News archive

September 2024

Filter

Year
Month

302 articles

September 30
- Joe Bonamassa to perform Rory Gallagher's legendary Irish Tour '74 set at two shows in Ireland
- "Just wait for it to kick in!": Quireboys release rollicking new single I Think I Got It Wrong Again
- “I’ve worked with some difficult singers. All kinder, better, and more talented.” A former bandmate of Perry Farrell labels Jane's Addiction's vocalist “the worst frontman I’ve ever worked with”
- “An unfiltered look at a moment when youth culture was cute, raw, vulnerable, and unapologetically different.” An emo retrospective museum exhibition titled I'm Not Okay is now open in London
- “I realised it had been a while since we had a powerful young woman up onstage with us.” Watch Pearl Jam cover Taylor Swift's The Best Day with help from a very special guest
- “I've got a trove of stuff already, some of which I rather like.” With Pink Floyd “done”, David Gilmour hopes to start work on the follow-up to his hit solo album Luck and Strange in the new year
- Corey Taylor on the reactions to Dave Grohl's recent baby announcement: "If that’s the one thing that defines him, then what are we doing?"
- "You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along." Oasis announce North American tour for 2025
- Green Day and UK coffee company Grind blend their talents to mark 20 years of American Idiot
- Bryan Adams announces Roll With The Punches UK arena tour
September 29
- "As far as the career goes, I refuse to consider it over": Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton announces first show with new band
- Ten Years After are calling it quits but a new Ten Years After will arise
September 28
- Gene Simmons: "I'm okay with being labelled an asshole"
- Louder Than Life festival cancels entire day – including Slayer headline slot – due to extreme weather in Kentucky
- “They would tell us directly to our faces, ‘You’re not going to last’”: Other bands hated Slipknot on their first Ozzfest tour – but Sharon Osbourne saved them
- “Pete was an open, innocent person. He suffered a lot in his life, but everybody loved him”: Michael Schenker’s new album features a tribute to late UFO bandmate Pete Way
- David Gilmour dazzles on the opening night of his tour in Rome: the first review!
September 27
- “Cliff still lives in all of us. I ask for his help still.” James Hetfield says that Cliff Burton still influences Metallica's songwriting, almost four decades on from the bassist's tragic death in 1986, aged 24
- “He looked crazed”: Jane’s Addiction tech says Perry Farrell punched Dave Navarro again backstage, that the band “is over with”
- Up-and-coming rockers Starbenders get bouncy on new single Tokyo
- “He did exactly what we told him not to do”: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor remembers the night he “almost killed” Sid Wilson
- "This may be the most important thing I ever do": Stevie Nicks shares The Lighthouse, a powerful protest anthem for women's rights
- Nightwish’s Floor Jansen wants to collaborate with Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale
- All three-and-a-half hours of the show to raise money to bring Rory Gallagher's guitar back home can now be watched online
September 26
- Foo Fighters cancel scheduled festival appearance this weekend - replacements announced
- Duff McKagan releases unexpected cover of David Bowie's "Heroes"
- Ebony Buckle details brand new album Hearts Get Started
- German proggers Sylvan to make first UK live appearance for 13 years
- Watch Deftones' Chino Moreno excitedly live out his fan boy dreams by fronting Smashing Pumpkins
- Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi to appear on Robbie Williams’ new rock album
- “It’s the track that unlocked the record.” The Cure introduce their long-awaited new album Songs Of A Lost World with gorgeous, haunting new single Alone
- “We paid $30,000 to get bullied like we were in high school!” Trivium were asked to egg Iron Maiden at Ozzfest 2005. They declined and started wearing Iron Maiden shirts onstage
- After teasing a symphony of “cocks and vaginas and death” eight years ago, Devin Townsend is finally performing The Moth live with an orchestra
- Kalle Wallner announces solo tour dates through England for May 2025
- "After 44 years we finally seem to be getting somewhere." Solstice's career highlighted in new documentary
- Joey Jordison’s estate has settled its lawsuit against Slipknot
