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May 31
- "The Superstition tour is heading your way." Soulfly announce summer tour of the UK and Europe
- “There are certain names that I so deeply wish were on the guestlist tonight, but we lost them too early.” Watch Eddie Vedder perform a hauntingly beautiful version of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt for 18,000 Pearl Jam fans and lost friends in Seattle
- "I must really be a witch...so rabies shots for the next two weeks": Watch The Pretty Reckless' Taylor Momsen get bitten by a bat onstage
- Leprous share first new music from upcoming album. Watch their video for Atonement here
- Bring Me The Horizon tried to do a song with Billie Eilish, says Oli Sykes: “I can’t say for 100 percent that she listened to it, but I knew it got to her”
- Green Day, Jane's Addiction and The Killers stars sign up to offer once-in-a-lifetime tutorials at the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp
- "9 years without sex? Weirdo sh*t": Ice-T is not at all impressed by Lenny Kravitz's vow of celibacy
- “Guess who’s back, back again.” Watch ghosts from Eminem's notorious past come back to haunt him, as Slim Shady, Rapboy, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and the Steve Miller Band pop up in the hilarious throw-back video for Houdini
- An Endless Sporadic announce European and UK live shows
- Look at this graph! Science may have found the answer behind everyone's hatred for Nickelback
- Steve Hackett's classical works get reissue treatment
- Watch pro-shot video of a rain-soaked Metallica playing Master Of Puppets last week
- Bury Tomorrow have never been heavier than on new single Villain Arc
May 30
- You Me At Six add extra nights in Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff, Nottingham, Leeds, Birmingham and London to their Final Nights Of Six farewell tour
- “We believe that artistic spaces should be able to exist without being funded by morally corrupt investors.” Pillow Queens and CMAT pull out of Latitude festival due to sponsor Barclays' links to weapons manufacturers supplying Israeli military
- “We appealed to the female section of the audience. They wanted to be with us, talk to us, and give us their money.” Andy Summers says The Police were not only “superior, musically, to almost every other band” but they were also total babes
- There’s a video game hidden inside Bring Me The Horizon’s new album Post Human: Nex Gen. Seriously.
- Scammer attempts to auction off Graceland but is foiled by Elvis Presley's granddaughter filing a lawsuit against them, says the crime was "fun"
- Tusmorke "away with the fairies" on new album Dawn Of Oberon
- Eric Clapton says Pink Floyd's Roger Waters suffers "terribly" from sharing his political views and has seen him “sit on the window ledge in tears”
- Bruce Dickinson is worried that Iron Maiden don't "challenge" themselves enough when it comes to writing music: "We have this devoted following and they’re happy with the way we are"
- According to Kittie, people hate on nu metal because it's popular and a more "simplified" form of music: "Oftentimes it takes a little bit of growth and perhaps some years for some of the music fans to catch up"
- Twelve-disc Fairport Convention box set to be released in July
- Wobbler keyboard player Lars Frederik Frøislie teams up with Stefano 'Lupo' Gulfi for new single
- Van Halen's Michael Anthony recalls watching Ozzy Osbourne set Bill Ward on fire: "He didn't even flinch. He just kept drinking his beer"
- “I’m not at peace with the world. I’m frightened of it more so now than ever.” Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on our “complicated” world, and why wrestling is more honest than the music business
- How to watch Bon Jovi's intimate set from the BBC Radio Theatre this weekend
- Quireboys launch video for new single Raining Whiskey featuring Frankie Miller
- Watch Norse shamans Heilung’s mesmerising performance of Traust at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- "Every song had to start with a metal riff, accompanied by shit-tonnes of noise": The Dandy Warhols might prefer claret to ecstasy these days, but they're still experimenting
- Aussie rock legends The Angels announce first album in 10 years
- Hacker group claims to have obtained the personal data of 500 million Ticketmaster customers
