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Canadian rock giants NICKELBACK are heading back across the Atlantic in 2027, announcing six UK and Ireland shows as part of their Everything Under The Sun Tour! Get ready for massive singalong choruses, thunderous guitar riffs and enough rock anthems to keep arenas bouncing all night, because NICKELBACK are returning to UK and Irish stages in May and June 2027....

ANTHRAX pulled off one hell of a last-minute rescue in San Antonio, recruiting RAVEN and former FEAR FACTORY drummer Mike Heller just hours before taking the stage at the Alamodome after longtime drummer Charlie Benante was unable to perform. Imagine your plans for the day are: Spend some time with the cats. Practise drums. Have a relatively peaceful afternoon. Then...

IRON MAIDEN have spent decades conquering arenas, stadiums and festival fields around the planet — but the British heavy metal legends have built an empire that stretches far beyond albums, tours and enormous inflatable Eddies. The band’s global licensing programme has now reportedly surpassed 110 partners worldwide, further underlining just how massive the IRON MAIDEN brand has become. From clothing...

The soundtrack to Tuesday has suddenly gone very quiet. Spotify has been hit by a major widespread outage today, Tuesday 29 September 2026, leaving listeners around the world reporting problems with the music streaming service. Users have reported issues affecting everything from the Spotify mobile app and music playback to search, playlists, login and server connections, prompting a huge surge...

SLIPKNOT are going absolutely enormous in 2027. The Iowa metal giants have announced their worldwide (sic)est Stadium Tour, beginning with their biggest-ever UK headline show at Wembley Stadium before tearing through North America and South America with an astonishing rotating cast of 11 support acts. And when we say support acts, we’re not talking about a couple of newcomers getting...

🎵 New Single: “Brandon Lee (Forma Acustica)”💿 Upcoming Release: Acoustic Album🇫🇮 Artist: The 69 Eyes🦇 Genre: Gothic Rock / Acoustic Rock Break out the black leather, lower the lights and pour something suitably dark — Helsinki’s resident goth ‘n’ roll vampires The 69 Eyes have returned with a dramatically reimagined version of one of their most beloved songs. The Finnish...

HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta has opened up about the role METALLICA’s James Hetfield played in helping him quit drinking, revealing that a simple piece of advice from the metal icon helped change the way he viewed performing without alcohol: “You just have to know that you can do a show sober.” Sometimes the advice that sticks with you isn't an...

A Download Festival 2026 moment that went spectacularly viral has now ended in a courtroom, with a 33-year-old man pleading guilty to outraging public decency after he and a woman were filmed having sex aboard the festival’s Ferris wheel at Donington Park. Of all the things you expect to bring home from Download Festival — ringing ears, muddy boots, an...

Chad Gilbert, founding guitarist, songwriter and one of the driving creative forces behind pop-punk legends NEW FOUND GLORY, passed away on Sunday, 20 September 2026, aged just 45, following a years-long battle with cancer. There are some pieces of music news that are difficult to write. This is one of them. Chad Everett Gilbert died peacefully in his sleep on...

FORBIDDEN will head into their autumn 2026 U.S. tour with a temporarily altered rhythm section, as longtime bassist Matt Camacho and drummer Chris Kontos are both set to sit out the run for personal reasons. The Bay Area thrash veterans have stressed that neither musician is leaving the band, with both expected back in the fold in 2027. First things...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are celebrating 50 years with a deep dive into the formative years of one of America’s greatest rock bands, as the new Origins 1971–1978 box set opens the vaults with 51 tracks, rare recordings, previously unheard material, early live performances and brand-new mixes — while the rarities collection No Sleep Til L.A. will also be...

One of the most emotional days in heavy metal history is coming to the big screen, with Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning set to receive a worldwide cinema release next month — giving fans another opportunity to experience Ozzy Osbourne’s extraordinary final performance and the last gathering of Black Sabbath’s original lineup. Get the tissues ready. And...

The Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards has entered the wild world of Grand Theft Auto VI, recording a suitably gritty version of Jimmy Reed’s blues classic “Bright Lights, Big City” for the game’s official soundtrack — and you can hear it now. Well, this combination makes almost too much sense. Keith Richards. The blues. Vice City. Put those ingredients together...

KISS co-founder Gene Simmons is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the IEBA 2026 Honors & Awards Ceremony, recognising a career that has spent more than five decades reshaping the business, spectacle and sheer bloody scale of rock ’n’ roll. There are rock stars. There are entrepreneurs. There are showmen. And then there’s Gene Simmons. The KISS bassist,...

Rival Sons guitarist, songwriter and founding member Scott Holiday is stepping into completely new territory with HOL1D4Y, an intensely personal solo project that sees him taking full creative control — and, for the first time in his career, stepping behind the microphone as lead vocalist. After years spent helping build Rival Sons into one of modern rock’s most distinctive bands,...