Chris Slade: To my knowledge I’m still AC/DC’s drummer
Chris Slade reports he’s heard nothing to suggest he’s out of AC/DC - despite rumours suggesting Phil Rudd is back behind the kit
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Placebo announce online summer festival lockdown series
Placebo will stream eight full festival performances from between 1996 and 2015 in the Lost Tapes: Summer Festival Lockdown Series
Corey Taylor: Stone Sour are on indefinite hiatus
Corey Taylor confirms that Stone Sour has “kind of run its course for now”
Shirley Manson confirms new Garbage album will be out next year
“We’ve got three more songs to go and then we’re done,” says Garbage vocalist Shirley Manson about the follow-up to 2016's Strange Little Birds
Status Quo cancel UK and European Backbone tour
Status Quo report their tour in support of the Backbone album which was due to take place throughout October, November and December won’t be rescheduled
Evanescence recruit Lzzy Hale, Sharon den Adel and more for new single Use My Voice
Evanescence share short video preview of their upcoming single Use My Voice which features a number of guest vocalists
Queen’s Brian May thanks firefighters for tackling wildfire that threatened his home
Brian May praises fire service after an enormous blaze in Surrey threatened to destroy his home over the weekend
Wayne Hussey and friends remake The Mission classic Tower Of Strength
Wayne Hussey recruits artists including All About Eve’s Julianne Regan, Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore and Gary Numan - all money raised from sales will support frontline workers
Sparks are forced to reschedule 2020 UK and European tour
Sparks call off their October UK and European tour in support of new album A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip and move dates into 2021
'Red Alert day of action' to take place in support of #WeMakeEvents initiative
Members of the UK's live events industry are taking part in a national day of action to highlight the 'red alert' currently facing music event staff and venues
Dynamic blues rocker Fantastic Negrito will light up YouTube this week for 3-song set
Fantastic Negrito will team up with Orange Amplification later this week to perform an exclusive three-track set live
Metallica wind the clock back to 2004 - as they confirm Howard Stern appearance
Metallica revisit their show in Munich on the Madly In Anger With The World tour ahead of their appearance on The Howard Stern Show later this week
Iron Maiden pay tribute to Martin Birch: Simply one of the greatest people we have ever worked with
Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and manager Rod Smallwood pay tribute to producer and engineer Martin Birch who died earlier this week
Michael Schenker announces new MSG album Immortal
Michael Schenker will celebrate his 50th anniversary as a musician with new record featuring Joe Lynn Turner, Ronnie Romero, Derek Sherinian and more
Metallica announce their first live show of 2020
Metallica’s Encore Drive-In Nights show will be shown across North America at drive-ins and outdoor theatres later this month
Iron Maiden, Deep Purple and Whitesnake producer and engineer Martin Birch dead at 71
Whitesnake’s David Coverdale confirms that legendary producer and engineer Martin Birth has died
L7 will celebrate 30 years of Smell The Magic with new anniversary edition
L7 will mark the 30th anniversary of their second studio album Smell The Magic with a new remastered edition later this year
Listen to The Sword’s sludge-filled cover of Rush classic Working Man
Texan outfit The Sword get together remotely once again for their Conquest Of Quarantine sessions - this time to record their take on Rush’s 1974 track Working Man
Steve Hackett announces Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live
Steve Hackett will release Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live At Hammersmith later this year - watch performance of Deja Vu