- What will AC/DC look and sound like on this tour? Watch this pro-shot footage of them playing live in Spain last night
May 29
- Heart cancel European tour as Ann Wilson undergoes routine medical procedure
- Beabadoobee announces North American tour in support of her forthcoming Rick Rubin-produced album This Is How Tomorrow Moves
- Black Country, New Road to play London benefit show for Palestine
- “This is going to be THE summer!” Anthrax bassist Frank Bello has joined Norwegian black metal band Satyricon
- Jon Anderson teases fans with new video clip of Soon
- “Everybody wants to do it”: Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler also hopes to do one more show with original drummer Bill Ward
- “Don’t get used to this being a yearly event”: Slayer reunion shows will be rare, says guitarist Kerry King
- Dekoni team-up with YouTube star to resurrect ultra-soft vegan earpads for Audeze LCD headphones
- The Police to release six-disc Synchronicity box set in July
- "When David Bowie walked into the room, it was like the messiah walked in." Drum legend Steve DiStanislao recalls the night that David Bowie performed a Syd Barrett classic with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Richard Wright
- Dropkick Murphys announce five UK shows for 2025
May 28
- Dead & Company add six more dates to residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas
- Amyl and The Sniffers reveal UK and European tour plans, share defiant new single calling out jealous and judgemental "40-year-old metalheads"
- Bristol art-rock trio Beak> surprise release fourth album >>>>
- Jane's Addiction's original line-up announce co-headlining tour of North America with Love And Rockets
- Sonos launch the festival-friendly Roam 2 - a portable speaker that’s “built to perform outdoors"
- Tangerine Dream announce Phaedra 50th anniversary show at London's Barbican
- Focus share music video for Fjord Focus, the first new music from upcoming album Focus 12
- “I used to pretend to be in their band in the mirror.” Watch Ed Sheeran live out “a childhood dream” by joining pop-punk legends The Offspring onstage in California
- Meet Cubicle Riot, the AI-generated hair metal band who sound like they've just arrived from 1984
- "Your skin is just goosebumps, electric as can be": Watch NBA legend Bill Walton tell a beautiful story about taking the Boston Celtics to watch the Grateful Dead
- That time Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes were attacked by Conan O'Brien's Masturbating Bear
- My Dying Bride's Andrew Craighan says "personal problems" and other challenges mean the band can't confirm when they'll be able to tour again
May 27
- Watch drum cam footage of Slipknot's Eloy Casagrande performing Disasterpiece
- Ride the lightning! Watch Metallica get upstaged by a lightning strike during Master Of Puppets at the opening show on their latest tour
- “I’ve spoken to him twice in the last 11 years”: Jon Bon Jovi shuts down talk of a reunion with Richie Sambora
- Simon Phillips signs up for the new Karmakanic album
- Watch Hollywood star Bradley Cooper join Pearl Jam for a blazing cover Neil Young’s Rockin’ In The Free World
- “In our band we don’t recognise the word ‘mistake’, because there are no mistakes”: watch Metallica play epic 72 Seasons closer Inamorata live for the very first time
- Paul Weller on British politicians: "Mugs, all of them."
- Things are hotting up in the Worcestershire kitchen of Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp
- Watch Mike Portnoy learning Tool's Pneuma – a drum track so complicated it "makes Dream Theater look like Weezer"
May 26
- The actor who plays Moe Szyslak and Chief Wiggum on The Simpsons has started a Bruce Springsteen tribute band
- The Black Keys cancel US arena tour amid rumours of poor ticket sales: "Intimate" alternative promised
- Watch Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson appear onstage together at Gordon Lightfoot tribute show in Toronto
- “You could have anyone from Dio to Pavarotti, and it will never be Sabbath. Don’t belittle that band, Tony, move on”: the furious open letter Ozzy Osbourne sent to Tony Iommi telling him to end Black Sabbath
- Deicide’s Glen Benton doesn’t know why he burnt an inverted cross into his forehead either: “To this day, I don’t know what I was thinking!”
