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Forget spring — March 2025 didn’t bloom, it detonated. 💥 This month marched in with blast beats, howled into the void, and served up some of the most eclectic, intense, and unhinged albums we’ve heard in ages. Whether you're into avant-garde black metal opera or thrash that'll knock your fillings out, this month had it all. Buckle up, because The...

A Full-Blast Birthday Blowout from The Riff Report Blog 🔥 March is a wild month, mun. One day you’re freezing your arse off, the next day the sun’s melting your face — and that’s just the weather in Wales. But March also happens to be packed with some of the loudest, boldest, and most bonkers legends in rock and metal...

What’s occurring in the KISS camp, mun? Well, the next generation of face-paint royalty has just dropped a bombshell – Paul Stanley’s son Evan Stanley and Gene Simmons’ son Nick Simmons have been in the studio together, and they’ve apparently recorded a whole album’s worth of tracks. 🎸🥁 That’s right: the Starchild’s heir and the Demon’s offspring are cranking out...

What’s occurring, butt? Big news for all you classic rock fans – the one and only Neil Young is bringing his legendary back catalogue to London’s Hyde Park as part of the British Summer Time (BST) Festival. Yep, Old Shakey himself is dusting off the harmonica, strapping on Old Black, and getting ready to serenade thousands with the kind of...

What’s occurring? On 28th February 2025, the metal world lost its collective mind when Slayer dropped a cheeky tease that sent headbangers into meltdown. Out of nowhere, their socials lit up with the Slayer eagle logo, but this time wrapped in the flags of England and Wales. No words. No details. Just “sign up for exclusive updates.” That was it....

What’s occurring, mun? Only one of the biggest Welsh rock team-ups we’ve ever seen! Our reggae-metal lords Skindred have just announced they’ll be headlining a stadium show this coming May – and joining them for the mayhem are none other than Bridgend’s very own Those Damn Crows. 🤯🐉🐦 This isn’t just another gig, butt. This is a Welsh rock uprising....

What’s occurring? The rock ‘n’ roll merry-go-round that is The Dead Daisies has just added a whole new twist to its never-ending line-up saga – they’ve announced their first-ever female member. And honestly, tidy job! It’s about time this denim-and-leather revolving door of rock legends smashed that particular glass ceiling. 🥂🤘 A Band That Changes Members More Than I Change...

Looks like the shades, the swagger, and the sermonising are heading straight to your telly, butt — a feature-length film about U2’s Bono is officially in the works, ready to beam straight into your living room. This won’t be your average rock doc either. From his early days as a scrappy Dublin lad with a dream (and questionable mullet), to...

Place your bids now – 27th Feb 2025 Rock ’n’ roll auctions have always been a bit bonkers, but this one takes the (mouldy) birthday cake. Two strands – yep, just TWO measly strands – of Nirvana legend Kurt Cobain’s hair are going under the hammer, with bidding opening 27th February 2025. Collected back in the early ’90s by a...

What’s occurring, mun? After nearly a decade of waiting, the mighty Skunk Anansie have roared back into action with the announcement of their first new album in nine long years. 🤘 The record – their first full-length since 2016’s Anarchytecture – is due later this year, and if the lead single “Cheers” is anything to go by, it’s going to...

Merthyr Tydfil’s very own riff-lords Florence Black are back at it, mun! The heavy rock trio have just announced a September 2025 UK & Ireland headline tour, and it’s shaping up to be one of the loudest, sweatiest, and most glorious runs of shows this year. 🤘🇬🇧🇮🇪 After tearing up the festival circuit and slamming out crowd favourites like Sun...

Oi oi, stop what you’re doing – put the kettle down, chuck your Greggs sausage roll in the bin (actually, nah, eat it first), because we’ve got some massive news straight outta the rock ’n’ roll underworld. Billy bloody Idol – the peroxide punk prince with a sneer sharper than a Swansea seagull’s beak – is back with a brand-new...

Alright Quo Army, strap in! The boogie kings have done it — Status Quo’s legendary 1976 Glasgow Apollo shows, immortalised on the classic Live! album, are finally being released in full for the very first time. That’s right, butt. After nearly 50 years of denim-clad myth and fan worship, we’re about to hear every note, every solo, and every bit...

Blues-rock powerhouse duo When Rivers Meet have just dropped a double whammy of news that’ll have fans buzzing louder than a Marshall stack cranked to 11. 🤘 Not only are Grace and Aaron Bond hitting the road for a brand-new UK tour, but they’ve also unleashed their latest single “Addicted To You” – the first tantalising taste of their upcoming...

What’s occurring? Funk-rock legends Extreme are storming back to the UK in August 2025 for two exclusive concerts as part of their European takeover – and you can bet your last Greggs sausage roll it’s going to be tidy. 🥐🎶 Formed in Boston back in the mid-’80s, Extreme are the band that made blending funk, metal, and stadium-sized hooks look...