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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

Someone has made a movie about a bear going on a cocaine-induced rampage, and we want to see it right now
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Cocaine Bear is a film about an angry bear on cocaine. It’s already our must-see movie of 2023

Watch alt. rapper Sueco The Child try to ruin his family's Thanksgiving dinner with an absolutely filthy pop-punk song
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Pro-tip: Thanksgiving dinner might not be the best setting to premiere a comedy pop-punk song about incest for your family

Sophie Lloyd shares sizzling video for Iron Maiden-inspired single Do Or Die
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Guitar sensation Sophie Lloyd shares video for Do Or Die, her collaboration with Inglorious frontman Nathan James

Listen to Zayn Malik, ex-One Direction, cover Jimi Hendrix's Angel to celebrate guitar legends' 80th birthday
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JIMI AT 80 Zayn Malik covers Jimi Hendrix classic with estate's approval

Machine Gun Kelly, Ghost and Måneskin win Rock categories at the American Music Awards
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, who were nominated for Favorite Rock Artist, Favorite Rock Song and Favorite Rock Album, have emerged empty-handed

Attention Nine Inch Nails fans: You can now listen to the new cannibal love story soundtrack Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross just dropped
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Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross share soundtrack to cannibal road trip movie Bones And All

Watch a raging bull cause havoc in Enter Shikari's video for Bull featuring former The Voice contestant Cody Frost
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"This song is about those who damage your mental health, your self-esteem, and even your very identity" says Enter Shikari's Rou Reynolds

Enter Shikari, Arch Enemy and Misfits to appear in animal rights documentary
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The team behind Taking Note – The Animal Rights Music Documentary are currently seeking donations to help film secure 2023 release

Watch Emma Ruth Rundle's new tour documentary All I Know of Love
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Folky post-rocker announces 2023 North America tour

A member of One Direction has released an angsty electro-punk single, and it won't make you want to slice off your ears
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Louis Tomlinson's new single Out Of My System isn't a million miles away from Bring Me The Horizon at their poppiest

Tom Morello's ex-bandmate has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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The guitarist studied at Harvard with Professor Carolyn Bertozzi and played in band, Bored of Education
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