There are gigs… and then there are moments. The kind that hit once, crack the universe open, and never repeat. Yungblud’s performance of Black Sabbath’s ‘Changes’ at Ozzy Osbourne’s Back to the Beginning farewell concert was firmly in the second camp — and now it’s earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance. Here’s […]

If you ever needed proof that rock legends are just big kids with guitars and impeccable taste, here it is. Brian May and Tony Iommi, two architects of British heavy music, have just delivered the most wholesome metal moment of the festive season. Yep. Christmas came early, mun. 🎅 SIX STRINGS, NOEL STRINGS Tony Iommi […]

The Pirate King Bawma Enters the 007 Universe… and honestly, about time, mun 😈🎬 Right, steady your martinis and clutch your vinyl, because the Bond rumour mill is absolutely screaming today. Word doing the rounds is that Lenny Kravitz is circling the role of a James Bond villain. And not just any baddie, mind. We’re […]

Prince of Darkness Meets Prince of the Holte End for the Manchester United Clash Somewhere between a power chord and a terrace chant, the worlds of heavy metal and football collide in the most glorious way possible. Ozzy Osbourne’s grandson, Sidney, is set to walk out at Villa Park as Aston Villa’s official mascot for […]

Following His Retirement, the Whitesnake Frontman Signs Off for Good 🤘🐍 Well… that’s the final curtain call on the digital stage, butt. David Coverdale, the voice, the mane, the absolute force of rock ‘n’ roll weather systems, has announced he’s stepping away from social media, following his recent retirement from touring and public life. No […]

And yes, we’re judging you. Lovingly. But we are judging. There it is. One image. One sentence. Enough to send anyone over 30 spiralling into a warm, slightly hissy nostalgia hole. A battered mixtape. A humble pencil. Denim acting as an unofficial desk. This wasn’t just music consumption, mun. This was a full-blown lifestyle. Welcome […]

There’s a low rumble under the UK live music scene right now, and it’s not a bass test 🔊👀. It’s the sound of massive tax hikes crashing down on the country’s biggest concert arenas — and once again, fans are about to feel it right in the wallet 💳💥. Reports show some of the UK’s […]

 AND IT’S READY TO RATTLE YOUR SPEAKERS, MUN! 🤘🔥 Clear your diary, cancel your plans, and warn the neighbours because Versus have officially unleashed their brand new album The Catalyst and it’s streaming right now on all major platforms. After months of hard graft, late nights, loud amps, and serious emotional mileage, this record is […]

Gather round, mun… after 25 long years of label faff, legal spaghetti and rock ’n’ roll stubbornness, the most unnecessary stalemate in music history has finally snapped. The Rolling Stones have officially cleared Fatboy Slim’s legendary bootleg sample, unleashing ‘Satisfaction Skank’ into the wild where it always belonged. And let me tell you, it lands […]

Dublin, you beautiful chaotic goblins. Trust the Irish capital to turn a perfectly ordinary Guns N’ Roses gig into an impromptu game of bottle dodgeball, starring none other than Axl Rose himself — the only man alive who can stop a stadium dead with nothing but a glare and a bandana soaked in pure rock […]

Spotify Wrapped has spoken, mun — and The Riff Report is apparently gallivanting around the globe like a riff-hungry rock nomad with a passport full of stickers and a suitcase full of distortion pedals. Our Spotify for Artists stats dropped this week, and five nations rose above the noise to become our biggest listeners of […]

If you felt a sudden cosmic tremor ripple through the UK music scene today, don’t panic. That was just Kurt Cobain’s legendary 1959 Martin D-18E — yes, the guitar from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged — being handed over to the Royal College of Music in London, instantly turning the place from posh to grunge-chic in one […]

Rotterdam has always had a heartbeat of its own, but for the last decade there’s been an extra thump in its chest — the pulse of two indie labels who’ve carved out a place for prog lovers, folk dreamers, experimental wanderers and genre rebels across the world. January 2026 marks a massive milestone: 10 years […]

Gene Simmons has done the verbal equivalent of stepping on his own dragon boots again, butt — and this time it involved a rather grim prediction about former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s mortality. Yes, the Demon woke up and chose chaos, and now he’s scrambling to stuff it back into the codpiece. After making comments […]