Bloodstock Festival isn’t messing about for its 25th anniversary extravaganza. Catton Park is going nuclear in August 2026, and the latest announcement just proved it. The mighty Saxon are back, and they’re not just back anywhere – they’re headlining the first-ever Thursday main stage slot in Bloodstock history. And as if that wasn’t enough to […]
Every year, Stonedead Festival proves you don’t need 100 bands, a 5-day mud bath, or six stages fighting for attention to create an unforgettable rock ‘n’ roll riot. One day, one stage, one killer line-up — that’s the Stonedead way. And for 2026, they’ve already fired their opening salvo, dropping the first five names set […]
Featuring Twisted Sister, KISS, Slayer, Nine Inch Nails, Mötley Crüe & more Ah, the good ol’ “farewell tour” – a sacred ritual where fans fork out silly money, buy the commemorative hoodie, shed a tear during the encore, and whisper to their mates: “This is the last time, mun.” 🥺🎶 Except… it never is. Because […]
What’s occurring, butt? Just when you thought the archives of rock ‘n’ roll couldn’t cough up any more chaos, along comes a proper gem: a long-lost collaboration between Motörhead and The Damned has finally seen the light of day! ⚡️ Yep – Lemmy and the lads locking horns with Captain Sensible and Dave Vanian. Punk […]
What’s Occurring, Butt? Only in the bizarre, glitter-drenched circus that is the MTV VMAs could someone manage to make a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne — the Prince of Darkness, the mad Brummie bat-biter himself — feel like a lukewarm karaoke night in Pontins. And who’s here to call it out? None other than Dan Hawkins, […]
🔥⚔️ JUDAS PRIEST – THE GODS OF HEAVY METALAll rise for the Metal Gods themselves! ⚡🎸There’d be no leather, no spikes, no air-raid sirens in the sky without the mighty Judas Priest.Forget your TikTok trends – these Brummie legends INVENTED the look, the sound, and the swagger of heavy metal.This isn’t just a band… it’s […]
What’s occurring? Imagine it, mun: the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne, stumbling across the deck of the Black Pearl, eyeliner smudged, rum in hand, mumbling, “Sharrrooonnnn!” while Captain Jack Sparrow tries to keep up. That cinematic dream nearly happened… until Sharon slammed the treasure chest shut. Yep, Sharon Osbourne has revealed she wouldn’t let […]
🎤 Introduction – The Nicest Man in Rock Has a Secret? When you think of Dave Grohl, you think of three things: ear-splitting riffs, goofy dad jokes, and the eternal energy of a man who’s been holding rock ’n’ roll on his shoulders since the 90s. But in 2024, the world got a curveball – […]
The prog-rock world has lost one of its greats. Rick Davies – the keyboard wizard, smoky-voiced singer, and co-founder of Supertramp – has passed away at the age of 81. Best known for steering the band through the 1970s and early ’80s, Davies co-wrote some of Supertramp’s biggest hits including “Goodbye Stranger,” “Bloody Well Right,” […]
Back in the glory days when MTV still played music (remember that? Feels like a fever dream now 😅), bands weren’t just fighting for airtime — they were battling censors, moral panics, and pearl-clutching parents. If your video got banned, it usually meant one thing: you’d made it. Here’s our countdown of the 10 music […]
🔥 25 years later — and it still hits like a sledgehammer to the skull. Slipknot have officially dropped the Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition of their monstrous 1999 self-titled debut album — the one that introduced the world to Iowa’s masked chaos machine and changed the sound of metal forever. And because just reissuing it […]
By The Riff Report 🪓🤘 | October 2025 🔥 25 years later — and it still hits like a sledgehammer to the skull. Slipknot have officially dropped the Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition of their monstrous 1999 self-titled debut album — the one that introduced the world to Iowa’s masked chaos machine and changed the sound […]
The Sex Pistols, those immortal troublemakers of punk rock, have been forced to slam the brakes on their much-hyped 2025 North and South American tour after guitarist Steve Jones busted his wrist. The announcement dropped on September 2, 2025, via social media, leaving fans gutted and promoters scrambling. This run was meant to be massive […]
Led Zeppelin weren’t just a band – they were the gods of thunder, the riff-wielding druids who reshaped rock forever. From 1969 to 1980 they dropped eight albums that still echo through stadiums, garages, and every poor guitar shop where teenagers are told “no Stairway, denied!” 🪕 But c’mon butt, picking the 20 greatest Zeppelin […]
⚡ A Storm That Nearly Never Broke Picture it: 1990. AC/DC are holed up in the studio, trying to carve out their next big moment after the Blow Up Your Video era. The lads are under pressure — Bon Scott had been gone a decade, Brian Johnson had carried them through with Back in Black […]