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Punk Meets the Boulevard Hollywood Boulevard has seen it all: movie stars, metal gods, and more Elvis impersonators than you can shake a pint at. But on May 1st, 2025, it finally saw something it should’ve had ages ago – the kings of modern punk rock, Green Day, immortalised with the 2,810th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For...

The Riff Report’s Mayhem Birthday Bash – Now With 100% More Riffs ☀️🔥 It’s May, butt – and things are heating up! 🔥 Festival season’s looming, beer gardens are alive with the sound of clinking pints, and rock & metal legends are queuing up to blow out birthday candles with the force of a Marshall stack on 11. 💥 From...

Well lads and lasses… it’s official. Dust off the tinsel, sharpen those platform boots, and get ready to scream “IT’S CHRIIIIISTMAAAS!” for one last ride. Glam rock legend Dave Hill has announced the final ever Slade UK tour, roaring through December 2025 and closing the book on one of Britain’s most outrageous festive traditions. 🎤🥁 This isn’t just another holiday...

The Prince of Darkness just won’t quit, mun. Even after years of health battles, Ozzy Osbourne is determined to stand tall (well, at least lean on a mic stand 😅) when Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning homecoming concert hits Birmingham this November. Word is, Ozzy’s target is to perform five songs during the set — a proper miracle given...

Grab your snake-pit wristbands, dust off your cowboy boots, and pour a stiff Jack & Coke, butt — because Metallica have only gone and done it again. Following their Black Album mega-box and the Master of Puppets shrine-to-end-all-shrines, the Bay Area beasts have turned their attention to the most divisive, eyeliner-soaked chapter of their career: Load. And sweet baby Cliff...

What’s occurring in the world of Thin Lizzy? Well, guitar icon Scott Gorham – the man whose Les Paul licks helped shape the very DNA of rock – has just unveiled a collection of mind-bending, gloriously psychedelic artworks that’ll have you seeing double quicker than a night out on the Brains SA 🍻. The new pieces, which Gorham has been...

What’s occurring, mun? Strap in, because this week the UK album charts turned into a proper mosh pit brawl. On one side of the ring: Ghost, Sweden’s occult metal juggernauts, armed with riffs, robes, and enough incense to fumigate half of Glastonbury. On the other: Stereophonics, Welsh valleys royalty, guitar-slinging veterans who’ve been writing pub anthems since Tony Blair was...

The valleys have gone quiet today, mun. Wales – and the rock world – has lost one of its greatest sons. Mike Peters, the voice, guitar, and unbreakable heart of The Alarm, has died aged 66. More than a frontman, Peters was a fighter, activist, and a flag-waver for Welsh rock. He gave us 68 Guns, Spirit of ’76, and...

Strap in, mun — the Pennsylvania storm-bringers are back and aiming for the summit. Halestorm have officially announced their sixth album Everest, dropping 8 August 2025, and to celebrate they’re hitting the UK with a monster arena tour this November. Proper job! 🤘 The Album: Everest ⛰️ Halestorm don’t do things by halves, and Everest looks set to be their...

What’s occurring then? Shinedown — masters of pyro, big riffs and arena-filling choruses — are going all stripped back for a one-night-only acoustic show in London this summer. And guess what, mun? It’s gonna be lush. When & Where 🗓️ 📍 Islington Assembly Hall, London📅 Tuesday 17 June 2025 That’s right, Brent Smith and six-string wizard Zach Myers are parking...

Not every band is built for TikTok, mate. Let’s be honest — the golden age of metal gave us some absolute legends... and a few acts that were very much a product of their time. 🕰️ From spandex and perms to dodgy lyrics and questionable solos, here are 12 metal bands that would probably bomb HARD if they tried to...

What’s occurring, riff-heads? It’s that time of year again when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opens its hallowed doors, dusts off the plaques, and lets a fresh gang of legends into the club. Every year it’s the same cocktail of joy, rage, and “HOW did they not induct insert your fave here?!” – and 2025 is no different....

(Even if you’ve got all the albums and a Yellow Submarine duvet cover) 1. 🐶 Paul McCartney’s Dog Inspired “Martha My Dear” You thought it was about a long-lost love? Nah butt – it was about his Old English Sheepdog, Martha! Proper job. Paul was so obsessed with her, he even let her sit in the recording studio while the...

What’s occurring, rockers? Strap yourselves in because the Catman himself is back in the spotlight! Peter Criss – founding drummer of KISS, keeper of the groove, and all-round feline rock deity – has just announced his first solo album in a whopping 18 years. That’s right, mun… nearly two decades since his last solo outing, Peter is clawing his way...

Oi, metalheads! Strap in, because we’re about to summon the gods of distortion, thunder, and chaos. 🎸This ain't no Rolling Stone fluff list or AI-generated clickbait — this is The Riff Report’s unholy gospel of the greatest metal musicians to ever shred, scream, and slam their way into our skulls. These legends forged the riffs, built the stages, and left...