Rock News 2025-06-27

• Vangelis's epic 1492: Conquest Of Paradise soundtrack to be reissued on coloured vinyl and CD
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• Oasis say additional tickets for their sold-out reunion tour could go on sale "in the coming days"
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• "A limited series of very special one-night-only evenings at a curated selection of North America’s most historic theaters." Queens of the Stone Age announce The Catacombs Tour
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• “We both understood from the beginning that this was a journey into long-form music. It’s time for this kind of music again. It elevates you”: How Jon Anderson and Roine Stolt made Invention Of Knowledge
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• In Search Of The Perfect Buzz: An 80s Metal Memoir
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• Black Sabbath offer first glimpse of rehearsals as they prepare for bow-out concert Back To The Beginning next week
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• “It’s scary putting your voice on something when people are attached to hearing someone else. There will be people who won’t come with us – that’s totally fair”: Black Country, New Road battled steep odds to make Forever Howlong
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• The 10 best artists to see at BST Hyde Park, London this summer from Olivia Rodrigo and Beabadoobee to Neil Young and Stevie Wonder
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• "I could have died three times since 2010": It's been 18 years since the last King Diamond album and he's getting impatient
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• How to watch Biffy Clyro at Glastonbury no matter where you are in the world
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• Bangalore Choir to release new album ‘Rapid Fire Succession: On Target Part II’ in late 2025
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• AC/DC add more dates to Australian PWR⚡️UP tour
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• Guitarist Jasmin Pabst decides to step away from All For Metal
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• Wolfgang Van Halen backs out of Black Sabbath farewell show
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• R.I.P. Bad Company and Mott The Hoople founding member / guitarist Mick Ralphs (1944-2025)
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• Invasion launch video for new single “Loaded Gun”
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• “No government on stolen land should have the power to decide who is 'legal' and who is 'illegal', or who lives and who dies." Rage Against The Machine slam US politicians over "racist terror" caused by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids
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• M.I.C. drop video for track “You Make Me Feel So” from new album ‘7th Heaven’
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• "After I saw him live I wanted to give up playing the guitar. It took me about a year to get over that": This is the soundtrack of Robin Trower's life
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• "That's evil, beyond any concept I can relate to": John Lydon on the haters who buy tickets just to abuse him
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• "The World Heavyweight Champions re-unite for a tour of straight up ruckus." The Prodigy announce UK and Ireland tour with special guest Carl Cox
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• Who are Patchwork? The whole world is trying to guess the identity of the mystery artist playing a secret show at Glastonbury festival this weekend
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• "Won't miss being in a sh*t band with horrible humans." Ex-Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds hits out at his former bandmates on social media
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• The 50 best Led Zeppelin songs
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• "Futique is an exploration of ideas, objects or relationships that exist across time." Biffy Clyro announce new album Futique
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• Babylon A.D. recall Arista Records pulling their tour support and then dropping the band in February 1993
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• "We decided to stream on Saturdays, have a drink and pretend we were playing a gig": Six things you need to know about When Rivers Meet
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• How to watch Alanis Morissette live at Glastonbury 2025
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• WildHeart share video for new single “We Are The Ones”
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• "It made me feel empowered!" That time pop superstars Beyoncé, Britney Spears and Pink dressed up as gladiators and covered Queen's anthemic classic We Will Rock You now seems like a weird fever dream
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• "My mom was a shaman." Japan's Kuunatic mix doom, psychedelia and folk with sci-fi concepts - and are one of the most brilliant bands you'll hear this year
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• Junkyard frontman David Roach very sick and back in a hospital hoping for a miracle
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• Sprints announce new album All That Is Over, share first single Descartes, outline UK and Ireland headline tour
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• “It’s an invisible bond that can’t be broken”: Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer
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• Gentle Giant's Derek Shulman to publish career-spanning memoir, Giant Steps, in October
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• Ex-Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adler is “estranged” from brother Willie following 2019 exit
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• "I don't sit around listening to Metallica." Kirk Hammett has a new book, a new album in the works and absolutely no plans to retire
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• Pine Street’s debut album now available
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• "He's the real deal. He came in reeking of pot": Johnny Van Zant on Lynyrd Skynyrd's new live album, life without Gary Rossington and new music
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• The sound of glorious pandemonium: Two nights with The Darkness in Ireland
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• Watch Good Charlotte play new single Rejects on Jimmy Kimmel Live as they announce their first new album in seven years, Motel Du Cap
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• Mott The Hoople and Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs dead at 81
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• “I don’t worry about labels and I’ve ended up in the premier prog band of all time. If I’d listened to haters I’d have stopped after my first record”: Billy Sherwood’s journey to Yes started with the wayward World Trade
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• Native James just brought grime metal to Glastonbury - and Glasto lapped it up
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• I have my Glastonbury weekend TV schedule sorted - here's how to plan ahead so you don't miss a thing
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• "One of the most vital creatives working in the metal scene right now." A guide to every Poppy album so far
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• "They've got a sound that lifts your heart up": Every Steely Dan album ranked, from worst to best
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• “My uncle would drink, say he was possessed and run after people with knives”: Why heavy metal is turning its back on booze
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• "At a self-described 'post-punk festival', they've put the guy who defined both punk AND post-punk on a little stage in a car park. Lydon is raging…" PiL, Johnny Marr and Death Cult thrill at 'post-punk festival' Forever Now
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• Pelagic Fest share their 2024 After Movie celebrating last year's post-rock and prog metal event
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• "The council has a responsibility to take action where there are risks of discrimination, harassment and victimisation." Brighton MP calls for Marilyn Manson gig in the city to be cancelled
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• How to watch The 1975 live at Glastonbury - no matter where you are
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• AC/DC, Kiss, Stryper, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe and more collide in ultimate hell-themed mashup
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• Freaks’ Elite unveil video for track “011”
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• Thom Yorke shares mind-bending video for new TV theme Dialing In
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• Enuff Z’Nuff release video for new single “Heavy Metal” from upcoming album ‘Xtra Cherries’
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• "He has no job security, no savings, no pension, and when he can't work, no income": Fundraiser set up for leading rock music journalist after heart attack
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• The Zombies announce documentary screenings for June and July
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• Premiere of The Midnight Devils’ video for their new single “Shock The World” on Sleaze Roxx
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• "I've actually talked about it a few times." After years of shooting down the idea, Josh Homme now says that a Kyuss reunion is "possible"
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• AFI announce 24-date North American tour
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• Atomik Train unleash video for new single “Supersonik Speedway”
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• Femme Fatale launch video for new single “Living Like There’s No Tomorrow”
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• "Babymetal inspired me!" Poppy explains the meaning behind her collaboration with the Japanese metal superstars, from me to u
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• “Why not go out swinging with the angriest sounds you can?”: Metal Hammer writers name the albums they’d listen to during a zombie apocalypse
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• Former L.A. Guns guitarist Stacey Blades looking for “established working gig”
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