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- February 9
- February 7
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- Oasis ticket fiasco rumbles on as thousands of fans have tickets cancelled in Ticketmaster 'bot' crackdown
- "He immediately tore open the doors of what could be." Gene Simmons recalls being blown away by Ace Frehley's Kiss audition
- "It was a show none of us will forget." If you're still devastated about missing Imagine Dragons on their Loom world tour, dry your eyes: a film of their orchestra-enhanced show at LA's iconic Hollywood Bowl is coming soon to a cinema near you
- "They put a sad cone over my vomit!" A Complete Unknown star Elle Fanning reveals why Timothée Chalamet thought she was "wasted" at her first Bob Dylan show, and why she was bummed when an invite to meet the iconic musician wasn't at all what she expected
- “We’ve got one song with Serj from System Of A Down and we just finished a second Babymetal collab”: Polyphia are making a “heavy” new album stacked with special guests
- "This song is for everyone who's ever felt defeated but chose to fight another day": Watch the video for Bryan Adams' muscular new single Roll With The Punches
- "Oh my God, this is mind-blowing": The makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin say they found some amazing unseen footage from later in the band's career
- February 6
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- "The demos we made were closer to what we dreamed of than our later sessions": Queen are releasing their De Lane Lea demos on vinyl for Record Store Day
- New book sheds further light on the rise of Marillion, Pallas, Twelfth Night, and the 80s prog revival
- “Tom Morello is going to play with the drummer from Tool and they’re going to have Billy Corgan with them”: Sharon Osbourne spills details on running order for Black Sabbath’s farewell show
- Are Tenacious D back?! Jack Black and Kyle Gass confirm first new music together since going on hiatus last year
- "Countless musicians and friends lost everything." Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Jarvis Cocker, Primal Scream, Red Hot Chili Peppers duo and more donate unreleased songs to new benefit album to aid Californian wildfire relief
- The Allmans' legacy continues as The Brothers announce first live shows since 2020
- Jethro Tull consider "all God's children" on new Curious Ruminant track The Tipu House
- "I was exhausted, I had a lot of doubt, and I was a nightmare": Elton John announces collaborative album with Brandi Carlile
- February 5
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- "He was the backbone of Soft Machine." Founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge dead at 81
- R.E.M, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Chelsea Wolfe and more to appear on Good Music To Lift Los Angeles, a 90-song benefit album to help victims of the Californian wildfires, available for one day only
- Black Sabbath to reunite to play final show at blockbuster Birmingham event this summer, with Metallica, Slayer, Gojira, Anthrax and many other metal icons supporting
- Nadine Shah, Lankum's Darragh Lynch, Lisa O'Neill among guest vocalists joining The Pogues for their first UK headline tour in 13 years
- "I wondered if he had brought sandwiches": Jimmy Page only agreed to take part in the Led Zeppelin movie after a seven-hour meeting and an unexpected trip to a boathouse
- February 4
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- Footage of Bill Murray singing Bob Dylan has gone viral and it's fair to say Timothée Chalamet won't be losing any sleep
- Beabadoobee lines up North American headline shows around her Coachella and Bonnaroo festival performances
- Order your limited edition Steven Wilson x Prog bundle – featuring a coloured vinyl version of The Overview and a signed art print!
- Hawkwind announce new studio album There Is No Space For Us
- Solstice storm the Prog Magazine Readers' Poll and announce new studio album Clann
- Even Spotify is getting in on the Spiritbox jokes, calling Courtney LaPlante ‘Poppy’ on its Kickass Metal playlist
- "The goal is world domination." Spiritbox are on the cover of Metal Hammer as one of the most exciting bands in modern metal prepare to unleash Tsunami Sea
- Steven Wilson's return to the prog fold features on the front cover of the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!
- Arctangent 2025 announces headliners Wardruna and Tesseract, adds over 50 bands to the lineup
- Celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden with exclusive all-new interviews - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- "Sh*t happens, and you just have to move through it": The Black Keys announce first US tour since cancelling last US tour
- February 3
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- "This is one of my favourite songs in the whole world": Watch Steven Tyler return to the stage with Nuno Bettencourt and Mick Fleetwood
- “Support your local artists, support your local bands”: Watch Gojira accept the Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance that they’ve deserved for many, many years
- Rick Wakeman announces The Return Of The Caped Crusader Pt 2 tour dates for October
- “I am...really happy to be here.” Watch the cringe-inducing moment an interviewer mistakes Spiritbox singer Courtney LaPlante for Poppy on the Grammys red carpet - and Courtney's classy response
- AC/DC announce return to Europe with Power Up ⚡️ 2025 dates
- Gojira, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and St. Vincent win the rock and metal prizes at the Grammys
- "It got bad because it just turned into this weird dark thing. It became cloak and dagger shit": Toto's Steve Lukather on how cocaine took over Los Angeles in the 1980s