Country rock legend Charlie Daniels dead at 83
The death of Country Music Hall of Fame member Charlie Daniels has been confirmed
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Watch the Japanese Consul General to The US unleash a Hendrix-style take on The Star Spangled Banner
Kanji Yamanouchi straps on his Fender Stratocaster and plays Hendrix to celebrate Independence Day
Elton John’s career celebrated with new commemorative coin range
The Royal Mint release set of commemorative coins to celebrate Elton John’s remarkable career
Legendary Oscar-winning soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91
The Italian Oscar-winning composer, who created more than 500 scores for film and television, has died at the age of 91
UK government announce £1.57 billion support package for entertainment sector
Music venues, theatres, galleries, independent cinemas and museums will receive loans and grants to help them survive the coronavirus crisis
Geddy Lee: Yes are the only band I’ve lined up all night to see
Rush’s Geddy Lee says he and Alex Lifeson queued all night to get tickets to see Yes when they first came to Toronto
Zakk Sabbath celebrate Black Sabbath’s 50th anniversary with new album Vertigo
Zakk Wylde, Blasko and Joey Castillo will release their tribute to Sabbath’s debut album in September - listen to lead track Black Sabbath
Dave Grohl: I feared I might be fired from Nirvana
Dave Grohl looks back on his time in Nirvana and says he was worried that Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic might dismiss him and “find somebody else”
Here it is: The UK’s first dedicated socially distanced music venue
The Virgin Money Unity Arena will open this summer at Newcastle’s Gosforth Park for live music and comedy
Do you wanna get ripped? Def Leppard’s Phil Collen announces 30-day fitness challenge
Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen reveals a 30-day fitness challenge – and he’s encouraging fans to join him
Slash has been focusing on new Guns N’ Roses material during lockdown
Slash says he’s been jamming with Duff McKagan and Axl Rose during the lockdown and recording “guitar stuff” for Guns N’ Roses
Listen to David Gilmour’s first new music in five years
David Gilmour releases his new track Yes, I Have Ghosts - the former Pink Floyd vocalist and guitarist’s first new material since 2015’s Rattle That Lock
Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Trivium and In Flames announce 2021 tour
Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Trivium and In Flames reschedule their postponed 2020 tour - all 42 dates will take place next summer
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How to clean vinyl records, deal with scratches, and store LP records properly
How to All you need to know about caring for your LP collection, including how to clean vinyl records properly, and where NOT to store them
Why Ennio Morricone’s The Ecstasy Of Gold is more than just metal’s greatest intro music
How Ennio Morricone’s The Ecstasy Of Gold become part of metal’s mythology courtesy of Metallica
Megadeth’s Rust In Peace: the inside story of the greatest thrash album of the ’90s
How a newly cleaned-up Megadeth made Rust In Peace – the 1990 masterpiece that sealed their place in thrash metal’s Big Four
Alice Cooper: “I woke up with 40 bodies around me”
Pythons, guillotines and drug-fuelled parties – this why Alice Cooper is the Godfather Of Shock and you're not
Metallica’s Rob Trujillo: My Life Story
Suicidal Tendencies, Ozzy Osbourne, Jerry Cantrell and, of course, Metallica – Rob Trujillo has played for them all. This is the story of the man behind the bass
The 10 best NWOBHM bands, by the man who gave the movement its name
At the end of the 70s, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal revitalised the genre in the UK and now bears a weighty influence on metal worldwide. Geoff Barton – who invented the phrase all those years ago – charts 10 of the best
Kansas: an everyday story of success, failure, drugs, booze and jealousy
The story of Kansas is just your average tale of power struggles, line-up changes, religious conversions and multi-million selling hit records
Crap 80s Metal Art is our new favourite thing
All hail the Mona Lisas of 80s metal album sleeves
Why I love Aerosmith, by Slash
Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash on everything he's learned from the mighty Aerosmith
Bryan Adams: the surprisingly sexual story of Summer Of '69
Bryan Adams’ hit single Summer Of '69 wasn’t about childhood innocence and forgotten friendships – it was an ode to topsy-turvy lurve-makin’
Back-stabbing, bullying, busking: how The Clash disintegrated
In 1983, The Clash sacked founder Mick Jones, hired three new members and tried to return to their punk rock roots. Cue two years of fighting and one of the worst albums ever made
Crashes, madness and missing money: the story of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Smart, funny and mad as hatters, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band could have been huge. Instead, they burned out, having inspired a new generation of bands... like AC/DC
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Paul Weller's On Sunset: a musical magpie, refusing to stagnate
Songs from the Twilight Zone provide intrigue on Paul Weller's 15th solo album On Sunset
Buzzcocks: Sell You Everything (1991-2004) - the definitive compendium of the other years
Buzzcocks sell you everything on eight-CD compilation of Mancunian (post) punksters second wave of recording life
Nick D’Virgilio's Invisible lets you know he's much more than just a drummer
The meaning of prog, from Big Big Train drummer Nick D’Virgilio
The Vacant Lots' Interzone: the perfect stun-blast soundtrack for a shattered society
Society-lacerating third album Interzone from Vermont electro-punks The Vacant Lots
Wino's Forever Gone: a reassuring voice in troubled times
The king of American doom Wino goes soulfully solo on Forever Gone
Neon Animal's Make No Mistake is pure, adrenalin-soaked scorch
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock… on Neon Animals' follow-up to Bring Back Rock n Roll From The Dead
Asking Alexandria's Like A House On Fire is the sound of a band stepping up and shaping up
Owning up and owning it on Asking Alexandria's sixth album Like A House On Fire
Cro-Mags: In The Beginning - a monstrous comeback rich in sonic beef
NYHC legends Cro-Mags kick-start a new age of quarrel on In The Beginning
Whitesnake: The Rock Album - proof that there's life left in brand Coverdale
Big hits, latter-day bangers and, for Whitesnake diehards, a new song on The Rock Album
Bad Touch: Kiss The Sky - tunes designed to put a smile on your face
Bad Touch ain’t looking for nothing but a good time on fourth album Kiss The Sky