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- March 31
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- "We have a very, very simple goal, to make this the greatest day in the history of heavy metal." Tom Morello reveals what we can expect from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning mega-gig, teases added surprise from "huge superstars"
- Babymetal announce new album Metal Forth, featuring collaborations with Poppy, Spiritbox, Tom Morello, Polyphia, and more
- "Discover the lasting influence of a band that changed the face of rock music." Kurt Cobain Unplugged exhibition to open in London
- "I got Bowie’s microphone with his lipstick on it!" Sex Pistols' Steve Jones on stealing David Bowie's musical equipment from a London stage on the night before the final Ziggy Stardust performance
- "Refused are f**king dead, and this time they really mean it." Swedish hardcore legends Refused announce last ever UK and European tour
- Listen to Sum 41's ferocious cover of Rage Against The Machine hit Sleep Now In The Fire
- A rare studio recording of Yes playing a wild version of The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby has surfaced online
- Toyah and Robert Fripp return to action with spirited cover of Tina Turner's evergreen sporting anthem The Best
- March 30
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- March 28
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- "Everybody needs this band right now. America is screaming out for a band like the Sex Pistols." Sex Pistols, with Frank Carter, announce first North American tour in over two decades, starting at a venue where they had pig hooves thrown at them in 1978
- "I consulted with high-end industry pros, undertaking a meticulous dismemberment process to ensure this is built to last." Ice Nine Kills' singer Spencer Charnas launches Pretty Evil cosmetics range, "for those who live for the limelight or the moonlight"
- Ministry announce summer headline shows in the UK and Europe
- "This is a song that I always always go back to, it’s one of my favourites ever.” Watch pop superstar Dua Lipa cover a classic INXS anthem, live in Sydney
- "We wanted something raw." The Young Gods announce imminent arrival of their 14th studio album, Appear Disappear, share its hard-hitting title track, and reveal UK/Europe tour dates
- Prog and Metal Hammer partner with this year's post-rock and prog metal two-day event Pelagic Fest
- Watch Bruce Springsteen unleash his inner guitar hero, and jam with Flea, Johnny Depp and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, in powerful tribute to Patti Smith at New York's iconic Carnegie Hall
- Gentle Giant share brand new live video for Free Hand
- My Bloody Valentine announce first UK headline tour in over a decade
- "It's the father and mother of The Dark Side Of The Moon!": The full inside story of Pink Floyd's Live At Pompeii - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- Foreigner will complete their Historic Farewell Tour with four different singers – and one of them has recorded Spanish versions of their hits
- Linkin Park launch "the best song we've ever made" Up From The Bottom
- March 27
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- Watch Ed Sheeran cover Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club on the New York subway while disguised as an emo busker
- The Conjuring star Vera Farmiga announces debut album with her heavy metal band The Yagas
- I’ve never seen the Marshall Major IV headphones this cheap before - get them for half price in Amazon’s big spring sale
- Evanescence release new song Afterlife from Devil May Cry TV series soundtrack, have their next album in the works
- “This deluxe edition contains actual soil from the grave of William Blake”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is releasing a comic book compilation with dirt from the resting place of one of England’s most famous poets
- "No guitar solos! No belly dancing music!" Metallica's Kirk Hammett looks back on working with Lou Reed on their controversial, much-mocked and largely-misunderstood collaboration Lulu
- “I’ve been touring around indie record stores, and I’ve yet to meet anyone who’s even heard of Playboi Carti”: Steven Wilson comments on chart battle with superstar rapper
- Watch Paramore’s Hayley Williams join Deftones to sing Minerva in Nashville
- "It’s a thin line between child and genius." Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell reveals how a drum machine confused the hell out of Bob Dylan when he tried to write a hit single in the mid '80s
- Daevid Allen's final album with Gong to be reissued
- March 26
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- "Freddie’s ideas were off the wall and cheeky and different, and we tended to encourage them, but sometimes they were not brilliant.” Queen's Brian May reveals one of Freddie Mercury's grand ideas that got vetoed by the rest of the band
- How your purchase of albums by The Cure, U2, Chvrches and more on Record Store Day can help benefit children living in war zones worldwide
- Adrian Smith names his favourite Iron Maiden song, even though it’s “awkward” to play
