Posted on Back To The Riff Blog 🤘 Well, here we go again, mun… another rock legend revving up for a “FINAL” tour – this time it’s Guns N’ Roses with their 2026 knees-up called “One Last Ride”. Before you grab your parka, remortgage the shed for VIP lanyards, and start queuing outside the Principality […]

From Liam’s Parka Game to Adidas x Attitude – This Ain’t No Runway, It’s Rock ‘n’ Roll If you’ve ever watched Live Forever, heard the sneer in Liam’s vocals, or seen Noel scowl from behind a pair of shades like he’s judging your record collection — you already know. Oasis didn’t just change music, they […]

First things first – how long are you gonna be standing like a muppet outside the shop before you even sniff a t-shirt? Well, good news for all you Definitely Maybes out there: reports say that queues have been surprisingly chill. In fact, one fan in London claimed the wait time was… drumroll please… “not […]

Get ready for an Iris-level emotional night, butt, because the Goo Goo Dolls have just been announced as the headliners for the 2025 Carousel Ball! Held annually in Denver, Colorado, this glitzy, star-studded event isn’t just about tuxes and tunes — it’s now entering its 39th year of raising vital funds for type 1 diabetes […]

“I can’t afford the luxury of getting that emotional right now” The Queen of Country has always worn rhinestones on her sleeve and heart in her lyrics — but for the first time in decades, Dolly Parton has hit the brakes on songwriting. Following the death of her beloved husband, Carl Dean, Dolly has revealed […]

Written in eyeliner and spilled beer by The Riff Report 🍻 Alright, let’s settle this like rock fans do — LOUDLY, BIASEDLY, and with absolutely no regard for decency or subtlety. 🤘 Back to the Beginning wasn’t just a farewell — it was a fire-breathing, riff-shredding tribute to the gods of heavy metal. Everyone from […]

From haunting harmonicas to acid trips gone wrong, here’s the Sabbath stuff that’ll melt your brain like a fuzz pedal in the sun… 1. They Were Nearly Called “Earth” 🌍 Before becoming Black Sabbath, the lads gigged around Brum under the name Earth. They changed it after people kept mixing them up with another local […]

on’t Look Back in Anger, butt – just get in the bloody queue. The Live ‘25 Oasis reunion might already be The Importance of Being Idle-shattering news, but now… they’ve only gone and dropped six official Oasis Pop-Up Stores across the UK and Ireland, haven’t they?! That’s right, you beautiful parka monkeys — whether you’re […]

One man’s scam is another fan’s meltdown… “Slip inside the eye of your scam…” Well, this is peak 2025 madness, isn’t it? While thousands of Oasis fans were getting their bucket hats ironed and parka hoods fluffed, some absolute weapon was out here flogging fake tickets for the reunion gigs in Cardiff. And yes, butt […]

Liam & Noel Gallagher Staying in Separate Hotels on Oasis Tour – Brothers Plan to ‘Pace Themselves’ and Dodge Another Bust-Up Because what’s more rock ‘n’ roll than sibling beef and separate Travelodges? 🎸🥊 By The Riff Report Team // staging.theriffreport.co.uk/ Ey up, lads and lasses! Oasis are back on the road, the crowds are […]

Alright you beautiful bunch of riff-loving rebels – it’s time to put down the pint, pick up your phone, and help a cause that means the absolute world to our community. You’ve moshed for it. You’ve cried for it. You’ve screamed “We Wear Black” with your fists in the air for it. Now it’s time […]

(A.K.A. The Day Metal History Rewrote Itself… Again) What. A. Day. 🖤 From the first thundering riff to the final, tear-stained “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath,” the Back to the Beginning concert wasn’t just historic – it was completely unhinged in the best possible way. Villa Park turned into a cathedral of chaos, and if you blinked, […]

Whitby’s Gothic Heart Was Ripped Out (Temporarily) By The Riff Report | 🏴 #WeAreSophie | 📍 Whitby “What’s Occurring, Whitby?!” We were tamping when we heard this. Over the last 24 hours, the alternative community has been reeling after the sudden removal of Sophie Lancaster’s memorial bench in Whitby — without any warning, any consultation, […]

Right, listen up emos, goths, nu-metal warriors and people who still rock a MySpace profile pic. We need to talk about a crime. A musical injustice. A sonic betrayal that’s haunted the shadows since 2003… Amy Lee — our eyelinered goddess of doom and drama — has just admitted that there’s one Evanescence track she […]

You might think the only thing Ozzy Osbourne and Yungblud have in common is black eyeliner and chaos… but c’mon butt, you’d be wrong. Sure, one’s the Prince of Darkness with a bat fetish, and the other’s a Gen-Z punk-rock pinball in Dr. Martens – but deep down, these two might just be cut from […]