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September 30
- The Cure announce huge summer 2026 UK and Ireland shows with star-studded supporting cast
- "We had a decision to make as to whether we wanted to carry on or not": Steve Harris on Nicko McBrain's departure from Iron Maiden
- Sick Of It All singer Lou Koller says his oesophageal cancer has returned
- An old skit of Ozzy Osbourne acting as Gandalf The Grey in The Lord Of The Rings is going viral, and it’s magical
- “If you persist in doing the things that you want to do to satisfy yourself, you can live your whole life that way”: watch a heartfelt message to a young musician from the late, great Steve Albini
- “People were letting surfers fall hard into the crowd”: Fans at recent Sleep Token show reportedly dropped crowd-surfers, and now everyone is arguing about concert etiquette
- Zeppelin and Floyd hoped his magic would rub off on them. The Happy Mondays just wanted to kidnap him. Donovan just dropped the most epic, name-dropping answer to a question ever
- Watch Slayer charge through Hell Awaits during the fieriest rehearsal video you’ll probably ever see
- “He said, ‘Between you and I, I’ve written a Coronation Street script’”: Morrissey once accosted a Corrie star, asked to be taken to the set and revealed he’d pitched to write for the show
- Lamb Of God seem to be teasing new music for later this week
- Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s spat was blown out of proportion, says support act: “Whatever was going on, they were professional enough to keep it from affecting the tour”
- Watch the surviving members of REO Speedwagon's classic lineup reunite for the first time in 37 years
September 29
- "It's Axl like you've never seen him before, on the front lines of a battle for humanity's future": Introducing Axl Rose: Half-human, half-robot comic book hero
- "It's incredible to see them back together. Paul McCartney was actually there!" Leonardo DiCaprio gives his review of the Oasis reunion show in Pasadena, California
- Ghost announce 2026 North American tour
- New singer announced for Rick Wakeman's upcoming English Rock Ensemble tour
- "Nobody liked the song when I put it in the cut!" Why Peacemaker showrunner James Gunn used a cult Swedish metal band to soundtrack that shocking episode six twist
- “It was like watching Muhammad Ali shadow box – that intense”: Metallica’s Robert Trujillo on watching Black Sabbath soundcheck at Back To The Beginning
September 28
- Watch Eddie Vedder join Tedeschi Trucks Band for blistering cover of The Seeker by The Who
- "I've never talked about progressive rock, or thought that we were": David Gilmour says Pink Floyd were never progressive rock
September 27
- Paul McCartney hadn’t played this Beatles classic in full since 1965. That changed last night
- Sonic Youth are teasing fans with the promise of something coming in 2026
- “I have to make the responsible decision – there’s just no way I can sing like this”: Avenged Sevenfold have postponed their 2025 South American tour at the last minute due to M Shadows’ vocal injury
- "I watched Ozzy's last concert!" Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley on why he used Metallica, Sabbath, Pearl Jam and more to soundtrack season one
- “Two nights of heat, jumping, singing, passion, rawk, roll and filming”: Ghost delivered a blockbuster concert movie with Rite Here Rite Now. They’re going in a totally different direction with the follow up
- Watch King Crimson 80s affiliate band Beat perform Elephant Talk live
- Rick Wakeman shares video for new single, the gently haunting Melancholia
September 26
- You can now watch the epic metal doc, Into The Void: Life, Death & Heavy Metal on Hulu - here's the cheapest ways to watch it, starting from free...
- “I’m old. I don’t give a **** what I do anymore!”: Bruce Springsteen has opened up on why he agreed to a film being made about his life
- Jethro Tull announce newly remastered reissue of Aqualung Live
- Linkin Park just did a surprise set on Kai Cenat's record-breaking Mafiathon 3 livestream - watch videos here
- Creeper share new single Prey For The Night, another typically understated gem from the goth-punk giants
- Annie Haslam to team up with Renaissance founder Jim McCarty for US live shows
- Hear Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne team up on cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs
- Watch Hayley Williams join hardcore punk veterans H20 onstage in Nashville
- Bruce Springsteen's band weren't prepared for his now-famous anti-Trump speech in Manchester
- Ace Frehley cancels show on doctor's orders after studio fall
September 25
- “I’m so sorry about last night”: Watch Ghost frontman Tobias Forge apologise onstage for last-minute concert cancellation
- “It’s a cartoon, it’s Looney Tunes”: Gwar singer responds to conservative backlash over onstage Donald Trump ‘killing’
- Calling all Ghost fans! Get your hands on an exclusive array of bookazine bundles with a glow-in-the-dark t-shirt and puff print sweatshirt
- Nixon just dropped a brand new Nirvana watch - here's how you can save 10% on it right now
- "The most ambitious project we’ve ever done!" Snarky Puppy announce new collaboration with Metropole Orkest
- Paramore and Hayley Williams join No Music For Genocide initiative, removing their music from streaming services in Israel
- Mike Vennart records new vocals on unheard material for reissue of Oceansize's Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up
- Watch Sleep Token cover Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing In The Dark during sold-out American tour
- "I think he'd been looking for Paul": Eric Idle gives horrifying account of George Harrison stabbing
- Brian May says Queen are "having conversations" about a residency at the Las Vegas Sphere
- "The doctor said that I probably wouldn't be on stage again": Vince Neil reveals he's suffered four strokes in recent years