- "The quality is unreal. How is this even possible to have?" Record shop owner finds 1962 Beatles' audition tape that a British label famously decided wasn't good enough to earn Lennon and McCartney's band a record deal
- Cradle Of Filth’s singer claims Ed Sheeran tried to turn a Toys R Us into a live music venue
- "He and I have that kanaka thing, we're bros!" Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett on his friendship with Jason Momoa
- This metalcore band want their new song to be John Cena’s theme now he’s a bad guy
- March 25
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- "This is my baby, my passion – because Rosetta deserves": Lizzo to play rock'n'roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe in upcoming biopic
- "Don't worry, it's not the worst. It's not what you think": Nancy Wilson reassures fans concerned about Ann Wilson's onstage wheelchair
- Mastodon add headline shows to their summer tour in the UK and Europe, but there's still no news on who's replacing Brent Hinds
- Amazon Spring Deal Days sees galactic-sized savings on Lego Star Wars sets - but you'll have to be quick as the sale is coming to an end
- "I was crying reading the text." Adolescence star Stephen Graham reveals the "beautiful" text message he received from "working class hero" Bruce Springsteen
- How to watch Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown starring Timothée Chalamet
- “London, are you ready to howl with us?” German werewolf power metallers Powerwolf announce biggest-ever UK show at 12,500-cap. Wembley Arena
- Hear Jack Black and Dave Grohl team up with Ozzy Osbourne’s producer on joyously heavy new song I Feel Alive
- Ghost’s Tobias Forge says he’s “technically a solo artist”: “My job is a group effort”
- Foreigner's farewell tour will visit Canada with a singer and actor from Nova Scotia as frontman
- March 24
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- Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham are working together again
- In these troubled times, what we really need is a honky tonk single from The Darkness tackling the issue of male flatulence during lovemaking
- "It's embarrassing to be American now." Heart's Nancy Wilson hits out at America's "salacious billionaire culture" and says it's embarrassing to be an American in 2025
- "I'm not as humourless as my music!" Steven Wilson announces comedians as support acts for upcoming London Palladium shows
- Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is open to making another Load-style album: “We might just say, ‘OK, let’s go back to the ’90s again.’ It’s not a bad idea.”
- Watch Living Colour's Corey Glover deliver a killer performance of the band's signature anthem Cult Of Personality on The Kelly Clarkson Show
- “It was wonderful, ecstatic, thrilling, boring, horrible, oppressive, heartbreaking." The Pogues' Jem Finer on life in a band with the "maddening" Shane MacGowan
- “This new album is as powerful as any of my work to date.” Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy announces Silver Shade, his first solo album in 11 years, featuring collaborations with Trent Reznor, Tool's Justin Chancellor and Boy George
- "It’s absolutely insane to us that we are booked in these huge, historic and legendary venues!" Malevolence announce Where Only The Truth Is Spoken UK and European tour, featuring their biggest ever headline shows
- Previously unseen Led Zeppelin artwork discovered by same man who found slice of George Harrison's leftover toast
- Eddie Vedder releases anguished version of Neil Young classic The Needle And The Damage Done
- The Black Keys release extremely groovy single Babygirl
- March 23
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- "We were all basket cases! But we created this thing called Metallica that’s been our refuge." Kirk Hammett on 40 years in one of the biggest bands in the world
- Gene Simmons cancels 17 solo shows as Kiss announce unmasked reunion gig to mark fan club's 50th anniversary
- "Thank God that genre went away." Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has no love for nu metal
- March 22
- March 21
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- "Friends of mine were saying, Give up on the dream, it's not happening." Tobias Forge recalls how forming Ghost helped him deal with a dawning realisation that his dream of becoming a successful musician wasn't ever going to become a reality
- "Lars Ulrich came barging in. He’s like, ‘Hey, I’m Lars!’ F*** yeah you are!" Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck recalls meeting his heroes for the first time (and regrets falling out with Rob Zombie)
- "It’s a moody, beautiful song." Watch Fontaines D.C. blend Nirvana and Bring Me The Horizon classics into one beautifully atmospheric, synth-led cover
- March 20
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- “I think it could happen... I could have the beginnings of a Queen song right there in front of me now": Brian May speaks about the possibility of new Queen music
- Guns N' Roses announce the arrival of their seventh drummer
- Actual space scientists and Prog Magazine discuss prog, space and the new Steven Wilson album
- Metallica’s Kirk Hammett announces new book with help from Jason Momoa: “I hope all of you enjoy this journey as much as I did!”
