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- July 29
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- Fundraiser launched to raise funds for Terry Reid's medical treatment as he battles cancer
- Big Big Train announce trumpeter Paul Mitchell joins the band on a full-time basis
- Watch My Chemical Romance perform unreleased anthem War Beneath The Rain for the very first time
- “Every time you post a snippet or a clip or some kind of teaser, it makes people more mad”: Trivium to release much-hyped new song in early August
- David Gilmour announces Live At The Circus Maximus movie and The Luck And Strange Concerts live album
- Google ‘Ozzy Osbourne’. You won’t regret it.
- “I’m a huge fan – why do you guys get to have all the fun?”: Jason Momoa looks back on joining the moshpit at Black Sabbath’s final show
- July 28
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- Slash, Halestorm, Blackberry Smoke and more line up for star-studded Bad Company tribute album
- Paramore's Hayley Williams has just released a new 17-song solo album, Ego, but you'll need to buy something from her haircare company to get it
- "He was shooting up. He’d just lost his best friend. Who wouldn’t numb that blow if they could?" Actress Ione Skye recalls the night that her ex-boyfriend, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, learned that RHCP guitarist Hillel Slovak had died
- "Ozzy had a chimney brush over his shoulder, a shoe on a dog leash and no shoes on his bare feet." Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler recalls his very first meeting with Ozzy Osbourne, and the start of "the most incredible journey of our lives"
- "Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better?" King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard become most high-profile band to pull music from Spotify over CEO’s investments in military technology
- "Iron Maiden's crew said, ‘We can't believe it. No middle fingers, no coins or shoes being thrown!'" Lzzy Hale on playing in front of one of metal's most stubborn fanbases
- "I want to lick you now!": Things are getting Extreme in the Fripp-Willcox household
- July 27
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- Watch Phil Rudd return to the stage – with several AC/DC classics and a full orchestra
- “All those nu metal copy bands, I don’t give a s*** about”: System Of A Down’s Daron Malakian has some thoughts on being lumped in with the 90s nu metal scene
- “If you know me, you know I love Sleep Token”: Lorna Shore’s Will Ramos names the most inspirational singers in metal
- July 26
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- "Ozzy would always tell me how he loved Ronnie." Vinny Appice says rumours of beef between Ozzy and Dio were untrue
- Streaming of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath tracks skyrockets in wake of beloved icon's death
- Pure Reason Revolution announce The Dark Third 20th Anniversary UK shows with Chloë Alper
- “We played to four people and one of them was a dog”: Cradle Of Filth’s Dani Filth remembers legendary 90s tour with Emperor
- July 25
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- Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay share live version of Roxy Music's Out Of The Blue as they announce new AM PM Soho Live album
- "The whole album shimmers with a sonic gloss that's brought it to the 21st century with no loss of historic integrity..." XTC's third album Drums And Wires gets new Steven Wilson Atmos mix
- Steve Rothery and Thorsten Quaeschning share new video for Bioscope's latest single Gentō
- "It's like the story continues, but goes way back in time": Sabaton's upcoming album Legends will tell the stories of 11 great historical figures
- Watch Paul McCartney and Elton John (and Spinal Tap) in the trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
- Led Zeppelin announce details of new live EP and 50th anniversary edition of Physical Graffiti
- July 24
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- Debate: who is the greatest heavy metal singer of all time?
