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- April 30
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- The Brainstorms Project will reveal what your brain looks like when it listens to Pink Floyd
- Slipknot announce enormous 2024 Here Comes The Pain tour, celebrating 25 years of their debut album
- System Of A Down's Serj Tankian slams “absolute maniac” Donald Trump: “He’s only interested in himself, his own ego, his own everything. He doesn’t even care about other Republicans”
- Cradle Of Filth announce extensive UK and Europe 2024 headline tour
- “I’m not finished being me!” Kerry King is on the cover of the new Metal Hammer
- "John Wetton would have endorsed this tour as he wanted the music to live on." Wetton's widow "thrilled" with new Asia line-up
- “I think it’s time to play some rock ’n’ roll”: Myles Kennedy announces 2024 headline tour, supported by Devin Townsend on an acoustic guitar
- “A fantastical voyage through time, memory and the better angels of human nature”: Nightwish announce long-awaited new album Yesterwynde
- Slipknot have officially named Eloy Casagrande as their new drummer
- “I wish that he would’ve seen us live past the stupid Nineties, you’re-a-sellout thing.” Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna on the enduring impact of Nirvana and the loss of her friend Kurt Cobain
- Deep Purple launch first music with new guitarist Simon McBride
- The Alarm's Mike Peters reveals that his cancer has returned
- April 29
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- Golf superstar Rory McIlroy has performed Journey's Don't Stop Believin' in public, and, for the first time ever, we wish we didn't have ears
- Much-travelled guitarist and producer Robin George dead at 68
- Knotfest Iowa announces 2024 lineup with Slipknot, Knocked Loose, Hatebreed and more
- “Like Volare, the marriage of voices flies free in a spirit of joy.” Punk icons Iggy Pop and Siouxsie Sioux have re-recorded The Passenger for an ice cream advert
- Gaerea prove why they’re one of black metal’s best up-and-comers with hammering new single World Ablaze: “It’s a song about desire, hope and freedom”
- Decolonise Fest, London's acclaimed DIY music festival by and for punks of colour, launches fundraiser for 2024 weekender
- Coldplay, Little Simz, Yungblud, Dua Lipa and more will share memories of north London's world-changing music scene in new docuseries Camden
- Eddie Van Halen was a Meshuggah fan, according to son Wolfgang: “He said, ‘The drummer better be paid the most!’”
- Grace & Fire guitarist Aaron Gidney also joins This Winter Machine
- Miranda Sex Garden announce first overseas dates for 24 years
- “Europe shall gather in Worship”: Sleep Token announce extra November tour dates, plus UK/EU support band
- Bruce Dickinson concert promoter responds to presence of ‘noxious fumes’ during Brazil concert
- April 28
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- Toyah and Robert Fripp show no signs of growing up on "elderly edition" of Blink 182's Growing Up
- "It's called Foundations because it's the founding of my musical life." Serj Tankian's forthcoming Foundations EP will include an early unreleased System Of A Down song
- “Let’s do the whole album right now!” Watch Pearl Jam perform songs from new album Dark Matter live for the very first time
- April 27
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- 'Grateful' Deryck Whibley reflects on 10 years of sobriety and Sum 41's rise back to the top of their game
- Black Sabbath Ballet announces international dates after huge success of UK run
- "It’s cool to have rearranged It’s Only Smiles to introduce modern acoustic playing to Periphery’s fans." Periphery team up with English guitarist Mike Dawes for new single
- Chinese proggers OU share video for 'vulnerable' new single 輪迴 Reborn
- Jan Akkerman announces two Trading Boundaries shows in June
- April 26
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- “The blonde anti-hero known as Slim Shady has had no shortage of enemies.” Watch the crime scene trailer for Eminem's forthcoming album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace)
- Watch the video for David Gilmour's brand new single The Pipers Call
- Hear Yungblud's cover of the Kiss classic I Was Made For Lovin' You
- "We're the bastards": listen to Mötley Crüe's spidery comeback single Dogs Of War
- "It’s great that someone of her acumen will be part of our touring family": The Smashing Pumpkins unveil their new guitarist
- Sylosis and Fit For An Autopsy announce UK and European tour with Darkest Hour and Heriot in support
- "Touring in Europe feels like returning home." VOLA announce November tour dates
- "This year is 1999 right here!" Watch Slipknot break out new masks, classic songs and their brand new drummer at last night's super-intimate, 300-capacity show in Pioneertown, California
- Swedish prog legends Kaipa return with tongue-twister of an album title. Sommargryningsljus will be released in June
