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Dave Grohl posts an emotional open letter to Foo Fighters fans, and UK fans have spotted a massive potential Glastonbury hint
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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl writes personal note to thank US fans for getting his band through their first shows without Taylor Hawkins: could a UK show be coming next?

Watch Foo Fighters reel back the years and revisit old haunts in the trippy video for emotional epic The Teacher
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Foo Fighters share the 10-minute The Teacher as the latest preview of their forthcoming 11th album But Here We Are

Five reasons why Heavy Metal Truants is the most awesome metal charity
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Heavy Metal Truants, the charity cycling club set up by Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood and former Metal Hammer editor-in-chief Alex Milas, want your help to make 2023 a blockbuster fundraising year

Foo Fighters are lining up “soon to be announced” UK live dates
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Foo Fighters promise UK shows are in the pipeline

Blink-182's Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian reveal the Pink Floyd song they fell in love to
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Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian have explained their wedding playlist selections. Warning: may contain over-sharing

The definitive guide to every Guns N' Roses album
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A thorough guide to Guns N' Roses' albums, from the godlike to the shambolic

Paramore score their third UK number 1 album with This Is Why
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Paramore's sixth album This Is Why is the biggest-selling album in the UK this week

Genesis and Sting made more money last year than The Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Brad Pitt, the South Park guys and you and me
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Genesis and Sting top Forbes' 2022 list of the entertainment industry's highest earners

The Church Of Satan throws shade at Sam Smith’s ‘Satanic’ Grammys performance: “Nothing special”
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Actual Satanists are underwhelmed by Sam Smith’s notorious performance of Unholy at this years Grammys

Ex-Sex Pistol Glen Matlock shares his anger at Tory Brexit "cock up": "I would like to see their heads on sticks"
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Glen Matlock lays out his frustration at the impact of Brexit on his career: "I’m livid, as a musician, about the loss of our movement in 27 countries"

Foo Fighters announce their first European shows since Taylor Hawkins' death
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Foo Fighters will return to Europe this summer

Aphex Twin and Bonobo to headline Field Day festival
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The first wave of acts for London's Field Day festival have been announced, with Aphex Twin and Bonobo headlining

Måneskin announce tiny, intimate London club show: here's how you can be there
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There are just 500 tickets up for grabs for Måneskin's just-announced London show this weekend

Watch Jack Black French kiss Madonna at the Queen of Pop's raunchy star-studded dinner party
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Jack Black claims to be "a different man" after tangling tongues with Madonna in her new tour promo video

London's O2 Academy Brixton has its licence suspended for three months, affecting gigs by Lamb Of God, Sleep Token, Viagra Boys, Suede and more
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Iconic London venue has its licence suspended after fatal crowd crush at December gig led to two deaths

10 new artists who're going to set 2023 on fire
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Hungry for new noise? Let us introduce you to 10 new artists who are primed to explode in the coming 12 months

Foo Fighters close out a "difficult, tragic" 2022 promising to see fans "soon", admitting "without Taylor we’re going to be a different band"
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Foo Fighters look ahead to life after drummer Taylor Hawkins' passing: "when we see you again - and we will soon - he’ll be there in spirit with all of us every night”

The 10 best punk albums of 2022
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Ska-punk, anarcho-punk, grime-punk, no wave punk, hardcore... 45 years since the release of Never Mind The Bollocks, punk rock is in rude health

Watch Dave Grohl and P!nk collaborate on feel-good banger Get The Party Started
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Dave Grohl's annual Hanukkah Sessions celebrations get lit live in Los Angeles with the help of pop star P!nk

Russian trolls have been using bogus Kid Rock social media profiles to spread fake news and pro-Kremlin propaganda
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A new research paper has identified Kid Rock as one of the celebrity figures Russian troll accounts like to impersonate online

Hayley Williams and Matty Healy tease the prospect of a Paramore/The 1975 collaboration
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The 1975 and Paramore have a mutual appreciation thing going on, and it might just lead to a creative union

There's a corner of the internet where actual sentient grown-ups are arguing that The Beatles endorsed child sacrifice and invented 'woke-ism'
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Think The Beatles were just four lovable mop-topped Scousers with catchy tunes and a penchant for mind-expanding psychedelic drugs? THINK AGAIN SHEEPLE!

Gerry Jablonski And The Electric Band are the hard-rocking force of nature we need to carry us through the dark times
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With riotous new album 105 recorded just as war was breaking out in Ukraine, Gerry Jablonski And The Electric Band found a surprising darkness creeping into their rollocking, bluesy stomp
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