- “I saw a woman I did not want to become”: Halestorm are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer, as they prepare to release new album Everest
- "He was actually much cleverer than people gave him credit for!" Rick Wakeman pays heartfelt tribute to his late pal Ozzy Osbourne
- Watch Machine Head pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by adding War Pigs and Children Of The Grave to their setlist at the very last minute
- Dave Mustaine wanted Megadeth to re-record songs from Metallica’s No Life ’Til Leather demo, ex-bassist David Ellefson claims
- "I can't overstate my gratitude to Steve..." Steve Hackett keyboardist Roger King announces he's stepping back from the band
- Watch Ghost bewitch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a performance of Lachryma
- “The best nod to him possible”: Petition launched to rename Birmingham airport after Ozzy Osbourne
- "I think he really just held out to do that show": Tony Iommi speaks publicly about Ozzy Osbourne's death for the first time
- Stevie Nicks' and Lindsey Buckingham's cryptic social media posts are cryptic no more
- Golden Earring guitarist George Kooymans dead at 77
- July 23
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- Watch the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform an epic public tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
- “Ozzy, we love you, wherever you’re going.” Watch Coldplay pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by covering Black Sabbath classic Changes
- “For being the Prince Of Darkness, he sure gave us a lot of light”: watch Ghost dedicate Madison Square Garden show to Ozzy Osbourne
- Watch Ozzy Osbourne fans gather in Birmingham with flowers, speakers and a big screen to pay respects: "He never lost his roots...he was a Brummie through and through."
- July 22
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- Ozzy Osbourne RIP: the world reacts
- "Geezer, Bill and myself have lost our brother": Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
- Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal pioneer, has died at the age of 76
- "Fire it up and rage with us against the dying of the light." Ash share new single Give Me Back My World, announce ninth album Ad Astra, featuring assists from Blur's Graham Coxon
- Former Family multi-instrumentalist John 'Poli' Palmer has died, aged 82
- Ghost’s Tobias Forge says Sleep Token are one of the bands proving rock isn’t dead: “You can form a band tomorrow and theoretically become a big band within a few years”
- If you're a fan of the music Nine Inch Nails were making in the '90s, you might just love the new single from former Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth
- "What a sad human being." Regardless of who won the Blur versus Oasis 'Battle Of Britpop' in the '90s, one musical superstar says that Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn are both awful people
- Steeleye Span announce Winter tour dates in support of new album Conflict
- John Payne unveils new Asia featuring John Payne line-up featuring Francis Dunnery and Ryo Okumoto
- “I said, ‘You won’t get anywhere with that name!’ Then they went on to be one of the biggest bands in the world”: The heavy metal veteran who talked smack to Snow Patrol
- "When gangsters hustled me, I showed no fear because I was unaware of what was going on": What happens when you buy one of the UK's most iconic venues for £1
- July 21
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- Slipknot's 25th anniversary re-release of their game-changing debut album includes a box set with 'blood-filled' vinyl and 40 previously-unreleased songs
- Watch Alex Lifeson play Rush cover with Tom Morello and 15-year-old drumming prodigy
- "It doesn't matter to us who you're mingling with, or tingling with." Oasis reference Coldplay's "kiss cam" controversy at their last-ever hometown show
- "Las Vegas has always been such a main attraction for Def Leppard." Def Leppard announce 2026 Las Vegas residency
- YouTube star shows just how easy it is to create a fake, but entirely convincing, new musical artist using AI
- We've introduced comment sections to our website so you can now comment directly on our stories
- Who do we contact about putting this photo of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler with the Backstreet Boys up in the National Portrait Gallery?
