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Dave Grohl to celebrate Hanukkah by releasing covers of eight songs by Jewish artists
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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin unveil covers song series to celebrate Hanukkah

Dave Grohl covers Drake’s Hotline Bling on night two of his Hanukkah Sessions
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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl follows up his Beastie Boys cover with a smooth take on Drake’s Hotline Bling

Night 3 of Dave Grohl’s Hanukkah Sessions delivers a guitar-free take on Mountain’s Mississippi Queen
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Dave Grohl continues his eight-night Hanukkah celebrations with an original take on Mountain’s Mississippi Queen

Watch Foo Fighters’ emotional mini-documentary The Day The Music Came Back
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Nine-minute film The Day The Music Came Back documents Foo Fighters return to Madison Square Garden in June

Watch teenage Foo Fighters fan Lauren borrow Dave Grohl’s guitar for killer performance of Monkey Wrench
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Foo Fighters invite teenager Lauren to play guitar with them at Kansas gig, teenager Lauren kills it

Dave Grohl has written a song called F**k You Coachella and no-one knows why
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Foo Fighters share video for Love Dies Young from Medicine At Midnight, but we're more intrigued by this new Dave Grohl tune

Classic album sleeves re-imagined for the World Cup…
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Ever wonder what classic World Cup moments would look like on cup-winning album sleeves? Wonder no more…

‘Metallica has always enjoyed jumping off a cliff’: inside the mind of Lars Ulrich
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We listen as Lars Ulrich thinks out loud

The History Of Prog In 50 Albums
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From King Crimson, Yes and Pink Floyd to Dream Theater, Tool and Steven Wilson, these are the 50 albums that built prog

Vote for the best Metallica album
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vote! Join us as we try to determine, once and for all, which is the best Metallica album of all time

Jerry Cantrell says James Hetfield is the greatest frontman in metal and we're not about to disagree
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Alice In Chains' riff lord Jerry Cantrell tells us why Metallica frontman James Hetfield is the true godfather of metal

Chili Peppers’ guitarist John Frusciante returns with new single Brand E
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Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante previews forthcoming solo album, Maya, with new single Brand E

New Found Glory's Chad Gilbert has six-hour operation to remove cancer in spine
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New Found Glory guitarist faced second cancer diagnosis after being given the all-clear in January

The world of rock pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
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Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and many more have paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II

Why Open On Sunday is the essential new landing spot for music catalog owners
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From streamlined service to special financing options, Open On Sunday is changing the catalog acquisition game

Death Dealer Union are the injection of epic metal mastery you've been waiting for
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Listen to Beneath The Surface now

Why you should see (and hear) The Retaliators: the ultimate heavy metal revenge thriller
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Bloody violence, twists and turns and star turns from Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach and more. What could be better?

Watch the Manga-inspired video for Ghostemane’s warped remix of Simpsons composer Danny Elfman’s Native Intelligence
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Art rock maverick Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor collaboration Native Intelligence gets the Ghostemane treatment

Sonic Youth’s pivotal role in the ’90’s alternative rock explosion to be detailed in new Thurston Moore memoir
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Thurston Moore’s memoir Sonic Life will be published by Faber & Faber in 2023

Get it up ye: The Best Alternative Scottish Music Playlist
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Scotland has always led the way when it comes to alt.rock. Here's why, ya bams.

Get 6 months of Amazon Music Unlimited free when you buy an Echo Dot 3rd or 4th Gen
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Amazon have a great deal in place for music fans buying an Echo Dot - plus, they’re also offering a separate deal: three free months of Amazon Music Unlimited for new subs

There’s still time to grab Amazon Music Unlimited for just 99p for four months
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The clock is ticking on your chance to buy four months of Amazon Music Unlimited on Amazon Prime Day for less than a quid - and there’s still deals on Audible and Kindle Unlimited too
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