Rock News 2025-12-02

• Tool Kicks Off Overseas Tour With Three Big Rarities
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• The Osbournes Mock Roger Waters With Limited Edition Ozzy Shirt
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• Ritchie Blackmore Shares Health Struggles That Halted His Tour
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• Hear Gene Simmons Take Over for Peter Criss on an Early Kiss Gem
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• Aerosmith Becomes Fifth Act to Achieve Rare Billboard Chart Feat
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• “It was the last embers of mine and Roger’s ability to work collaboratively together”: The transcendent Pink Floyd song that David Gilmour says marked the beginning of the end for the band
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• “One room, six of us in bunks, sleeping with the light on or the cockroaches would come in… that was the lowest point – before we got in the recording studio”: Japan’s career was much more fun than it seemed
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• The Sony Walkman has evolved into an MP3 player - and it's giving me strong '80s vibes. Save up to 36% for Cyber Monday
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• The 15 Best Diamond-Selling Hard Rock and Metal Albums, Ranked
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• “More accomplished and mature than might be expected… Surprisingly contemporary for a 41-year-old collection”: Solstice’s prog-folk classic Silent Dance returns
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• “It was a death sentence in the 80s. His illness and our whole future being so uncertain propelled us towards not worrying if something was completely out of the box”: The heartbreaking tragedy that produced a cult early 90s metal anthem
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• Opeth's new animated video for §3 offers a visual interpretation of The Last Will And Testament's narrative
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• Gojira tour kicks off with Car Bomb's Greg Kubacki filling in on guitar for injured Joe Duplantier
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• Chicago And Styx Announce Joint Summer Tour For 2026
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• Aerosmith and Yungblud tease collaboration with country star Lainey Wilson
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• Roger Waters mocked with official Ozzy Osbourne "Another Prick In The Wall" t-shirt
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• I can spend hours digging through vinyl bins to find great deals on metal records. With Amazon's Black Friday deals, I don't have to
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• I reviewed these classic Guns N’ Roses albums back in 1991 – now you can get the deluxe box set with up to 20% off this Black Friday
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• Get up to 50 percent off your Metal Hammer subscription in our brand-new Black Friday deal
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• “Bon downed about two bottles of bourbon and says, ‘Right, I’m ready’. And he was, too”: Why the best thing AC/DC released in the mid ’80s wasn’t an album – it was an EP of 10-year old songs
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• George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass': A Solo Milestone
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• Here's a killer deal! Save up to 24% on The Revenge Of Alice Cooper on vinyl and CD box set this Black Friday
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• "We have the fire back. There’s definitely unfinished business to be done next year" The original line-up of one of the pioneers of djent have just got in the studio together for the first time in 20 years, and they sound absolutely phenomenal
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• Why the Band's Thanksgiving Farewell Almost Didn't Happen
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• “All it takes is someone like Neil to point at you and it’s on”: what Eddie Vedder learned making Pearl Jam’s Merkin Ball EP with Neil Young
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• Guns N' Roses Announce Release of First New Songs Since 2023
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• Looking for a new record player? Save on the Sony PS-LX310BT with Amazon this Cyber Weekend
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• Steve Lukather Is Tired of Hearing 'S—' About Toto's Lineup
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• Nirvana, Dire Straits and The Stone Roses: You can get these all-time classics on vinyl for £66 on Amazon UK
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• Rick Wakeman Reveals Recent Brain Surgery
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• You only have a few hours left to cash in on Paramount+'s excellent 50% off Cyber Monday deal - here are five great music documentaries on the platform that make it worth picking up
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• Win a Doors 'Immersed 1967-1971' Prize Pack
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• Lindsey Buckingham Teases a New Solo Album
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• Hot stuff! Pick up the most underrated Rolling Stones album with 16% off this Cyber Monday
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• Celebrate Rock With These Exclusive Record Store Day Releases
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• This has to be the best Cyber Monday deal I've ever seen - save 88% on this portable Bluetooth speaker - down to a ridiculously low $22.99
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• Toyah and Robert Fripp scale bizarre new heights in latest Sunday Lunch video
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• 25 Must-See Classic Thanksgiving TV Episodes
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• “If they are going to stick so violently to the form, then the standard of content must get a lot higher”: Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Free and the forgotten godfather of British blues who helped them all get off the ground
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• "I am so blessed. I have the best job in the world." James Hetfield on how Metallica fans make it "easy" for him to do his job
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• “In pursuing my own fake band, I stumbled upon something that had real potential”: How Porcupine Tree unexpectedly grew out of Steven Wilson’s “shameless pastiches”
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• “We love you forever”: Watch Limp Bizkit pay tribute to Sam Rivers at their first show following the late bassist’s death