- Slash adds his voice to the growing concern that musicians have over the impact of AI
- Iron Butterfly founder Doug Ingle dead at 78
May 25
- Iron Maiden weren’t part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, says ex-singer: “We felt like we were on our own”
- After Ozzy admits he'd love to play one final Black Sabbath show with Bill Ward, Tony Iommi describes it as a "nice idea"
May 24
- “Look forward to welcoming you into the coven.” Eurovision legend Bambie Thug announces UK and European headline shows for Crown The Witch tour
- Watch rising death metal stars Orbit Culture play tooth-rattling single While We Serve on their 2024 tour
- How are there so many Swedish metal bands? A Swedish metal band explains
- Marty Friedman wants you to stop calling him an ‘ex-Megadeth guitarist’: “It’s not doing me any favours. It’s 25 years ago.”
- John Mitchell joins UK proggers The Paradox Twin
- “I said, Adrian, why aren't you singing in Iron Maiden? Be the singer!” Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham once encouraged Adrian Smith to return to Iron Maiden as the band's frontman
- Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius to release new album in October
- This footage of Evanescence’s Amy Lee singing with Within Temptation is a modern metal clash of the titans
- “He’s known as the American working man but he’s never worked a day in his life.” Paul McCartney delivers an amusing, warm-hearted tribute to Bruce Springsteen at Ivor Novello Awards
- Tony Iommi remembers co-writing a Black Sabbath song with Eddie Van Halen: “I said, ‘You’re playing that wrong’”
- Black Sabbath's Get A Grip: Watch the official upgraded video
- “The answer has been the same for 20,000 years. It’s not gonna happen.” Skid Row founder rules out Sebastian Bach reunion
- “I want this band to be remembered for being one of the good ones.” You Me At Six announce their last ever tour of the UK and Ireland
- The untold story of Black Sabbath's unlikely resurrection: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- “We're back.” Watch Jane's Addiction's classic line-up debut new song Imminent Redemption at tiny London club show
- "It is time to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster": US Department Of Justice goes to court over alleged anticompetitive conduct
May 23
- “We know this will be disappointing, but we ask that you respect our choice to put health first”: Bad Omens cancel summer UK and Europe shows due to singer Noah Sebastian’s “extreme burnout”
- Watch Babymetal embrace their silly side, do karaoke and team with glitter ball-wearing Electric Callboy in the completely crazy video for Ratatata
- Bring Me The Horizon will release new album Post Human: Nex Gen at midnight tonight
- The new issue of Metal Hammer is a celebration of The 100 Songs That Changed Our World
- “By request of Queen Taylor, here’s your breakthrough hit!” Taylor Swift asked Paramore to play Misery Business during the Eras tour
- Metallica’s James Hetfield has been “writing lots of music” this year
- "There's something of the spiky post-punk and electro-pop music of the early 1980s that captivated me as a teenager." Tim Bowness announces first album for new label Kscope
- Steeleye Span announce Now We Are Six 50th anniversary reissue to be released in July
- Tool bassist talks new music: “There’s absolutely tons and tons of hard drives full of stuff”
May 22
- Campaign launched to raise funds for medical treatment of founding Venom guitarist Mantas
- Sonos smash an Ace with their first-ever set of headphones
- "If he starts banging his head, we've got a problem." Watch rangers attempt to scare a bear away from a residential area using Black Sabbath classic Iron Man (it did not work)
- Louise Patricia Crane evokes childhood memories with video for new single Celestial Dust
- Jo Jo Gunne's dazzling performance of Run Run Run on the Midnight Special is one of the most 1970s things ever
- "She will literally headbang to the music. She's on beat almost every time": There is a horse in Canada who really loves heavy metal
May 21
- Listen to soul star Aloe Blacc give Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun a jazzy, R&B makeover
- On the anniversary of his introduction as Foo Fighters' new drummer, Josh Freese pays tribute to Taylor Hawkins
- Stuckfish team up with This Winter Machine for 1865 show in August
- Gavin Harrison teams up with Antoine Fafard for second album
