Muse axe shows due to “unforeseen circumstances” – and the fallout is brutal, butt 🎪💥 This one’s hit like a dropped amp off the main stage. Two UK festivals have cancelled outright after Muse pulled out of their headline slots, citing the ever-mysterious “unforeseen circumstances”. No replacement. No reschedule. Just refunds, stunned inboxes, and a […]

Steel yourselves, metal maniacs, because this one’s proper biblical. A brand-new film titled The Ballad of Judas Priest has officially been locked in for its world premiere in February 2026, and it’s promising to show Judas Priest in “all its metal glory.”No soft focus. No sanitised legends-only edit. Just amps, sweat, leather, and steel. C’mon […]

Don’t You (Forget About Me) 🎸🔥 Hold onto your denim jackets, butt — Black Stone Cherry have gone and done something very tasty. The Kentucky riff-slingers have just dropped their own take on Don’t You (Forget About Me), the legendary anthem originally delivered to the world by Simple Minds — and it absolutely slaps. This […]

This one lands heavy, butt. A sobering reminder that even the most joy-fuelled, nostalgia-drenched nights in rock can brush up against some very dark corners of reality. An 18-year-old has been sentenced after plotting a bomb attack targeting the opening night of Oasis’ long-awaited reunion tour in Cardiff. The plan, according to court proceedings, was […]

Somewhere between a decapitation, a geyser of fake blood, and a cosmic middle finger to genre rules, GWAR have gone and done it again. This time, the Scumdogs of the Universe have wrapped their spiked gauntlets around Pink Pony Club by pop’s current glitter-cannon queen Chappell Roan — and somehow turned it into a triumphant, […]

Every few years, the same question bubbles up from festival fields, pub debates, Facebook comments, and slightly drunk uncles in Queen T-shirts: “Why haven’t Queen ever played Glastonbury?” And every time, Brian May calmly — and very firmly — shuts it down. No rumours. No “maybe one day.” No “never say never.” Just a flat-out […]

Birmingham forged heavy metal. Ozzy Osbourne unleashed it on the world. 🤘🔥 There are cities that host music… and then there’s Birmingham, which straight-up invented a genre in a cloud of factory smoke, detuned riffs, and glorious chaos. Out of that industrial grind rose one man who didn’t just sing heavy metal — he became […]

Another sacred temple of live music is temporarily dimming the lights, pulling the amps, and putting the kettle on for the builders. 🏗️ The legendary Half Moon in Putney — a pub so soaked in music history it practically hums when you walk past — has officially closed its doors for a major revamp. And […]

Strap in, butt, because the long-rumoured Ozzy Osbourne biopic has officially shuffled out of the “yeah, maybe one day” pile and into this is actually happening territory. Casting has moved from pub-table fantasy booking to real-world decisions, and the actor set to portray the Prince of Darkness himself has already been chosen. And here’s the […]

Jara Solís Steps In as Rhea Thompson Continues Recovery 🤘💀 Right then, mun — gather round the amps, because Tailgunner have dropped an important update ahead of the first leg of their Midnight Blitz tour, and it’s one of those band-family-first moments that deserves proper respect ❤️‍🔥 ⚡ Rhea Thompson Taking Time to Heal For […]

Some albums arrive with hype.Others arrive with heart. This one lands with both hands on your chest. What started as a spark of love turned into a full-blown musical uprising. After the initial idea of honouring Matt Long through music took shape, his mum, Fiona, had a thought that changed everything. Why not make this […]

Grok AI, Deepfakes, and the Government Going Full Bouncer Mode 🇬🇧🤖 Strap in, butt — this one’s a proper tech-world pile-on. Over the last few days, rumours have been flying faster than empty cups at a Slayer pit: could X (formerly Twitter) and its AI sidekick Grok actually be banned in the UK? 😬🔥 Short […]

Where legends learned their first chords, annoyed the neighbours, and plotted world domination… Rock stars don’t just fall out of the sky in a cloud of dry ice and feedback. They come from terraced houses, council estates, semis, and streets that had no idea what was coming. These humble bricks and mortar witnessed the birth […]

Proper saddening news washed over the music world this weekend, butt — Bobby Weir, that gentle storm of a guitarist and one of the founding sparks of the Grateful Dead, has passed away. A lifer of the road, a storyteller by heart, and a community-builder through six decades of music, Bobby transitioned peacefully, surrounded by […]