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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

Ex-American Head Charge singer Cameron Heacock has been found living on the streets
By Merlin Alderslade published
Cameron Heacock, whose band American Head Charge toured with Slipknot and Rammstein and worked with Rick Rubin, says he has been homeless for years

"Prepare yourselves for a night of epic music!" Voivod announce UK tour dates in June 2026
By Jerry Ewing published
Canadian prog metal legends Voivod will tour the UK with Midnight and Cryptosis in June

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

Nu metal kids, rejoice! Full videos of classic Deftones and Linkin Park festival sets have just been released online
By Matt Mills published
Dutch festival Pinkpop has released pro-shot footage of Deftones’ 2006 show and Linkin Park’s 2012 headline set

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

Svalbard, one of British metal’s best underground bands, have just released their final song
By Matt Mills published
The four-piece’s farewell UK tour kicks off on Wednesday

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

Limp Bizkit show in Estonia cancelled after Fred Durst's previous support of Vladimir Putin resurfaces online
By Stef Lach published
Fred Durst had plenty to say about Russia and Putin in the past – and it appears to have come back to bite Limp Bizkit

"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

Dogma have imploded amidst a ton of allegations. Here's everything we know
By Merlin Alderslade published
Various Dogma alumni have released statements about the way the band is run - and the statements keep coming
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