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- May 9
- May 8
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- "We're back, baby!" It turns out that Greta Van Fleet haven't broken up after all
- Kneecap lose out to Michael Jackson in battle for UK number one
- "I said, Well, while you’re here then, you better go and do something!" Mick Jagger explains how Robert Smith from The Cure became a surprise special guest on the new Rolling Stones album, Foreign Tongues
- "A new immersive experience." Sleep Token have just surprise-released a brand new version of their history-making album, Even In Arcadia
- "Women in the rock community, most of us know each other. It's important that we lift each other up." Evanescence's Amy Lee looks back on her internet-breaking collab with Poppy and Courtney LaPlante
- "When I saw the picture of him with the sweat and blood, I was like, 'Okay, this isn't a bunch of guys just wearing makeup.'" Slipknot's Clown reveals how rock icons Kiss changed his life forever
- "I did my gnomework!" Queen's Brian May unveils Billy Bad-Axe, created to help raise funds for the Royal Horticultural Society charity, but reveals he's been blocked from planting daffodils in his home village due to safety fears
- King Crimson announce new 2014 New York live album will be released in July
- "We are ready to give our audiences one last, loud, fun, and hopefully unforgettable night of rock and roll." L7 announce North American dates for their farewell tour, The Last Hurrah
- Get an exclusive blue frogspawn/plankton vinyl edition of new Evanescence album Sanctuary, only through the official Metal Hammer store
- "I think the dance floor is dead, so now we're making rock music." Pop star Charli XCX releases new song Rock Music and it kinda rocks
- "We just recorded a new song that Paul wrote." Gene Simmons confirms that Kiss are back in the studio
- "We know that you all wish her well." Bonnie Tyler placed in medically induced coma after emergency surgery
- May 7
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- "It blew Ian's mind!" Why Dave Grohl gifted punk rock legend Ian MacKaye a personalised message from right wing motormouth Ted Nugent for his 63rd birthday
- “It was our first clandestine operation, gathered in a larder listening to church bells tolling”: Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive HIM cover, t-shirt and signed art card
- "He called me the night before he passed to tell me how much he loved it." Eric Clapton, Brian May, Billy Gibbons, Ronnie Wood guest on posthumous album from the late Steve Cropper
- “We were just kids who didn’t know what ‘authentic’ metal was supposed to be”: Babymetal look back on the hate they endured amidst the viral success of breakout single Gimme Chocolate!!
- May 6
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- Hear Slipknot’s Corey Taylor rage against social media on new Motionless In White single Playing God: “The internet has gotten worse and worse”
- Ex-Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz has joined British power metal heavyweights DragonForce: “I can’t wait for the fans to see her and hear what we have been working on”
- “I got punched in the face and I punched back, and that’s crazy?” Machine Gun Kelly remembers his feud with Slipknot’s Corey Taylor a little differently to the rest of us
- “I was a horrible addict… I would rather live than be in your band”: Jason Newsted reveals how addiction struggles contributed to Metallica exit
- "The heaviest Deep Purple album in many years." Deep Purple announce new album Splat!
- May 5
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- "It was a very intense few weeks." The Rolling Stones announce new album Foreign Tongues, featuring Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, Steve Winwood and more
- Watch Stevie Nicks and pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter duet on Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide at at the Met Gala
- "You know why the industry sucks? Because it’s all owned by billionaires who are trying to make even more money." The Black Keys are sick and tired of the "stupid, evil" music industry
- Todd Rundgren announces four UK dates for his Damned If I Do fan favourites tour in September
- “I’m just looking forward to seeing you all again." Devin Townsend announces return to live performance after enforced hiatus
- "We built this band like a battleship." Five Finger Death Punch announce huge European and UK tour, including biggest ever UK headline show, with Lamb of God and Bleed From Within to support
- "We're not a bunch of poodles." Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson explains why the band didn't get too hands on in the making of their new documentary, Burning Ambition
- May 4
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- "Thanks for the wild ride." Greta Van Fleet share cryptic social media post and some fans think they've broken up
- May the 4th Be With You: Here's the Star Wars Day merch you're looking for, including Dark Side Monopoly and an cool lightsaber desk lamp I just put in my basket
- "I'm going to be a bit sad when we hit the stage and I'm facing the audience and not facing her because I’m having so much fun playing along with her." Geddy Lee reveals what it's like working with new Rush drummer Anika Nilles
- May 3
- May 2
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- Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted celebrates all clear from throat cancer
- “It’s to encourage activism… we’re more likely to engage if we feel hope”: Peter Gabriel launches new o/i single Won’t Stand Down
- "Mr Rotten joins in the fight, and has a few kicks at the victim." 50 years on, Pet Shop Boys frontman Neil Tennant still has vivid memories of seeing the Sex Pistols for the first time in 1976
- May 1
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- "He took me out to his Rolls-Royce and played it. I was a little bit embarrassed because it's a bit saucy." The day that Spice Girl Mel C learned that Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis had written a song about her
- "And then that Wicked movie came out, and I was so p*****!" How Ariana Grande's blockbuster sequel ruined one key plan for the new Foo Fighters album
- "Eddfest could even become a festival that didn't have Iron Maiden in it, just bands in the same spirit." Bruce Dickinson says Iron Maiden's Knebworth party could continue without them