- Watch footage from first live performance in eight years from Texan noise-rock legends Butthole Surfers
- Judas Priest singer Rob Halford reveals he got married last year in front of a small group of friends and a "heavy metal cactus"
September 24
- Pentangle and John Martyn bassist Danny Thompson has died, aged 86
- Metal Hammer presents the ultimate Ghost fan pack: the story of every album and every era, including an exclusive patch and artcards
- The Rolling Stones announce Super Deluxe Box Set edition of 1976 record Black And Blue
- Jean-Michel Jarre announces first-ever Uzbekistan outdoor show for November
- “She isn’t fit to tie their shoelaces!”: recounting an awkward encounter between Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed and Madonna at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
- “We will not perform; we will liberate”: Heavy metal nuns Dogma to battle oppressive American “doctrines” on autumn US tour
- Ghost cancel show last-minute due to Tobias Forge having food poisoning
- Creed release new career-spanning compilation
- Ozric Tentacles to release new 10-disc collection, Through The Magick Valley, in November
- Oasis release stirring reworking of Morning Glory ahead of anniversary reissue
- Judas Priest’s Rob Halford says America is “incredibly” homophobic: “When I go onstage, some guys will say, ‘I love Judas Priest, but I’m not gay’”
- “When you’re saving lives, nothing else matters”: Metallica team up with Australian Red Cross to encourage blood donation Down Under
September 23
- New Rolling Stones podcast launched - first episode includes Andrew Loog Oldham interview
- Get your exclusive Biffy Clyro Futique t-shirt only via the official Louder store
- Metal Hammer has teamed with Parkway Drive for an exclusive t-shirt and magazine package
- Cardiacs announce live dates in support of new album LSD for March 2026
- Ghost have put a spooky mariachi band on a boat to promote this week’s Mexico City shows
- “I know it will pay off in the end”: Stevie Nicks shares letter she wrote to her family whilst recording Buckingham Nicks
- The Cure announce new festival show for next summer
- Pixies announce new worldwide tour to celebrate their 40th anniversary
- Kate Bush to release Best Of The Other Sides on CD and coloured vinyl in October
- Right-wing Twitter is up in arms about Gwar “disembowelling” Donald Trump
- Video: so the new Parkway Drive show looks completely insane
- "I need one!": Watch Wolfgang Van Halen shred through a fart pedal
September 22
- A Freddie Mercury Memorial Garden has opened in West London
- Communication breakdown: Led Zeppelin announce Record Store Day release then delete announcement
- Iron Maiden announce epic Knebworth show for 2026 - plus two huge festival dates
- Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an I Prevail cover and t-shirt you won’t find in the shops
- My Chemical Romance announce The Black Parade 2026 tour
- Rick Wakeman celebrated in new set of six stamps designed by Roger Dean
- “Categorically false”: Fleetwood Mac deny reports that they will reunite to play at JK Rowling’s birthday bash
- Kid Rock is banned from performing in California
- Thrice announce UK tour dates for 2026
- Watch Nancy Wilson join Chappell Roan onstage for a rollicking cover of Heart classic Barracuda
- US prog rockers Elder unveil 18-minute new work Liminality/Dream State Return
- "This is the last time we’re going to get on a bus and tour all over North America." Shirley Manson blames record industry "thievery" for forcing Garbage to make a drastic decision on touring
- “I’d had too much to drink and didn’t consider how inappropriate or hurtful it might be”: Emmy-nominated actor apologises for having picture taken with Marilyn Manson
- Phish release statement after stabbing incident outside show leaves one dead and two injured
September 20
- "It's been a really amazing and bittersweet process." Matt Cameron on the emotion of making a new Soundgarden album using demo vocals recorded by the late Chris Cornell
- "You're surrendering your senses completely to this little fascist in your hand." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson really hates mobile phones
- “To the DEATH and far beyond!”: This iconic black metal band have announced they’re splitting up – but not before one final album
- “It reminded me of discovering Deep Purple when I was 15 years old, except updated. Everything was really pushing forwards”: Bruce Dickinson reveals the Pau Di’Anno song that convinced him to join Iron Maiden
- Four-fifths of the Genesis Lamb line-up reunite at Atmos playback in London
September 19
- “The process was natural and easy, I could’ve kept on going forever”: Blink-182’s Travis Barker on turning producer for new Alkaline Trio recordings
- “This is the kind of band all of us wanted to be in as we got older”: New supergroup bringing together members of R.E.M., Screaming Trees, QOTSA and more announce first UK shows
- Hear four classic Kittie songs re-recorded on new EP Spit XXV
- Dream Theater announce new 40th anniversary live album
- Metallica may have ‘stolen’ Spinal Tap’s album art, but the comedy-metal legends aren’t bitter about it
- Massive Attack to remove their music from Spotify in protest against CEO’s AI military investments
- Aerosmith and Yungblud share first track from their collaborative new EP
- The Darkness' Justin Hawkins responds to backlash over his criticism of Yungblud's Ozzy tribute
- BBC announces rescheduled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home documentary will be broadcast on October 2
- Warring REO Speedwagon members to reunite as grand marshals at University homecoming parade
September 18
- Watch Slash and Steven Tyler guest with the Joe Perry Project in Hollywood
- Dave Cousins 1994 album with Brian Willoughby, The Bridge, gets new makeover
- “This is the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world!”: Iron Maiden are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer. And it comes with three exclusive gifts!
