the band
- September 11
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- Jon Bon Jovi credited with saving life of woman on bridge in Nashville
- “When I’m onstage my job is to be God. And I’m pretty good at it.” An epic, exclusive, revealing and sporadically very amusing interview with The Sisters of Mercy's iconic frontman Andrew Eldritch
- “It's not going to happen. There's only three people left and we're not talking.” David Gilmour says that anyone holding out hope for a Pink Floyd reunion should “dream on”
- Crippled Black Phoenix return with epic new single Goodnight, Europe (Pt 2)
- “They arrested a girl who had a blank piece of paper. She was making the point that even doing that would send someone to jail”: Iamthemorning’s Marjana Semkina hated mixing politics with art – until her native Russia’s war on Ukraine
- "The debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you": Queen announce Collector's Edition "rebuild" of first album
- 4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month
- David Gilmour announces two special rehearsal performances in Brighton
- Nene Valley Rock Festival confirms 2025 event
- Post-rocker A.A. Williams shares powerful new single Splinter
- “I told Noel Gallagher that Oasis sounded like Guns N’ Roses. We gave them some crazy speed and they were up for the next three days.” You can blame The Brian Jonestown Massacre for Oasis nearly splitting up in 1994
- "Top-shelf Pete Steele, sans any Playgirl spreads." Unto Others have crafted the goth rock album of the year with Never, Neverland
- Iron Maiden celebrate The Future Past with new vinyl releases of Powerslave and Somewhere In Time
- “I never mind faking it. I had a filthy cold on the night, so vocals were grabbed from other shows. It’s only artifice when you pretend it’s something it isn’t”: Peter Gabriel explains his passion for the video medium
- With sales of more than 40 million, these are the Toto albums you should definitely listen to
- UK consumer rights group advises Oasis to "do the right thing" and refund fans after dynamic pricing ticket uproar
- "I'll be honest with you - the devil was my best friend at one time": Southern rockers Van Zant are on the road to redemption with Jesus Christ
- Toto announce the Dogz Of Oz UK and European tour with Christopher Cross
- Refused announce 2025 North American farewell tour as singer Dennis Lyxzén recovers from heart attack
- Mark Tremonti says Creed are here to stay
- September 10
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- “I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage.” Dave Grohl reveals that he has become a father for the fourth time, promises to try to regain his family's trust and “earn their forgiveness”
- “Spinal Tap is demanding that the Trump campaign refrain from playing Sex Farm at their rallies.” Legendary English rockers Spinal Tap forbid Donald Trump from turning his presidential campaign up to 11
- Watch 'The Battle of Britpop' play out on a football pitch, as Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher squares up to Blur's Damon Albarn in this resurrected archive footage
- “Heavy music with a message and aesthetic that transcend the genre.” Idles, Quicksand, Cult Of Luna, Touche Amore and more to honour departing hardcore legends Refused with The Shape Of Punk To Come Obliterated tribute album
- "One of the most intense tracks we've ever released." Watch the video for Jinjer's pulverising new single Rogue
- “My goal has always been to make explosive music.” Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu legend John Reis announces UK and Ireland shows with new band Swami & the Bed of Nails
- "The ultimate musical island-hopping adventure!" Listen to new Nightwish single An Ocean Of Strange Islands now
- “This machine sues fascists.” Jack White makes good on his promise to sue Donald Trump for “flagrant misappropriation” of The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army
- “I realised on the very first tour that this was no kind of life… Should I be excited about leaving my family? No”: Neil Peart’s love, pain and thoughts on playing live before Rush bowed out
- Jazz Sabbath to release third album The 1968 Tapes
- Previously unreleased Klaus Schulze album to be released
- Steve Rothery, Ray Wilson and John Hackett to guest with Steve Hackett at the Royal Albert Hall
- “There’s a few stations that’ll play my music; very few, and usually after midnight”: Frank Zappa’s final print interview, and the 12 words he signed off with
- The releases you should definitely listen to on Neat Records, the kings of NWOBHM
- "Smile at your scared opponent and help them. If he's swinging wildly, chill him out": The Gospel according to Duff McKagan
- "My little girl can't wait to tell her friends at school": Justin Hawkins responds to viral footage of Taylor Swift singing I Believe In A Thing Called Love at the US Open
- "The best is yet to come!" Heart announce rescheduled Royal Flush Tour dates for 2025
- Wish you were here? David Gilmour stuns tiny Brighton pub with live rendition of Pink Floyd classic
