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British rock titans Muse have found themselves at the centre of a bizarre social-media naming clash after Meta launched a new AI assistant called Muse — with the band’s long-standing @muse Instagram handle now being used by the tech giant’s new product. Well, this is painfully on-brand for 2026. A band famous for writing songs about technology, surveillance, control and...

Oasis appear to be gearing up for another massive year, with Liam and Noel Gallagher’s reunited band teasing a fresh 2027 tour announcement following a dramatic light display — and new dates seemingly set to be revealed next week. Just when you thought the Oasis comeback couldn’t get any bigger… Here we go again. Following the extraordinary return of Oasis,...

📼 It started with vinyl, survived the cassette, conquered the CD rack and somehow made it all the way into the streaming generation. For more than four decades, NOW That’s What I Call Music! has been quietly documenting the soundtrack of British life. And we mean all of it. The stone-cold classics. The one-hit wonders. The massive rock anthems. The...

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has made one hell of a property deal, selling two adjoining mansions in San Francisco’s prestigious Presidio Heights neighbourhood for a combined total of nearly $68 million. Well, Lars has certainly found another way to make some serious noise. Just not with a drum kit this time. The Metallica drummer has reportedly sold two neighbouring luxury...

An official documentary exploring the world of King Diamond has reportedly been quietly in development for the past three years — and if there’s one heavy metal story absolutely crying out for the full cinematic treatment, it’s this one. Now this could be something special. An official King Diamond documentary has been in the works for the last three years,...

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian has spoken about the impossible task of building a live setlist that keeps every fan happy — admitting that, with more than four decades of material to choose from, somebody is always going to leave wishing they’d heard something else. Now here’s a problem every long-running band eventually runs into. You make too many great songs....

Finnish rock favourites The Rasmus have put their own stamp on one of the most enduring songs of the 1980s, releasing a cover of Alphaville’s timeless synth-pop anthem “Forever Young”. Now this is an interesting collision of worlds. The Rasmus have taken on “Forever Young”, the atmospheric 1980s classic originally made famous by German synth-pop outfit Alphaville, giving the much-loved...

Who needs a wall of Marshalls when you’ve got a handful of ukuleles, a pub full of willing voices and a proper belter from Kim Wilde? Moselele have been doing exactly that — and the result is gloriously good fun. There’s something wonderfully infectious about seeing a group of musicians sitting around a pub table, instruments in hand, absolutely throwing...

A vintage Leslie speaker dating back to 1965 has been grabbing attention online — and one look inside the cabinet is enough to remind you just how brilliantly bonkers old-school music technology could be. There’s vintage gear. And then there’s proper vintage gear. The sort of kit that doesn’t need a touchscreen, Bluetooth connection or six firmware updates before it’ll...

Cronian’s landmark 2006 debut album Terra is getting the full anniversary treatment, with M-Theory Audio announcing a 20th anniversary vinyl reissue limited to just 300 copies worldwide. Now this is one for the collectors. The atmospheric metal project Cronian, formed by Øystein G. Brun of Borknagar and Molested alongside Andreas Hedlund of Borknagar and Vintersorg, are celebrating two decades of...

Slipknot have officially entered the tracking stage for their next studio album, marking another major step towards record number eight — and the first full-length to feature powerhouse drummer Eloy Casagrande behind the kit. Something wicked is brewing in the Slipknot camp. After months of talk surrounding new material, the masked metal giants have begun tracking their next studio album,...

Gallows have announced newly remastered reissues of their first two albums, Orchestra Of Wolves and Grey Britain — while making it crystal clear that all those recent Frank Carter teasers were not signalling a reunion. Well, they certainly knew how to get everybody’s attention. After weeks of mysterious activity, archive footage and plenty of speculation that Frank Carter might be...

Louisa Livingstone — the mysterious woman immortalised on the cover of Black Sabbath’s legendary 1970 debut album — has returned with a psychedelic rock opera inspired by Alice In Wonderland, artificial intelligence and the increasingly bizarre world of 2026. Now there’s a sentence we didn’t expect to be writing today. The ghostly figure staring out from one of the most...

A previously unreleased Van Halen demo recorded in 1974 is finally escaping the vault, with “Glitter” set to receive its first official release more than 50 years after it was recorded. Now this is proper rock archaeology. Long before Van Halen were filling arenas, dominating MTV and changing the way an entire generation approached the electric guitar, four young musicians...

Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is swapping drum risers for horror convention halls this October as he prepares to make his first-ever convention appearance at Son Of Monsterpalooza 2026. Well, this is a crossover we can absolutely get behind. Tommy Lee, legendary drummer and founding member of Mötley Crüe, will make a rare fan appearance at Son Of Monsterpalooza in...