- "It's the Devil's Music - Hide your kids' stuff!" How Slash made the blues sound like a party again – only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- AC/DC are opening dive bars in five European cities this summer
- Robert Plant is reportedly working on a new version of a Led Zeppelin classic for a "top-secret project"
- April 25
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- "I'm at that point in my life where I am truly happy": Richie Sambora is in fine voice on celebratory new solo single I Pray
- “Korn scared me as a kid!” Fontaines D.C. extend Romance tour, talk up unexpected nu metal influences on new album
- "I went, 'I just don't know if my fans are gonna get it.'" How Slayer legend Kerry King ended up guesting on Sum 41's pop punk anthem What We're All About in one of the most unlikely heavy metal cameos ever
- Kyros's Shelby Logan Warne and prog musician Grace Hayhurst take over at London's Sensible Music Studios
- "We have a well-stocked archive of ideas." Matt Baber and Richard Wileman reunite for second album
- "It's two hours of high octane, non-stop, smashing the life out of song after song!" Everton manager Sean Dyche on Metallica, Green Day, The Hives, and Rick Astley
- "A machine intertwining with the human consciousness!" Members of Oranssi Pazuzu and K-X-P launch new outfit Haunted Plasma
- Moody Blues founding member Mike Pinder dead at 82
- "At 78 years old, he's lost none of his chops and remains in fine voice": David Gilmour's The Piper Calls - the first review
- Watch Kelly Clarkson sing Heart's Crazy On You with Nancy Wilson on guitar while Ann Wilson looks on
- April 24
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- "I'm thrilled to share an inside look into our family's wild life through the world of wrestling and rock'n'roll": A Billy Corgan reality TV show is coming to a small screen near you
- "It’s written from the point of view of being older; mortality is the constant.” David Gilmour to release Luck And Strange in September, his first new album in nine years
- Evanescence's Amy Lee on rumours she could replace Chester Bennington in Linkin Park: "It's not true...but they should ask me about that, I might do it part time."
- "Embodying the essence and attitude of their 1970s incarnation possibly more than any other album in recent memory": Deep Purple announce new album =1
- April 23
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- "I tried to capture the feeling of leaving a relationship and the shame that comes with being betrayed": Norwegian art-rocker Susanna reveals more new music
- "It allowed us to push the boundaries of what we thought was feasible." Listen to Knocked Loose and Poppy's outrageously heavy new single, Suffocate
- "I’m 42. It's not a sexy, rock’n’roll age…" Frank Turner announces summer headline tour of intimate venues
- "Join us as we destroy all enemies!" Megadeth announce US tour with Mudvayne and All That Remains
- "Dad's advice was always: follow your heart." A new Johnny Cash album of previously unreleased songs is coming later this year, powered by his son, John Carter Cash
- New-look Asia announce Heat of The Moment US tour
- "We don't want to stagnate": Mötley Crüe sign with Big Machine Records – Vince Neil exclusive
- Steeleye Span announce 55th anniversary May tour dates
- "I wanted to expand upon what we had and introduce new colors." Zeal & Ardor announce new album Greif and UK headline show: listen to gorgeous new single To My Ilk now
- “I don’t think there has ever been a candidate more desperate to win, just to keep himself out of prison.” There are no prizes for guessing who Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder won't be voting for in November's US presidential election
- Rick Wakeman adds three extra Christmas shows
- April 22
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- Deep Purple are teasing something and it might involve algebra
- Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh just played Desperado for a rain-soaked crowd of 300 at a historic Māori fort in New Zealand
- “Nobody who ‘represents’ my dad actually cares to give the fans new unheard music, let alone keep his name alive.” Scott Weiland's son releases song featuring his father's vocals following extortion threat
- Imagine Dragons announce huge North American tour to promote forthcoming sixth album Loom
- “Kurt said some stuff about us that was a real bummer. I thought Nirvana were a good band. Our response to their criticism was, Dude, why are you being such a dick?” Pearl Jam look back on their 'feud' with Nirvana
- "It's about how we respond to ideas we strongly dislike": Wheel's new single Disciple is an argument set to music
- How to watch Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story – stream from anywhere with our guide
- Graham Gouldman announces new solo album I Have Notes to be released in July
- We asked Jon Bon Jovi: If you could choose one final song to perform in front of an audience, what would it be?
- Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner, Peter Frampton and more to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
- April 21
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- "We would go in there and eat the turkeys and whatever else we found": Heart kept themselves from starving in their early days by stealing Bachman Turner Overdrive's food
- "I think he'd like to see a wall of death": Watch side-stage footage of Sleep Token teaming up with a masked Oli Sykes during Bring Me The Horizon's Brisbane show
- April 20
- April 19
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- “Stay tuned, freaks”: Halestorm and Evanescence are teasing a tour together (probably)
- Hear Lacuna Coil get ridiculously heavy on new single In The Mean Time, featuring Ash Costello from New Years Day
- Square, a multi-city showcase festival in Portugal, is seeking international musicians to perform at their 2025 event - here's how to apply
- Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine announce extra Ascendancy / The Poison 2025 tour dates, plus stellar support act
- Swedish prog rockers Nightingale to have back catalogue remastered and reissued
- Get the best sound for Record Store Day 2024 with these 4 unmissable turntable deals
- An Evening With Haken comes to the UK and Europe in September
- April 18
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- In what's turning out to be a bumper year for Led Zeppelin fans, more unseen live footage has emerged
- Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band founding guitarist, dead at 80
- Alcest share stunning new video for Flamme Jumelle
- "The song is about the push and pull of mismatched love and the lengths you’d go to make it work": PVRIS drops vibrant new track Oil & Water
- Slipknot are teasing something special with mysterious billboard and website
- ZIO announce new live album and August tour dates
- Ian Anderson, Al Di Meola, John Helliwell, Simon Phillips and more guest on new Mandoki Soulmates album
- “Cannae beat a bit of AC/DC man!” Watch football legend Ally McCoist’s hilarious reaction to hearing Hells Bells on stadium speakers
- “We’ll see you next year”: Letlive are reuniting for a “proper” farewell tour in 2025
- "I've ripped up my fingers to shreds, they bled, they blistered": Watch Nina DiGregorio's jaw-dropping version of Van Halen's Eruption, played on 7-string fretted violin
- Pearl Jam calm down a bit on new single Wreckage
- April 17
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- "I'm fascinated by falling in love at the end of the world": Fontaines D.C. share details of their new album Romance, drop explosive single Starburster
- “It shows every member of the band doing what they did best – Gillan’s vocals, Jon Lord’s keyboards”: the In Rock classic that’s Tony Iommi‘s favourite Deep Purple song
- “I’m stronger and louder than I have ever been”: Julie Christmas announces first album in 14 years, releases ultra-catchy single Supernatural
- Watch Megadeth perform a secret acoustic set outside a hotel in Buenos Aires
- “Without him, there would be no Metallica.” See James Hetfield’s new Motörhead tattoo with Lemmy’s ashes in it
- April 16
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- The Beatles' original Let It Be movie has been restored by Peter Jackson
- Clutch and Rival Sons announce Two Headed Beast tour with Fu Manchu and Black Stone Cherry
- Can share new live clip from 1977 line-up featuring Rosko Gee
- Prog supergroup Six By Six announce first ever live show
- Public Service Broadcasting announce full UK and European tour for October and November
- "I honestly can’t find the inspiration to write": Don't hold your breath if you're hoping for a new Jinjer album in 2024
- Kerry King announces UK headline debut with tiny London show
- Duff McKagan announces solo UK and European tour
- April 15
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- Oceans Of Slumber share daring new video for brand new song Where Gods Fear To Speak
- "It felt like horror movie music, so dark and aggressive and dangerous." Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda on the three hip hop acts that changed his life
- The Hunna, Employed To Serve, Blackgold, Saint Agnes amongst first names for Misery Loves Company festival 2024
- Big Big Train announce additional London headline show
- "After multiple foiled attempts, words cannot describe how excited we are." Motionless In White announce UK and European headline tour
- Catfish And The Bottlemen just announced their biggest headline show ever
- April 14
- April 13
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- "Jimmy's very lucky to be even playing tonight": Watch an ailing Jimmy Page lead Led Zeppelin through a truncated show as unseen live footage emerges
- Devin Townsend Terria vinyl reissue announced
- Watch awesome front row footage of Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson rocking the Whisky A Go Go in LA last night for his first full solo show in 22 years
- The Struts announce Pretty Vicious tour dates
- Slash and Chris Stapleton hook up for extremely lively version of Fleetwood Mac's classic Oh Well
- April 12
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- Former Saxon bassist Steve Dawson sentenced to six years in prison for child sex offences
- “It felt weird – that’s my song!” Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor reveals his first reaction to Johnny Cash’s Hurt cover
- “Bitches stay mad ’cause I slay everyday!” Listen to Scene Queen’s pounding new single, Stuck
- Dutch proggers Lesoir announce new album Push Back The Horizon
- Haken guitarist Richard Henshall will release new EP Mu Vol. 1 in June
- One of Linkin Park’s heaviest songs is now available to stream for the first time ever
- Tenacious D have recorded a 30-song cover album – and you’re never going to hear it
- “I think fire goes hand-in-hand with the devil, and I’m no stranger to talking about the devil...” Slayer guitarist Kerry King releases new single Residue and incredibly fiery music video
- How Jethro Tull broke America is the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!
