Something big is brewing in the ATG camp, and they’ve turned the reveal of their mysterious new home into one massive festival treasure hunt. Before the organisers officially announce their new location next week, fans are being challenged to work out exactly where the festival is heading — right down to the spot where the […]
Something big is brewing in the ATG camp, and they’ve turned the reveal of their mysterious new home into one massive festival treasure hunt. Before the organisers officially announce their new location next week, fans are being challenged to work out exactly where the festival is heading — right down to the spot where the […]
Something big is brewing in the ATG camp, and they’ve turned the reveal of their mysterious new home into one massive festival treasure hunt. Before the organisers officially announce their new location next week, fans are being challenged to work out exactly where the festival is heading — right down to the spot where the […]
No completed stage, cancelled acts, bands allegedly left unpaid and thousands of complaints reportedly disappearing online — Hayrock Festival promised a weekend of tribute-fuelled rock chaos, but delivered a very different kind of chaos. Every year, new festivals arrive promising massive singalongs, overflowing bars and unforgettable weekends with the rock community. Some grow into beloved […]
When it comes to flagship smartphones in 2026, two names are battling it out for the Android crown – the OPPO Find X9 Ultra and the Xiaomi 17 Ultra. Both phones are absolute monsters. Both boast cutting-edge cameras, stunning displays, flagship performance and batteries that’ll keep you going through a full day at a festival. […]
🤘 Introduction When most festivals are still months away and winter refuses to loosen its grip, Planet Rock Presents Winter’s End brings the rock community together for one unforgettable weekend. Held every January, Winter’s End has become one of Britain’s most loved indoor rock festivals, offering fans the chance to shake off the winter blues […]
For a few glorious summers, one festival appeared ready to change the entire European rock and metal landscape. Its name was hemisphere. Rather than existing as one fixed event in one country, hemisphere was designed as a travelling festival series. Major bands would move between different European locations, joined by local artists and specially selected […]
There are festivals that include heavy metal. Then there is Bloodstock Open Air. Held every August at Catton Park in Derbyshire, Bloodstock has developed into one of the most important independent metal festivals in Europe. It is a gathering where thrash, death metal, black metal, doom, power metal, folk metal, metalcore and almost every other […]
Before Download Festival brought multiple stages, five-day camping and tens of thousands of black-clad maniacs to Donington Park, there was Monsters of Rock. One stage. One day. A handful of the biggest hard-rock and heavy-metal bands on the planet. No clashes. No gentle warm-up weekend. No wandering between distant arenas while desperately trying to follow […]
The Metal Gods deliver nearly 90 minutes of classics, deep cuts and leather-clad heavy metal glory Judas Priest are back on the road, back in the leather and once again demonstrating exactly why they remain one of the most important heavy metal bands ever to plug guitars into dangerously large amplifiers. Fan-shot footage of the […]
Every June, tens of thousands of rock and metal fans descend upon Donington Park for one of the loudest, muddiest and most gloriously chaotic weekends in the British festival calendar. For the Download faithful, it is far more than three days of bands. It is the walk from the car park carrying approximately twice your […]
There are festivals you attend once. Then there are festivals that become part of your yearly calendar, your friendship group, your summer routine and, eventually, your identity. For thousands of rock fans, Steelhouse Festival is firmly in that second category. Held at Hafod-y-Dafal Farm, near Aberbeeg and Ebbw Vale, Steelhouse has grown from an ambitious […]
There are bad days at work… and then there’s being handed a bus ticket, kicked out of Metallica and sent packing across America while the band carries on without you. That was the brutal reality facing Dave Mustaine in 1983. For most musicians, getting booted from a band on the verge of greatness would have […]
📸 Press Photo Credit: Lee London Hastings-based country, Americana and rock outfit Kay Iris are preparing to strike musical gold with their brand-new single, ‘Goldrush’, arriving on Thursday 30th July 2026. Formed in 2024, Kay Iris have wasted absolutely no time getting their boots muddy, their guitars plugged in and their name out into the […]
The Godfather of Heavy Metal is back — and he’s brought a sack full of monstrous riffs with him Sound the alarms. Lock up the light fittings. Warn the neighbours. Tony bloody Iommi is back. 🤘🔥 The legendary Black Sabbath guitarist and undisputed architect of the heavy metal riff has announced his long-awaited new solo […]