- September 9
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- "It was important for us to press the reset button": Joe Perry on touring with Kiss and the making of Aerosmith's Honkin' On Bobo
- “He says, ‘Here you are, my good man’ and he hands me this glass of champagne.” How a wayward flying bass led to Nirvana meeting Queen legend Brian May for the very first time
- “In the indie world, you’re not meant to be successful.” Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody on dealing with superstardom after being written off as “damaged goods” by the music industry
- Watch Pulp premiere new song Spike Island on the opening night of their American tour
- "A lot of songs for the next record are already in demo phases." Kerry King already has his sights set on a second solo album
- "Chester was one of a kind. Emily is also one of a kind." Mike Shinoda dismisses criticism of Linkin Park's decision to continue
- “An exceptional, cathartic album that showcases Delilah Bon as a welcome disruptor on the UK alternative scene.” Evil, Hate Filled Female gives new meaning to the phrase ‘Slay, queen!’
- New Oceans Of Slumber album Where Gods Fear To Speak is a vengeful prog metal monster that needs to be heard
- Zetra's debut album sounds like a black metal band swapped screams and blastbeats for croons and synthesisers, then rehearsed on the set of a 70s Doctor Who episode. And it's not bad!
- Imagine Dragons announce UK and European stadium shows as part of their 2025 Loom tour
- Rick Wakeman leads tributes for Sky and War Of The Worlds bassist Herbie Flowers
- “A comedy with teeth.”1995's Blur vs Oasis 'Battle of Britpop' to be dramatised in a new play staged in London next year
- “Music is sacred.” Jack White announces three intimate 'pop up' shows in the UK this coming weekend
- Reissued compilation shines light on Decca's heavier psychedelic era
- "It's nobody's ***ing business, and he's our brother." Slipknot's Clown on why the band rarely discuss their much-missed former bandmate, Joey Jordison
- "Along the lines of Bridge Across Forever or Spock's Beard’s V." Neal Morse announces new prog outfit Neal Morse & The Resonance
- "The greatest rock'n'roll band ever to come from Finland": The Hanoi Rocks albums you should definitely listen to
- “It was sounding great, then halfway through the loop stops… We turned into a sort of working men’s club band!”: Marillion’s late-career hit single didn’t stop people asking Steve Hogarth about Fish
- Herbie Flowers, bassist for Lou Reed, David Bowie and many more, dead at 86
- The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
- "I've not done Taylor Swift's numbers, but I don't give a sh*t because I'm proud of the songs I did": As Fish prepares to leave the business behind, he reflects on Marillion, going solo and life after music
- "What's the difference between a Lada and a sheep?": Brian Johnson on the worst and best cars he's ever owned
- September 8
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- "They're called The Experience, man. You've gotta see them": In December 1966 Jimi Hendrix released Hey Joe: Five days later he played a casino in a hotel basement
- Actors, artists, transvestites, junkies and wannabes: How Lou Reed made the defining album of his career
- Rob Halford has no plans to retire while Judas Priest "can still deliver the goods"
- “I didn’t want James Hetfield to smell the alcohol on me”: Robert Trujillo stayed up drinking until 5am before his Metallica audition
- “The crowd was booing us and spitting on us, the entire set”: Trivium’s Matt Heafy remembers being bullied by his heavy metal idols
- “Over the years I’ve realized I thrive most when I’m actively working with my bandmates behind the scenes”: Linkin Park’s Brad Delson steps back from live lineup
- Metallica’s James Hetfield, actor in new western film, doesn’t seem to like acting: “Next time I’m asked to do something like this, remind me to say no”
- “Our producer played the intro to Nevermore and I was just blown away”: How U.K. became Witherfall guitarist Jake Dreyer’s prog heroes
- “It’s never a closed chapter. I helped start the band.” David Ellefson doesn’t rule out Megadeth return
- "I was like, ‘What do I do?'. I chose the band": English Teacher's Lily Fontaine on how she turned her back on the world's best job to become a Mercury Prize-winner
- The 10 best cover versions by Smashing Pumpkins
- “For all its flights of fancy it’s not ironic; it finds him rooting for hard-grafting, often veteran grapplers”: The prog credentials of Luke Haines’ 9 1/2 Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling
- Will Oasis release a new album as part of their comeback? According to Liam, it's "already finished"
- September 7
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- Linkin Park tickets for LA and New York shows sell out fast as vocalist Emily Armstrong addresses criticism over previous support of actor later convicted of rape
- “I’m not very good at ignoring people who slag us off”: the story of Radiohead’s My Iron Lung, the song that changed everything for Thom Yorke & co.