- Oasis launch previously unreleased live version of Supersonic recorded on the day Definitely Maybe went to number one
- Watch Procol Harum play a majestic version of A Whiter Shade Of Pale in the Biba Department Store in London in 1973
- April 11
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- Heart appeared on the Howard Stern show and talked about their iconic cover of Stairway To Heaven: then they played another Led Zeppelin classic
- "Let the party begin!": A Sammy Hagar-themed pool and tiki bar complex is opening in Las Vegas
- "I want to keep the attention on Ukraine." Watch the moving new video for Within Temptation's latest single A Fool's Parade, filmed in Kyiv
- Evergrey detail brand new album Theories Of Emptiness
- Rendezvous Point announce third album Dream Chaser
- Jethro Tull announce six-disc Bursting Out - The Inflated Edition
- "You have no idea the personal battles I was going through." Ash Costello reveals deeply personal reasons New Years Day pulled out of festivals in 2023, fires back at fans who criticised them
- Alex Lifeson guests on new Trifecta single Once Around The Sun With You
- Jean-Michel Jarre to team up with Brian May for biannual Starmus concert
- "Every song feels like it’s ripped from the diary of the coolest girl you know." Pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo salutes the rock star who changed her life
- April 10
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- "All our shows have become a celebration for us and the fans." Kerbdog announce special tour to mark the 30th anniversary of their self-titled debut album
- Aerosmith announce new Farewell Tour dates as Steven Tyler returns after vocal injury
- Midas Fall share live video for In The Morning We'll Be Someone Else
- MONO share video trailer for brand new album Oath
- Watch live footage of Sleep Token’s first concert of 2024
- Bruce Dickinson is playing a “secret show” at a legendary venue this Friday: “Not so secret anymore.”
- The Tangent share new video for aptly titled The Single
- Louise Patricia Crane details her brand new album Netherworld
- Everyone that left Delain in 2021 will perform on singer Charlotte Wessels’ next album: “This is the album I want to re-introduce myself with, and I’m so glad to do it with this amazing team.”
- Airbag announce brand new album The Century Of The Self
- "Love lies bleeding in my hands - OOH YEAH!" Watch full HD footage of Elton John looking on in delight as Metallica rock their brilliant cover of Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- System Of A Down and Deftones announce stacked one-night-only co-headline show
- "What a find!" In 1973 Humble Pie played a set at a trendy department store in London: That footage is now online
- April 9
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- In case you missed it, Heart played Total Eclipse Of The Heart on a New York rooftop with Jimmy Fallon during the actual total eclipse
- Deep Purple and Yes join forces for North American tour
- Twisted Sister have almost been offered enough money to reunite
- Leprous announce new album Melodies Of Atonement will be released in August
- Listen to new Architects single Curse, produced by ex-Bring Me The Horizon member Jordan Fish
- "It’s over." Liam Gallagher has finally accepted that an Oasis reunion will never happen. Not this week, anyway
- Ozzy Osbourne is starting a new internet show about “aliens, drugs, conspiracies and rock ’n’ roll”
- “We’re proud metal fans and this music is like an invincible shield!” Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner explains how their new album helped him recover from heart issue
- Wardruna announce lengthy world tour for 2024-2025
- MWWB singer Jessica Ball shares atmospheric new video for In Your Night as Eye
- Watch Tom Morello perform two long-unplayed songs with Bruce Springsteen live in Los Angeles
- John Fogerty and George Thorogood's Celebration tour has been significantly extended
- Nearly an hour of previously unseen Led Zeppelin footage from 1975 has been posted online
- April 8
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- "Sir Elton helped cover Nothing Else Matters, and tonight, you can see us return the favor!" Watch a clip of Metallica performing a rollocking cover of Elton John classic, Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, with Elton looking on approvingly
- Bill Nelson announces new "loud, edgy" new album Powertron
- Dream Theater announce UK and Europe dates for 40th Anniversary tour
- "We felt like we were playing with our hands tied behind our backs. That will drive a person insane, and it did": Shirley Manson reveals how being pitched against No Doubt almost destroyed Garbage
- Teramaze announce new concept album Eli: A Wonderful Fall From Grace
- "Look at my eyes, this is do or die!" Watch Motionless In White bring the metal and play Rhea Ripley to the ring in style at Wrestlemania 40
- April 7
- April 6
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- Blink-182 cancel three Mexico shows as bassist Mark Hoppus hit by throat infection and "severe bronchitis"
- Watch remastered HD footage of Bon Scott-fronted AC/DC performing Jailbreak live in London in 1976