- "There will never be another to occupy her throne": Last year Iron Maiden's iconic Ed Force One 747 was scrapped – but now you can wear it
- March 19
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- "The band thanks Frank for his friendship, creativity, and sturdy presence": Guns N' Roses announce departure of long-serving drummer Frank Ferrer
- "It's fun to hang out in a room and write something that you think is heavy as f**k." A cast member from award-winning TV show The Bear has started a new hardcore punk band with Alexisonfire guitarist Wade MacNeil
- "Katatonia should have been laid to rest!" Anders Nyström hits back after Katatonia split
- March 18
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- “It’s a journey of self-reclamation, a goodbye to the past and how you may have known or perceived me before.” Yungblud shares nine minute single Hello Heaven, Hello as the first taste of his forthcoming “magical” third album
- Babymetal announce 24-date North American tour, with Jinjer and Bloodywood among supporting cast
- “Absolutely wicked night!” Halsey went to see hardcore breakout stars Knocked Loose live last night
- "When people make beds of sound like that, it goes into you in a visceral way." Hollywood superstar Cate Blanchett names her favourite rock bands
- Horslips five-disc BBC recordings set to be released in May
- “We thought we’d go really, really big from the very beginning”: Watch Dua Lipa cover AC/DC’s Highway To Hell during tour stop in Australia
- Steven Wilson's The Overview at No. 1 in the midweek chart
- “I’m as serious as a heart attack”: Mastodon are looking for their next guitar player – and they have a very specific list of requirements
- “I sped everything up a little bit, just kicked them in the *** a little”: Dave Lombardo looks back on the day he drummed in Metallica
- March 17
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- Katatonia and guitarist Anders Nyström go their separate ways
- "The summer is heatin' up!" Def Leppard reveal spring / summer tour schedule
- "We’d love for you to join us for these intimate performances in beautiful iconic theaters to celebrate 25 years of Yeah Yeah Yeahs." Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce special shows in the UK, US and Mexico
- "Everybody's gonna be playing Sabbath songs, it's gonna be pretty mindblowing." Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde says that Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning homecoming will be "special for everybody", but he hopes it won't be Ozzy's last show
- Fruupp vocalist, flautist and bassist Peter Farrelly has died, aged 76
- "It's got the filthiest tenor saxophone solo ever." Blur guitarist Graham Coxon reveals the prog rock song that changed his life
- "Now this is hilarious!" Rob Zombie reacts to Daily Mail-concocted "outrage" over his "violent" new children's book Z Is For Zombie
- Stevie Wonder announced as final BST at Hyde Park headliner
- "I was literally on fire for 4 ½ songs." Journey drummer Deen Castronovo has lucky escape as blaze breaks out below stage
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- March 14
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- Disturbed pyrotechnics damage famous Chicago Bulls championship banners during hometown show
- Cloudy with a chance of hard rock. Watch Kiss star Gene Simmons take a stint as a weatherman on Los Angeles TV station
- "As soon as you hear it it's just, 'Wow'. The simplicity of it and how powerful it is." Watch Zakk Wylde reveal his five favourite riffs of all time - and his opinion on what makes a truly great guitar riff
- Iron Maiden unveil details of official documentary
- Bryan Ferry and performance artist Amelia Barratt share new video for title track of upcoming art rock album Loose Talk
- Envy Of None share dark video for new single The Story
- Justin Hayward hooks up with Mike Batt to cover The Dream Academy's Life In A Northern Town
- “Paul liked to ruffle a few feathers. He used to call me Hitler. I’ve been called Sergeant Major, but Hitler takes the biscuit.” Iron Maiden's Steve Harris remembers "lovable rogue" Paul Di'Anno
- Ever wanted to hear Cyndi Lauper go goth? Try this cover of I Drove All Night by Scandi supergroup Cemetery Skyline
- “My village was the first one in England to install CCTV, just to spot us skateboarding”: Cradle Of Filth’s Dani Filth spent his teens being a skate punk hoodlum
- Courtney LaPlante on the sense of "existential dread" that fuelled new Spiritbox album Tsunami Sea
- Oasis announce Live ’25 reunion tour film to be produced by Peaky Blinders creator
- March 13
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- Sleep Token announce new album Even In Arcadia – listen to saxophone-powered lead single Emergence now
- “There was no malice intended; it was just the sort of obnoxious thing I would say back then.” Nick Cave once famously dismissed Red Hot Chili Peppers' music as “garbage”, now he's working with Flea on a song with “arguably the greatest lyric ever”
