"Today will be my final gig with Iron Maiden." Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain retires from band after 42 years
Beloved Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain is officially stepping away from the band
He welcomed Slipknot, Lamb Of God and more onto The Tonight Show – now, Conan O’Brien has followed in their footsteps and played with a metal band
The groove metal behemoths previously teased a new album for April, and now they’ve offered a glimpse inside the studio
The Black Crowes' comeback album Happiness Bastards has been voted the album of the year in Classic Rock magazine's annual end-of-year writer's poll
Seattle legends Pearl Jam have scheduled another run of dates in support of their Dark Matter album
Rock, and indeed, roll
Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron will reunite onstage at a benefit for Seattle Children’s Hospital
The hard rock/heavy metal titans will play arenas and festivals across the continent in June
Grateful Dead spin-off Dead & Company will be the first band to play a second residency at the revolutionary Las Vegas venue
Nine Inch Nails might be back with us sooner than we had imagined
Adam Ant's rescheduled Antmusic tour will kick off at Bournemouth Pavilion on October 23, 2025
"A new chapter in Wildhearts history – new music, new line-up, new label, new focus...”
Drink, drugs, urinating up unsuspecting keyboard players’ legs – fellow hellraisers Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy were partners in crime for decades
A famous frontman looks back on a childhood surrounded by rock stars, actors and welders that his dad had brought home from the pub.
From King Crimson to ELP and beyond, he left a catalogue of impressive creations from an extraordinary musical journey which included that Christmas song
Leprous, Opeth, Slift and others have presented some truly forward-thinking excellence this year
Goth floor fillers, alt.rock milestones, unreleased bangers: Band members past and present, plus collaborators and peers, choose the greatest Sisters of Mercy songs
Bill Wyman's time in The Greatest Rock’N’Roll Band In The World was storied, but there’s been much, much more to his life than that
Yacht rock, soft rock – call it what you will. Here are five brilliant albums that define the genre in all its bearded, Hawaiian-shirted glory
How Mick Jagger helped Sonny and Cher get discovered, then wound up miming to their biggest hit on primetime television in 1965
For some people, travelling life’s road is easy. For lifelong worrier Myles Kennedy it’s anything but
The Cure have gone from sullen outsiders to stadium-sized riff monsters via all points in between
Replacing beloved classics or jumping on the unexpected CD boom bandwagon? Here are ten discs you need in your collection
From a truly atrocious Metallica monstrosity to a One Piece number that'll make your eyes bleed, these are the jumpers to go for on Cyber Monday if you want to ruin Christmas for everyone
On what would have been Mark Lanegan's 60th birthday, friends and peers salute a much-missed musical maverick
Glam royalty Sweet buff up their crown jewels
Two nights, four CDs, one six-string feast
The 20th album from Underground linchpins Crippled Black Phoenix comes with a second disc of covers
English trio SKAM find an intensity of their own on From The Depths
Squeeze celebrate 50 years at The Roundhouse, London
Therapy? roll back the decades in joyous communal celebration of their best-loved album, 1994's Troublegum
National treasure Joan Armatrading maintains forward momentum
Bryan Adams reinvents his wheels again
Succession meets Edgar Allan Poe on prog metal kingpins Opeth's fascinating fourteenth album
Gem-studded yet often overlooked album from ex-Beatle George Harrison, now with added extras