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From massive tour announcements and festival line-ups to surprise singles, new albums, band reunions and everything happening across the music world, we'll keep you firmly in the loop.

Expect breaking music news, tour dates, festival updates, album and single announcements, band news, line-up changes, music videos and stories from across the rock and metal community.

We'll cover the biggest names in the business while making plenty of room for independent, unsigned and grassroots artists, venues and festivals deserving more attention.

Being proudly Welsh, we'll also keep a close eye on music news from across Cymru, championing Welsh bands, venues, promoters and the people keeping our scene loud. ๐Ÿ‰

Big announcement or tiny grassroots victory โ€“ if it matters to the community, it matters to us.

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STRANGER THINGS SENDS ANOTHER โ€™80S BANGER ROCKETING UP THE CHARTS AGAIN โ€” AND ITโ€™S ABSOLUTE MADNESS, MUN! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ“บโšก

Well here we go again, bach. Stranger Things Season 5 has landed, everyoneโ€™s binge-watching like gremlins hopped up on Monster Energy, andโ€”because the Upside Down demands tributeโ€”an iconic 1980 track is suddenly charging up the Spotify charts like itโ€™s just broken out of Vecnaโ€™s dungeon. Tidy! ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ”ฅ The moment the new season dropped, fans started hunting down the mystery banger...

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GREEN DAYโ€™S โ€œBASKET CASEโ€ TURNS 30 โ€” AND ITโ€™S STILL THE POP-PUNK ANTHEM THAT OWNS OUR COLLECTIVE BRAIN, MUN! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿด

Thirty years on from its glorious, chaotic birth, โ€œBasket Caseโ€ is still ricocheting off bedroom walls, festival fields, skateparks, and anyone whoโ€™s 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...

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๐Ÿค˜ NEWS: EX-PEACEMAKER GUITARIST HIT WITH SHOCKING 20-COUNT ARREST โ€” FANS ARE TAMPING, MUN ๐Ÿคฌ

Rock 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...

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๐ŸŽถ WMG x SUNO: THE AI DEAL THAT JUST SHOOK THE MUSIC WORLD โ€” AND ITโ€™S PROPER TIDY, MUN! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค–

Well 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 theyโ€™re calling...

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๐ŸŽช REEF JOIN THE LINE-UP FOR VICTORIOUS FESTIVAL โ€” AND ITโ€™S LUSH AS YOU LIKE, MUN! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ”ฅ

Southsea just got a whole lot riffier, bach. Reef โ€” the West Country rockers behind one of the greatest Brit-rock bangers ever written (โ€œPlace Your Hands,โ€ obviously, donโ€™t play) โ€” have officially jumped aboard the Victorious Festival bill, and the seaside crowd is not ready. ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŽค This is the kind of booking that makes you chuck your suncream in the...

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๐Ÿด๐Ÿ”ฅ TODAY IN ROCK HISTORY, MUN! โ€“ CREAMโ€™S FINAL ROAR AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL (1968) & THEIR EPIC 2005 COMEBACK ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐ŸŽธ THE DAY CREAM SAID โ€œDIOLCH 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...

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๐ŸŽธ GRAHAM GOULDMAN ANNOUNCES HIS BIGGEST HEART FULL OF SONGS TOUR YET FOR 2026 โ€” AND ITโ€™S LOOKING LUSH, MUN! ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ–ค

Graham Gouldman โ€” the songwriting wizard behind 10ccโ€™s timeless hits and one of Britainโ€™s 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. Cโ€™mon butt, this is proper good news for anyone who loves classic songwriting, silky-smooth melodies, and stories from a bloke whoโ€™s penned...

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IVAN MOODY TEASES NEW MUSIC โ€” FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH FRONTMAN IS GEARING UP FOR A HEAVY NEW ERA, MUN!

When Ivan Moody hints at new music, the entire metal world stops what itโ€™s doing and listens. The tattooed titan at the front of Five Finger Death Punch has confirmed heโ€™s got fresh material on the way โ€” and the excitement across the Knucklehead community is already hitting DEFCON 1. Whether heโ€™s growling through a pit anthem or breaking hearts...

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OASIS: WHATโ€™S NEXT AFTER THEIR SELLOUT 2025 REUNION SHOWS?๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿด)

Cโ€™MON BUTTโ€ฆ did you really think Oasis were gonna stroll back onstage after 16 years, belt out a few โ€œDonโ€™t 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 Liamโ€™s parka sleeves, and now the worldโ€™s asking the...

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OASIS END THEIR GLOBAL WORLD TOUR AFTER 41 SHOWS & 16 YEARS OF WILL-THEY-WONโ€™T-THEY โ€“ AND IT WAS TIDY AS HELL, MUN! ๐Ÿด๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ”ฅ

Right then, bach. Grab a pint, tighten your bucket hat, and pretend youโ€™re stood in a muddy field somewhere between Merthyr and Manchester, because this is the moment Oasis fans across Cymru have been waiting for sinceโ€ฆ 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...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN โ€“ STEAL THIS ALBUM! TURNS 22! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ”ฅ

A 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:๐ŸŽง Steal This Album! And ayeโ€ฆ the title wasnโ€™t a joke. The whole record was a cheeky two-finger salute to...

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๐Ÿ”ฅ HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY TO THE QUEEN OF ROCK โ€™Nโ€™ ROLL โ€” TINA TURNER! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Born: 26 November 1939Forever Legendary: 1939โ€“2023 Cโ€™mon butt, gather round โ€” today we raise a glass, crank the volume, and celebrate the unstoppable force that was Tina Turner, the woman who didnโ€™t just break the mouldโ€ฆ she melted it down with pure rock โ€™nโ€™ roll fire. ๐Ÿค˜โšก Tina wasnโ€™t just a singer โ€” she was a supernova in stilettos, a...

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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŽ„ THE DARKNESS CRASH ST. PANCRAS WITH A SURPRISE CHRISTMAS ROCK โ€™Nโ€™ ROLL SERENADE! ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ”ฅA full Riff Report blog post โ€” now with NO images, butt!

Cโ€™MON 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 โ€œITโ€™S CHRIIIISTMAAAS!โ€ ๐Ÿค˜๐ŸŽ… ๐ŸŽนโœจ A WILD DARKNESS APPEARSโ€ฆ AT A TRAIN STATION No warning. No posters. No overpriced...

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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿš€ EUROPE ANNOUNCE THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 40TH ANNIVERSARY UK TOUR! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ”ฅAnd yes buttโ€ฆ theyโ€™re playing the whole damn album! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜

Cโ€™MONNNN! 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! ๐Ÿด ๐ŸŽค WHATโ€™S OCCURRING? For...

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