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September 13
- Foo Fighters return to stage for first time in a year with intimate last-minute show in California
- “None of it has gone unnoticed – it’s carried me through many nights”: Sharon Osbourne thanks fans for their “overwhelming” support following Ozzy’s death
- "We're probably the truest form of rock and roll there is." P.O.D.'s Marcos Curiel says the band are done trying to prove themselves
- The Who add one 'final' date to their North American farewell tour
- "I had to learn to walk again." Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil reveals he had a stroke in December
September 12
- Sabaton x Nothing More is one of the most surprising heavy metal collaborations we’ve heard all year – and it doesn’t sound half bad
- “This is either going to be a nice coda to Van Halen or it’s going to ruin my life”: Wolfgang Van Halen explains the extreme risk that comes with playing his dad’s songs onstage
- Pink Floyd announce 50th anniversary reissue of Wish You Were Here
- These were David Bowie's favourite songs, according to a note found while amassing his new V&A archive
- "I don't care that they hate it, it's the fact that they are talking about it." Why Within Temptation won't shy away from getting political with their music
- Listen to Limp Bizkit's brand new single Making Love To Morgan Wallen, featuring nods to Chester Bennington, David Bowie, dolphins and Donald Trump
- Motörhead: 50 Years Louder - A celebration, only in the new issue of Classic Rock
September 11
- "I can't wait to get this band onstage in front of people": The Wildhearts announce More Satanic Rites Of... tour dates
- Watch Metallica play Master Of Puppets to just 500 people at ultra-intimate show last month
- Spock's Beard return with The Archaeoptimist, their first new studio album in seven years!
- Watch Turnstile's Brendan Yates stage dive during the band's Tiny Desk Concert performance
- Motörhead to be celebrated on punk rock tribute album featuring Pennywise, Anti-Nowhere League and others
- Robert Plant's Saving Grace with Suzi Dian announces UK tour dates
- Flying Colors and Kansas guitarist Steve Morse to release first new Steve Morse Band album for sixteen years
- Debate: who are the greatest thrash metal band of all time?
- "It's like watching David Hasselhoff": Justin Hawkins backs brother Dan's criticism of "poseur" Yungblud's Ozzy tribute
September 10
- "I'm hoping to go there and watch myself": David Gilmour hints at Pink Floyd avatar show at the Sphere in Las Vegas
- King Crimson offshoot Beat share new live clip of Thela Hun Ginjeet
- "We still wanna rock!": Twisted Sister will tour the world in 2026 to celebrate half a century of Not Taking It
- Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson says he’d have been “comfortable” if cancer treatment irreparably affected his singing voice
- Why have Pink Floyd wrapped their album sleeves on streaming services in black?
- "It's up to King Charles, it's not up to us." British rock legends Spinal Tap play down speculation over possible knighthoods, excite US talk show host with surprisingly meaty Big Bottom
- “One of the biggest artists in the world knew who we were. It was awesome!”: Deftones got their first major record deal because Madonna liked their music
- “I understand, I’m paying the price right now.” Slaughter To Prevail’s Alex Terrible addresses allegations of having racist and transphobic beliefs in new interview
- "What someone loves about you one day might be cited as a reason they hate you now." Fast-rising US hardcore crew Militarie Gun share new single Throw Me Away, announce UK and European shows for 2026
- System Of A Down announce European stadium tour with support from Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath
- Watch Jeff Beck's mind-boggling version of You Know What I Mean on The Midnight Special
September 9
- The 27 current best-selling albums on Bandcamp are all by the same band
- Watch a unique version of Motörhead classic Ace Of Spades, and a killer take on Little Richard's Good Golly Miss Molly, as Lemmy fronts Jools Holland's big band R'n'B Orchestra on British TV in 1995
- Massively expanded edition of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Axis: Bold As Love announced
- Are System Of A Down teasing their first European tour since 2017?
