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Well then… this is not something we had on our 2026 bingo card, mun. The Masked Singer US is turning the distortion up to eleven with a full-blown “Ozzfest Night” episode airing Wednesday 4 March 2026 – all in honour of the one and only Ozzy Osbourne. Yes. Prime-time American telly. Glittery costumes. Giant singing mascots. Heavy metal royalty. We...

Right then, butt. Gather round. The BRIT Awards have officially honoured the one, the only, the bat-chomping, riff-commanding legend himself — Ozzy Osbourne — and honestly? It’s about bloody time. 🏆🦇 We’re talking about the man who helped invent heavy metal in a gloomy Birmingham rehearsal room and somehow turned it into a global religion fuelled by distortion, denim and...

Some things in life just fit, butt. Tea and biscuits.Welsh rain and festival mud.And Bloodstock Open Air standing shoulder to shoulder with The Sophie Lancaster Foundation. This isn’t a sponsorship.This isn’t a PR tick-box. This is metal looking after its own. 🖤 🎸 The Sophie Lancaster Stage – Where Riffs Carry Meaning Let’s start with the big one. Bloodstock doesn’t...

New month, same madness — pint in one hand, horns in the other, butt 🤘🍻 March has rolled in like a double-kick drum to the chest 💥The weather’s still doing its usual “four seasons in one day” routine 🌧️🌤️🌪️ — but inside the venues? It’s all sweat, riffs, and absolute scenes. Wales is once again serving up a month of...

March is when winter finally starts packing its bags. The days get longer, festival posters start dropping, and somewhere in the distance you can almost hear the rumble of festival bass bins waking up again. But before we all disappear into muddy fields and beer queues, March gives us a cracking excuse to celebrate something else… A proper stack of...

Right then, you glorious riff goblins — strap in. Former Skid Row frontman and Swedish vocal powerhouse Erik Grönwall has announced his brand new solo album Bad Bones, and it’s already being described as “fearless, personal, and uncompromising.” Translation? This isn’t background music for folding laundry.This is chest-out, teeth-bared, no-apologies rock ‘n’ roll. 🤘🔥 🎤 From Arena Roars To Personal...

Right then butt… this is not a drill. Ozzy Osbourne is officially set to receive a BRITs Lifetime Achievement Award, and honestly? It’s about time the mainstream bowed down to the Prince of Darkness. 👑🖤 From Birmingham’s industrial gloom to global metal domination, Ozzy hasn’t just had a career — he detonated one. And because this is Ozzy, it gets...

Right then, Riff Report massive… brace yourselves. The original photograph used on the front of Led Zeppelin IV has just sold at auction for EIGHT TIMES its original estimate. Not a cheeky little bump. Not a polite overbid. Eight. Times. 💸 That’s not climbing the stairway — that’s building a penthouse at the top of it. 🌾 The Man. The...

Grindhouse chaos. Industrial filth. This one crawls out the crypt and drags you with it. 🧟🔥🤘 Alright butt… dim the lights, lock the doors, and maybe don’t look behind you for a bit. 😅 Rob Zombie is back with The Great Satan, and it’s exactly the kind of twisted, horror-soaked madness you’d expect — industrial grooves, sleazy riffs, and enough...

Right then, riff-raff… the nominations for the Class of 2026 have landed and it’s a proper mixed bag of legends, outsiders, pioneers and absolute icons. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has unveiled this year’s ballot — and it’s already causing debates louder than a Marshall stack on 11. 😏 No inductees yet — that big reveal drops in...

🎸 2021 – Genre Walls Fully Smashed Foo Fighters The Go-Go's Jay-Z Carole King Todd Rundgren Tina Turner Foo Fighters first year eligible and straight in.Jay-Z inducted while still culturally dominant.Tina Turner getting in as a solo artist too? Absolute legend status confirmed. 🎤 2022 – 80s Edge & Arena Power Duran Duran Eminem Pat Benatar Eurythmics Lionel Richie Carly...

🎸 2016 – Arena Giants & Hip-Hop Legends Cheap Trick Chicago Deep Purple N.W.A Steve Miller Deep Purple finally getting in? Long overdue.N.W.A? Proof that the Hall had fully embraced cultural impact over narrow genre boxes. 🎤 2017 – 90s Alt & Stadium Swagger Joan Baez Electric Light Orchestra Journey Pearl Jam Tupac Shakur Yes Pearl Jam first year eligible...

🎸 2011 – New Wave Meets Old School Cool Alice Cooper Darlene Love Dr. John Neil Diamond Tom Waits Alice Cooper finally getting in? About time. Shock rock royalty secured. 🎤 2012 – Guns, Blues & Beastie Energy Guns N' Roses Red Hot Chili Peppers The Beastie Boys The Small Faces The Faces Laura Nyro Donovan Guns N’ Roses induction...

🎸 2006 – Blues, Punk & New Wave Cool Black Sabbath Blondie Miles Davis Lynyrd Skynyrd Sex Pistols Sabbath finally getting in? Took long enough, mind. Ozzy probably celebrated by confusing the catering staff. 🎤 2007 – Glam, Soul & Producer Power Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five R.E.M. The Ronettes Patti Smith Van Halen Van Halen in. Diamond Dave...

🎸 2001 – Soul, Pop & Classic Cool Aerosmith Solomon Burke The Flamingos Michael Jackson Queen Paul Simon Steely Dan Queen and MJ in the same year? That’s not a ceremony — that’s a global event. 🎤 2002 – The Classic Rock Lock-In Isaac Hayes Brenda Lee Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Gene Pitney Ramones Talking Heads Ramones and Talking...