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Welcome to The Riff Report News โ€“ your home for the latest riffs, announcements and glorious chaos from across rock, metal and alternative music. ๐Ÿ“ฐ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿค˜

From massive tour announcements and festival line-ups to surprise singles, new albums, band reunions and everything happening across the music world, we'll keep you firmly in the loop.

Expect breaking music news, tour dates, festival updates, album and single announcements, band news, line-up changes, music videos and stories from across the rock and metal community.

We'll cover the biggest names in the business while making plenty of room for independent, unsigned and grassroots artists, venues and festivals deserving more attention.

Being proudly Welsh, we'll also keep a close eye on music news from across Cymru, championing Welsh bands, venues, promoters and the people keeping our scene loud. ๐Ÿ‰

Big announcement or tiny grassroots victory โ€“ if it matters to the community, it matters to us.

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๐Ÿ— JOLLIBEEโ€™S UK FAST FOOD โ€“ MASSIVELY SURPRISED! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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Well, well, wellโ€ฆ whoโ€™d have thought it, butt? The Filipino fast food giant Jollibee has rocked up in the UK with their bee mascot, fried chicken empire, and gravy tubs the size of a small paddling pool. And you know what? I was massively surprised โ€“ in the best way possible! First Impressions ๐Ÿ Walk into Jollibee and it feels...

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๐Ÿค˜ BABYMETAL SMASH HISTORY โ€“ FIRST JAPANESE GROUP TO CRACK THE US TOP 10 ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Whatโ€™s occurring, metalheads? The kawaii-metal queens themselves โ€“ BABYMETAL โ€“ have just gone and made history louder than a Marshall stack cranked to 11. Their brand-new collab-heavy record Metal Forth has catapulted them into the Billboard 200 Top 10 โ€“ making them the first ever all-Japanese group to pull off this monumental feat in the US charts. ๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ”ฅ Thatโ€™s right butt, Americaโ€™s finally woken up to the fact...

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๐Ÿ” Reviewing WENDY’S UK for the FIRST TIME! โ€“ The Greatest Comeback Since Wimpy Bar ๐Ÿด๐Ÿค˜

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Alright butt, strap in. Because I just did something mad: I went to Wendyโ€™sโ€ฆ in the UK. Yes, you read that right. Wendyโ€™s, the red-haired, burger-flipping American fast-food legend, has swaggered back onto our shores like a rock band announcing a reunion tour after decades in rehab. ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ”ฅ And honestly? This feels like the greatest comeback since the Wimpy Bar...

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๐Ÿคฃ Beavis and Butt-Head Are Back, Butt-Munch! โ€“ New Season Incoming ๐Ÿค˜

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Oi oi, lads and lasses โ€“ grab your nachos and crank up the metal riffs because the most gloriously dumb duo in TV history are making a comeback! Yep, Mike Judgeโ€™s Beavis and Butt-Head are returning to Comedy Central with a brand-new season dropping Wednesday, September 3rd. ๐Ÿ’ฅ Thatโ€™s right โ€“ the giggling, fire-obsessed, headbanging halfwits who made the โ€˜90s...

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โ˜• TIM HORTONS โ€“ AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER! ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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๐ŸŽค Chapter 1: The Hype Before the Horror Tim Hortons history: founded in 1964 by hockey legend Tim Horton. Canadaโ€™s obsession: โ€œDouble Doubleโ€ coffee, Timbits, and donut culture. Their UK arrival in 2017 โ€“ queues out the door in Glasgow, press calling it โ€œthe next Starbucks.โ€ Rock comparison: like a hotly anticipated comeback tour โ€“ everyone buzzing before the first...

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DISTURBED BRING THE FIRE (LITERALLY) WITH โ€œTHE SOUND OF SILENCEโ€ IN 2025 ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŽค

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Some gigs are loud. Some gigs are heavy. And some gigsโ€ฆ well, they become legends. Disturbedโ€™s stop at the Footprint Center, Phoenix, 2025 was exactly thatโ€”a show that fans will be telling their grandkids about (whether they like it or not). And at the heart of it all? A single song. A cover. A flaming piano. And a crowd left...