- “This is an interesting and intimidating challenge!” Radiohead's Thom Yorke is reworking the band's 2003 album Hail To The Thief for a “feverish” new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
- Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer to be charged with vehicular manslaughter following death of pedestrian
- Nickelback announce live album Nickelback: Live From Nashville
- "I know the band's not perfect right now and in turmoil": Journey's Arnel Pineda thanks supporters in first statement since inviting fans to vote him out of the band
September 25
- Jimmy Page honoured by British Embassy in Washington - watch video of speech
- Dead Daisies guitarist Doug Aldrich diagnosed with throat cancer
- "Chemo is no joke": Ann Wilson records health update audio message for fans
- Sólstafir show off stunning Icelandic scenery in video for new single Blakkrakki
- “Lemmy wrote the words, but I told him exactly what I wanted to say”: We asked Ozzy Osbourne to pick his favourite Ozzy Osbourne song. This is what he chose
- “What a wonderful night this will be.” Josh Homme, Greg Dulli, Dave Gahan, Chrissie Hynde to honour the late Mark Lanegan at star-studded celebration show
- “Recently I’ve been faced with my most significant and challenging struggle with depression”: Fever 333 cancel world tour due to Jason Aalon Butler’s mental health
- The Pineapple Thief announce new European dates for Spring 2025
- Elder to revisit third album Lore for May 2025 European tour
- Donner pay tribute to 80s ECM jazz on new single Grey Skies Over Stridsklev
- Exploring Birdsong's Lynsey Ward guests on new Kite Parade single, the emotive Broken
- “I watch it, love it, like pretty much everyone I talk to”: Opeth explain how hit TV series Succession inspired new album The Last Will And Testament
- “I actually think people don’t think of System Of A Down as nu metal”: Serj Tankian names the greatest nu metal album of all time
September 24
- Queens Of The Stone Age announce first live dates since Josh Homme's emergency surgery
- Uriah Heep announce first dates of Magican's Farewell world tour
- Linkin Park continue the biggest reunion tour of 2024 with new single and new live dates (including one show with Sleep Token)
- Billie Joe Armstrong helps Marshall launch the Monitor III A.N.C. headphones
- Unlike Oasis, Iron Maiden take a stand against dynamic pricing ahead of 2025 50th-anniversary tour
- Crippled Black Phoenix share unlikely cover of Laura Braningan's Self Control
- “Rob Halford shows up in a jean jacket and I’m like, ‘Oh, this guy, come on!’” Slayer’s Kerry King explains why Judas Priest were a “letdown” at 1981 gig
- The Orb announce career-spanning 2CD & limited-edition quadruple vinyl octagonal set
- Napalm Death announce the rowdiest EU/UK tour of 2025 with Crowbar, Full Of Hell and Brat
- "Absolute garbage fabricated bulls***": Neal Schon hits back after criticism of Arnel Pineda, blames Avenged Sevenfold for Rock In Rio sound problems
- Prepare to be agog: official photos from the first nights of the Eagles' residency at Sphere in Las Vegas are in
- Dave Mason cancels upcoming tour dates due to serious heart condition
September 23
- "It's disappointing when someone you admire talks out their ass about you": Megadeth vs Peter Frampton is the 2024 beef no one saw coming
- Poppy announces her genre-bending new album, Negative Spaces
- Don’t miss this epic Disney+ deal: Music docs, Star Wars, Marvel & more for just $1.99/£1.99 a month for three months
- "Someone said, 'If you see them without their masks on, they will come and kill you!'" Why I love Slipknot's debut album, by Jamie Campbell Bower
- "We’re so excited for players and fans to experience this!”: Watch Linkin Park debut new single Heavy Is The Crown at recent Hamburg show
- US prog duo Days Between Stations to release new album in November
- Watch Killswitch Engage reunite with ex-singer Howard Jones at emotional homecoming show in Massachusetts
- Opeth push back release of The Last Will & Testament to November 22
- Slayer have just played their first set in five years - see their reunion setlist and watch fiery video footage here
- Liam Gallagher hits back at "s***c***s" who criticised his vocals after he sang Oasis classics at Joshua v Dubois fight
- Larkin Poe announce new album Bloom, launch video for If God Is A Woman, an invitation to "resist the typecasting of women, both conscious and unconscious"
September 22
- "No one more than me in this world feels so devastated about this": Arnel Pineda invites fans to vote him out of Journey after criticism of Rock In Rio show