- “I can’t force other people to do something just because I wanted it”: Daron Malakian admits System Of A Down’s hiatus was “difficult”
- "An evolving creation to pay tribute to the voice of a generation": Listen to new supergroup King Ultramega's cover of Soundgarden's Rusty Cage
- It's now illegal in Russia to search for Pussy Riot videos - and culprits can be fined
- July 20
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- July 18
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- Police confirm that their much-publicised investigation into Kneecap's Glastonbury set is closed, the band have no case to answer, and no further action will be taken
- Ghost will perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon next week
- “Lyrics invoke rifles, scythes, sailors, saints, cowboys, floods, Mother Earth, Joan of Arc, and blazing infernos." The Last Dinner Party announce second album From The Pyre, share dark, dramatic new single This Is The Killer Speaking
- Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza is coming out in cinemas
- "You've been a rainbow in my life, and this song has a rainbow in it": Watch John Fogerty play Have You Ever Seen The Rain? at intimate London show
- Yungblud’s career-affirming cover of Black Sabbath’s Changes from Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show is now available to stream
- Masked metal enigmas President announce six-track debut EP, release new single Rage
- Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty on recriminations, revivals and reunions: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are teasing something cryptic together and fans are getting very excited
- Black Sabbath had no idea they were being "ripped off" in the 1970s until prog legends Gentle Giant exposed the truth
- July 17
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- Listen to the first Nine Inch Nails single in five years, As Alive As You Need Me To Be, from the soundtrack to Tron: Ares
- Bruce Springsteen’s latest world tour sold 4.9 million tickets and grossed $730 million, more than double the takings of any previous tour in his career
- Steve Miller Band cancel all upcoming shows, citing "extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and massive forest fires"
- Perry Farrell sues Jane's Addiction bandmates hours after they sued him, claims he's victim of a "years-long bullying campaign"
- "This album's really good, why wouldn't we do another one?": Reunited Alice Cooper Band release new single Up All Night
- July 16
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- “The band can no longer function as a result of the defendant’s conduct." Perry Farrell's Jane's Addiction bandmates are suing him for assault, battery, the intentional infliction of emotional distress, and more
- "My main influences? Love, anger, depression and Led Zeppelin": Watch the trailer for the new documentary It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
- Six years after their first shows, Robert Plant's Saving Grace finally announce debut album
- What is the metal song in the Stranger Things season 5 trailer? The TV show has championed another pioneering rock band
- Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst has the sexiest voice of any UK festival performer this year, according to new scientific study
- Alter Bridge announce new album and huge European tour
- Peter Frampton does it again: More dates added to Let’s Do It Again! tour
- There's a horn-throwing Rob Halford action figure on the market and only 164 shopping days until Christmas
- July 15
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- Say hello to the bright and breezy Gadhouse Brad Retro MKII turntable
- “Great to have a chance to work with my old friend on something from our youth." Genesis confirm September release date for The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 50th Anniversary box
- Big Big Train reveal special warm-up show ahead of Cruise To The Edge 2026
- "We are all fifteen-year-old boys. The fart jokes were rampant": Lzzy Hale reflects on touring with Skid Row
- "Appropriate dress is encouraged for this very special evening at the theatre": Queens Of The Stone Age announce UK and European shows
- July 14
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- "This is not just a fundraiser. It's a refusal to look away." Paul Weller and members of The Clash, The Specials, Primal Scream, Madness and more to DJ at special Artists For Gaza event
- "Thank you for a lifetime of beauty, horror, love, power, happiness, melancholy." Soundgarden salute the "majestic brilliance" of Black Sabbath, and say they were "super bummed" at not being able to play the band's Back To The Beginning show
- Steven Wilson to release 10th anniversary coloured vinyl double vinyl edition of Hand. Cannot. Erase.
- 22 of the best Prime Day deals for music fans are still going strong - grab them before they're gone
- Saga singer Michael Sadler offers new update on his health
- Guitar stolen from the Rolling Stones in 1972 finally turns up – at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
- "I know there’s gotta be at least another Aerosmith gig." Joe Perry reveals band have been talking about a proper farewell
- "They’re clearly the Rage Against The Machine of now." Tom Morello on Kneecap
- July 13
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- "One of those shows that you will be thinking about for the rest of your life": Tedeschi Trucks Band announce live album of historic Mad Dogs & Englishmen show
- Strawbs founder, singer and guitarist Dave Cousins has died, aged 85
- "Maybe we'll say hi to each other and take selfies a few more times..." Saga singer Michael Sadler reveals terminal cancer status
- United States military used Metallica's Enter Sandman without permission in now deleted video promoting war drones
- July 12
- July 11
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- Nikki Sixx reveals why Motley Crue didn’t play Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s farewell gig: “We have been having health issues within the band”
- "Carts before horses. Getting excited is somewhat premature." King Crimson manager urges caution over new studio album rumours
- “If any weird vibes existed between us, it would have been when we were much younger”: These two Swedish hard rock icons sang in the same band at different times – but would they work together?