- Gentle Giant's Playing The Fool: The Complete Live Experience will be released in May
- “Let freedom ring with a …” Machine Head have launched a new whiskey in shotgun-shaped bottles
- “This time, we’re going beyond 11.” Watch the first teaser for Spinal Tap sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, as a release date for the second 'rockumentary' on the legendary English hard rock band is announced
- Deftones announce more North American dates for 2025 with IDLES in support
- "My reason for being there is the connection between myself and everybody that I brought with me." Tobias Forge on why Ghost's upcoming shows will be a phone-free zone
- March 12
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- Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher explains Brent Hinds exit: “Like a marriage, sometimes people grow apart, and they get interested in other things”
- "Any bigmouths talking to the press are gonna get dealt with." Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher fears there is a "mole" inside the band's organisation after "sources" reportedly leak the new Oasis line-up
- Spiritbox have released two new live tracks only available until tomorrow
- “All of a sudden, it’s like, ‘We want to announce now, what do we say?’”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge explains why Papa V Perpetua was unveiled on the Black Sabbath farewell show poster
- Smashing Pumpkins classic Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness to be turned into an opera for 30th anniversary
- Metallica announce VR immersive concert experience with Apple
- March 11
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- Order your exclusive Slaughter To Prevail, Jinjer, Electric Callboy, Bloodywood and Bambie Thug bundles, featuring limited edition t-shirts, longsleeves and spellbooks
- “That was high school for me!” Watch Carrie Underwood team with an American Idol contestant to cover Drowning Pool’s nu metal banger Bodies
- Katatonia announce European tour dates for November and December
- “If we are afraid to say, ‘Hey, that’s not cool,’ we’re screwed”: Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe gives another scathing takedown of Elon Musk
- “It was s***. The singing’s s***, the playing’s s***”: Opeth covered a beloved Iron Maiden song – and Mikael Åkerfeldt really, really doesn’t like it
- Watch superstar actor Amanda Seyfried cover Joni Mitchell with a stunning dulcimer performance
- March 10
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- Lawyer considers class action lawsuit as Tool fans express anger over setlist choices for Dominican Republic two-night event
- “The industry often pits women against each other, and women’s voices are silenced worldwide. But we are still shouting from the rooftops!” Nova Twins share new single Soprano, reveal album details plus UK and Europe headline tour itinerary
- A ludicrous six-neck guitar played by Spinal Tap has gone to auction – and you better buy it before I do
- Massive Attack just sent their music to the moon and back
- "Prepare for a new offering." Sleep Token are teasing us again
- March 9
- March 8
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- Watch Tobias Forge break down the story behind each of Ghost's iconic frontmen – including every Papa Emeritus, Cardinal Copia and every character leading up to Papa V Perpetua
- "My focus moving forward is on the re-release of Forever, and God willing, getting back out on the road." Jon Bon Jovi on what's next for Bon Jovi
- “Had fans had mobile phones, they would have been climbing over old-age pensioners to take selfies”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is a big fan of Ghost banning phones from gigs
- For a cool $12,495 you can be Kiss star Gene Simmons' roadie for a day
- Napalm Death have recorded a cover of a Ramones song with a guest appearance from Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore – and we cannot wait to hear it
- March 7
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- "After 25 monumental years together, Mastodon and Brent Hinds have mutually decided to part ways." Mastodon announce shock departure of guitarist Brent Hinds
- "Ozzy is the real life Iron Man." Ozzy Osbourne's producer Andrew Watt gives an update on the singer's health as the countdown to his final show continues
- “The audience was throwing everything from bottles to rats to pig’s ears at the stage." The Sex Pistols look back on their wild, dangerously out-of-control and ultimately doomed first US tour
- “I’m a freak and I ain’t changing for anything.” Billy Corgan says Smashing Pumpkins are “one of the most misunderstood bands in the history of rock ‘n’ roll”, but he believes that history will be kind to his band
- Watch Courtney Love cover Bob Dylan classic Like A Rolling Stone in London
- Jethro Tull grace the cover of the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!