- “Organised religion is causing the worst genocides and most horrible situations in the history of mankind”: Nightwish’s Floor Jansen goes on vicious tirade against Christianity
- Bryan Adams announces UK leg of Roll With The Punches tour
- Allen Blickle, founding Baroness drummer, dead at 42
- "Makes me sick how people jump on this sh*t to further their own careers": The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins slams MTV Ozzy tribute
- "This time there will actually be music or your money back": Taika Waititi is working on a Fyre Fest musical
September 8
- "A collection of material that has been the heartbeat of our journey": Blackberry Smoke celebrate 25th anniversary with album honouring late drummer Brit Turner
- Eagles announce four 2026 shows at Sphere in Las Vegas
- "Foo Fighters Assemble!!!" Dave Grohl's band return to the studio, teasing fans with the promise of "info you won’t want to miss"
- Watch Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson sing Judas Priest with a busker on the streets of New Orleans
- Much-hyped mystery men President haven’t even released an EP yet and they’re already headlining a festival
- “Ozzy forever, man”: Yungblud wore Ozzy Osbourne’s necklace during tribute performance at the VMAs last weekend
- "There was so much interest in Nirvana. I couldn’t believe it." What Dave Grohl thought of the much-loved grunge exhibition in Seattle which has closed after 14 years
- "Being the lone guy at the front was a huge challenge. It was really nerve-wracking." Robert Plant recalls his anxiety during the early days of Led Zeppelin, and admits the band had their off days
- In perhaps the first wholesome story in Slayer history, Tom Araya renewed his wedding vows over the weekend – and Gary Holt officiated the ceremony
- “It’s flattering. Do I think that we are? Not necessarily”: Chino Moreno reacts to Deftones being called ‘the Radiohead of metal’
- Big Big Train drummer enlists Steve Hackett for rewiring of Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tribute album
- "All aboooooooard!" Watch the all-star Ozzy Osbourne tribute from MTV's awards show
- Rick Davies, Supertramp co-founder and vocalist, dead at 81
September 7
- "Being a rock star is overrated." Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx is falling out of love with touring
- Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl to be honoured at LA gala for his volunteer work with people experiencing homelessness
- Camel's Andy Latimer releases new material on Bandcamp
- Leprous share dramatic live clip of Like A Sunken Ship as they announce new live release
September 6
- “Dear Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, we know what love is." Foreigner make their case to play at upcoming celebrity wedding
- Watch unearthed 1991 Metallica interview in which they insist they are not a thrash metal band
- Spiritbox, Turnstile, Cassyette, Disturbed and more to feature on heavy soundtrack to EA Sports' NHL 26
- Yungblud, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Nuno Bettencourt to honour Ozzy Osbourne with performance at MTV Video Music Awards
September 5
- “We were what Adam D referred to as riff salad”: Parkway Drive look back on being produced by Killswitch Engage’s guitarist
- “It’s about challenging the norms and showing how strong we are when unified as women”: Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante explain how their generational team-up End Of You came together
- The Last Dinner Party share new single The Scythe, announce shows in Ireland, the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand
- President continue to campaign ahead of their first EP with new single Destroy Me
- Watch the video for new Biffy Clyro single True Believer, the third preview of their forthcoming tenth album Futique
- Archivists discover that David Bowie was working on a musical set in 18th Century London when he died
- Slipknot have finally had one of their songs hit the billion-stream mark on Spotify
- The silencing of The Lamb... Genesis are on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now
- Planning an Allman Brothers-themed holiday? You can now stay in Duane Allman's old house in Macon
September 4
- "Hey Roger Waters 🦆 You!" Jack Osbourne doubles down on Roger Waters roast with emoji-powered social media post
- "It shocked me because of how different it sounded": Bruce Springsteen releases long-awaited Nebraska version of Born In The USA
- Watch the video for the metal collab of the year as Amy Lee, Courtney LaPlante and Poppy team up for new single End Of You
- "Please don't put it on the internet!" Did Limp Bizkit just tease a new song in the funnest way ever?
- Mike Oldfield producer Tom Newman to release his autobiography, Fine Old Tales
- Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with a Helloween cover and t-shirt you won’t find in the shops
- Watch the video for Robert Plant's new single Chevrolet, the opening track on the former Led Zeppelin frontman's forthcoming album Saving Grace
- "We are finally ready for Different Class to be heard in all its glory." Pulp announce 30th anniversary reissue of Britpop cornerstone Different Class, to include their never-before-released Glastonbury 1995 set
- Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson collaborates with Blackfeet Nation member Nicholas Rink on new ambient BardSpec song Eternity
- Rick Wakeman announces new album, Melancholia, will be released in October
- Mike Oldfield announces double-vinyl, half-speed remaster of Amarok reissue for October
September 3
- Alter Bridge launch first new song in over two years, announce US tour
- “I wanted to make a song I felt like a lot of women can relate to”: Scene Queen drops new single Platform Shoes one day before start of European tour
- "I'm slowly building up towards a new album." David Gilmour hopes to have a new record out "within the next year or two."
- "Who knows where this will all lead?" Radiohead announce first live dates for seven years
- The bloodsoaked trailer for Disney Plus series Marvel Zombies features Poppy and Babymetal collaboration From Me To U
- Sex Pistols forced to postpone North American and South American tours after Steve Jones breaks his wrist
- Pre-order a gothic purple vinyl of new Creeper album Sanguivore II: Mistress Of Death with an exclusive signed art card – available via the Louder store
- "It's one of the best rock songs ever!" Queen's Brian May talks exclusively to Classic Rock about working with The Struts on their newly reimagined update of their debut single Could Have Been Me
- Solstice to reissue remastered version of 1984 debut album Silent Dance
- Bring Me The Horizon have 12 songs left over from their latest album ready for release
- "How pathetic and out of touch you've become." Jack Osbourne issues scathing response to Roger Waters after comments about his father Ozzy
September 2
- The Who announce super deluxe version of Who Are You including 71 unreleased tracks
- Mastodon members join The March Of Brent Hinds in Atlanta to celebrate life of late ex-guitarist
- "I'm outside of the mainstream, and that's how I like it": Blaze Bayley's debut solo album flopped 25 years ago - but now he's taking it on the road
September 1
- Watch: we asked people at Reading Festival to finish these iconic metal lyrics and it didn’t go well
- “Those two are really strong, powerful albums and people will appreciate them later”: Steve Harris defends The X Factor and Virtual XI, Iron Maiden’s most derided albums
- UK stoner/doom champions Green Lung to headline Desertfest London 2026; four other bands also confirmed
- Hawklords announce twelfth studio album Faith will be released in October
- "It's going to be an incredible night for all the fans!": Def Leppard announce 2026 European tour with brand new show
- Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp are back and they're more brightly-coloured than ever
- Watch Daron Malakian join stunned System Of A Down tribute band for cover of Cigaro in Chicago
- Watch Brian May and superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli sing Queen's Who Wants To Live Forever