
Watch Bruce Dickinson leading a 15,000 crowd in singing happy birthday to Nicko McBrain
The celebrations may have come a day early, but an arena full of Finnish Iron Maiden fans probably didn't care
The celebrations may have come a day early, but an arena full of Finnish Iron Maiden fans probably didn't care
Liam Gallagher has responded to brother Liam's unfavourable review of his badly-received cover of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart
Watch footage of Slash and Courtney Love onstage together in 2009
Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo says he would "love it" if Slayer covered the title track from 72 Seasons "because some people say there’s a competition [between us]"
According to former Oasis bandleader Noel Gallagher, The 1975 don't write rock music
Ghost and Harry Styles were both booked to play Amsterdam on the same night in opposite venues, and people are loving how different their fanbases looked
Peter Gabriel is expected to release his long-awaited latest studio album i/o later this year
The full 20 minutes of Howard Stern's 1989 conversation with Axl Rose has surfaced: subjects covered include tattoos, Aerosmith, Bruce Dickinson, and Axl's lost phone book
Wolfgang Van Halen joked about his uncle guesting on upcoming Mammoth album – and it cost him time and (very little) money
Noel Gallagher performed a cover of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart on the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room series, and brother Liam was far from impressed
Black Sabbath's 1981 UK tour was a victory lap for their rebirth with Ronnie James Dio. A shame then that a local taxi company gatecrashed the celebrations
Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger says Pantera's Dimebag and Vinnie Paul would often defend his band from haters: "It was really, really lovely"
Metallica were facing oblivion at the turn of the millennium. 20 years ago today, they'd release the album that'd turn their fortunes around - and go down in infamy
There's always a street corner ready to welcome a famous busker, from Steven Tyler to Paul McCartney to Bruce Springsteen and beyond
Dead Boys had a rampant live show and a debut album matched only by The Ramones. But The Dead Boys lived it like they played it, and burned out after only two records
At a critical and commercial peak after Aqualung, Tull frontman Ian Anderson created an album that split one epic track over two sides - parodying prog and rock poetry
With her looks, charisma and star quality, Suzi Quatro was the undisputed queen of 70s glam-rock. These are her best albums
Joy Division have become one of the most influential alternative bands of the last 40 years, and these five new bands are bringing that sound bang up to date
From glitching electronics to unpredictable prog and heavy metal theatrics, ...Life Is But A Dream is an absolute trip. If you're enjoying it, here's where to go next
Here's all the proof you need that when they fancy it, Metallica know how to put the pedal to the metal
The best of The Boss: from factory floors to open highways, Bruce Springsteen's best albums conjure up vivid images of American truth and hope
Novelist Ben Myers (The Gallows Pole/The Offing) salutes Joey Ramone, the king of the underdogs
Pub rock: a live-wire, booze-driven reaction to the pomp and excesses of prog and the perceived artifice of glam
Huntington Beach titans Avenged Sevenfold's career-defining masterpiece Life Is But A Dream sets a new benchmark
Ex-Oasis chief Noel Gallagher returns to his musical roots with fourth High Flying Birds album Council Skies
Nashville rockers Buckcherry crank up the volume on their tenth album
Fortune favours the grave as superstar supergroup Hollywood Vampires launch their first live album
Iron Maiden's rambunctious Prague show might be packing deep cuts, but it makes for no less an enthralling experience
Steely Dan's initially overlooked sleeper Countdown To Ecstasy is back on wax
Judas Priest man Richie Faulkner returns, backed by Rex Brown, Ronnie Romero and Scott Travis, on Elegant Weapons' debut Horns For A Halo
After a stellar 1972, Marc Bolan had a less successful 1973. Whatever Happened To The Teenage Dream? documents the decline
Hanoi Rocks: The Days We Spent Underground 1981-1984 celebrates the pre-major label days of the band who reinvented the template for high-energy, sleazy rock’n’roll
The Mael brothers cement their autumnal resurgence with The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte, a strong return to their former UK label
Winking provocateurs Ghost give Genesis, Iron Maiden and Tina Turner the Satanic heavy metal treatment