- How to watch the brand new Beach Boys documentary from anywhere
- Nightwish unveil epic new eight-and-a-half minute single Perfume Of The Timeless
- "I must say, they were absolutely phenomenal": Jimmy Page's review of the Black Crowes' London show is in
May 20
- Having surpassed the historic 100 deals mark, Open On Sunday is showing why it continues to thrive in the ever-competitive music catalog acquisition space
- How to watch Slash perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! - stream live from anywhere
- “Nothing against Maiden, but their songs have gotten so long”: Kerry King critiques Iron Maiden’s recent albums
May 19
- Founding Staind drummer Jon Wysocki dead at 53
- "She nailed it! Perfect match!": Watch Lzzy Hale sing 18 And Life with Skid Row for the first time
- Slash confirms Guns N' Roses are planning to make a new album
- Sir Paul McCartney is Britain's first musician billionaire
- "I don't read no charts and I don't do no numbers": As Bobby Whitlock prepares to be honoured in Memphis, he looks back at Derek and the Dominos and his impact on UK music
May 18
- New book shines spotlight on Big Big Train's first tour with new singer Alberto Bravin
May 17
- AC/DC have played the first show of the Power Up tour as new bassist Chris Chaney joins the party - watch videos
- Listen to Body Count's first single for four years, Psychopath, featuring Fit For An Autopsy's Joe Bad
- Order your exclusive The Tangent bundle featuring a unique front cover, art print and signed lyric sheet
- “It’s vital to be hopeful.” The The share new single Cognitive Dissident, the first taste of Ensoulment, their first album in almost 25 years
- Brittney Slayes shines in new Ayreon live video for Fate Of Man
- Bon Jovi break out the talkbox for new single Living Proof and it could almost be 1986 all over again
- “I took the tapes, left the studio and gave them to my heroin dealer.” Why Billy Idol blackmailed his own record company ahead of the release of Rebel Yell
- Beardfish re-sign to InsideOut Music and will reissue fifth album Destined Solitaire
- Dead & Company have kicked off their residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas: The show looks completely batshit
- The story of King Crimson's Red is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!
- Poison The Well announce their first London club show in 15 years, with tickets on-sale today, May 17
- "I've always loved Little Feat": Bonnie Raitt hooks up with Little Feat for a steamy cover of a Muddy Waters classic
- “Dystopian in mood, it’s a reflection of the angst and anti-authoritarian attitude I had to conformity.” Listen to Serj Tankian's 'new' single A.F. Day, originally written for System Of A Down
May 16
- “Am I overwhelming you with my energy?” Watch Kelly Clarkson become the happiest human who's ever lived while interviewing and singing alongside Weezer
- Sustainability drive is putting a fresh spin on vinyl production
- “Every morning first thing I think about is getting a little Punk Bunny inside me.” Green Day launch their own Punk Bunny coffee brand, because running a punk rock empire in 2024 is an exhausting business
- And So I Watch You From Afar announce new album Megafauna
- The Emerald Dawn announce most extensive UK tour yet
- "You’re absolutely right." Slipknot confirm rumours that brand new song Long May You Die, their first with new drummer Eloy Casagrande, is coming
- “If anybody wants to do an Oasis one, give us a shout. I would be bang up for it.” Forget about an Oasis reunion, Noel Gallagher is happy to sign off on an Abba Voyage-style hologram show instead
- "We have spent years designing this film to be experienced on the big screen with the best possible sound": That long-awaited Led Zeppelin documentary is finally coming to a cinema near you
- Robert Plant once pledged money to a radio station that promised never to play Stairway To Heaven ever again
May 15
- Watch Steven Tyler join the Black Crowes onstage for a rip-snortin' romp through Mama Kin in London
- “She’s had her share of missteps in life.” Slash explains why he invited Demi Lovato to appear on his new blues record
- Yes to release Super Deluxe Edition of Fragile in June
- Documentary about Māori metal sensation Alien Weaponry to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival next month
- “People were crying and screaming and smiling from ear to ear”: Marty Friedman revisits Megadeth reunion at Budokan
