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Mötley Crüe announce mammoth Carnival Of Sins tour with Tesla and Extreme
By Fraser Lewry published
If you missed all the big top action on the original Carnival Of Sins tour, now's your chance to put that right

Guns N’ Roses, Foo Fighters, My Chemical Romance, Bring Me The Horizon, Poppy, Turnstile, Rise Against and more than 150 other rock and metal bands have just been announced for Welcome To Rockville festival 2026
By Matt Mills published
Florida’s largest rock, metal and punk festival will return to Daytona Beach in May

Pink Floyd share new stereo mix of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, presented for the first time as a single continuous piece of music
By Jerry Ewing published
Pink Floyd will reissue their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here, on various formats on December 12

Jack Osbourne discusses “shock” of his father Ozzy’s death during latest episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
By Matt Mills published
“We knew he was sick for a while, but we didn’t think it’d be that quick,” the TV personality admits during a conversation with soap opera actress and fellow contestant Lisa Riley

Wolfgang Van Halen details his spiritual struggle following the death of his father Eddie
By Matt Mills published
The Mammoth singer/multi-instrumentalist says that losing his father left a “black hole” that made him question his spirituality

Deep Purple announce UK tour with Mammoth
By Fraser Lewry published
Rock's old guard collides with new on five-date tour

Foreigner and Lynyrd Skynyrd announce Double Trouble Double Vision tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner will hit the road with Six Gun Sally

Halestorm describe what it was like backstage at Ozzy Osbourne’s retirement show Back To The Beginning
By Matt Mills published
Pennsylvania’s hard rockers were one of the dozens of iconic heavy bands who played at Ozzy’s swansong in July

"There’s nothing quite like playing live in the UK!" Marillion announce UK tour dates in September and October
By Jerry Ewing published
UK prog rockers Marillion follow selling out two nights at Italy's prestigious amphitheatre in Pompeii with UK tour announcement

Dave Mustaine wants Megadeth's final show to be in space
By Merlin Alderslade published
Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has lofty ambitions for the band's final ever show. Like, seriously lofty

AC/DC bring earthquake-level noise to first Australian show in 10 years
By Stef Lach published
Residents of Melbourne who live miles away from venue were shook all night long by AC/DC's seismic return

Watch unmasked Kiss pay emotional tribute to late Ace Frehley at Las Vegas show
By Stef Lach published
Kiss Kruise: Land-locked in Vegas launches with heartfelt tribute to guitarist Ace Frehley who died last month

Marillion's Steve Hogarth shares cover of Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat as he announces new live album
By Jerry Ewing published
Steve Hogarth will release live album SPQR, with Italian prog rockers RanestRane, on CD, Blu-ray and vinyl, in January

"Lemmy goes and sees his doctor, and the doctor is like, ‘Holy ****! If you’d waited another week, you’d have died!'" How Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister shrugged off his health issues for years
By Merlin Alderslade published
Some of Lemmy's closest allies share warm stories of the typically bullish way Lemmy would deal with any health problems

Hear John Petrucci add lightning to new Steve Morse Band song Triangulation
By Martin Kielty published
Dream Theater guitarist guests on instrumental title track to the Flying Colors and Kansas counterpart’s latest record, which also features Eric Johnson and Kevin Morse

The Osbournes speak out against liars, grifters and "nutters" taking advantage of Ozzy's death
By Merlin Alderslade published
Unsurprisingly, some people have used the death of Ozzy to spread nonsense - and toenails, apparently

Choir marks 10th anniversary of Paris terrorist attacks with poignant version of Rival Sons song
By Fraser Lewry published
France remembers the 130 victims of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris
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