The President of France tried to get Måneskin kicked out of Eurovision
President Emmanuel Macron wanted Italian rockers Måneskin booted from the contest for alleged drug use...just as France were lined up to win second place
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Smashing Pumpkins announce '90s alt. rock dream tour with Jane's Addiction
The Smashing Pumpkins unveil Spirits On Fire arena tour dates, with Jane's Addiction in support
Rock or bust: We’re all in on these Angus, Axl and Lemmy-inspired sculptures
A whole bunch of rock icons have been turned into wall-mounted busts and we think they rock… hard
Collected works of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera on the way
Elmer Gantry's eponymous vocalist would later work with the Alan Parsons Project
Children Of Bodom members open up on split with Alexi, issues within the band
"The fans have a right to know what happened"
Halestorm's Lzzy Hale on Ghost "genius" Tobias Forge: "He's the most interesting person I've ever met"
Halestorm's Lzzy Hale shares her love for Ghost's Tobias Forge and marvels at his "five year" in advance approach to songwriting
Polyphia release new video for Playing God, their first new music for three years
US instrumental prog quartet Polyphia releasePlaying God, their first new music since their 2019 Babymetal collaboration
Good news mini metalheads, you can now learn the alphabet with Babymetal
Some clever person has made an alphabet video guide that uses Babymetal lyrics and phrases to represent each letter
Stomu Yamashta's Island Records albums box set on the way
Japanese percussionist and composer's Island Records albums box set, including the Go albums, out in July
Nova Twins unleash swaggering, sex-positive new single Puzzles
London alt. rock duo Nova Twins release the R&B-inspired Puzzles from forthcoming album Supernova
Joan Jett on touring with "misogynistic" Mötley Crüe: "If I had to weed out every band you thought was problematic, there wouldn't be very many left"
Joan Jett discusses her upcoming tour with Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard and Poison, and addresses the Crüe's history of misogyny
Classic Rick Wakeman 1970s live shows unearthed for new box set
Four disc The Myths And Legends Of Rick Wakeman box set released in May
Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows calls on rock to update its settings: "Old bands are bitter about streaming, it's very weird"
A7X frontman M. Shadows says too many rock bands are stuck in the past and need to get with the programme
Ghost's Tobias Forge says bands used Covid fears to scrap tours which weren't proving as profitable as they wished
Ghost frontman Tobias Forge claims bands lied about the risk of Covid to pull tours which weren't pulling in enough cash
Wire share video of Stepping Off Too Quick for first time ever
Post-rock legends Wire repackage old bootleg Not About To Die as an official release
The Algorithm streams Multithreading - "how Matrix 4 should've sounded!!"
French synth progger The Algorithm will release new album Data Renaissance in June
Pale Waves sparkle with attitude on new single Lies, announce new album Unwanted
Indie punks Pale Waves share details of forthcoming album Unwanted and offer a preview with peppy new single Lies
The Utopia Strong release video for optimistic new single Castalia
Cosmic prog trio The Utopia Strong will release second album International Treasure in June
David Bowie tribute show to be staged in the UK's largest planetarium
Bowie: Oddity To Mars will be staged at the National Space Centre and will feature a live performance from tribute band David Live, alongside projections of NASA footage