- Slipknot's set at Knotfest Iowa cut short by severe weather
- The Cadillac Three cancel all remaining 2024 shows as frontman Jaren Johnston begins mental health treatment
September 21
- “You would see them lift their masks, puke in a bucket and keep going!” Slipknot’s first manager remembers wild 90s Iowa shows
- “I contacted Steve Howe and got very little back. Eventually you say, ‘OK, I’ve got to move on’”: Jon Anderson is finally over the idea of rejoining Yes
- Lesoir share new video for "ultimate road track" AEON
- Goth legends Balaam And The Angel release first new song in three decades
September 20
- Norse folk shamen Wardruna announce new album Birna with single Himinndotter
- Slayer have their own hot sauce now, and we can’t believe it isn’t called “Hell Awaits”
- “We have to carry on howling, no matter how wrong it feels”: Ulver release Locusts and Nocturne #2, their first songs since longtime member Tore Ylwizaker’s death
- Fever 333 double down on promoting new album Darker White by releasing two singles at once
- "They made it relevant again!" David Gilmour guests on Body Count cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb
- The Blackheart Orchestra release brand new single Bloodlines
- Von Hertzen Brothers spoof Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues in new Ascension Day video
- “Lars called me, and you’re on a shortlist”: Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson was in the running to replace Jason Newsted in Metallica
- At last! A rare new vocal from Axl Rose as Michael Schenker's cover of UFO's classic Love To Love finally emerges
- "Many of you have been with us since the beginning": Uriah Heep announce farewell tour
September 19
- “There’s new artwork, there’s music that’s so punk rock from board tapes, there’s audio, visuals, everything”: Slipknot are planning a 25th anniversary reissue of their iconic debut album
- George Harrison’s Living In The Material World celebrates 50 years with special anniversary reissue
- Evanescence to record new album in November: ”We’ve been doing a lot of creating”
- “Billionaires are making record profits off the blood, sweat, and tears of the working class.” Dropkick Murphys share rousing new single Sirens calling out grifters making money from hatred and division
- Masked jazz-metal weirdos Imperial Triumphant go pop with new track Eye Of Mars. Not really: they’re still masked and weird.
- New nu metal champions Tetrarch return with new nu metal single Live Not Fantasize
- Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Louder and Prog team up to launch brand new merch store - get exclusive designs, vinyl, signed artist bundles and more
- The four horsemen ride! Metallica announce 2025 North American tour, including Sick New World and Sonic Temple festivals
- “I’m going to be sticking with the ones that are essentially my music.” David Gilmour names three beloved Pink Floyd classics that he won't be playing live again
- VOLA share video for pounding prog metal anthem Cannibal
- The Pineapple Thief announce new EP Last To Run, featuring previously unreleased material
- Watch the full, pro-shot footage of Meshuggah decimating Summer Breeze festival last month
- October's An Evening With Jakko Jakszyk to be hosted by comedian Stewart Lee
- "We will likely never play many of these songs again." Iron Maiden announce 50th anniversary world tour for 2025, confirm biggest ever UK headline show
- Eagles pay tribute to J.D. Souther, co-writer of New Kid In Town and Heartache Tonight
September 18
- Jane's Addiction release new single True Love just days after onstage fight and subsequent fallout
- Brujeria frontman Juan Brujo dead at 61
- Watch the three Smashing Pumpkins classics the band performed for Jimmy Kimmel Live which weren't shown on TV
- “I like being in total control, then I hooked up with Kurt Cobain and everything lost control.” Courtney Love on “battling Kurt's dammed demons” and pouring “25 years of repressed rage” into Hole's music
- “What does he know about performing?” Mike Shinoda reveals hilarious insult from his daughter, who had no idea that Linkin Park are kinda a big deal
- "It's a banger!" Swallow The Sun share video for anthemic new single MelancHoly
- “This is our way of saying welcome to the world”: Nu metal mystery men Swollen Teeth release new single Family, produced by Slipknot’s Sid Wilson and genre god Ross Robinson
- “All good things will eventually come to an end, and so will we”: Prog metal collective The Ocean announce The End Of An Eon, final tour with current lineup
