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Because some riffs are eternal… and some price tags are absolutely feral 🤘💎 There are gigs you remember forever. Albums that soundtrack your life. And then there are objects. Sweaty, sacred, occasionally weird relics that somehow absorbed the soul of rock ’n’ roll and later sold for more than most of us will earn in a lifetime. From smashed acoustics...

Right then. Kettle on. Tin hat strapped. Because The Riff Report is saying it loud and proud: Benji Webbe would absolutely BODY the role of a James Bond villain. And yes, that means better than Lenny Kravitz. C’mon butt, hear us out. Now don’t get it twisted. Lenny Kravitz is an icon. Timeless cool. Leather trousers powered entirely by confidence...

Four nights. One family. Zero fillers. Absolute scenes, mun. 🤘🔥 The line-up’s locked. The amps are warming up. The pits are stretching. Breaking Bands Festival 2026 is officially primed to go off like a dodgy generator at a biker rally, and if you thought this was “just another DIY festival”, think again. You’ve seen the headliners. You’ve felt the rumble...

If you’ve ever fancied stepping inside one of the most iconic sci-fi rock operas ever written, consider this your official last call. The Martians are powering down their tripods, the red weed is being swept away, and Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds: The Immersive Experience is marching towards its final curtain in London. After six years, 31,000+ performances,...

The most infamous, expensive and downright disastrous musical flops of all time, mun. Broadway has chewed up Hollywood stars, spat out pop icons, and laughed in the face of rock royalty. Turns out a stadium-filling legend doesn’t always translate to jazz hands, key changes and a standing ovation from critics who live to sharpen their knives. From falling superheroes to...

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 the mad part, butt… He...

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 himself broke the news with...

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 talking a full-blown, gold-toothed, eyeliner-sharp,...

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 the massive Christmas fixture against...

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 more tweets, no more updates,...

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 back to the era where...

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 most iconic venues, including London’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 finally out in the wild…...

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 like a rave grenade lobbed...

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 ’n’ roll frustration. Picture it:...