- "We went to the promoter and said, Can we go home? They were, like, 'Yeah, you can go home! But first you're gonna have to give me two millions dollars!'": Lollapalooza '92 celebrated alt. rock taking over the mainstream. But for one band, it was hell
- New Fruupp box set A Twilight Adventure to be released in June
- Iamthemorning added to A Sunday In September bill
- April 5
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- "I pushed the veil, back into dark again." See Jamie Campbell Bower - AKA Vecna from Stranger Things - embrace his heavy side with the first video from his new post-hardcore band, BloodMagic
- How to watch Wrestlemania 40: The WWE Universal Championship is on the line this weekend - don’t miss out
- Wardruna return with brand new single, the suitably mesmeric Hertan
- "There was more security on the catering backstage than on any band's dressing room. We were told, If they see the Hard Rock Cafe's cheeseburgers and French fries, there will be a riot": Jon Bon Jovi recalls playing in Russia for the first time
- Kavus Torabi shares video for new single, the epic, trippy Heart The Same
- “It was just good to have that early on.” Tool's Maynard James Keenan reveals the essential advice punk rock legend Henry Rollins gave him at the start of his career
- Listen to Jakko Jakszyk and Mel Collins' new version of I Talk To The Wind
- New UK prog quartet Age Of Distraction announce debut album
- "I was very excited to get involved, it's one of my favourite books of all time": watch Muse's Matt Bellamy work on a dramatic new original score for George Orwell's 1984 at Abbey Road Studios
- Pendragon announce new reissue of 1996 album The Masquerade Overture
- April 4
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- "He's unhinged, super smart, super talented and willing to upset": British pop superstar Robbie Williams hails the one rock star he thinks is lighting up 2024's "boring", danger-free music scene
- German power metal force Powerwolf announce new album Wake Up The Wicked
- “It’s great if you’re Drake, it’s not great if you’re Grizzly Bear.” Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor says streaming has “mortally wounded” many musicians
- Ghost share cryptic new trailer, teasing the end of Papa Emeritus IV and a potential movie release
- The Holy Family announce release of 2022's acclaimed Roadburn set
- “So funny, so personable, so goofy”: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett remembers hitching a ride from David Bowie
- Another Korn/Adidas collaboration is coming next month
- "I call Bill Bruford and blurt out 'how would you like to be in a rock band again?' Bill says, 'And do what? Sit around a luggage carousel all day?' But he gave us his blessing." Adrian Belew opens up on the formation of Beat
- April 3
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- “Some of the biggest and most powerful companies are, without permission, using our work to train AI models...This assault on human creativity must be stopped”: Pearl Jam, The Cure, R.E.M. attack “predatory” use of AI in music
- A death metal recording studio is being recognised as a historical landmark in Florida
- Lzzy Hale will “most likely” front Skid Row for even more concerts, says becoming a full-time member “sounds like a pretty good gig for me”
- “When James comes in, there’s a presence”: Metallica producer explains what James Hetfield and Johnny Cash have in common
- Metalcore darlings Misery Signals announce farewell tour: “It’s time for us to close this chapter of our lives and explore new opportunities individually.”
- Damian Wilson, Simone Simons and Anneke van Giersbergen all star in new Ayreon live video for The Day That The World Breaks Down
- “The world is ready for us now.” Why nu metal heroes Kittie are finally ready to grab the limelight once again
- "We get halfway through, just before the solo, and all the power goes off on stage": The night a furious Ray Davies cut a Yes set short before aiming blows and kicks at Rick Wakeman
- April 2
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- Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed to headline Rocklahoma 2024, Evanescence, Lamb Of God, Halestorm, Kerry King and more also confirmed
- “We are all blown away and extremely excited!” Mike Portnoy has finished recording drums for the next Dream Theater album
- Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello announces super-intimate London gig
- Watch Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale fill in for Ann Wilson of Heart by performing Don’t Tell Me live with Disturbed
- King Crimson outfit Beat add 21 more dates to North American tour
- “I bought it with lawnmowing money!” Tool’s Danny Carey reflects on the first album he ever paid for himself
- “It was the loudest thing I’d ever heard in my entire life”: Jet’s Nic Cester on the time he auditioned to be the new singer in AC/DC
- “As soon as we get past the arguments, we can get **** done!” Tool are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer
- Ultravox bassist Chris Cross has died, aged 71
- "The world will see that Scottish crowds are some of the loudest, craziest and most passionate on the planet." WWE announces major Clash At The Castle show taking place in the UK this June
- Gerry Conway, drummer with Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Pentangle and more, dead at 76
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