Right then, Hawkins residents, synth nerds, horror geeks, ageing metalheads who secretly love neon aesthetics, and everyone still emotionally recovering from that Kate Bush scene… this one’s for you. 😈 The legendary composers behind Stranger Things — Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein — are officially bringing the entire Stranger Things musical saga to Europe later […]

There are festival posters… …and then there are festival posters that look like they were forged in the fires of heavy metal history itself. 🔥 This, butt, is one of them. Ozzfest 2002 at Donington Park wasn’t just another day out for rock fans. It was the end of an era, the final chaotic chapter […]

Legendary Welsh venue fights for survival as £250,000 campaign launches to protect a piece of Valleys history 🎸🔥 There are certain buildings in Wales that feel bigger than bricks and mortar. You walk past them and you can almost hear the echoes. The voices. The music. The memories. The dreams that started there. The Pop […]

Some rock stars fade quietly into retirement.Some disappear into the countryside with a cup of tea and a gardening obsession. 🌱 And then there’s Dave Hill. The legendary Slade guitarist has decided that the age of 80 is the PERFECT time to release his very first solo album. Because of course he has. 🤘😈 The […]

Blues music has always been about truth. Not polished perfection.Not flashy trends.Not algorithms telling people what to listen to. Just raw human emotion poured straight into strings, voices, smoke-filled venues, and late-night amplifiers humming long after midnight. And by the sounds of it, the Matt Long Tribute Album Launch Party at The Harlington captured every […]

If aliens landed tomorrow and asked humanity to explain what heavy metal is… there’s a very good chance we’d simply point at Bruce Dickinson and go: “Yeah… that bloke. That’s metal.” 🤘😅 Because honestly, nobody embodies the spirit of rock and metal quite like the legendary Iron Maiden frontman. And now the man himself has […]

When Metallica announce a UK tour, you already know what’s coming. Gigantic stages.Walls of amps taller than your house.Fire everywhere.Thousands upon thousands of metalheads marching into stadiums wearing black shirts in the middle of summer while pretending they’re “not that hot actually.” But ahead of their colossal M72 UK stadium dates, Metallica are asking fans […]

Right then, rock fans… gather round because this is the kind of news we absolutely love shouting about at The Riff Report. 🤘🖤 Death Of Me, fronted by the charismatic and hugely talented Dan Byrant, have officially smashed past the jaw-dropping milestone of ONE MILLION streams on Spotify, and honestly? That’s not just a nice […]

There are certain names in the rock and metal world that instantly stop people in their tracks. Not because of chart positions.Not because of streaming numbers.Not because of flashy PR campaigns. But because they mean something. The Sophie Lancaster Foundation is one of those names. As festival season gears up once again with muddy boots, […]

Right then, rock fans… Cancel your sensible plans. Ignore your bank account. Tell your neighbours the loud noises are “part of the experience.” Because Alter Bridge are heading back out on the road for a gigantic second US leg of the What Lies Within Tour, and honestly? This thing is shaping up to be one […]

Some news stories make you smile.Some make you headbang.And then some hit you square in the chest like a slow-motion emotional piledriver while Black Hole Sun plays somewhere in the distance through rainy speakers. This is one of those stories. 🌧️🖤 Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil has confirmed that the surviving members of the legendary Seattle […]

Right then, metalheads… gather round because this story sounds like somebody mixed Black Sabbath, Blade Runner, The Matrix, and three cans of Monster Energy together at 2am in a Birmingham rehearsal room. 😂⚡ Sharon Osbourne has revealed that the planned Ozzy Osbourne avatar experience — yes, an actual digital Ozzy future project — must launch […]

There’s a weird exhaustion hanging over music culture right now, butt. Not the good kind either — not the sweaty, euphoric exhaustion of stumbling out of a festival arena after seeing your favourite band absolutely level a field full of strangers. Not the “my neck hurts because I headbanged too hard” kind. We’re talking about […]

Thousands Left Disappointed As Rock And Roll Legend Cancels Residency Dates At The Last Minute Few things sting more for music fans than arriving in a city, checking into a hotel, grabbing a pre-show pint, buying overpriced merch and counting down the hours until the lights go down… only to discover the gig isn’t happening. […]

If you listened carefully across Europe on May 23rd…You could probably hear the sound of thousands of metal fans simultaneously screaming: “NO F***ING WAY.” 🤯🤘 Because that’s exactly what happened when legendary British metal gods Iron Maiden opened their Run For Your Lives 2026 Tour at the Olympic Athletic Center in Athens and dropped one […]