- “The great albums were not made under a microscope. They were made by living, breathing people who were excited by what they were doing”: How Kiss fought back against the music industry with Sonic Boom
- The 10 best Britpop B-sides, featuring Oasis, Supergrass, Ash, Elastica, Blur and more
- September 6
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- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce plans for 18-date North American tour
- “I composed this score for the legions of infamous characters in these haunted houses to elicit a sense of emotional terror.” Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash to release limited edition Music Of Universal Studios Hollywood - Halloween Horror Nights album
- “I knew what each word meant, and it described exactly from moment to moment what that day was about.” The true inspiration behind David Bowie's 'Heroes' has been revealed
- Listen to Unfinished, the last song Eddie and Alex Van Halen ever recorded together
- “One of the most singular, unique and influential catalogues in music history.” Every Talk Talk album ranked from worst to best
- Hardcore punk band American Nightmare are suing Cody Rhodes, the WWE Undisputed Champion
- “I told you all we were gonna get back together 1 fine day.” Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher swaggers back on to social media, tells fans they can buy “Kneeling only” tickets for next year's reunion tour for “100 thousand pounds”
- “I feel lucky to be a part of this band. It’s been life changing for me.” Rage Against The Machine bassist Tim Commerford announces first ever UK and European shows with his band 7D7D
- The 14 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- Rolo Tomassi release live version of To Resist Forgetting from upcoming album Live At The Electric Ballroom
- Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell drops new atmospheric solo single, Afterglow
- Spiritbox return with ultra-heavy new single Soft Spine
- Order your limited edition Pure Reason Revolution x Prog bundle – featuring a signed lyric sheet and art print!
- Order your limited edition Leprous x Prog bundle – featuring an exclusive t-shirt!
- Awesome new prog you really must hear from God Is An Astronaut, Tomo Katsurada and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
- Why isn’t drummer Rob Bourdon part of the new Linkin Park? The band explain
- "Reminiscent of a deeper, darker version of UFO": Phil Mogg ponders his own mortality on the brilliant Moggs Motel
- Ebony Buckle announces new single Think I Just Saved My Own Life
- Hear Opeth go full prog on new single §3
- "You had guys who would jump into the crowd and then walk across people’s heads." Inside the year that turned thrash metal into a global phenomenon
- Lazuli announce England, Wales and Ireland tour dates for March 2025
- Jon Anderson graces the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!
