Rock News 2025-07-24

• Uncompleted song by Jani Lane just finished by Warrant bassist Jerry Dixon & two Frontiers songwriters
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• Dave Mustaine wanted Megadeth to re-record songs from Metallica’s No Life ’Til Leather demo, ex-bassist David Ellefson claims
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• "I can't overstate my gratitude to Steve..." Steve Hackett keyboardist Roger King announces he's stepping back from the band
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• "I did all my research in his home in his record collection": A tribute to John Mayall, November 29, 1933 – July 22, 2024
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• Who do we contact about putting this photo of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler with the Backstreet Boys up in the National Portrait Gallery?
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• "Geezer, Bill and myself have lost our brother": Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
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• Halestorm to release new studio album ‘Everest’ on August 8th
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• 40 from 40 — Taking a Sleaze Roxx dive back into 1985
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• Reunited Original Alice Cooper Group shares single “Up All Night” & to attend event in London on July 24th
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• Ozzy Osbourne 1948 - 2025
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• "It doesn't matter to us who you're mingling with, or tingling with." Oasis reference Coldplay's "kiss cam" controversy at their last-ever hometown show
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• “They use notes out of sequence – they’re more experimental than bands like Dream Theater, who are very respectful of tonalities”: Novelists’ Florestan Durand is passionate about Periphery (or at least their early albums)
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• Ozzy Osbourne RIP: the world reacts
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• Rock icon, reality TV star, national treasure: Every Ozzy Osbourne solo album ranked
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• “Nothing I do is ironic. Irony is the last refuge of the scoundrel”: When Julian Cope immersed himself in the prog-pop world of Syd Barrett, 13th Floor Elevators and Love
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• Mädhouse share video for latest single “It’s a Monster In My Head”
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• Apocalyptic Lovers unveil track list for forthcoming album ‘And The World Tomorrow’
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• "Las Vegas has always been such a main attraction for Def Leppard." Def Leppard announce 2026 Las Vegas residency
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• Ghost’s Tobias Forge says Sleep Token are one of the bands proving rock isn’t dead: “You can form a band tomorrow and theoretically become a big band within a few years”
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• "They said, ‘Can you get Rob off the bloody Teletubbies set, please?'" How Rob Halford's return to Judas Priest on Judas Rising rebuilt one of metal's greatest bands
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• Watch the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform an epic public tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
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• “People focus on the fact that he only played on the first record. But there were six years before that when he was their leader”: Rush movie makers knew they couldn’t leave John Rutsey out
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• Steeleye Span announce Winter tour dates in support of new album Conflict
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• Watch Alex Lifeson play Rush cover with Tom Morello and 15-year-old drumming prodigy
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• "It's okay to be a good-looking girl and to be able to sing your arse off": Lita Ford's upcoming shows might be a girl's night out, but boys are welcome too
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• Dirty Skirty to release third studio album ‘Aces In Your Faces’ on August 1st
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• Warrant legend Jani Lane’s voice returns with songs re-imagined by Chris Laney
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• "When gangsters hustled me, I showed no fear because I was unaware of what was going on": What happens when you buy one of the UK's most iconic venues for £1
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• YouTube star shows just how easy it is to create a fake, but entirely convincing, new musical artist using AI
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• Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal pioneer, has died at the age of 76
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• “Ozzy, we love you, wherever you’re going.” Watch Coldplay pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by covering Black Sabbath classic Changes
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• “His songs are like a walk through his imagination – they draw you in and use all your senses”: Why Liv Kristine had to cover Mike Oldfield
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• Watch Ozzy Osbourne fans gather in Birmingham with flowers, speakers and a big screen to pay respects: "He never lost his roots...he was a Brummie through and through."
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• "What a sad human being." Regardless of who won the Blur versus Oasis 'Battle Of Britpop' in the '90s, one musical superstar says that Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn are both awful people
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• If you're a fan of the music Nine Inch Nails were making in the '90s, you might just love the new single from former Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth
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• "The whole point was to put on a party with our mates and the music we loved." How Wacken became one of metal's biggest and most beloved festivals
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• "Everyone in Olivia’s band is a huge Turnstile fan. Olivia herself is a huge fan." Arianna Powell is the guitar hero bringing rock 'n' roll to Olivia Rodrigo's live shows, and Gen Z are loving her for it
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• Test your knowledge of The Beast with Metal Hammer’s ultimate Iron Maiden quiz
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• "Fire it up and rage with us against the dying of the light." Ash share new single Give Me Back My World, announce ninth album Ad Astra, featuring assists from Blur's Graham Coxon
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• From drugs, despondency and dead bats to celebrity status and heavy metal godfather, the rollercoaster story of Ozzy Osbourne's solo career
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• Watch Ghost bewitch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a performance of Lachryma
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• Tributes keep pouring in for deceased Ozzy Osbourne including from his Black Sabbath bandmates
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• “The best nod to him possible”: Petition launched to rename Birmingham airport after Ozzy Osbourne
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• “It probably looks like we’re in a great position, but music doesn’t pay all our bills yet. One day we want to be able to play arenas”: When Haken doubled down on ambition with Virus
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• “For being the Prince Of Darkness, he sure gave us a lot of light”: watch Ghost dedicate Madison Square Garden show to Ozzy Osbourne
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• R.I.P. Black Sabbath frontman and solo artist Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025)
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 21, 2025
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• John Payne unveils new Asia featuring John Payne line-up featuring Francis Dunnery and Ryo Okumoto
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• "Being in this band is like home. I enjoy being a Doobie Brother": 50 years down the tracks, the Doobie Brothers remain friends - even when they argue
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• "I think he really just held out to do that show": Tony Iommi speaks publicly about Ozzy Osbourne's death for the first time
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• Fishbone are riding into the next dimension, but first they have a message for Donald Trump
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• Rust N’ Rage launch lyric video for title track of upcoming album ‘Songs of Yesterday’
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• We've introduced comment sections to our website so you can now comment directly on our stories
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• "I invented Motörhead, and it’s Motörhead as long as I’m in it": At home with Lemmy - a classic interview
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• Starlight launch video for debut single “Into The Night”
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• “I said, ‘You won’t get anywhere with that name!’ Then they went on to be one of the biggest bands in the world”: The heavy metal veteran who talked smack to Snow Patrol
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• No Bull’s new album ‘Rock N Roll Remains Forever’ now available
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• "I puked up every where. Everyone thought it was marvellous rock 'n' roll behaviour." The night The Black Crowes got their pal Noel Gallagher from Oasis so wasted that he passed out in a toilet cubicle and had to be carried out of the building
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• Golden Earring guitarist George Kooymans dead at 77
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• Former Family multi-instrumentalist John 'Poli' Palmer has died, aged 82
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• Stevie Nicks' and Lindsey Buckingham's cryptic social media posts are cryptic no more
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• Slipknot's 25th anniversary re-release of their game-changing debut album includes a box set with 'blood-filled' vinyl and 40 previously-unreleased songs
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• Sleazy Money unleash video for new single “It Ain’t EZ”
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• “It was loosely based on a character who’d rant at passers-by in the market square. I squidged a Polaroid, added running make-up and a cockade hat. Bish bosh, I had a jester!” How Mark Wilkinson’s artistic genius helped define Marillion’s image
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• Ellefson-Soto drop video for title track from upcoming album ‘Unbreakable’
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