- The Damned founding guitarist Brian James dead at 70
- Former Ministry and Prong drummer Aaron Rossi dead at 44
- March 6
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- Linkin Park are already teasing new music
- "It has some teeth!" Lady Gaga promises "electro grunge defiance" on her new album Mayhem, inspired by Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Radiohead, David Bowie and Prince
- Marillion keyboard player Mark Kelly and daughter Tallulah launch new podcast Prog & Progeny
- New Killing Joke, Ministry, The Mission supergroup Sevendials share debut single Zodiac Morals, reveal forthcoming album A Crash Course In Catastrophe
- Glastonbury 2025 lineup confirmed: The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo, Biffy Clyro, Deftones, Weezer, Kneecap, Turnstile, The Prodigy and many more set for this year’s festival
- “It made people feel uncomfortable. It made for a lot of misunderstandings and just made life hard”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge explains the struggles of being a masked, anonymous metal musician
- Kansas singer Ronnie Platt in high spirits after successful surgery to treat thyroid cancer
- Motley Crue postpone Las Vegas residency for singer Vince Neil to undergo medical procedure
- March 5
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- Bring Me The Horizon, Korn, Deftones and A Perfect Circle among over 100 bands announced for Aftershock festival 2025
- “I want to be a f***ing Medici.” A Banksy original formerly owned by Blink-182's Mark Hoppus has sold for £4.3million at auction, and the punk rocker wants to use the money to buy work from upcoming artists.
- Someone’s made a wide-eyed Bobby Liebling puppet amidst all the Pentagram memes and I desperately want to buy it
- Stunning new 4K trailer for Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII revealed
- "He’s back on the drugs, unreliable." Liam Gallagher suggests that the new Oasis line-up will include Peppa Pig, two close friends from Sesame Street, and a character from a cult 1970s TV show, but not Spongebob Squarepants
- "People had issues with how he treated people – he was emotionally abusive, he was physically abusive." Prince documentary director addresses Netflix cancellation, says the star's representatives were unable to "confront his humanity"
- Big Big Train share new live clip of The Last English King
- Watch Ghost's new video Satanized and meet new frontman Papa V Perpetua as the band officially announce brand new album Skeletá
- March 4
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- “What they talk about is political, and there’s not many bands that do that”: Elton John heaps praise on Ireland’s breakout hip-hop stars Kneecap
- The new issue of Metal Hammer features FIVE cover to choose from: Electric Callboy, Jinjer, Slaughter To Prevail, Bambie Thug and Bloodywood!
- Watch Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes join You Me At Six to play Bite My Tongue in Sheffield
- Eric Clapton announces run of US 2025 autumn tour dates
- Why System Of A Down bassist scrapped a collaboration with Korn’s Jonathan Davis: “I want him to work on this with us, not just have a part that he’s done 10 years ago and have that regurgitated”
- Sex! Jazz! LSD! The Doors' Robby Krieger and John Densmore on their extraordinary ride - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- Slayer announce two monster UK shows with Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon and more
- "We've managed to bring a little light to a time when we need it": This stunning father-daughter version of Supper's Ready may be the cutest, most wholesome performance of the year
- March 3
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- The Offspring announces every punk rock-lover's dream tour with Jimmy Eat World and New Found Glory
- "She’s so kind to do this. She’s one of the biggest stars in the world right now": Watch a pink sparkly cowboy hat-wearing Elton John perform Pink Pony Club with Chappell Roan at his Oscars viewing party
- “It was embarrassing”: Metallica’s …And Justice For All pushed bass players “to the back” in the 1990s, claims thrash legend
- The Flower Kings announce new album and a European tour with Neal Morse & The Resonance
- “Some of the guys in the band are like, ‘**** that, we’ll never play it!’” Watch Slipknot play one of their deepest cuts for the first time ever in Melbourne on Friday night
- “V is coming”: Ghost tease new era with Las Vegas billboard and mysterious livestream
- March 2
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- Badfinger guitarist Joey Molland dead at 77
- "It's very hollow and astoundingly creatively unfulfilling." Why Wolfgang Van Halen won't make his living by performing Van Halen songs
- "Will we let the machines take the stage, or will we fight for the irreplaceable magic of human artistry?" Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page hits out at UK Government's Artificial Intelligence proposals
- March 1