- "I hear this screaming from behind me: Simon! Simon! Start the bloody song!" How Deep Purple entered their Mk IX era, inspired by the tedious complications of modern life
- “One can spot a steely glint in his eye – despite the subject matter, he’s hardly feeling sorry for himself here”: David Gilmour’s Luck And Strange
- The UK Government is to investigate Ticketmaster over Oasis ticket sales
- "Billie looked scared, then ran off and they all zoomed off on golf carts": Green Day rushed offstage in Detroit after drone flies into stadium: Suspect arrested
- "All the blood rushed into my fist and I decked him. He fell to the ground like a tipped cow": What happened the night Vince Neil punched Izzy Stradlin
- "Southern rock, blues rock, what does it matter what you tag it when the tracks are this good?": The Cold Stares prepare for a big future on The Southern
- "A case of what might have been": The Dead Daisies revert to meat-and-potatoes type on Light Em Up
- "A tightly convoluted blend of NY postpunk, art-rock and fusion": 80s' King Crimson shine brightly on Sheltering Skies
- "Imbued with tropical, fado or flamenco vibes, as if recorded in a hammock on a private beach somewhere": Luck And Strange finds David Gilmour in relaxed, reflective form
- September 5
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- “We didn’t really plan this far!” English Teacher win the 2024 Mercury Prize for debut album This Could Be Texas
- "It's good to see you again." Linkin Park introduce new vocalist Emily Armstrong at livestream concert, announce new album From Zero, new single The Emptiness Machine, world tour dates
- “Head and Fieldy are born-again Christians. I don’t choose sides. I’ve got Christian friends and Satanist friends”: How a reunited and rebooted Korn put religious differences aside to make The Paradigm Shift
- Lenco spin a hat-trick of new turntables to suit every budget
- Delain return with new single Dance With The Devil, announce EP for November
- Marillion announce new deluxe edition of This Strange Engine
- Coma Rossi announce English tour dates for October
- Does vinyl really sound better than other formats?
- John Lydon announces massive I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right 2025 spoken word tour across the UK and Ireland
- “A flood is coming… and most of you will die”: Mastodon tease split release with Lamb Of God
- Earthside share striking new video for We Who Lament
- “There was so much unreleased cool stuff still to reveal.” Weezer announce 30th anniversary ‘Blue Album’ reissue featuring 36 previously unreleased recordings and a “12 sided die for all your Dungeon Mastering needs”
- “Do you want to see a fight or do you want to see a show?!” Watch Slipknot brawl with Mushroomhead fans during 1999 gig in resurfaced video
- “Robert Fripp was triggering sounds and I just responded… I told him I was feeling more comfortable, and he said: ‘You mean like you’re no longer being auditioned?’”: The series of incidents that led to Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins’ A Scarcity Of Miracles
- "I imagined cutting my hair to have a green reverse mohawk like Keith Flint." Leprous vocalist Einar Solberg picks the 10 records that changed his life
- "I'm an R&B singer in the body of a metal guy": Why Armored Saint recorded a cover of a Four Tops classic
- "I broke his nose. He chipped one of my teeth. We went and played the next day in Georgia and it was great": How Poison's career imploded
- What happened when we went record shopping with Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
- "We're taking a step back from the soap opera": The ongoing saga with The Quireboys ends as the Black Eyed Sons emerge from the wreckage
- To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Gene Simmons' pronouncement that rock is dead, here are the Top 10 other examples of Gene Simmons repeating his theory
- September 4
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- “It’s dangerous when you’re a kid shooting up drugs. Me and two other guys made it out alive. The others are dead or in prison”: How Mastodon transcended tragedy and trauma to make Crack The Skye
- “The execution of the plan failed to meet expectations.” Oasis add two more Wembley Stadium shows to reunion tour following fans outrage at unexpected 'dynamic pricing' hikes for tickets
- 10 great Britpop-era indie bands who could reform to ease the pain of fans who missed out on Oasis tickets
- Watch comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan annoy the hell out of an extreme metal band in new clip from TV show Rob And Romesh Vs
- “It was an intimidating show.” King Crimson bassist Tony Levin recalls the only gig ever played by Mothers Of Invention spin-off band Aha, The Attack Of The Green Slimebeast, with a dance troupe, a body-painted Danny DeVito and an audience of two people
- Order your limited edition Mimi Barks x Metal Hammer bundle – featuring an exclusive t-shirt, a signed art print and two temporary tattoos
- “Gary Wright split from Spooky Tooth, declaring the album ‘an utter failure’… but he was wrong”: Ceremony did more for prog than anybody realised at the time (except the French)
- David Gilmour says it would be a "dream" to sell Pink Floyd's catalogue, not because of the financial gain, but to get out of the "arguments"
- “We’ve been working on new stuff for months. And we need to go home.” Mastodon drummer hints new music to come “really, really soon”
- A Day To Remember, Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory, Less Than Jake, Neck Deep among first bands announced for Slam Dunk 2025
- Marko Hietala shares video for the darkly gothic new single Frankenstein's Wife
- Stuckfish share video for Sarah Bernhardt-inspired Shadows and Moonbeams
- “Bass solo, take one”: Watch Metallica’s new (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth music video, featuring never-before-seen photos of Cliff Burton
- Gojira share small update on next album, reveal it will "take a clear step forward and upward" from Fortitude
- “It’s over. I don’t want to string anyone along.” Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep confirms band break-up, says “nothing’s meant to go on forever.”