- This deal on Permission To Land… Again by The Darkness is really Growing On Me - save up to 31% on this 5LP modern rock classic
- You Can't Always Get What You Want - but if you're quick, you can get 50% off this massive Rolling Stones box set
- Quick! Save up to 25% on the 5-star Sony PS-LX310BT before Amazon pulls down the shutters on Prime Day
- "One of my favourite Lamb songs..." Steve Hackett shares dynamic new live clip of Genesis's Lilywhite Lilith
- Bring Me The Horizon have just surprise-released a new album
- Hot off announcing long-awaited new album Private Music, Deftones confirm 2026 European tour dates with Denzel Curry and Drug Church
- "It was a huge honour to be cast in this film:" Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan to appear in upcoming Hollywood movie
- Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi issues update on long-awaited solo album: “I’m trying to finish off what I started”
- Ozzy Osbourne is doing retirement the right way – by painting abstract art with chimpanzees
- "Honestly, I was almost in tears": Jeff Lynne's ELO forced to cancel second-to-last concert ever, minutes before showtime
- "This song is written for all the families torn apart by the recent immigrant purges and kidnappings": Tom Morello releases powerful new single in support of immigrant rights across America
- Paul McCartney is bringing his Got Back tour back to North America
- July 10
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- Deftones announce new album Private Music: Listen to the new single My Mind Is A Mountain now
- Embrace your dark side and take command of the Lego Star Wars Star Destroyer with up to 30% off this Prime Day
- “I could have ruined metal”: The man who almost sang for Metallica has no regrets
- My wardrobe is stuffed full of band t-shirts, but with 20% off at Amazon this Prime Day, I can't resist adding more to the collection
- “If I’d done normal, sensible things, I wouldn’t be Ozzy”: Ozzy Osbourne to release new memoir Last Rites, centred around his recent health struggles
- "All he asked for was a six-pack of beer. He was awesome!" How Derek Shulman got Jethro Tull playing with Men Without Hats
- How Dire Straits outsold everyone, hijacked MTV, and accidentally made a classic: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- Amazon's Prime Day vinyl and CD sale includes classics that should be in every rock and metal fan's collection – save up to 46%
- This iconic guitar appeared on the cover of one of the most successful albums ever – but what’s the story behind it?
- Eivør signs new deal with Nuclear Blast Records and announces European tour
- “Everything blew up. ‘What do you mean you’re leaving?!’ ‘I’m not!’”: Rob Halford insists he didn’t quit Judas Priest in the 1990s
- The Nine Inch Nails lyric that made Zeal & Ardor’s Manuel Gagneux quit his job: “I think Trent Reznor did a lot for the job market that year!”
- Tony Iommi compared Bill Ward to a Lord Of The Rings monster at Black Sabbath’s epic farewell gig: “You look like Gollum!”
- Rejoice! King Crimson are currently recording their first album in more than two decades
- July 9
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- "We're in our seventies and late seventies, so you can only do so much": Tony Iommi reveals the songs Black Sabbath rehearsed but didn't play at Back To The Beginning
- You shall not pass... up on this Prime Day Lego Lord Of The Rings deal - 15% off the towering Barad-dûr set
- I’d love to own this insane $499 ultrasonic vinyl record cleaner, but for now these are the sub-$20 vinyl care kits I’m considering in Amazon’s Prime Day sale
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- David Crosby was not happy about being followed by Judas Priest at Live Aid: “Some heavy metal garbage”
- Sabbra Cadabra! Celebrate Ozzy and co's triumphant final show with up to 20% off a whole pile of Black Sabbath merch this Prime Day
- Ghost’s Tobias Forge originally planned to sing a Black Sabbath deep cut at the Back To The Beginning gig: “I was, like, ‘Can I do this?’ ‘No!’”