- Judas Priest’s Rob Halford reflects on the PMRC: “It was a political hack job”
- “Our live show is some next-level energy”: Ragga metal pioneers Skindred announce autumn UK tour
- “I think Jeff not being around had a lot to do with Tom leaving Slayer”: Jeff Hanneman wouldn’t have wanted Slayer to retire, says Kerry King
- "It was like a spy movie; I was in a room, this light shining in my face": A true crime story of Roger Glover, a new Rickenbacker, and Smoke On The Water
- AC/DC to reissue original Australian versions of High Voltage and T.N.T., but there's a catch
May 14
- "It sounds like someone trying to sound like someone trying to sound like Steve Marriott": Rock legends line up to protest release of AI-assisted Humble Pie recordings
- “When Chris heard it he was like, That song is the best thing you’ve ever written!“ Coldplay's Chris Martin and The Killers' Brandon Flowers help Travis pay their respects to their favourite NYC bar
- “Our music is for sale but our humanity and morality is not.” Massive Attack voice their support for artists boycotting music festivals in protest against “corporate support for genocide in Palestine”
- “You don’t need to spend 10 years to make an album”: Ex-Tool bassist Paul D’Amour slams band’s songwriting process
- Lifesigns, Kyros and Advent Horizon added to ProgStock 2024 bill
- Ghost fans think the metal stars will release a brand-new single very soon
- “James said: ‘You guys are ballsy as hell!’” Alien Ant Farm frontman Dryden Mitchell reveals the surreal moment Metallica’s James Hetfield took him and his parents to dinner
- Kerry King didn’t tell his solo band that Slayer were reuniting: “I didn’t want anybody to start getting cold feet”
- “The lights would go out and 15 kids would beat the crap out of me”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson opens up on traumatic boarding school days
- The first trailer for Billy Corgan's new reality TV show is online and it looks pretty wild
- "This is not easy for an old soldier like me": Watch Brian May perform with Jean-Michel Jarre in Bratislava for 30,000 fans
May 13
- “I don’t want to hold you guys back. This is your dream.” Serj Tankian recalls the moment he invited System Of A Down to find a new singer, and even offered to train his replacement
- “I had a strong connection with Steve. He was so passionate and knowledgable, really dedicated to the cause.” Jimmy Page pays his respects to Steve Albini, saluting his work on the Walking Into Clarksdale album
- Tim Bowness signs new record deal with Kscope label
- David Gilmour announces LA and New York live dates for October and November
- Order your limited edition Knocked Loose bundle – featuring an exclusive tote bag
- New three-disc compilation highlights the best of psych and prog on the Decca and Deram labels
- Jimmy Eat World reveal UK and Europe winter tour plans
- Korean post-rockers Jambinai hit London and Brighton this week!
- Baroness, Graveyard and Pallbearer have announced the psychedelic tour you need to see in 2024
- Nosound hook up with Tim Bowness for new cover of Pink Floyd's Dogs
- Slayer’s Kerry King wants to record his second solo album this year: “I’ve got everything in place to make that happen now”
- Watch Ministry play songs from maligned albums With Sympathy and Twitch for first time since 1980s
- “On the first day I was terrible, I didn’t like my performance”: Eloy Casagrande explains how he joined Slipknot, reveals band is writing new music
- Watch Dave Grohl and Wolfgang Van Halen prank an entire festival with cover of Van Halen's Eruption
May 12
- AC/DC share first photo of new 2024 lineup featuring drummer Matt Laug and bassist Chris Chaney
- Guy Manning launches crowdfunder for limited vinyl edition of debut album
May 11
- Def Leppard's Joe Elliott has a problem with the "silly, silly term" that is heavy metal
- “When I was doing this record, I thought, ‘Jeff would ****ing love this. There’s plenty of hate’”: Kerry King says his new solo album would have got ex-Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman’s approval
- Tim Bowness and Butterfly Mind to headline this year's Prog The Forest
May 10
- A new video for The Beatles' poignant classic Let It Be has been ushered onto the internet
- Jane's Addiction announce intimate London show
- The Tangent jazz things up with new single The Fine Line
- David Gilmour announces his first Italian shows for eight years
- Peter Jones guests on new John Holden track 13. Listen here...