- "It certainly rocks!" Nick Fletcher announces new album A Longing For Home
- Queen's Brian May reveals he was recently rushed to hospital after suffering minor stroke: "The good news is that I can play guitar"
- Did Kelly Osbourne just unmask Slipknot’s mystery keyboardist?
- “I’m too stupid for this”: Spiritbox tease new music with weird online puzzle thing
- “I went to Rio for a show. I told my wife I’d just been for a helicopter ride and I was now sitting on gorgeous white sand… She hung up on me!” The need to deceive loved ones inspired Caravan’s Paradise Filter
- Back in the 80s, someone thought it would be a good idea to launch a sports-themed AOR version of the Village People: The result was the All Sports Band
- "There's a reason why it's sold more than all the other AC/DC albums combined": Why I love Back In Black, by Def Leppard's Joe Elliott
- Want to torment someone you hate in the afterlife? Death metal pioneers Deicide have launched their own ouija board
- September 3
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- The Emerson, Lake & Palmer albums you should definitely listen to
- “This presidency isn’t a surprise to me. You could see it coming a mile away. But the scope of the corruption is unparalleled”: How Ministry’s Al Jourgensen tried and failed to bow out with the George W Bush-baiting The Last Sucker
- “I love Radiohead more than I could possibly love anything other than my kids.” Why In Rainbows is Charlotte Church's favourite Radiohead album
- “I was sitting in a bar and a friend came in and said, Bono from U2 just phoned my mother trying to find you.” How Depeche Mode/Nine Inch Nails producer Flood got to work with U2, and why working with Brian Eno made him “reappraise everything”
- Listen to the atmospheric title track of Klone's upcoming album The Unseen
- “Devin Townsend was sick but he jumped right in. He treated the music like it was his own, which meant the world to me”: It’s all going well for Anthony Vanacore since he left America for China, formed OU, hooked a star producer and never looked back
- Listen to Eddie Vedder team up with members of AC/DC and Red Hot Chili Peppers for new version of Tom Petty's Room At The Top, one of 21 Petty covers on the soundtrack to Bad Monkey
- “If the Church won’t condemn this atrocity, it won’t only be bulls slowly haemorrhaging.” Morrissey has written to the Pope urging him to end the Catholic Church's blessing of bullfights
- Why your choice of stylus and turntable cartridge matters
- “I sing in pictures – as I sing I see myself standing on the deck of a bloody great boat in Rime Of The Ancient Mariner”: How Powerslave pointed the way to Iron Maiden’s epic future
- “We almost ended up performing with Geddy Lee… it’s better that it didn’t happen!” Anthrax’s Scott Ian explains his lifelong passion for Rush
- Iron Maiden are currently touring Australia and Steve Harris has made the TV news for his off-stage activities
- "No minor chords here, just major chords hitting you in the balls! I was just mesmerised!": What AC/DC mean to me, by Kiss's Gene Simmons
- "Oozing with a tangible undercurrent of dark, forbidden sex": The Stooges' songs that provided a perfect blueprint for rock's future
- "He proceeded to take his trousers off between songs. The police got very twitchy": The chaotic night Led Zeppelin jammed with Ten Years After and the Jeff Beck Group
- Filipino children performing Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love with uncanny precision? Step right this way
- September 2
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- “I’m going to get into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame one way or another and Lars Ulrich can’t keep me out!” How Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine used old rivalries as fuel for the Endgame album