- Watch Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz team with Charlotte Wessels (ex-Delain) in video for brand-new single Ode To The West Wind
- Devin Townsend references his time in The Wildhearts in atmospheric and anthemic new single Jainism
- Irish post-rockers A Burial At Sea collaborate with Peter Broderick on new single Boss Man Tony With His Big Heart
- Chris Braide shares video of cover of T-Rex's Cosmic Dancer
- Watch Linkin Park play new single The Emptiness Machine live on The Tonight Show
- Poppy teams with former Bring Me The Horizon and Fever 333 members for metallic new single They’re All Around Us
- Bill Bruford comes out of retirement to join Pete Roth Trio
- "What the world needs now, is rock, sweet rock": The Darkness invoke God as they launch new album Dreams On Toast
September 17
- Talking Heads’ debut album set for CD and vinyl reissue - check out acoustic version of Psycho Killer
- “We put so much work and love into the Imposter Syndrome album and we’re so excited to finally bring that to the stage”: Viral shredder Sophie Lloyd announces debut US concert, shares cover of Alice Cooper’s Poison
- “It’s the metal tour of 2025, so don’t miss out!” Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine add North American dates to Poisoned Ascendancy world tour; August Burns Red, Sylosis and Bleed From Within supporting
- Amazon mark the return of Prime Big Deal Days with 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimited for free
- This piano cover of Lamb Of God’s Laid To Rest is the most elegantly metal thing you’ll hear today
- Polish proggers Amarok to play first ever UK show headlining next year's Prog For Peart
- Mogwai share video for brand new single, the six-minute keyboard-led God Gets You Back
- Matt Berry shares brand new single, the colourful psych of I Gotta Limit
- “This is a punk move from us.” Benefits unveil new direction with new single Land Of The Tyrants, announce UK and European shows
- “Every time I hear it on the radio it’s like, ‘I’m glad they’re playing this instead of Crazy Train!’” Slayer’s Kerry King names his favourite Ozzy Osbourne song, and it’s one of his most obscure
- Pixies share UK and European tour dates for 2025, unveil new single Motoroller
- Arena, Wobbler, Antimatter and more all lined up for Winter's End 2025
- Rob Halford says another Judas Priest album is “inevitable”: “This band thrives on the metal that we make”
- A new animated video for Thin Lizzy's classic Jailbreak has been launched
- “Pre-order now, and we’ll throw in, at no extra cost to you, anxiety, depression, band breakups, loss of self, suicidal thoughts and ideation, and, of course, everyone’s favourite: cancer!” Blink-182's Mark Hoppus announces tell-all memoir
- “We will be armed with a sonically fresh attack.” The Prodigy announce Disrupta tour dates
September 16
- "Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behaviour": Perry Farrell apologises after violent onstage altercation
- "Never ever thought it would end like this and I'm heartbroken": REO Speedwagon to cease touring due to "irreconcilable differences"
- “Our hearts are broken.” Jane's Addiction cancel US tour and announce hiatus, with bandmates claiming that Perry Farrell's “mental health difficulties” have left them them “no alternative”, for their own safety
- “Get rid of the guitar player and get somebody else. Nobody cares.” Kiss' Gene Simmons urges Morrissey to reunite The Smiths without Johnny Marr, but there's a plot twist
- Watch thrash legends Testament perform live with 11-year-old on guitar
- Arena announce 30th anniversary tour dates for April and May 2025
- “People are gone. Craig’s out. Chris is out, Joey’s out, Paul’s out. The band is different.” Slipknot’s Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan admits the band aren’t as “close” now as they were 25 years ago
- Experimental pop duo MEMORIALS remix Jane Weaver's Univers
- “There’s some screams on there. It’s cool that people appreciate it. It’s also a bit annoying.” Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt is slightly irritated by all this talk about his growls
- Watch Gojira’s fiery Olympic Games performance get projected onto the Arc De Triomphe
- "Dynamic pricing not included": Supergrass announce tour to celebrate 30th anniversary of debut album I Should Coco
- "My God. This is horrific... I'm feeling violated": Real Brian May slams fake Brian May TikTok ticket scam