- Members of Slipknot, Lamb Of God and Anthrax set to join the Osbournes at Comic-Con Midlands this weekend
- Founding Monster Magnet drummer/bassist Tim Cronin dead at 63
- July 8
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- "We raised a ton of money for a great cause": Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show expected to raise millions for charity
- "Women get angry and we are expected to contain our rage but I allowed myself to go there." Irish alt. rockers NewDad share new single Roobosh, announce new album Altar
- Crown Lands announce new record deal with InsideOut Music
- "The music we are making at this moment has timeless teeth, muscle, bone and hair": Heart add another string of dates to 2025 schedule
- "I am Spartacus." Former Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters risks prosecution, and a potential 14 year jail term, by voicing his support for Palestine Action, now proscribed as a terrorist group in the UK
- Who needs Prime Day when Marshall's epic summer sale has up big savings on portable speakers, AirPod rivals and more?
- “The perfect fusion of metal on metal”: You can now buy an official Iron Maiden coin from the UK’s Royal Mint
- Paramount+ just crashed the Prime Day party with huge savings on US and UK subscription plans
- Prime Day just knocked 15% off one of rock’s most essential live recordings - get the Pink Floyd At Pompeii double LP for less
- Metal Hammer Italy launches first issue with Iron Maiden on the cover
- Green Carnation announce trilogy of albums with brand new video for In Your Paradise
- Win a Night Demon Curse Of The Damned ultimate box set
- It turns out you can put a price on hearing health when earplugs are this cheap - save 20% on one of Louder's go-to pairs this Prime Day
- Watch Spiritbox bust out one of their heaviest songs as they make American TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Money for nothing! Save 15% on Dire Straits’ bumper 40th anniversary vinyl box set with this epic Prime Day deal
- Amazon just turned up the heat on Turnstile summer with 24% off the purple vinyl edition of Never Enough – an album we called “hardcore’s answer to Nevermind”
- Founding Angel Witch bassist Kevin Riddles dead at 68
- "The best day of music we have ever been a part of": The musicians who played Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show pay tribute to Ozzy & Co
- July 7
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- "Sometimes you’ve got to shake up expectations." Idlewild announce first new album in six years: listen to anthemic first single Stay Out Of Place
- "Much love and respect to Jeff, Ed, Mike and Stone for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime." Matt Cameron announces exit from Pearl Jam after 27 years
- If you were wondering why Dave Grohl didn't make an appearance at Black Sabbath's final gig in Birmingham, it's because he was watching Kneecap and Fontaines D.C. play in London instead
- “As you can see, I wasn’t ‘booed off stage’”: Disturbed’s David Draiman responds to being booed at Black Sabbath’s farewell gig
- Rick Wakeman postpones upcoming US tour to have surgery
- Former Pallas singers to unite on stage at Scottish prog festival
- “Did the ending seem a bit cold to anyone?”: This is what really happened at the end of Black Sabbath’s farewell show
- Aldo Nova suffers severe injury after fall
- July 6
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- "Plant is a walking treasury of tales that stretch way back before Led Zeppelin": Paul Weller shares new single featuring vocals from Robert Plant
- Kelly Osbourne and Sid Wilson got engaged at Black Sabbath's final show and Ozzy's reaction was priceless
- Watch Jack Black video for cover of Ozzy Osbourne classic Mr. Crowley
- "Black Sabbath invented heavy metal and in doing so, they changed the world": Lamb Of God release studio cover of Sabbath classic Children Of The Grave
- July 5
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- "Without Sabbath, there would be no Metallica. Thank you boys for giving us a purpose in life." Metallica pay onstage tribute to Black Sabbath as the Godfathers of Metal return to their hometown to play their last show ever
- Here's every single special guest and song played from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show
- This Is Spinal Tap director insists Stonehenge scene was not inspired by Black Sabbath's stage prop blunder
- Watch Ozzy Osbourne's good friend Yungblud absolutely nail a cover of Black Sabbath's Changes with a one-off supergroup featuring members of Sleep Token, Extreme and Anthrax, at Sabbath's last ever show
- July 4
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- "Was it worth the £4000 you paid for a ticket?" Oasis just played their first show since 2009. See the setlist and watch footage of Liam and Noel Gallagher's reunited band rocking Cardiff's Principality Stadium on the opening night of their Live 25 tour
- Are you ready for "the greatest day in the history of heavy metal"? Black Sabbath share new photo featuring some of the metal legends set to honour them at their farewell show in Birmingham
- "Thank you for your magic, Diogo." Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant pays tribute to Liverpool and Portugal footballer Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident on July 3, aged 28
- "One of the scariest songs I ever heard." Slipknot's Corey Taylor pays tribute to Black Sabbath, reveals the song he listens to so he can "go some place mentally."
