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The tornado struck the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois - multiple injuries reported after a "mass casualty collapse"
Queen + Adam Lambert add more dates to North American Rhapsody Tour
"The Rhapsody show is forever evolving, but it remains at heart a tribute to Freddie Mercury’s majestic legacy" - Queen + Adam Lambert
Leprous announced as Sunday headliner for Night Of The Prog XVI
2023 edition of Night Of The Prog Festival kicks off at Loreley Amphitheatre in July with line-up including Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets
Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells to be reissued for 50th anniversary
Mike Oldfield-overseen reissue coming in May 2023, which includes unreleased 2017 demo Tubular Bells 4 Intro
Watch the moment Kiss’ Gene Simmons set his hair on fire during a 1973 show
Gene Simmons' hair “went up like a f**king matchstick" after his attempt to breathe fire for the very first time on stage with Kiss
Keith Richards sent Jimmy Page a magnum of champagne for playing on the first Rolling Stones single co-written by Ronnie Wood
Keith Richards: a guitar legend, and a generous man
Metallica’s James Hetfield on the “fast” guitar that changed everything
In his new book Messengers: The Guitars Of James Hetfield, the Metallica frontman reflects on the guitar that changed the course of his history
Amy Lee says having a rap forced into Bring Me To Life was "a difficult pill to swallow", doesn't agree with genre "boxes"
Evanescence were famously unhappy about having a rap added to breakout hit Bring Me To Life, even if it's become a beloved part of the song
Danny Elfman shares love for albums by Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, The Beatles
Danny Elfman goes shopping at Hollywood’s Amoeba Music and picks out a selection of records that have defined his life
Watch Metallica's Rob Trujillo play Black Sabbath's Hand Of Doom with his wife Chloe on vocals and his daughter Lullah on drums
Metallica bassist Robert isn't the only musical talent in the Trujillo clan
AVKRVST reveal sombre video for The Pale Moon – watch it here
Norwegian proggers AVKRVST to release delayed debut The Approbation in June via InsideOut
Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump credits Batman as the reason he's a musician
Fall Out Boy frontman salutes the influence of Batman, Danny Elfman and Prince in inspiring his own musical journey
Steve Hackett's Guitar Noir and Darktown to get vinyl releases for very first time
Steve Hackett explored darker sounds on these two solo album form the 1990s
Serj Tankian hooks up with The Hu for impossibly epic new version of Black Thunder
Also on board: DL from Bad Wolves
Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on learning to overcome self-loathing and negativity: "When I think about what plagued me in the ‘90s, I just laugh"
Interviewed on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show, Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan opens up about feeling under constant attack in the '90s
Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst and Wes Borland unveil bold new looks as Limp Bizkit launch European tour
Watch Limp Bizkit give a live debut to Barnacle as they launch their European tour in Munich
Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler sets 6/6/6 release date for his autobiography Into The Void
Geezer Butler says his memoir Into The Void "is coming out 6/6/23. Yes, I know that 2×3=6. Although unintentional, having that as a release date suits me fine"
Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid dead at 76
The death of Keith Reid, who co-wrote Procol Harum's classic A Whiter Shade Of Pale, has been confirmed by the band