- "A testament to a lifetime of rock'n'roll greatness": Listen to Tom Morello play on fiery new MC5 single Heavy Lifting
September 15
- Jane's Addiction cancel next show after bust-up and guitarist Dave Navarro posts cryptic "goodnight" message on social media
September 14
- Perry Farrell's wife Etty gives her account of his onstage bust-up with Jane's Addiction bandmate Dave Navarro
- Kiss icon Gene Simmons gives new Linkin Park lineup his backing
- Chaotic Jane's Addiction show ends early as Perry Farrell takes a swing at a shocked Dave Navarro
- Pearl Jam cover Ted Nugent's Stranglehold but give the lyrics an anti-gun update. Ted Nugent, as you might imagine, is not happy about it
September 13
- The Cure tease the release of Songs of a Lost World, their first album in 16 years, with a poster outside the English bar where they played their very first gig
- “I’d like to thank everyone who’s bought my new album and helped make it Number 1.” David Gilmour celebrates his third solo UK number one album with Luck And Strange
- “A brilliant bloke who left you feeling better about life every time you ran into him.” Tributes paid to Rachel Stamp/Sham 69/All About Eve drummer Robin Guy following his death
- Supergrass tease second reunion with announcement coming next week
- "I'm the rock'n'roll rebel that everybody's mother likes to hate": Watch Ozzy Osbourne talk about capturing the hearts of America in this 1986 The Tube interview with Paula Yates
- "I want to take my fans into a world like they’ve never experienced before." Hans Zimmer announces UK 2025 arena tour
- Big Big Train share new clip of The Connection Plan
- "We were nobodies, anonymous and faceless, but it felt like maybe we had a shot." The new issue of Metal Hammer is a bumper celebration of Slipknot’s debut album – and comes with an exclusive patch and charm
- Korn kicked off their 2024 North American tour with some rare cuts - including one classic song not played in 25 years
- Richard Wright features in David Gilmour's new video for the title track of Luck And Strange
- Bret Michaels plots 40th anniversary Poison reunion in 2026
- Eric Clapton slams the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a "frat boys club"
September 12
- All hell breaks loose! Inside Thin Lizzy's first hit album and the campaign to break America - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- “America is so divided. Trump is clearly unhinged.” Punk priestess Patti Smith still fears for all our futures
- Rolling Stones and Speaqua launch portable speaker that doubles as a bottle opener
- Listen to Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel team up with Ukrainian metallers Blind8 on new single Labyrinth
- Aphrodite's Child's classic third album 666 to be released as five-disc box set
- 60 years of US Beatlemania celebrated in 1964 mono box set
- "We've vastly improved since our 80s heyday!” Tears For Fears announce very first live album
- Frost* share behind-the-scenes footage in video for their new single Moral & Consequence
- Saga singer Michael Sadler reveals cancer diagnosis
- Listen to Lamb Of God and Mastodon's explosive new team-up single, Floods Of Triton
- Watch footage and check out the monstrous 26-song setlist from Linkin Park's second comeback show at the Kia Forum in California last night
- "It's my swan song life story": 50 years ago Terry Slesser was Paul Kossoff's singer in Back Street Crawler - now he's finally releasing a solo album
- "This renaissance of heavy metal is worldwide": From Gojira at the Olympics to crazed teenage fans, Rob Halford is incredibly excited about the state of heavy metal
- Megadeth drummer hits out at fashion brand for "stealing" heavy metal imagery
- Mike Portnoy doesn't regret leaving Dream Theater despite massive success of his recent return to the band
September 11
- Jon Bon Jovi credited with saving life of woman on bridge in Nashville
- “It's not going to happen. There's only three people left and we're not talking.” David Gilmour says that anyone holding out hope for a Pink Floyd reunion should “dream on”
- Crippled Black Phoenix return with epic new single Goodnight, Europe (Pt 2)
- "The debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you": Queen announce Collector's Edition "rebuild" of first album
- David Gilmour announces two special rehearsal performances in Brighton
- Nene Valley Rock Festival confirms 2025 event
- Post-rocker A.A. Williams shares powerful new single Splinter
