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- August 14
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- Slipknot confirm Sid Wilson is no longer in the band in since-deleted social media posts
- EMF keyboardist Derran 'Derry' Brownson dead at 55
- "I’m not supposed to talk about it. But it’s in the can." Weezer will release their own movie starring Keanu Reeves next year
- Get your grunge on this weekend with 25% off Nixon’s eye-popping Nirvana watches - but be quick
- "He said, You’re gonna be attacked from every side." Motorhead legend Lemmy offered brilliant career advice to one of rock's hottest new bands when they were starting out
- The unlikeliest collab of the year? Hear Godflesh frontman Justin Broadrick play guitar on new song by pop superstar Phoebe Bridgers
- Pink Floyd: The inside story of the tour that killed the band - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- August 13
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- "I’d sit behind my dad and watch him play and watch people just go crazy. As a kid, you think that’s the coolest thing in the world. Because it is." Taylor Hawkins' son Shane is giving his late father's classic rock covers band a new lease of life
- Dave Grohl, Slash, Ringo Starr, Gene Simmons & more spill the beans on LA's notorious party pad, the Sunset Marquis - here's how to watch If These Walls Could Rock from anywhere
- Roxy Music share previously unreleased 1971 demo of Grey Lagoons as they announce For Your Pleasure Deluxe Edition
- “Managed to avoid dying, so that was a good start”: Gofundme launched for beloved Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and Prog writer Dom Lawson following heart attack at Bloodstock festival
- Slipknot’s producer explains why he recorded Iowa with a broken back: “It put a very next-level diligence into those guys”
- Watch "The Great Legend, the Immortal" Ritchie Blackmore return to the stage with Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years
- Queen's Roger Taylor releases I See You Now, a love song dedicated to his wife
- August 12
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- Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes and Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante to team up on new, original song If The Sun Burns Out Tonight
- “Knowing how close I got to not being here, my appreciation for life is something I can’t even explain.” Blink-182’s Travis Barker bares his soul in his new film – here’s how to watch Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear from anywhere
- Ritchie Blackmore is planning on playing with Deep Purple tonight, an occurrence more rare than today's total solar eclipse
- Thunder frontman Danny Bowes announces Under Pressure spoken word tour – and it's going to be entirely unscripted
- Rival Sons' frontman Jay Buchanan announces solo acoustic tour. "I'll be running lean and mean out to see my country and telling some stories"
- Rod Stewart cancels upcoming tour dates after undergoing heart surgery
- August 11
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- Neil Peart documentary No One's Disciple will premiere at Toronto International Film Festival next month
- Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker recalls his suicidal thoughts following the horrific 2008 plane crash in which his security guard and assistant died: "There was no light at the end of the tunnel"
- “He felt like a metal uncle, and it’s so sad that he got taken away at such a young age”: Orbit Culture pay tribute to late At The Gates singer Tomas Lindberg
- Amazon Stir It Up by spinning up to 30% off one of my favourite House Of Marley turntables
- Bulgarian media stir up “Satanic black metal” fears as murder suspects wear heavy metal t-shirts in court
- August 10
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- Sopranos star Steven Van Zandt has written a TV show about three brothers - a rock star, a gangster and a FBI agent - and he wants Johnny Depp to take a starring role
- AC/DC's Highway To Hell made Hollywood superstar Javier Bardem a metalhead for life
- "It's heavy as ****!" Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson gives update on new solo album
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- August 6
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- Heart have finished recording their first album in a decade. "It's what we were born to do, and do together"
- "Louder Now represents a huge milestone for me and to know it has made an impact on so many other people’s lives as well is something I still struggle to get my head around": Taking Back Sunday reveal Louder Now deluxe reissue
- August 5
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- "I have no desire to be a survivor. I’d rather accept, absorb, adapt, fight and break that which seeks to break me." Henry Rollins announces "searing" memoir Bait Dog Boy
- Pre-order Classic Rock’s ultimate Europe fan package: magazine with exclusive cover, marble vinyl of new album Come This Madness plus signed lyric sheet
- Hear Ghost’s Tobias Forge sing on a brand-new re-imagining of Accept’s classic heavy metal deep cut Save Us, featuring Anthrax bassist Frank Bello and Korn drummer Ray Luzier
- The Cure's video director Tim Pope reveals how working with disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein on cult gothic horror film The Crow: City of Angels scarred him for life
- Linkin Park announce new documentary Unshatter and tie-in album; watch trailer and live footage of Somewhere I Belong here
- Glenn Hughes announces retirement from live performances: "I really have no option and no choice"
- August 4
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- Eagles extend record-breaking residency at Sphere in Las Vegas yet again
- Watch Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and U2 frontman Bono perform at the funeral of Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard: "Everyone who met him, they just remember the day they met him."
- Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Dominum cover, brain stress ball and signed art card
- King Crimson unveil 2014 (The Complete US Tour) double Blu-ray set
- Brighten up your music room with the colourful and eye-catching Majority Stylo and Folio turntables
- System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian says drummer John Dolmayan is tired of Donald Trump despite past support of US president: “I know so many Armenians in Los Angeles who voted for Trump and now regret it”
- "It shows off the rockier side of our collaboration." Hackett & Rothery up the tempo on new single, Red Dragon
- Slipknot’s Sid Wilson reportedly sacked for mistreating bandmates, ex-fiancée Kelly Osbourne tears into the DJ: “I want to be happy and I have a beautiful son to raise. Leave me alone.”
- More than 80 minutes of historic 1970 Led Zeppelin footage emerges online: "This is a monumental addition to the Led Zeppelin canon"
- Foreigner launch thousand-dollar VIP tickets that allow fans to sit onstage during shows
- August 3
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- Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Electric Callboy cover and art print
- Five Finger Death Punch, Helloween, Electric Callboy, Knocked Loose, Dragonforce and many more announced for Wacken Open Air 2027 lineup
- Megadeth announce first UK headlining tour since 2015 plus European dates, Black Label Society and Testament supporting
- August 2
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- Sharon Osbourne gives an update on Ozzfest – and confirms there will be a Back To The Beginning film: “Ozzy’s legacy isn’t fading”
- Phil Collins reveals that he nearly died in 2024: “My kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing up. People were coming to say goodbye”
- Ross Robinson reveals that Slipknot were talking about splitting up just before they made Iowa: “We’re just not getting along. We’re gonna break up.”
- August 1
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- "Rock and metal is one of the few genres that has kept a certain quality." Lacuna Coil singer says metal bands are maintaining higher standards than most in the face of industry challenges
- “If someone says they don’t like something, that makes me embrace it even more”: Steve Harris defends Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying album – and names the one radical thing he’d change about if
- Jim Root responds to rumours that Sid Wilson has been fired from Slipknot: “Don’t believe everything you read. Stop. Think.”
