Here are the 11 biggest news stories of the week
It’s been another busy week in the world of rock, metal and prog – here are some of the biggest news stories
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Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt star in new Asbury Park film
New film will tell the story of Asbury Park and how the power of music can unite a community - out in cinemas in May
Watch Steve Perry explore the streets of Hollywood in first official video in 25 years
After releasing three studio videos in 2018 for material from his solo album Traces, Steve Perry shares his first official promo since the 90s
Don Dokken has recorded a Celine Dion cover
The Dokken leader reports that he’s recorded a trio of covers - including Celine Dion’s Titanic anthem My Heart Will Go On
Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett announces solo album Hard Lessons
Chris Shiflett’s solo album will launch in June - check out the new single Welcome To Your First Heartache
Listen to Motley Crue’s new tracks Ride With The Devil and Crash And Burn
Both songs feature on the soundtrack to the Crue’s biopic The Dirt - out today to coincide with the launch of the film on Netflix
Phil Collins announces Still Not Dead Yet Live! US tour
Following his live shows in Europe later this year, Phil Collins will play a total of 15 dates in the US
Nikki Sixx: I’m 100% behind the #MeToo movement
Motley Crue bassist says he stands firmly behind the #MeToo movement - and reveals what he wants people to take away with them after watching The Dirt
Gene Simmons is “continually astonished” by how fans react at rainy English festivals
Kiss star says the differences between how European audiences react compared to those in California is night and day
Alan Parsons shares video for his new track I Can’t Get There From Here
I Can’t Get There From Here features guest vocals from Jared Mahone - video footage taken from the film 5-25-77
Motley Crue and The Who classics star in trailer for Netflix's Stranger Things 3
Watch trailer for season 3 of Netflix’s hit sci-fi series Stranger Things featuring tracks by Motley Crue and The Who
Suicidal Tendencies, Queensryche and more added to Megadeth’s Megacruise
Megadeth name a further 6 bands who will join them “thrashing through the Pacific” later this year on the inaugural Megacruise
Tobias Forge: My kids are fans of Ghost
Ghost frontman Tobias Forge says his 10-year-old twins are fans of the band’s music - as he talks about balancing his work and family life
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Eddie Van Halen – the long lost interview
Before Eddie Van Halen became a musical Goliath and a template for other musicians, writer Steven Rosen interviewed their young guitarist
The Rise Of Lenny Kravitz
The record industry claimed he "wasn't black enough or white enough" to become famous - this is how the funk-rock superstar proved them wrong.
Holy Diver: How Ronnie James Dio made the album that defined his legacy
After his tenures in Rainbow and Sabbath ended in disarray, Ronnie James Dio was determined to create his own legacy. With Holy Diver, that's exactly what he did
10 reasons why The Analogues are the best Beatles tribute act you'll ever see
They don't look like The Beatles. They don't dress like The Beatles. They're Dutch. There's five of them. But they sound exactly like the real thing
How to buy the very best of ZZ Top
The hirsute Texan rockers have an extensive track record – here we pick out the ZZ Top records essential for any collection
Coven, blood oaths and the real story of how heavy metal was born
Devil horns, hailing Satan, a song called Black Sabbath. No, it’s not a metal highlight reel: they were all found on Coven's unsung classic from 1969
The story behind the song: Black Gives Way To Blue by Alice In Chains
The Seattle legends’ emotional tribute to Layne Staley would require them to dig deeper than ever – and get some unexpected help from Sir Elton John
The Top 10 most underrated Judas Priest songs
The British band have written some of the great heavy metal anthems. But these are the connoisseur’s choices
This is what it’s like getting to shoot Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne
We talk to Herring & Herring, the photography company who have shot some of music’s biggest names
Opeth’s Blackwater Park: inside a 21st century prog-metal masterpiece
The album that turned a bunch of gnarly Swedes into flag-bearers for prog-metal in the new millennium
The Story Behind The Song: Death To All But Metal by Steel Panther
Michael Starr and Satchel on the track that made Steel Panther superstars
The Story Behind The Song: Bring The Noise by Anthrax And Public Enemy
Rock-rap was no longer virgin territory, but by 1991 things were ratcheted up a notch by the teaming of trash-culture metalheads Anthrax with militant rappers Public Enemy.
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Best Of Everything album review
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' career-spanning double CD compilation, also available on quadruple vinyl
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Signs album review
Susan Tedeschi. Derek Trucks. And their Band. Album number four is Signs
Sammy Hagar: Danger Zone Collectors Edition album review
Ex-Montrose, pre-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar seeks solo success
Guns N’ Roses: looking back at GN’R Lies
Conceived as a stop-gap release, the second Guns N’ Roses album remains a remarkable one-off – in every sense.
Fleetwood Mac: 50 Years - Don’t Stop - album review
Career-spanning but hits-heavy collection from Fleetwood Mac
Muse: Simulation Theory album review
Space rockers Muse go full San Junipero on new album Simulation Theory
Mott The Hoople: Mental Train (The Island Years 1969-1971) album review
From Mott The Hoople, a band that had two lives: a collection drawn from their fist and most exciting one
Blackberry Smoke - The Southern Ground Sessions EP review
Southern rockers Blackberry Smoke return with a six-track acoustic EP
Ace Frehley - Spaceman album review
While his guitar playing can still thrill, words fail former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley
Billy F Gibbons: The Big Bad Blues album review
ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons goes back to his roots for second solo album
