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Well, that’s one for the Glasto history books, mun! Just as the Pyramid Stage crowd was ready to hear the folk-rock legend strum through a sunset set of Old Man and Rockin’ in the Free World, the BBC quietly dropped a bombshell: "At the artist’s request, we won’t be live streaming Neil Young’s set." 💣📵 Yep, Uncle Neil has pulled...

Oasis fans don’t mess about – especially when Liam and Noel Gallagher are playing together in their hometown for the first time in decades. Tickets? Pfft. Who needs them, apparently? Last night at Heaton Park, things got very Definitely Maybe – but not in the way anyone wanted. With security struggling to contain the masses, crowds of fans without tickets...

Just when you thought the Oasis reunion chaos couldn’t get more chaotic, Liam Gallagher’s Twitter/X account (aka the land of unfiltered ramblings and capital letters) sparked serious backlash after a now-deleted post contained a racial slur. 😬 With the much-hyped Oasis reunion tour set to kick off in a matter of days — tickets sold out faster than you can...

Ozzy Osbourne Will Administer His Own ‘Last Rites’ in Brutally Honest New Memoir “I ain’t dead yet — but I wanna be the one who writes the final word.” – Ozzy Osbourne Brace yourselves, rockers. The bat-biting, curse-slinging, Sabbath-spawning madman of metal is back with one last story to tell — his own. That’s right. Ozzy Osbourne is preparing to...

In true chaotic rock fashion, Jane’s Addiction is back in the headlines—and not for a reunion tour or a blistering new track, but for a lawsuit that reads like a backstage brawl turned legal soap opera. 🎸📜 Bandmates have filed suit against frontman Perry Farrell, accusing him of: Assault & Battery 💥👊 (yep, this apparently happened onstage) Intentional Infliction of...

Let’s do this, mun. Here’s your cash, carnage, and cowbell-filled countdown with all money talk now in British pounds – because download that currency converter, mate, we’re staying local. 🏴‍☠️🇬🇧 🎤 10. The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang Tour (2005–2007) Gross: £430 millionChaos Level: 6/10 – Keith fell out of a tree and STILL finished the tourCowbell: 🛎️🛎️🛎️🛎️ 🤘...

The Boss isn’t just Born to Run – he was born to sell out stadiums across the globe! 🕶️ Bruce Springsteen and the legendary E Street Band have wrapped up their most lucrative tour ever, pulling in over $700 million in ticket sales. That’s not just rock ‘n’ roll... that’s rock 'n' roll with a private jet, a gold-plated harmonica,...

The original Eagles guitarist finds peace, picks up his pen, and finally tells his own story 🤠🎶 Hold onto your Stetsons, classic rock crew — Bernie Leadon, the original country-soul heartbeat of the Eagles, is back in the saddle with a new batch of songs that promise to be as heartfelt and harmony-rich as a desert sunrise 🌅. You might...

By The Riff Report Blog Let’s rewind the vinyl to July 1975—a time when bell bottoms were flapping, rock was king, and a little British blues band made a pivot that would change music history forever. That pivot? The release of Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled album, which dropped fifty years ago this month and introduced the world to two new members:...

Cardiff, you absolute beauties — you just got served a masterclass in soul, sass, and savage comebacks. 💥 During a sold-out show in the Welsh capital, the Stevie Wonder — 25-time Grammy winner, living legend, and all-around groove god — finally addressed the decades-old, utterly bonkers rumour that he’s not actually blind. And how did he do it? With wit...

"You and I are gonna live forever… in the West End, butt!" Looks like Noel Gallagher’s been eyeing up the stage lights instead of stage fights lately — because he’s only gone and said an Oasis musical is inevitable. That’s right. Forget Les Mis. Forget Hamilton. We’re talking lager-fuelled, parka-clad, working-class poetry belted out under spotlights. 🍺🎤 🧠 A Supersonic...

By The Riff Report – July 2025 Hold onto your studded belts and plug in that Les Paul, because the numbers are in—and they’re screaming louder than a Marshall stack at full volume: rock is back, baby! 🤘 According to Luminate’s 2025 Midyear Report, rock music has officially pulled itself out of the nostalgia bin and come tearing back into...

Tomorrowland Goes Up in Flames – But The Rave Must Go On! 💃🕺 By The Riff Report Blog 🎧🥴 Boom, Belgium – the land of waffles, techno, and the kind of festival madness that makes Glasto look like a village fete. But this week, Tomorrowland added a new chapter to its already wild legacy… and it wasn’t part of the...

By The Riff Report’s Cosplay Correspondent in a Boba Fett Onesie Right then, folks – gather ‘round your lightsabers and don’t throw your blue milk in rage just yet… We’ve got a major shake-up from the Comic Con Manchester galaxy today. Sadly, Hayden Christensen, our beloved Anakin Skywalker (and everyone's favourite angsty Jedi) has had to pull out of the...

Attempted Copycat of Taylor Swift Tragedy Foiled A teenage suspect has been arrested and accused of planning a horrifying knife attack at the first Oasis reunion show — an event many have dubbed the biggest gig of the decade. According to police sources, the individual allegedly hoped to replicate last summer’s chilling attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, which...