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Prog nerds. Arena veterans. Air-drummers of Britain. This is not a drill. After announcing their monster March 2027 UK arena dates, Rush have revealed the final missing piece of their Fifty Something Tour puzzle — and it’s a proper heavyweight signing. Enter: Loren Gold 🎹🔥 Yes, that Loren Gold. The touring keyboard wizard who’s been holding it down for The...

Right. Deep breath. Because this one’s got history written all over it in massive neon prog letters. Rush have officially announced a March 2027 UK arena tour, part of an 18-date European run – and yes, this is the kind of news that makes grown rock fans drop their cuppa mid-sip. ☕ Four UK arena shows. Big rooms. Big sound....

Right then, brace yourself, because the band that basically detonated polite British society in 1976 are celebrating 50 YEARS OF PUNK CHAOS this December 2026 with a UK & Ireland tour. 🤯🔥 Yes. The Sex Pistols. Half a century since they first spat in the face of the establishment and turned three chords into a cultural riot. Fifty. Years. Punk...

Right then, butt. 25 November 1984. Britain’s biggest pop stars pile into SARM West Studios to record the most famous Christmas charity single of all time — Do They Know It’s Christmas? — under the banner of Band Aid. Front and centre?Saint Bob Geldof alongside synth wizard Midge Ure. It was noble.It was massive.It was shoulder pads as far as...

Right then, rock family — grab a pint, tune that Strat, and crank the Marshall until the neighbours start twitching… because today we’re celebrating our very own guitar legend — Mr John Norum! 🤘🎸 Yes butt, the man. The myth. The melodic shred machine. 🎶 The Soundtrack of Stadium Nights From those sky-scraping solos that feel like they’re climbing Everest...

Yes, butt. It’s real. Captain. James. T. Kirk. The man who boldly went where no one had gone before is now boldly going… straight into the mosh pit. William Shatner — sci-fi royalty, cultural icon, dramatic pause champion of the universe — is releasing an all-star heavy metal album in 2026. And honestly? This might be the most rock ’n’...

Right. Strap in. Because if there’s one man who laughs in the face of medical doom, flips it the horns and stomps onto a stage anyway… it’s Ozzy Osbourne. 🤘 Reports have surfaced claiming the Prince of Darkness was told he’d “probably die” just two weeks before his final show. Two. Weeks. Let that sink in for a second. This...

Right then butt… let’s talk about Hard Rock Hell — or HRH as the faithful call it — the festival brand that decided muddy fields were overrated and instead locked thousands of rock fans inside a holiday park with amps, beer and absolutely zero adult supervision. 😈🤘 If you’ve never experienced HRH, imagine Download… but everyone lives in chalets and...

Right then, you lovely riff-hungry legends… this is how you mark album number TEN. Not with a polite acoustic nod and a cup of chamomile. No, mun. You crank the amp, shine the winkle pickers, and rebuild a blues classic from the ground up. 😈🔥 Award-winning British blues & roots powerhouse Sunjay has announced his tenth studio album, Split The...

Right then, metalheads… gather round the pit. Arch Enemy have just kicked the doors off melodic death metal HQ and launched themselves into a brand-new chapter — and it’s not subtle. It’s not gentle. It’s not “testing the waters.” It’s a full-blown sonic detonation. 💣🔥 🎤 A NEW FRONTWOMAN STEPS INTO THE FIRE Front and centre in this blazing red-soaked...

Right then, rock ‘n’ roll disciples — clear your calendars, warn the neighbours and start stretching that neck, because Parker Barrow are coming to the UK this July 2026 for five headline shows… and they’re not popping over for a polite cup of tea. They’re bringing the whole bourbon-soaked, Southern rock hurricane with them. 😈🥃 🌩️ FIVE HEADLINE SHOWS. ZERO...

Right then, Riff Report family… crack open a cold one and brace yourselves. 🤘 Ronald Belford “Bon” Scott — the pint-sized pirate with the voice like a detonated whisky barrel — would have turned 80 years old on July 9, 2026. EIGHTY. And instead of a quiet candle and a Victoria sponge, the world is throwing a full-throttle, bagpipe-blaring, gold-plated...

There are headlines… And then there are headlines that punch you square in the ribs and steal the air out your lungs. February 1980 delivered one of those. Bon Scott — the snarling, grinning, tattoo-flashing frontman of AC/DC — was found dead in London. Just 33 years old. Thirty-three, mun. That’s nothing. That’s “still causing chaos in the pit” age....

Right, Riff Report crew… gather round the imaginary dry ice machine. Europe’s mega-smash The Final Countdown is officially 40 years old. Forty. Years. Old. And somehow that opening synth riff still hits harder than a Steelhouse downpour on a white t-shirt. 😈🎹 🎹 THE RIFF THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND AIR KEYBOARDS You don’t hear it.You experience it. That da-da-da-daaa, da-da-da-daaa...

Right. Deep breath. Shinedown have just announced a FIVE-DATE UK arena tour for November 2026 and we can already hear the collective roar echoing across the valleys, the Midlands, London, the lot. 🤯🔥 Five arenas. Five nights. One mission: absolutely level the place. 🎤 ARENA ROCK DONE PROPER, MUN Shinedown aren’t one of those bands that hope they can fill...