- "This song is the most personal track we have ever done": Stoner rock icons Masters Of Reality release first new music in 15 years
- Carmine Appice announces new Cactus album with massive all-star lineup
- Founding MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson dead at 75
May 9
- “He was always right, even when he was wrong.” Thurston Moore and PJ Harvey share memories of their friend Steve Albini
- “I guess it’s about becoming a woman.” Beabadoobee announces Rick Rubin-produced new album This Is How Tomorrow Moves, shares single Take A Bite
- “I do think that Satan resides within me”: Conan O’Brien just made a metalcore song. Sort of.
- Haken, Pain Of Salvation, Pure Reason Revolution and more to play relaunched Be Prog! My friend festival
- “This is not a tale about death, but one of life”: Watch the trailer for Ghost’s Rite Here Rite Now film and stream the first song from the soundtrack
- Threshold to reissue back catalogue on vinyl and CD
- Korn launch new merch collection with sportswear giant Adidas
- Blue Öyster Cult release previously unseen homage to The Beatles
- Watch Hollywood star Kate Hudson sing the Stone Temple Pilots classic Vasoline
May 8
- "The world will miss his uncompromising stance on art and commerce": The world of music pays tribute to Steve Albini
- Shellac frontman and legendary alt. rock engineer Steve Albini dead at 61
- Ozzy Osbourne names the best guitarist he’s ever played with: “Others do the notes, but it’s not the same”
- Jon Anderson announces he will release a new album in August
- Oliver Wakeman shares video for emotive new single Miss You Now
- Coheed & Cambria drop surprise new single The Joke
- “We weren’t trying to be the poster child for Christian rock.” Order your limited edition P.O.D. bundle – featuring an exclusive signed art print and patch
- Noel Gallagher surprised fans by joining The Black Keys onstage at London's Brixton Academy last night: watch fan-filmed front row footage
- Last night, Ireland's 'ouija-pop' star Bambie Thug officially qualified for the Eurovision grand final. Watch the devilish, provocative performance of Doomsday Blue that sealed the deal
- South By Southwest festival set to take over east London in June 2025 for its first ever European event
- Kerry King’s band made their live debut last night – watch footage and see which Slayer songs they played
- Marilyn Manson’s ex-assistant receives trial date for revived abuse claims
- Steve Perry has rerecorded a Journey deep cut with the sons of Steve Lukather and Phil Collins
May 7
- Epica singer Simone Simons announces debut solo album Vermillion, lead single Aeterna now streaming
- “I was obsessed with Kittie.” Alt. pop star Caroline Polachek reveals the musical awakenings which led up to her new “straight-up grunge” single Starburned and Unkissed
- "My band is not a solo project. My band is the band I intend to play with until the end of time.” Kerry King admits that yes, he will be playing Slayer songs this summer, but only select cuts
- Robert Trujillo reflects on first Metallica shows: “What I remember most was not knowing what the setlist was gonna be each night”
- Catfish and the Bottlemen add Dublin arena show to their busy summer schedule
- “This could be our best album yet”: Converge drummer compares upcoming music to Fugazi, The Mars Volta and Entombed, and we sorely need to hear it
- Jadis to release first new album in eight years this June
- Kelly Clarkson covers Metallica's Sad But True: It has never sounded so angelic
May 6
- "We sound like a really bad tribute band": Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee have been playing Rush songs together
- Sisters Of Mercy announce lengthy North American tour
- Mike + The Mechanics announce 30-date UK greatest hits tour for 2025
- Watch trailer for new Lollapalooza documentary Lolla
- What would it sound like if Black Sabbath recorded Dolly Parton’s Jolene? This Youtuber answers the question you never asked
- Want to see Solstice at the 100 Club?