- "This is totally different from anything else we've done. This is nerve-racking." Tony Iommi explains why Black Sabbath are "all nervous" ahead of final show
- July 3
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- "I thought, 'When I can play that, I'll finally admit I'm a good guitarist.'" Watch Sophie Lloyd pick out her five favourite guitar solos of all time
- A Mass by Van der Graaf Generator co-founder Judge Smith to be premiered 50 years after it was written
- “There was an ambulance waiting for Ozzy. Sharon says, ‘He bit into a bat’”: Ozzy Osbourne’s ex-bassist remembers the infamous bat-biting incident
- "It's marketing. It's trolling. Is that wrong?" Fake spokesman for that fake band you've been reading about admits they're fake
- July 2
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- "We thought it was going to be a disaster." Brian May and Roger Taylor look back on Queen's now-legendary performance at Live Aid, and share Bob Geldof's blunt pre-show advice to Freddie Mercury
- "Over the years, we’ve had moments of unbridled joy, and moments of devastating heartbreak." Foo Fighters celebrate their 30th anniversary with the release of new single, Today's Song
- Supertramp's Crime Of The Century and Crisis? What Crisis? to get 50th anniversary reissues
- "Best song of the night." Liam Gallagher reacts to footage of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong kicking a fan offstage for playing Oasis anthem Wonderwall instead of Green Day's Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
- Celebrate Black Sabbath going Back To The Beginning by grabbing this exclusive Ozzy Osbourne t-shirt
- Why is everyone talking about Bob Vylan? Glastonbury festival's biggest controversy explained
- BEAT share live clip of Neal And Jack And Me as they announce new live release
- Watch Judas Priest pay tribute to fellow Brummie icons Black Sabbath with thunderous War Pigs cover
- Marshall turn up the volume on the portable speaker market with the all-new Middleton II
- “I remember being physically frightened”: Tom Morello looks back on the first time he heard Black Sabbath
- "This collaboration is a testament to Ozzy’s impact on the gothic and alternative communities": Ozzy Osbourne launches range of beauty products
- July 1
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- Brann Dailor's synth proggers Arcadea return with zany new video for Fuzzy Planet
- Roger Waters shares new live clip of Is This The Life We Really Want?
- Watch Jinjer’s Tatiana Shmayluk stream a one-take vocal performance of recent song Hedonist
- Foo Fighters release 80-second cover song recorded across three decades, statistically working at a rate of 2.67 seconds a year
- Peter Hammill announces live dates for England and Scotland in September and October, his first UK solo shows for seven years
- Oh Lord, yeah: Black Sabbath team up with the Big Issue, Classic Rock and Metal Hammer for the Back To The Beginning official programme
- "The health and well-being of the band has to come first": Saxon cancel 10 summer shows as Biff Byford undergoes emergency surgery
- There's a band with more than half a million monthly listeners on Spotify and they probably don't exist
