Steve Hackett announces The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal Albert Hall double live album
Steve Hackett celebrates the 50th anniversary of Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway with new live album in July
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Steve Hackett announces The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal Albert Hall double live album
Steve Hackett celebrates the 50th anniversary of Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway with new live album in July
The Who announce North American farewell tour
The Who have also announced a new live album, recorded on the Who's Next tour in 1971
Despite offers, Dead Kennedys won't be reuniting with estranged vocalist Jello Biafra anytime soon says guitarist East Bay Ray
Don't hold your breath for a Dead Kennedys reunion
US Masters golf champion Rory McIllroy admits that getting a message of congratulations from Elton John blew his mind
Since he completed his historic career Grand Slam at Augusta National, golf superstar Rory McIlroy has received messages from across the sport and entertainment world
WWE wrestler Penta has a new entrance theme featuring Tool’s Adam Jones on guitar
The juggernaut pro-wrestling company has also collaborated with metal legends Machine Head, Slayer’s Kerry King and Living Colour in recent weeks
Jimmy Page is being sued again by the man who wrote Dazed and Confused – a track made famous by The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin
Jake Holmes' Dazed and Confused was covered by the Yardbirds before Led Zeppelin reworked it and made it a stone cold classic
David Lee Roth announces first tour since announcing retirement from touring
Diamond Dave returned to the stage at the weekend and now he's booked a dozen more shows
Soundgarden's Kim Thayil names the artists he believes should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
"I don’t think realistically I would see myself in the same club as the Beatles or the Stones or Zeppelin!"
Geezer Butler is having nightmares ahead of Black Sabbath's final show
Anticipation for Black Sabbath's farewell bow is making even the most experienced musicians nervous
Ghost become first hard rock act in four years to top US album chart but miss out in the UK
Skeletá has also had the biggest vinyl sales week for a hard rock album in more than three decades
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett admits he “should be a lot better” at playing guitar
Metallica’s lead guitarist offers an honest appraisal of his own playing during an interview with Metal Hammer
Scorpions cancel three shows as illness leaves Klaus Meine with "inability to sing"
The Scorpions' 60th Anniversary Tour is scheduled to arrive in Europe next month
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In 1988, R.E.M. were so disgusted with the state of the US that guitarist Peter Buck admitted to wanting to shoot President Bush
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“Robert Fripp always has an excuse not to play”: Toyah Willcox is more than Mrs King Crimson
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The Pretenders albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
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Steven Wilson on being a control freak, the wonder of space, Porcupine Tree and more
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Steven Wilson delivers a masterclass in interstellar prog at his first solo show in six years
Steven Wilson kicked off his first solo tour in six years in Stockholm last night. We were there
Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII shines new light on a counterculture classic
Once the preserve of late-night viewings, Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii now comes striding into the daylight
Propagandhi are as confused about the state of things as everyone else on vital new album At Peace
Canada’s punk/metal iconoclasts aren’t sure what to do about the chaos across the globe, but their eighth album is poignant and poetic all the same
Stereophonics fail to strike a chord quite like the early days on thirteenth studio album
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H.E.A.T tighten their grip on the modern melodic rock crown on Welcome To The Future
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Billy Idol reflects on the good, the bad and the ugly sides of his life on Dream Into It
The UK punk who conquered the US looks back on his life and the scene that made him on ninth solo album
After six albums of Beelzebub-bothering, Ghost's melodic metal is more tempting than ever
Swedish purveyors of satanic arena rock Ghost camp it up on sixth album Skeletá
Stand aside Jesus - Ghost’s devilish Skeletour show is the perfect Easter resurrection
Ghost return to London after three years in Satanic style, with new songs, a new look and a ban on phones
In the age of dystopian catastrophe Hawkwind are still looking to space
Hawkwind's 37th album There’s No Space For Us finds the space travellin' veterans in cosmic shipshape form
The big hits are nowhere to be heard as Neil Young digs deep on the unusually atmospheric Coastal
Neil Young's millionth live album just happens to be a good one
How Lollapalooza helped lay the foundations for a cultural revolution, via alternative rock, heroin, pierced penises, stomach bile cocktails and a shotgun
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