- “I told Noel Gallagher that Oasis sounded like Guns N’ Roses. We gave them some crazy speed and they were up for the next three days.” You can blame The Brian Jonestown Massacre for Oasis nearly splitting up in 1994
- Iron Maiden celebrate The Future Past with new vinyl releases of Powerslave and Somewhere In Time
- UK consumer rights group advises Oasis to "do the right thing" and refund fans after dynamic pricing ticket uproar
- "I'll be honest with you - the devil was my best friend at one time": Southern rockers Van Zant are on the road to redemption with Jesus Christ
- Toto announce the Dogz Of Oz UK and European tour with Christopher Cross
- Refused announce 2025 North American farewell tour as singer Dennis Lyxzén recovers from heart attack
- Mark Tremonti says Creed are here to stay
September 10
- “I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage.” Dave Grohl reveals that he has become a father for the fourth time, promises to try to regain his family's trust and “earn their forgiveness”
- “Spinal Tap is demanding that the Trump campaign refrain from playing Sex Farm at their rallies.” Legendary English rockers Spinal Tap forbid Donald Trump from turning his presidential campaign up to 11
- “Heavy music with a message and aesthetic that transcend the genre.” Idles, Quicksand, Cult Of Luna, Touche Amore and more to honour departing hardcore legends Refused with The Shape Of Punk To Come Obliterated tribute album
- "One of the most intense tracks we've ever released." Watch the video for Jinjer's pulverising new single Rogue
- “My goal has always been to make explosive music.” Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu legend John Reis announces UK and Ireland shows with new band Swami & the Bed of Nails
- "The ultimate musical island-hopping adventure!" Listen to new Nightwish single An Ocean Of Strange Islands now
- “This machine sues fascists.” Jack White makes good on his promise to sue Donald Trump for “flagrant misappropriation” of The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army
- Jazz Sabbath to release third album The 1968 Tapes
- Previously unreleased Klaus Schulze album to be released
- Steve Rothery, Ray Wilson and John Hackett to guest with Steve Hackett at the Royal Albert Hall
- "My little girl can't wait to tell her friends at school": Justin Hawkins responds to viral footage of Taylor Swift singing I Believe In A Thing Called Love at the US Open
- "The best is yet to come!" Heart announce rescheduled Royal Flush Tour dates for 2025
- Wish you were here? David Gilmour stuns tiny Brighton pub with live rendition of Pink Floyd classic
September 9
- “In the indie world, you’re not meant to be successful.” Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody on dealing with superstardom after being written off as “damaged goods” by the music industry
- Watch Pulp premiere new song Spike Island on the opening night of their American tour
- "A lot of songs for the next record are already in demo phases." Kerry King already has his sights set on a second solo album
- "Chester was one of a kind. Emily is also one of a kind." Mike Shinoda dismisses criticism of Linkin Park's decision to continue
- Imagine Dragons announce UK and European stadium shows as part of their 2025 Loom tour
- Rick Wakeman leads tributes for Sky and War Of The Worlds bassist Herbie Flowers
- “A comedy with teeth.”1995's Blur vs Oasis 'Battle of Britpop' to be dramatised in a new play staged in London next year
- “Music is sacred.” Jack White announces three intimate 'pop up' shows in the UK this coming weekend
- Reissued compilation shines light on Decca's heavier psychedelic era
- "It's nobody's ***ing business, and he's our brother." Slipknot's Clown on why the band rarely discuss their much-missed former bandmate, Joey Jordison
- "Along the lines of Bridge Across Forever or Spock's Beard’s V." Neal Morse announces new prog outfit Neal Morse & The Resonance
- Herbie Flowers, bassist for Lou Reed, David Bowie and many more, dead at 86
September 8
- Rob Halford has no plans to retire while Judas Priest "can still deliver the goods"
- “I didn’t want James Hetfield to smell the alcohol on me”: Robert Trujillo stayed up drinking until 5am before his Metallica audition
- “The crowd was booing us and spitting on us, the entire set”: Trivium’s Matt Heafy remembers being bullied by his heavy metal idols
- “Over the years I’ve realized I thrive most when I’m actively working with my bandmates behind the scenes”: Linkin Park’s Brad Delson steps back from live lineup