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๐ŸŽค EMINEMโ€™S HAPPY GILMORE 2 CAMEO โ€“ WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HIS MOUTH, MUN? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜‚

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So you sat down with a cold one to watch Happy Gilmore 2, and boom โ€” in pops Slim Shady himself. But wait a secโ€ฆ why on earth couldnโ€™t Eminem close his mouth properly? Did he lose a bet with Sandler? Was it botched CGI? Or did someone superglue his dentures in? Letโ€™s riff it outโ€ฆ ๐ŸŒ๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐ŸŽค The Big Mouth...

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๐ŸŽค FRED DURST VS. THE DRONE โ€“ LIMP BIZKIT GO FULL WWE IN ISTANBUL ๐Ÿค–๐ŸฅŠ

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Well, butt, you never know whatโ€™s going to happen at a Limp Bizkit gig โ€“ but nobody expected this! Fred Durst, the backwards-cap-wearing ringleader of nu-metal chaos, just added โ€œDrone Destroyerโ€ to his CV after a gig in Istanbul went off the rails (literally). Yep, during Bizkitโ€™s set, a drone was buzzing a bit too close for comfort. Instead of...

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๐Ÿ™๏ธ BRUMโ€™S SUMMER OF SABBATH 2025 โ€“ THE ULTIMATE SABBATH CRAWL ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿบ

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Birmingham โ€“ land of canals, curries, and the birthplace of heavy metal. This summer, the cityโ€™s cranking everything to 11 with a full-on Black Sabbath trail. Think of it like a treasure hunt, but instead of gold coins, youโ€™re chasing riffs, murals, and pint stops. ๐ŸŽธ So lace up your Docs, grab a map, and letโ€™s take a tour of...

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๐Ÿฉธโšก The 20 Greatest Iron Maiden Songs of All Time โšก๐Ÿฉธ

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20. Bring Your Daughterโ€ฆ To The Slaughter (1990) The only Maiden track to actually hit UK No.1. Bonkers title, campy as hell, but somehow it slaps like a dragonโ€™s tail. ๐Ÿ‰ 19. The Clansman (1998) From the Blaze Bayley era, but fans STILL chant โ€œFREEDOM!!!โ€ at gigs like itโ€™s Braveheart on steroids. Epic and underrated. 18. Infinite Dreams (1988) A...

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๐ŸŽฅ BBC CANCELS OZZY OSBOURNE DOCUMENTARY AFTER FAMILY COMPLAINTS ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ‡โšก

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Well butt, hereโ€™s a twist worthy of The Osbournes reality show itself โ€“ BBC bosses have reportedly been forced to pull a planned documentary on the Prince of Darkness after Ozzyโ€™s own family kicked up a storm about it. According to reports, the Beeb had something pretty meaty lined up โ€“ a behind-the-scenes look at Ozzyโ€™s career, chaos, and legacy....

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๐Ÿ›‘ BBC PULLS THE PLUG ON OZZYโ€™S FINAL YEARS DOC โ€“ WHATโ€™S OCCURRING, BUTT? ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ‡

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Well, cโ€™mon nowโ€ฆ this is one way to ruin a perfectly good Monday night, mun. Fans had their snacks lined up, cans chilled, and tissues ready (because we all knew itโ€™d be emotional) โ€” but just hours before broadcast, the BBC yanked Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home right out of the schedule. Instead of our Prince of Darkness baring his soul,...

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๐ŸŽค OZZY OSBOURNE: THE FINAL ENCORE โ€“ BACK TO THE BEGINNING WITH BLACK SABBATH ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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Well butt, itโ€™s finally here โ€“ the end of an era, the last howl of the Prince of Darkness himself, Mr. Ozzy Osbourne. Amazon Prime Video has just dropped Ozzy Osbourne: The Final Encore โ€“ and trust us, itโ€™s one hell of a ride through the madness, the riffs, and the legacy of metalโ€™s most unholy frontman. ๐Ÿค˜ This isnโ€™t...

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