- Watch Disturbed frontman David Draiman sing Metallica’s Enter Sandman at Nita Strauss’s wedding
- Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris to play intimate fundraising concert with British Lion this month
- Melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect (ex-In Flames, Dark Tranquillity) announce headline UK and Europe tour
- Watch man play Metallica's Pulling Teeth bass solo while squatting 225lbs. Definitely DO NOT try this at home
- Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has no fears over the future of heavy metal
May 5
- The self-proclaimed "world's best whistler" has covered the guitar solo from Sweet Child O' Mine, and even his grumpy demeanour cannot spoil the beauty
- Hard rocking mum plays Rage Against The Machine and System Of A Down on baby instruments for her toddler – and it's straight up adorable
May 4
- "I was so ****ed they called it punk!" Kerry King reveals the pop punk legends he's excited to see live this summer - even if he doesn't always agree with their genre label
- Pattern-Seeking Animals sign new record deal with GEP
- Marillion announce dates for eight Weekend events for 2025
May 3
- “Duane Eddy twanged the thang in the late 50s and 60s and you can hear his character sound appearing throughout the decades of popular music.” Jimmy Page pays tribute to the 'Titan of Twang'
- “Don’t think I’ve ever been so proud of something I’ve worked on.” Tame Impala's Kevin Parker hails “absolute weapon” Dua Lipa, calls her new Radical Optimism album a ”mind blower”
- Rising UK stoner metal heroes Green Lung will bring rural gloom to a town near you on Midsomer tour 2024
- ZIO unveil new line-up featuring members of Carl Palmer and Franck Carducci bands
- “How beautiful life can be when a band plays so easily" Focus will release album number 12 in July
- David Gilmour announces his first UK live shows in eight years
- Palm Reader, Black Peaks and Toska members sound as magnificent as you’d expect in new band Vower
- Slipknot and Meshuggah’s singers appear on heavy new songs by God Of War’s composer, and it doesn’t get more metal than that
- In 1973 John Lennon and Yoko Ono launched an imaginary country, Nutopia, and you can now become a citizen
May 2
- Nirvana, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Joy Division among artists with the best-selling vinyl albums of the 21st century released between 1970 and 1999
- Lidl By Lidl: High street supermarket chain accepts Liam Gallagher's offer to play in their Manchester store if troubled local arena can't stage his Oasis tribute shows
- “We’re not gonna be the band that leads your protest march. What we can do is sing about relatable things.” Soft Play announce new album Heavy Jelly, share single Act Violently
- IQ announce four-disc The IQ Weekender 2024 box set
- Please allow British metallers Heriot to turn your bowels inside out with their savagely heavy new single, Siege Lord
- Avenged Sevenfold bassist reveals worst show the band ever played: “It started with 10 people and ended with five”
- Listen to Caroline Polachek's hypnotic new single Starburned And Unkissed
- Lego just dropped some big Star Wars Day discounts early – don’t wait for May the 4th to save on X-Wing Starfighters, Chewbacca models and more
- Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen says upcoming single Perfume Of The Timeless is “eight-and-a-half minutes long”: “The chorus comes in at 3:30”
- Coma Rossi announce new album Void will be released in July
- "Embrace the madness and the noise": Sprints announce a huge tour and release two new songs
- "I get hugs from young people that come to our shows and they’re trying to come out to their parents or they’re afraid to." Halestorm's Lzzy Hale on the joy that coming out as bisexual has brought her
- “Slipknot is so lucky to have you.” Members of Slayer, Megadeth, Rage Against The Machine and more react to Eloy Casagrande joining the metal icons
- Rock'n'roll pioneer and 'Titan of Twang' Duane Eddy dead at 86
May 1
- "He was a remarkable musician and friend." Jeff Lynne pays tribute to Electric Light Orchestra keyboard player Richard Tandy, who has died aged 76
- Indonesian metal sensation Voice Of Baceprot announce first-ever UK show
- Watch Sleep Token play Take Me Back To Eden finale Euclid for the first time ever
- “It is so beautiful. It is perfect.” Listen to Chelsea Wolfe’s dazzling cover of Spiritbox track Cellar Door
- Ghost announce first-ever concert film Rite Here Rite Now for global cinema release
- Cherym, Desert Sharks, Murder Club, The Amniotics among first wave of artists announced for Loud Women Fest 2024
- Ian Anderson features on new Louise Patricia Crane single Tiny Bard
- Linkin Park considering 2025 reunion tour with female singer, according to new report
- "It was energetic, but so chaotic. I thought, 'Somebody's going to die'": Watch unhinged Alice Cooper footage from the infamous Toronto Rock N Roll Revival