- Metallica’s James Hetfield, actor in new western film, doesn’t seem to like acting: “Next time I’m asked to do something like this, remind me to say no”
- “It’s never a closed chapter. I helped start the band.” David Ellefson doesn’t rule out Megadeth return
- "I was like, ‘What do I do?'. I chose the band": English Teacher's Lily Fontaine on how she turned her back on the world's best job to become a Mercury Prize-winner
- Will Oasis release a new album as part of their comeback? According to Liam, it's "already finished"
September 7
- Linkin Park tickets for LA and New York shows sell out fast as vocalist Emily Armstrong addresses criticism over previous support of actor later convicted of rape
September 6
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce plans for 18-date North American tour
- “I composed this score for the legions of infamous characters in these haunted houses to elicit a sense of emotional terror.” Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash to release limited edition Music Of Universal Studios Hollywood - Halloween Horror Nights album
- “I knew what each word meant, and it described exactly from moment to moment what that day was about.” The true inspiration behind David Bowie's 'Heroes' has been revealed
- Listen to Unfinished, the last song Eddie and Alex Van Halen ever recorded together
- Hardcore punk band American Nightmare are suing Cody Rhodes, the WWE Undisputed Champion
- “I told you all we were gonna get back together 1 fine day.” Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher swaggers back on to social media, tells fans they can buy “Kneeling only” tickets for next year's reunion tour for “100 thousand pounds”
- “I feel lucky to be a part of this band. It’s been life changing for me.” Rage Against The Machine bassist Tim Commerford announces first ever UK and European shows with his band 7D7D
- Rolo Tomassi release live version of To Resist Forgetting from upcoming album Live At The Electric Ballroom
- Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell drops new atmospheric solo single, Afterglow
- Spiritbox return with ultra-heavy new single Soft Spine
- Order your limited edition Pure Reason Revolution x Prog bundle – featuring a signed lyric sheet and art print!
- Order your limited edition Leprous x Prog bundle – featuring an exclusive t-shirt!
- Why isn’t drummer Rob Bourdon part of the new Linkin Park? The band explain
- Ebony Buckle announces new single Think I Just Saved My Own Life
- Hear Opeth go full prog on new single §3
- Lazuli announce England, Wales and Ireland tour dates for March 2025
- Jon Anderson graces the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!
- The UK Government is to investigate Ticketmaster over Oasis ticket sales
- "Billie looked scared, then ran off and they all zoomed off on golf carts": Green Day rushed offstage in Detroit after drone flies into stadium: Suspect arrested
September 5
- “We didn’t really plan this far!” English Teacher win the 2024 Mercury Prize for debut album This Could Be Texas
- "It's good to see you again." Linkin Park introduce new vocalist Emily Armstrong at livestream concert, announce new album From Zero, new single The Emptiness Machine, world tour dates
- Lenco spin a hat-trick of new turntables to suit every budget
- Delain return with new single Dance With The Devil, announce EP for November
- Marillion announce new deluxe edition of This Strange Engine
- Coma Rossi announce English tour dates for October
- John Lydon announces massive I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right 2025 spoken word tour across the UK and Ireland
- “A flood is coming… and most of you will die”: Mastodon tease split release with Lamb Of God
- Earthside share striking new video for We Who Lament
- “There was so much unreleased cool stuff still to reveal.” Weezer announce 30th anniversary ‘Blue Album’ reissue featuring 36 previously unreleased recordings and a “12 sided die for all your Dungeon Mastering needs”
- “Do you want to see a fight or do you want to see a show?!” Watch Slipknot brawl with Mushroomhead fans during 1999 gig in resurfaced video
- "We're taking a step back from the soap opera": The ongoing saga with The Quireboys ends as the Black Eyed Sons emerge from the wreckage
September 4
- “The execution of the plan failed to meet expectations.” Oasis add two more Wembley Stadium shows to reunion tour following fans outrage at unexpected 'dynamic pricing' hikes for tickets
- Watch comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan annoy the hell out of an extreme metal band in new clip from TV show Rob And Romesh Vs
