Well here we go again, bach. Stranger Things Season 5 has landed, everyoneโs binge-watching like gremlins hopped up on Monster Energy, andโbecause the Upside Down demands tributeโan iconic 1980 track is suddenly charging up the Spotify charts like itโs just broken out of Vecnaโs dungeon. Tidy! ๐ง๐ฅ The moment the new season dropped, fans started hunting down the mystery banger...
Read moreDetailsThirty years on from its glorious, chaotic birth, โBasket Caseโ is still ricocheting off bedroom walls, festival fields, skateparks, and anyone whoโs ever had a minor existential meltdown in a Tesco meal-deal queue. And now, the immortal Green Day classic has officially gone 3ร Platinum in the UK โ a proper tidy achievement for a song written about Billie Joe...
Read moreDetailsRock circles were shaken this week after disturbing and deeply serious charges emerged involving the former guitarist of Peacemaker. Authorities confirmed that the ex-member โ who the band quietly removed two months ago โ has been arrested and is currently being held without bond following nearly 20 charges relating to child and animal exploitation material. This is one of the...
Read moreDetailsWell butter my bara brith and call me Cybergeddon, butt โ the future of music just did a full-on power slide into a brand-new era, and the labels are finally strapping in. Warner Music Group has officially settled its lawsuit with AI-music giant Suno, and not only buried the hatchet, but decided to team up and build what theyโre calling...
Read moreDetailsSouthsea just got a whole lot riffier, bach. Reef โ the West Country rockers behind one of the greatest Brit-rock bangers ever written (โPlace Your Hands,โ obviously, donโt play) โ have officially jumped aboard the Victorious Festival bill, and the seaside crowd is not ready. ๐๐ค This is the kind of booking that makes you chuck your suncream in the...
Read moreDetails๐ธ THE DAY CREAM SAID โDIOLCH A HWYL FFAWR!โ TO THE WORLD (1968) Picture it, mun: 26 November 1968, the Royal Albert Hall looking all posh and shiny, packed to the rafters with hippies, blues heads, and people who definitely pre-gamed with substances the police would confiscate today. Onto that stage walked Cream โ the first proper supergroup, and the...
Read moreDetailsGraham Gouldman โ the songwriting wizard behind 10ccโs timeless hits and one of Britainโs most quietly iconic musical masterminds โ has just dropped a tidy announcement that his biggest-ever Heart Full of Songs tour is coming in 2026. Cโmon butt, this is proper good news for anyone who loves classic songwriting, silky-smooth melodies, and stories from a bloke whoโs penned...
Read moreDetailsWhen Ivan Moody hints at new music, the entire metal world stops what itโs doing and listens. The tattooed titan at the front of Five Finger Death Punch has confirmed heโs got fresh material on the way โ and the excitement across the Knucklehead community is already hitting DEFCON 1. Whether heโs growling through a pit anthem or breaking hearts...
Read moreDetailsCโMON BUTTโฆ did you really think Oasis were gonna stroll back onstage after 16 years, belt out a few โDonโt Look Back in Angerโ singalongs, and then disappear into the Manchester drizzle like nothing happened? Not a chance, mun. Those sell-out 2025 reunion shows have kicked open a door wider than Liamโs parka sleeves, and now the worldโs asking the...
Read moreDetailsRight then, bach. Grab a pint, tighten your bucket hat, and pretend youโre stood in a muddy field somewhere between Merthyr and Manchester, because this is the moment Oasis fans across Cymru have been waiting for sinceโฆ well, since Owen Money still had hair. OASIS. ARE. BACK.And now โ OASIS HAVE FINALLY FINISHED THEIR MONSTER WORLD TOUR. 41 shows.16 years...
Read moreDetailsA chaotic masterpiece born from leaks, riffs, and pure SOAD madness โ Riff Report style, butt! On 26 November 2002, the mighty System Of A Down dropped one of the most unorthodox, chaotic, and beautifully unhinged releases in modern metal history:๐ง Steal This Album! And ayeโฆ the title wasnโt a joke. The whole record was a cheeky two-finger salute to...
Read moreDetailsBorn: 26 November 1939Forever Legendary: 1939โ2023 Cโmon butt, gather round โ today we raise a glass, crank the volume, and celebrate the unstoppable force that was Tina Turner, the woman who didnโt just break the mouldโฆ she melted it down with pure rock โnโ roll fire. ๐คโก Tina wasnโt just a singer โ she was a supernova in stilettos, a...
Read moreDetailsโIโm really excited about this piece of work,โ says Lindsey โ and so are we, butt! ๐ฅ Well strap in, because Uncle Lindsey has done it again. The guitar wizard, harmony sorcerer, and the man who can make a finger-picking pattern sound like a cosmic prophecy has officially teased a brand-new solo albumโฆ and the excitement levels are higher than...
Read moreDetailsCโMON BUTT, THIS is exactly the kind of chaotic festive nonsense we live for! London commuters, bleary-eyed and freezing their bits off at St. Pancras International this morning, were treated to the most gloriously bonkers Christmas miracle since Noddy Holder first screamed โITโS CHRIIIISTMAAAS!โ ๐ค๐ ๐นโจ A WILD DARKNESS APPEARSโฆ AT A TRAIN STATION No warning. No posters. No overpriced...
Read moreDetailsCโMONNNN! Grab your hairspray, dust off the leather jacket your mam still moans about, and warm up that iconic synth riff because EUROPE are bringing The Final Countdown back to the UK for a full-blown anniversary celebration โ four decades after the song that launched a thousand pub jukebox wars first conquered the world. Tidy! ๐ด ๐ค WHATโS OCCURRING? For...
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