Tour the world with Freddie Mercury as Queen launch first mobile game
Queen: Rock Tour promises players "no masks, no social distancing, just the good old fashioned live experience"
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New Frank Zappa book spotlights his Scandinavian exploits
Frank Zappa - The Nordic Stories collates fan memories from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland
Yes release new live clip of Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Prog legends Yes detail limited edition vinyl version of upcoming Union 30 Live
Yes release live clip of Roundabout and announce new massive Union live box set
Yes to release massive 30-disc limited edition deluxe box set Union 30 Live in May
Journey’s Don't Stop Believin’ passes 1 billion streams on Spotify
Journey become only the second band to rack up 1 billion streams of an an individual song on Spotify
Megadeth‘s new album will feature a mystery cover song
Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy? The Wellerman? Enter Sandman? What cover version is Dave Mustaine planning for the new Megadeth album?
This genius Van Halen vs Stevie Wonder mash-up is the party anthem 2021 needs
Van Halen + Steve Wonder = a f**ing good time
Tom Morello and the creators of Game Of Thrones are teaming up for a new metal movie
Tom Morello is executive music producer on upcoming movie Metal Lords from Game Of Thrones showrunners
Watch Steven Tyler & Billy Gibbons burn through Rattlesnake Shake with Mick Fleetwood & Friends
Filmed a year ago at Mick Fleetwood & Friends' tribute show for Peter Green in London, Rattlesnake Shake features Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons
Watch the 49-year-old Led Zeppelin film discovered in a shed in New Zealand
Filmed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1972, this rare Led Zeppelin footage now has an audio track
Metal-lovers unite, Beavis And Butt-Head will return to the big screen
MTV’s Beavis And Butt-Head are getting a new movie courtesy of Paramount+
Listen to this spooky mashup of Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) in the style of Type O Negative
The internet’s go-to for band mashups, Denis Pauna, has covered Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) with a goth metal twist
Remembering that Halloween night Ozzy Osbourne nearly blew up Slash and Tom Morello
Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello recalls how doing Ozzy Osbourne a favour almost got him and Slash killed
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Brunhilde: "We want to provoke!"
Meet the German punk-metal sensations who've already dented the charts and are intent on confounding your expectations
Steven Adler: How Guns N' Roses made Appetite For Destruction
In 1987, the ‘real’ GN’R bottled the mayhem of the Sunset Strip on their classic debut album Appetite For Destruction. Ousted drummer Steven Adler tells all
Why I ❤️ Experience Hendrix – The Best Of Jimi Hendrix, by Paul Rodgers
Paul Rodgers, once of Free and Bad Company and subsequent solo star, on the Jimi Hendrix compilation that's "something special"
The rise of the Walker Brothers and the terrifying reality of pop mania
For a short period in the 60s, the Walker Brothers were bigger than The Beatles, idolised and frantically mobbed by hysterical screaming girl fans – but their main singer hated it
14 songs that defined the career of Ronnie James Dio
From playing bass with The Vegas Kings, a rockabilly outfit formed in 1957, to his time with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, solo and beyond, Ronnie James Dio had a career like no other
The story behind Gimme Some Lovin’ by the Spencer Davis Group
Gimme Some Lovin’ by the Spencer Davis Group was knocked off in less time than it took to cart Steve Winwood’s Hammond into the Marquee
Captain Beefheart: a guide to his best albums
Captain Beefheart, the Magic Band’s eccentric leader, was an influential artist tortured by his failure to break into the mainstream. These are his best albums
The Story Behind The Song: Metallica’s Enter Sandman
How a grunge band inadvertently inspired the song that would turn Metallica into the world’s biggest metal band
The Police: fake punks, buried tapes, and the making of Zenyatta Mondatta
How The Police battled a tight deadline, rid themselves of label interference, and made the album that turned them into international superstars: Zenyatta Mondatta
Let's Dance: the improbable story of Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters
With his determination, dedication and energy, Dave Grohl has built Foo Fighters into one of the biggest bands in the world. Now, with new album Medicine At Midnight, he wants you to boogie
Tracks of the Week: new music from Myles Kennedy, Andrew W.K. and more
Eight rock'n'roll satellites launched into orbit, ready to send righteous signals back to anyone listening
Warren Zevon: a guide to his best albums
The singer-songwriter’s singer-songwriter? The ultimate one hit wonder? A cynical maverick? Warren Zevon was all of those and more
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Be-Bop Deluxe's Drastic Plastic expanded but still elegant
Drastic Plastic was Be-Bop Deluxe's swansong album before Bill Nelson moved on, and its consistency masked an inner turmoil
Steve Lukather plays it safe on I Found The Sun Again
On Steve Lukather's I Found The Sun Again the 60s and 70s influence a surprisingly safe record, despite the dynamic personnel involved
Alice Cooper's Detroit Stories is his most concise bolt of precision-tooled heavy rock in 50 years
Fifty years since Love It To Death, Alice Cooper revisits his birth city and forges a late-life classic with Detroit Stories
Lee Kerslake's Eleventeen is a poignant, welcome reminder of his skills
Eleventeen by Lee Kerslake is a fitting farewell from the former Ozzy and Uriah Heep drummer
The Alarm's War: recorded in isolation but bursting with heart
War (that's Raw in reverse, spelling fans) is The Alarm's rapid response to modern life
Whitesnake's Blues Album blurs genres but remains in the shadow of the blues
After Whitesnake albums called silver, gold, purple, red and white, David Coverdale completes a weird rainbow on The Blues Album
Mogwai's As The Love Continues treads an unlikely fine line between waft and heft
Sound sense from Mogwai on 10th album As The Love Continues
Ricky Warwick's complex soul exposed on When Life Was Hard And Fast
Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick's panoramic When Life Was Hard And Fast is his seventh album under his own name
The Hold Steady's Open Door Policy finds new life beyond the burn-out
Brooklyn’s anthemic bar rockers The Hold Steady tell stories featuring a litany of beaten characters on Open Door Policy, but there's light in the darkness
Dio live albums: repackaged but still offering more Heaven than Hell
Ronnie James Dio's live albums Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City and Holy Diver Live get taken out for another spin
Death By Unga Bunga's stellar songcraft shines on Heavy Male Insecurity
Heavy Male Insecurity is the fifth album from muscular Norwegian power-poppers Death By Unga Bunga