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• "I don’t want racists around, and I don’t want sexist people around, and I don’t want people there who think that trans people are a burden" If you don't think that everybody should be welcome at a show, then Hayley Williams doesn't want you there
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• Lawsuit Seeking Millions from Eagles' Don Henley Dismissed
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• Nikki Sixx Says Motley Crue Is Changing Their Set List for 2026
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• The Time Drummer Jellybean Johnson Dead at 69
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• Great White's Mark Kendall Has Stage Four Kidney Cancer
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• Last chance to dance! Walmart are offering savings on these brilliant albums this Cyber Monday
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• "One of the genre's greatest and most relentless masterpieces": Dave Mustaine attains thrash metal nirvana on Megadeth's Rust In Peace
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• If you're yet to add any Black Sabbath to your record collection, these must-have albums are still cheap thanks to Amazon's Black Friday record sale
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• What To Expect From the B-52s’ 2026 Concert Tour
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• 22 Classic Christmas Movies Returning to Theaters in December
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• Megadeth Announces New 2026 Tour Dates With Fellow Thrash Legends
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 1, 2025
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• “I was ready to go out and really promote the album. But then Guns started to stir and the plug was pulled”: The ‘back-to-basics’ side-project that saw Slash step out of the shadow of Guns N’ Roses – and led to his departure from the band
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• Nikki Sixx Decries Aging Rockers 'Still Trying to Act 25'
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• Where to See Neil Young on His 2026 Love Earth Tour
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• “We were a really weird punk band that came out of hardcore and were shot into this vortex”: Fall Out Boy came out of the US hardcore scene. So how did they become poster boys for 21st century emo?
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• “Collaborating with K. Flay, Poppy and Courtney LaPlante made me want to create a world where we could share stages together”: Evanescence announce extensive world tour for 2026, with support from Spiritbox, Poppy and others
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• Cool new proggy sounds from The Ocean, Alex Henry Foster, The Hirsch Effekt and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
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• “We were absolutely convinced we were gonna just kill in the US. Then Phil gets hepatitis and – boom! – the tour just stopped there”: A metal fan’s guide to Thin Lizzy, the hellraising 70s rock icons who inspired Metallica and Megadeth
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• Most Exciting Rock Books of 2025
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• "It is no cowardly act to release something of this nature, but a service to those who believed in a band that did not compromise. And yes, it is f***ing heartbreaking." The story of My Chemical Romance's Fake Your Death, their "eulogy" of a 'final' song
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• I’ve been left Comfortably Numb thanks to this 19% David Gilmour vinyl box set discount for Cyber Monday
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• “An attitude of jokey sabotage helps them avoid seeming precious – it even reinvents a couple of the tracks”: Jethro Tull’s Aqualung Live demonstrates its power 20 years on
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• “I said: ‘If the South Park guys are gonna do a Barbra Streisand on us, it’s a no’”: How Queen, The Who and Star Wars inspired the greatest power ballad about alien abduction ever written
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• Top 10 Thanksgiving Movies
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• 4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month
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• Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx slams aging rock stars who are "still trying to act 25"
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• "I open my eyes and see the captain and co-pilot with an axe, chopping down the door to the cockpit": After 40 years of friendship with Ozzy Osbourne, Stephen Rea has some stories to share
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• Converse just put the boot into Black Friday with their all-star deals - save up to 65% on classic Chuck designs & more
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• All the Songs John McVie Wrote or Cowrote for Fleetwood Mac
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• Radiohead Breaks Metallica's Attendance Record at London's O2
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• Great quality sound, no-fuss set-up and low cost - we're loving the Technics SL-1500C Direct Drive Turntable this Cyber Monday
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• “We’ve spent too much time raging against each other and not enough time raging against the machine”: the kiss-off covers album that brought Rage Against The Machine’s glorious first phase to a messy end
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• Ace Frehley's Final Resting Place Revealed
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• This Black Friday deal on a premium turntable just made my head spin - save $300 on the super-slick Victrola Stream Onyx
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• Sex Pistols Announce 2026 Concerts for 50th Anniversary
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• Guns N' Roses Announce First North American Tour Since 2023
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• Heart Honors Soundgarden's Rock Hall Induction With Live Cover
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• Amp up your home stereo set-up with savings on Philips HiFi System this Cyber Weekend
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• A gigantic, inflatable whale flew over the crowd during metal heavyweights Gojira’s concert in Paris last night – watch video here
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• Judas Priest Announces 2026 'Faithkeepers' Tour
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• Steve Lukather Clears Up 'Bulls—' Regarding Former Toto Singer
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• Former Cradle of Filth members file lawsuit against Dani Filth after period or turmoil
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