- “It was an intimidating show.” King Crimson bassist Tony Levin recalls the only gig ever played by Mothers Of Invention spin-off band Aha, The Attack Of The Green Slimebeast, with a dance troupe, a body-painted Danny DeVito and an audience of two people
- Order your limited edition Mimi Barks x Metal Hammer bundle – featuring an exclusive t-shirt, a signed art print and two temporary tattoos
- David Gilmour says it would be a "dream" to sell Pink Floyd's catalogue, not because of the financial gain, but to get out of the "arguments"
- “We’ve been working on new stuff for months. And we need to go home.” Mastodon drummer hints new music to come “really, really soon”
- A Day To Remember, Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory, Less Than Jake, Neck Deep among first bands announced for Slam Dunk 2025
- Marko Hietala shares video for the darkly gothic new single Frankenstein's Wife
- Stuckfish share video for Sarah Bernhardt-inspired Shadows and Moonbeams
- “Bass solo, take one”: Watch Metallica’s new (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth music video, featuring never-before-seen photos of Cliff Burton
- Gojira share small update on next album, reveal it will "take a clear step forward and upward" from Fortitude
- “It’s over. I don’t want to string anyone along.” Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep confirms band break-up, says “nothing’s meant to go on forever.”
- "It certainly rocks!" Nick Fletcher announces new album A Longing For Home
- Queen's Brian May reveals he was recently rushed to hospital after suffering minor stroke: "The good news is that I can play guitar"
- Did Kelly Osbourne just unmask Slipknot’s mystery keyboardist?
- “I’m too stupid for this”: Spiritbox tease new music with weird online puzzle thing
- Want to torment someone you hate in the afterlife? Death metal pioneers Deicide have launched their own ouija board
September 3
- Listen to the atmospheric title track of Klone's upcoming album The Unseen
- Listen to Eddie Vedder team up with members of AC/DC and Red Hot Chili Peppers for new version of Tom Petty's Room At The Top, one of 21 Petty covers on the soundtrack to Bad Monkey
- “If the Church won’t condemn this atrocity, it won’t only be bulls slowly haemorrhaging.” Morrissey has written to the Pope urging him to end the Catholic Church's blessing of bullfights
- Iron Maiden are currently touring Australia and Steve Harris has made the TV news for his off-stage activities
- Filipino children performing Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love with uncanny precision? Step right this way
September 2
- “He’s better with me solo. He was more open to being adventurous.” Kim Deal on working again with former Pixies / The Breeders engineer Steve Albini, and why his death hit so hard
- “It’s a complicated story.” Elvis Costello on why he no longer plays one of his best-known and most-loved songs, Oliver’s Army
- “Nobody can stop me.” The Brian Jonestown Massacre share UK and Europe tour plans
- Lee Abraham announces new solo album Origin Of The Storm
- Listen to previously unreleased Clannad song A Royal Procession here
- "Side Quest Summer continues!": Watch former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg join King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on stage for thrash banger Perihelion
- New 10-disc John Wetton live box set on the way
- ''Listen to as many people as possible, and don't try and stylise yourself on one person": Iron Maiden's Steve Harris gives advice to young musicians and songwriters
- Jakko Jakszyk announces intimate An Evening With show for October 11
- Green Lung announce European leg of Heathen Neverland tour, share additional UK and Ireland dates
- Newly restored film footage of the shoot for Heart's iconic Little Queen cover has appeared online and it's wonderful
September 1
- An expanded, deluxe edition of Tom Petty's Long After Dark is on the way
- "We were able to capture the spirit of Detroit": Suzi Quatro and Alice Cooper have recorded a version of the MC5's Kick Out The Jams
- Fancy seeing Oasis from the 'nosebleed' seats at London's Wembley Stadium next summer? For a mere £23,603 a ticket can be yours
- Morrissey keen on "lucrative" offer for The Smiths to reunite – Johnny Marr...not so much
- Noel Gallagher's daughter Anais hits back at "ageism" and "misogyny" from older Oasis fans upset that they can't get tickets for upcoming reunion tour