“My psyche is melting and Chino’s whispering sweet nothings into the void.” 🎉 The Comeback We’ve Been Crying Into Our Hoodie Sleeves For Brace yourselves, alt-metal disciples — DEFTONES ARE OFFICIALLY BACK 🤘 And no, this isn’t another TikTok rumour or some weird AI clone version. This is the real, riff-ripping, ethereal-as-ever Deftones, and they’ve […]

Right then, c’mon butt — let’s talk front standing at the madness that is Oasis Live ’25 in Manchester’s mighty Heaton Park. If you’ve not heard already, the queue chaos for that golden front barrier spot was mental, and fans have been calling it just that — and then some. 😵‍💫 🪩 What Even Is […]

Alright, you lovely lot of riff-raff – grab your air guitars, dust off your wristbands, and let’s dive headfirst into the most chaotic charity concert face-off of all time. Two Goliaths. Two generations. One massive showdown: 👉 LIVE AID (1985) vs LIVE 8 (2005) Who had the louder legends? Who pulled the bigger crowd? And […]

It finally happened, butt. The king of parody. The maestro of musical mockery. The only man who can rhyme “balogna” with “madonna” and make it slap — ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic just played Madison Square Garden, and it was proper lush. “This is the first time I’ve ever played MSG,” Al told the crowd, his voice […]

“So good! So good! So good!” never hit harder… The legendary Neil Diamond, now 84, made hearts melt and voices roar on July 12th, when he unexpectedly stepped back into the spotlight at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. And what did he do, butt? Only led the crowd in a spine-tingling rendition of […]

The wild story of how one man played both Live Aid concerts — across two continents — in just one day It was July 13th, 1985 — a date forever etched in rock history. Live Aid wasn’t just a concert. It was a global juggernaut. A planet-sized charity gig broadcast to 1.9 billion people across […]

Sharon, I think they’ve finally lost it…” 🦇🔥By The Riff Report Right then, grab a can of Monster, light a candle for Randy Rhoads, and let’s talk about what might be the most rock’n’roll price tag of all time: £666 for a meet and greet with Ozzy Osbourne and his batshit brilliant clan. Yes, that […]

🪪 £900 VIP Tickets… and They Nearly Missed the Bloody Band?! 🎟️🫠 Welcome to the latest episode of “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” featuring 80,000 Oasis fans, a handful of wristbands, and one very grumpy Scottish couple who dropped nearly a grand to feel special — only to be treated like extras in Trainspotting: The […]

📍 Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea📆 Saturday, 19th July 2025 | 10PM–3AM🔞 Strictly 18+🎟️ Free, Enhanced, or £5 OTD 😈 “So long and goodnight…” but not just yet! This is your official invite to scream, sob, and skank your eyeliner off at Fallout Emo Night – Swansea’s ultimate emotional meltdown 🔥 Slip on your black […]

50 Years of Anarchy and Now… a Frontman Swap?! Well slap my mohawk and call me Sid — the Sex Pistols are actually back. Yes those Sex Pistols. The band that imploded harder than your nan’s telly after a lightning strike. After 50 years of being the loudest, rudest, most dysfunctional punk band to ever […]

UP THE IRONS – AND UP THE ECONOMY! 💰Iron Maiden, the titans of British heavy metal and bringers of thunder since 1975, have just levelled up once again – this time not with a new tour or album, but by becoming actual currency. Yes, butt. Eddie’s face is now on money. 🤯 The Royal Mint […]

🧠 What’s Actually Going On? Photographers covering the Oasis Live ’25 reunion were told: “You can shoot the show… but only own the photos for one year. After that? Poof. Rights gone.” This is what’s known as a rights reversion clause – and it’s rarer in music photography than a Noel Gallagher smile. Most major […]

Well, butt, it was always gonna ruffle a few feathers… or eardrums. Blackweir Live stormed into Cardiff’s Bute Park with a stacked line-up and a sound system that could wake the dead in Cathays Cemetery. But now, it’s under fire – and not the pyrotechnic kind. Over 100 noise complaints were logged during the festival’s […]

What’s occurring, Brum? The arena doors have swung open, and Comic Con Midlands 2025 is officially GO! 🙌 From the moment the shutters lifted, it’s been a glorious blur of capes, colour, collectibles, and chaos. We’re talking full-scale fandom overload — and it’s only just started! Whether you’re a seasoned con warrior or a bright-eyed […]

There are a few things in life that feel eternal: the smell of wet grass at a British festival, arguing about who was better – Oasis or Blur – and Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms. And yet, somehow, this absolute juggernaut of a record turns 40 years old in 2025. Excuse me while I go […]