Jara Solรญs Steps In as Rhea Thompson Continues Recovery ๐ค๐ Right then, mun โ gather round the amps, because Tailgunner have dropped an important update ahead of the first leg of their Midnight Blitz tour, and itโs one of those band-family-first moments that deserves proper respect โค๏ธโ๐ฅ โก Rhea Thompson Taking Time to Heal For the first leg only of...
Read moreDetailsSome 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 bigger? Why not turn grief...
Read moreDetailsIf your bandโs van runs on pizza grease and power-chords, Grate Balls Of Flour is where you wanna be. Proper tasty, mouth-watering slices that hit harder than a Marshall stack at full tilt. Whether youโre in need of a post-gig feed, a lunchtime slice sesh, or just wanna treat the crew right, this jointโs got your back โ cheesy, saucy,...
Read moreDetailsGrok AI, Deepfakes, and the Government Going Full Bouncer Mode ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค Strap in, butt โ this oneโs 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? ๐ฌ๐ฅ Short answer: not yet.Long answer: the...
Read moreDetailsJohn Lydon Unmasked on The Masked Singer and Britain Loses Its Tiny Punk Mind ๐คฏ๐ค Just when you think Saturday night telly canโt get any stranger, boom โ out waddles a Yak and underneath the fur is John Lydon. Yes, that John Lydon. Former Sex Pistols frontman. Founder of Public Image Ltd. Professional wind-up merchant. Punkโs most stubborn survivor. Over...
Read moreDetailsWhere legends learned their first chords, annoyed the neighbours, and plotted world dominationโฆ Rock stars donโt 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 of riffs that would eventually...
Read moreDetailsProper saddening news washed over the music world this weekend, butt โ 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 loved ones after beating cancer...
Read moreDetailsMilkfest isnโt your average one-day knees-up with a logo slapped on it. This is a proper indoor festival, built by musicians, powered by fans, and driven by a genuine desire to do some good while having a cracking time doing it ๐ค๐ป At the heart of it all is organiser Adam Norsworthy and the wider Milk Men family โ a...
Read moreDetailsCandlelight Fever Concerts Are the Classiest Curveball in Your Gig Calendar, Mun ๐ฅ๐ป Picture the scene, butt. You walk into a jaw-dropping venue โ a church, a hall, somewhere with history baked into the walls. The lights dip. Thousands of candles flicker like theyโre alive. A hush falls over the room. Then a string quartet hits the first noteโฆ and...
Read moreDetailsWhy audiophiles reckon the most misunderstood format of the 90s deserves redemption MiniDisc isnโt just nostalgia with a battery compartment. Itโs one of the most over-engineered, misunderstood, and prematurely buried music formats ever unleashed on humanity. And now โ thanks to a fresh wave of audiophile nerdery โ itโs being hailed as the #1 physical format that should make a...
Read moreDetailsWell butter my Eggos and call me Eddie Munson, mun โ Joe Keery has only gone and bagged a UK No.1 single with End of Beginning, and the charts are officially having a Stranger Things-shaped meltdown. Originally released back in 2022 under his dreamy, synth-soaked alter ego Djo, End of Beginning has pulled off the ultimate sleeper-hit resurrection. Thanks to...
Read moreDetailsThe long, strange, and deeply uncomfortable saga surrounding Marilyn Manson might be gearing up for another brutal chapter โ and this one isnโt happening under stage lights or in a smoke-filled arena. According to new legal developments, a previously dismissed sexual assault lawsuit connected to Manson could be revived, reopening a case many assumed had already been sealed, buried, and...
Read moreDetailsRock history is packed with chaos, excess, and eyebrow-raising momentsโฆ but this one?This one is proper legendary. Back in their prime, ZZ Top werenโt just a Texas blues-rock powerhouse โ they were a visual institution. Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill didnโt grow beards for fashion. Those beards were the brand. Untouchable. Sacred. Practically insured by the Rock Gods themselves. So...
Read moreDetailsโThe Whole Album Is a Themeโ โ and honestly, weโre already sweating Plug the amps in and warn the neighbours, because Lita Ford is back in the building โ and sheโs not messing about. The hard rock icon has confirmed sheโs aiming for a May 2026 release for her first new studio album in over a decade, and the details...
Read moreDetailsBrum has spoken, mun โ and it spoke LOUD.The Ozzy Osbourne city attraction has officially gone from nice idea to full-blown cultural phenomenon, with a jaw-melting 425,000 visitors piling in to pay homage to the Prince of Darkness himself ๐ค๐ฅ And now? Big news. Proper big. ๐ดโโ ๏ธ Brum Bows to the Prince of Darkness The attraction, celebrating the life, legacy...
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