Metallica’s Master Of Puppets has been streamed one billion times on Spotify
Master Of Puppets gets added to Spotify’s elite Billions Club, joining fellow Metallica hits Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman
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Ghost’s Tobias Forge explains the struggles of being a masked, anonymous metal musician
Before a 2017 lawsuit revealed that Tobias Forge was Ghost’s Papa Emeritus, the frontman went to great pains to keep his identity secret
Queen would never have performed their iconic set at Live Aid if Bob Geldof had had his way
"Freddie smelt blood. He went for the throat."
"This is the best day of my life!" Watch Kelly Clarkson cover Foo Fighters, then help Jack Black make a dream come true in the most joyous and pure TV segment of the week
Watch Jack Black melt hearts on the latest edition of The Kelly Clarkson Show
Lynyrd Skynyrd announce live album recorded at Gary Rossington's star-studded final show
Watch the video for Tuesday's Gone featuring Jelly Roll, from Lynyrd Skynyrd's Celebrating 50 Years - Live At The Ryman
Steven Wilson has remixed Chicago II in Dolby ATMOS
Steven Wilson has completed a Dolby ATMOS remix of Chicago’s groundbreaking 1970 album Chicago II, with Blu-ray and vinyl editions to be launched in April and May respectively
Ritchie Blackmore had a heart attack 18 months ago, and won't be onstage again in Europe any time soon
Blackmore appears on Candice Night's forthcoming solo album, Sea Glass
Bruce Springsteen details Tracks II: The Lost Albums, featuring seven records and 82 previously unreleased songs, 74 never-before-heard
Bruce Springsteen: “I often read about myself in the 1990s as having some 'lost period'. Not really. I was working the whole time.”
Bruce Soord details 10th anniversary edition of debut solo album
The Pineapple Thief leader Bruce Soord’s self-titled solo album will be reissued in vinyl to mark its 10th anniversary in May
This is the Metallica song that makes Kirk Hammett cry – and it’s really not the one you’d expect
Turns out it’s not Fade To Black, One or Mama Said that gets Metallica’s guitarist misty-eyed…
John Lydon lost part of his vinyl collection after his kitchen was accidentally set on fire
The former Sex Pistol hates shortbread, but loves toffees and biscuit tins
Tobias Forge says most Ghost songs aren’t about the Devil
Despite having written such songs as Satanized and Devil Church, Tobias Forge insists his band aren’t actually obsessed with Old Scratch
John Lydon is getting ever more salty about the success being enjoyed by his former Sex Pistols bandmates
For a man who supposedly moved on from the Sex Pistols decades ago, John Lydon isn't half spending a lot of time talking about the Sex Pistols
The Hives announce new Josh Homme/Mike D-assisted album
"Every single song a single, every single single a hit, every hit a direct hit in the face of the man."
This WWE icon once invited a fake Sammy Hagar backstage and watched him snort so much cocaine his nose bled
“There’s people trying to get in the locker room, but we’re like ‘Go, go, go!’ and he’s snorting this big line of cocaine”
Machine Head toured America six days after 9/11
Robb Flynn looks back on Machine Head playing across the US less than a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks
A new trailer for "the Citizen Kane of British pop movies" has been released
A fully restored version of Slade's classic 1975 musical film Slade In Flame is coming to cinemas next month
Tobias Sammet on the democracy of Avantasia, the late Tony Clarkin, and whispering Bruce Dickinson
With some big names in the studio and on the tour bus, Here Be Dragons continues Avantasia's all-star journey
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale: “All these men were like, ‘Lose your brother, lose the band, lose your buddies – you should be in pop’”
Halestorm’s singer/guitarist says that a number of businessmen tried to pull her away from being in a heavy metal band during her teens
