Download UK confirms a further 37 artists for next year's festival
From Babymetal and Airbourne to The Wildhearts and Baroness - Download 2020 just got a whole lot louder
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Download UK confirms a further 37 artists for next year's festival
From Babymetal and Airbourne to The Wildhearts and Baroness - Download 2020 just got a whole lot louder
Beatles, Rolling Stones and David Bowie photographer Terry O’Neill dead at 81
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Tool reveal Australian and New Zealand tour dates
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Motley Crue’s Kickstart My Heart rocks new SpongeBob SquarePants movie
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Watch Nightwish perform Slaying The Dreamer live
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Kelly Osbourne: There’s an offer on the table for The Osbournes to return
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The first winner of the Affinity Photo New Rock Photographer 2020 is...
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Patti Smith: Every album ranked from worst to best
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Ahead of Black Friday save 48% on these wireless bluetooth earphones
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Airbourne's fifth album Boneshaker proves that they're rock’n’roll for life – and you better believe it
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Nick Cave’s Ghosteen: turning life-altering grief into other-worldly beauty
Nick Cave’s new album Ghosteen is an astonishing work which sees him transform his grief into a poetic masterpiece
The Wildhearts' Diagnosis: a second wave of joyous noise
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Opeth's In Cauda Venenum: in-depth rock luxury from 21st-century prog monarchs
Opeth's 13th album In Cauda Venenum is a lavish, meticulously layered feast for the senses
Have Steel Panther taken the joke too far?
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Tool's Fear Inoculum: intricate, immersive, and thrillingly warped
After well over a decade’s wait, Tool spiral out and keep going further than ever on Fear Inoculum