- Queen detail 50th anniversary editions of A Night At The Opera and Bohemian Rhapsody
- Yes announce new reissue of Fly From Here: Return Trip with Atmos mix
- Iron Maiden announce more European shows for 2026, including phone-free Paris concert and secret UK date
- Slash announces Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival live album and concert film
- Aerosmith and Yungblud confirm collaboration details
September 17
- “An aural record of an artist becoming himself”: Bob Dylan's early years explored in forthcoming Bootleg Series release
- Pre-order your exclusive Metal Hammer x Creeper bundle, featuring a magazine cover unavailable in shops and new album Sanguivore II: Mistress Of Death on purple vinyl
- Depeche Mode release trailer for epic new concert film
- Paramount Plus to stream feature-length documentary about Ozzy Osbourne’s final years next month – watch the trailer here
- "This is what art is": Mike Patton returns to action with new project AVTT/PTTN with folk rock stars the Avett Brothers
- "There are so many elements I never expected to see or hear!" New Van der Graaf Generator film shines light on only US gig from the 1970s
- Frank Turner announces new career compilation The Next Ten Years
- Sleep Token kicked off their sold-out US tour and performed two never-before-played songs last night – see the setlist and watch videos here
- Rick and Oliver Wakeman to tour together for the first time ever
- The new movie from Portishead’s Geoff Barrow features an unhinged turn from Sleaford Mod Jason Williamson
- Colin Edwin and John Wesley announce new Porcupine Tree-focused band Voyage 35
- System Of A Down add second UK date to European tour with Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath
- Chrissie Hynde and k.d. lang hook up for smoky version of soul classic Me And Mrs Jones
- "You only get one shot to do this correctly and I think we nailed it": Joe Bonamassa announces all-star tribute to B.B. King
September 16
- Heart add more dates to Royal Flush tour
- The world of metal pays tribute to At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg
- Watch Terrifier baddie Art The Clown ‘kill’ WWE wrestler Rhea Ripley during an Ice Nine Kills concert last weekend
- Scottish post-rockers Mogwai announce UK live dates for February
- At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg dies aged 52 following cancer battle
- Soen announce new studio album, Reliance, will be released in January
- Kiss’s Gene Simmons claims he learned humility from Ozzy Osbourne
- Bloodstock festival adds Saxon as first-ever Thursday main-stage headliner; 26 other bands also confirmed
- Australian prog rockers Karnivool announce first new album for 13 years!
- Watch members of Iron Maiden and Tool jam a Jeff Beck song at a wedding last week
- Yes announce first English and Scottish live dates for two years
- Judas Priest recorded a cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs featuring Ozzy Osbourne – and they’re going to release it soon
- Aerosmith to release first new music in over a decade - with Yungblud
September 15
- "We’re honoured to collaborate with Iggor & Max": Massive Attack team up with Sepultura co-founders Max and Iggor Cavalera for special South American show
- “It’s a homecoming! It’s going to be big, bad and beautiful”: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds announce huge Brighton show for summer 2026
- Iron Maiden sign up as ambassadors for National Album Day 2025
- Gerard Way teases new project with US ska-punk band The Interrupters
- “It was an absolute honour to know him and carry his belts”: Liam Gallagher pays tribute to Ricky Hatton after the boxer’s death
- Steve Hackett announces Best of Genesis And Solo Gems 2026 England and Scotland tour dates
- “I was supposed to play guitar on Sweet Leaf, then it was Changes”: Wolfgang Van Halen remembers meeting Ozzy Osbourne and reveals his original plan for Back To The Beginning
September 14
- Watch Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson sing the Star Spangled Banner for 66,000 NFL fans in Pittsburgh
- Nikki Sixx says Mick Mars' claims that Motley Crue don't play live are a "betrayal to the band who saved his life"
- Watch Foo Fighters return to the stage with their new drummer and a monster 25-song set
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 break venue record by extending run of 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
- "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