- “He took out this big knife, put it on the table with a loud thud, looked at us and said, There's a lot of crazy people out there.” Eddie Vedder on the night Pearl Jam supported Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards
- “He’s better with me solo. He was more open to being adventurous.” Kim Deal on working again with former Pixies / The Breeders engineer Steve Albini, and why his death hit so hard
- “It’s a complicated story.” Elvis Costello on why he no longer plays one of his best-known and most-loved songs, Oliver’s Army
- "I was in spandex pants, reading Karl Marx." From birth in Harlem to graduation from Harvard to stripping, Rage Against The Machine and fighting the KKK: this is the incredible life story of Tom Morello
- “Nobody can stop me.” The Brian Jonestown Massacre share UK and Europe tour plans
- Lee Abraham announces new solo album Origin Of The Storm
- Listen to previously unreleased Clannad song A Royal Procession here
- "Side Quest Summer continues!": Watch former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg join King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on stage for thrash banger Perihelion
- New 10-disc John Wetton live box set on the way
- ''Listen to as many people as possible, and don't try and stylise yourself on one person": Iron Maiden's Steve Harris gives advice to young musicians and songwriters
- Jakko Jakszyk announces intimate An Evening With show for October 11
- Green Lung announce European leg of Heathen Neverland tour, share additional UK and Ireland dates
- Newly restored film footage of the shoot for Heart's iconic Little Queen cover has appeared online and it's wonderful
- "If the world was a fair place, everyone's Greta Van Fleet records would spontaneously turn into Great Western Valkyrie": Rival Sons' fourth album finds them on top of their game
- “We were held together by Sellotape and sealing wax… We knew our days were numbered”: Tired, broke and losing members, Van der Graaf Generator went down fighting with The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
- The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
- September 1
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- An expanded, deluxe edition of Tom Petty's Long After Dark is on the way
- "We were able to capture the spirit of Detroit": Suzi Quatro and Alice Cooper have recorded a version of the MC5's Kick Out The Jams
- “We had collapsed financially – I couldn’t pay the wages. I was on the verge of bankruptcy”: The chaotic story of Ian Gillan’s erratically brilliant solo career
- Fancy seeing Oasis from the 'nosebleed' seats at London's Wembley Stadium next summer? For a mere £23,603 a ticket can be yours
- From Oppenheimer to The Mandalorian, Childish Gambino to Vampire Weekend and more: 10 of the best by Oscar-winning producer and composer Ludwig Göransson
- “One of the toughest lessons I’ve learned is how to show backbone but not show your fist”: You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi on the wisdom he’d pass on to the next wave of rock bands
- “There was some smoking and drinking but it wasn’t a lot of drugs. We weren’t coked out of our minds or shooting heroin”: The epic story of Kyuss, the stoner metal visionaries who blazed brightly and burnt out
- “You could be a Luddite and ignore these new instruments, or you could say, ‘Let’s give it a spin.’ And I chose the latter”: How Jethro Tull embraced synths, drum machines and the 1980s – and split their fans
- “I felt they were having second thoughts… I got quite angry – ‘Just stop the bus, I’ll get off, no problem’”: Ray Wilson knows what went wrong during his time in Genesis
- Morrissey keen on "lucrative" offer for The Smiths to reunite – Johnny Marr...not so much
- Noel Gallagher's daughter Anais hits back at "ageism" and "misogyny" from older Oasis fans upset that they can't get tickets for upcoming reunion tour
