Rock News 2025-12-15

• President aren’t an industry plant band, says the lead singer of President: “People find it hard to accept that something can just explode organically”
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• "I wanted people to leave the concert saying, I expected them to be good, but I had no idea they could or would deliver like this." Jimmy Page looks back on Led Zeppelin's historic 2007 reunion
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• “I decided I was going to sing it like Tom Jones”: how one of the greatest rock singers of the 90s channelled a crooning legend and reinvented himself on this epic Bond theme
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• Big Big Train announce new Woodcut – The Making And The Meaning book
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• Everything We Know About the Beatles Biopic Casting So Far
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• "His performance was so far out of time, out of tune": The shambolic story of The Rolling Stones' star-studded Rock And Roll Circus
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• "We had a call saying, 'We just got a call from Jim Carrey. He’s making a movie and wants you to be in it.'" How one of the most violent songs in the history of metal ended up being championed by a Hollywood legend
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• Guns N' Roses Name Opening Acts For 2026 Tour
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• "I was like, ‘Stop the show! I’ve been stabbed!’ Our bassist’s poor wife had to nurse this wound at the top of my bum.” As they prepare to split, this is the full, chaotic story of one of Britain's most influential metal bands
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• "We had taken some mushrooms. We saw ghosts and all manner of things." Hallucinogenics, Tim Burton and The Battle Of Hastings: the story of the song that turned a British black metal band into household names
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• “The world is awful – refusing to have a boogie won’t make anything better, though”: Sleep Token-backed industrial champions Health dance in the face of despair on new album Conflict DLC
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• The 20 Best-Selling Classic Rock Albums of 2025
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• Vote for the best metal song of 2025
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• Iron Maiden Extends 2026's Run for Your Lives Tour Again
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• Exclusive: How Triumph’s Reunion Tour Happened
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• Iron Maiden, Ghost, Babymetal and more star in Metal Hammer’s blockbuster End Of Year issue, which comes with an exclusive Iron Maiden pin badge, Halestorm sticker and a 2026 heavy metal calendar
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• What to Expect From Robert Plant's Upcoming Tour in 2026
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• Extended Fragile Tour Sets Up a Huge 2026 Slate for Yes Fans
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• ZZ Top Adds 19 US Dates to 2026 Tour Schedule
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• 10 Years Ago: Prince Stitches Together a Final Triumph
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• "Now I'm walking through hell." The story behind tragic Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley's final recording, a movie soundtrack cover featuring some of the biggest names in '90s rock
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• "He knew. He was ready" Sharon Osbourne has revealed the final words that her husband Ozzy said to her before he passed away
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• Kansas Sets 2026 North American Tour Dates With Rebuilt Lineup
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• Rob Reiner Found Dead in His Home: 'Spinal Tap' Director Was 78
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• From Sleep Token breaking records to Xenomorphs rocking out to Tool, these are the 11 metal songs that defined 2025
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• Five Famous '60s Acts That Have Been Snubbed by the Hall of Fame
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• "Mick Jagger liked the mix but his management was just like, 'No, not even negotiable'." Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim finally releases fabled Rolling Stones mash-up
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• Asia share live video of Heat Of The Moment as they announce new live album
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• “Everything was going up its own jacksie!" Lindisfarne's down-to-earth approach saw them not always aligned with prog's loftier ideals in 1973
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• "Just when you think you've seen everything, he torches a baby doll and swings it overhead." Chainsaws, meat cleavers and killer clowns: horror-obsessed metalcore mob Ice Nine Kills' first UK arena tour makes GWAR look like Sesame Street
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• “We’ll see”: We asked Steve Harris if Iron Maiden will do their own blockbuster retirement show like Black Sabbath, and he didn’t rule it out
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• The 'Big 4' Classic Rock Acts of 2025
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• Sharon Osbourne Shares the Last Words Ozzy Spoke to Her
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• Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and wife Michele confirmed dead in apparent homicide
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• "For a kid like me, achieving this, it’s a dream.” The Who's Roger Daltrey receives knighthood from Prince William at Windsor Castle
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• Pelagic Records have announced they are bringing together some of metal's most beautiful and boundless bands for the 2026 edition of Pelagic Fest
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• "Why on earth bands still sign multi-album contracts is beyond me": Neil Fallon on Clutch, corporations and Christmas
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• "Christmas came early!" Queen's Brian May gifts best friend Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath a unique bespoke present, two years in the making
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• "To start with, we didn’t have an idea between us. There wasn’t a song, there wasn’t a tune." Pink Floyd's Nick Mason says that making Wish You Were Here was "like hitting a brick wall"
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• "The cultural impact of Purple Rain is so enormous that it ultimately overshadows the music": Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie
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• Cool new proggy sounds from Soen, Jazz Sabbath, Therion and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
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• Evanescence made a surprise appearance at The Game Awards last night, playing recent single Afterlife. Watch a video of their fiery performance and listen to a brand new remix of the song featuring Gunship
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• Devo Announces 2026 Tour Dates
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• “I wanted to write the most ridiculous pop song I had ever written”: the Nirvana B-side that paved the way for Nevermind’s all-conquering success
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• "I'm genuinely amazed and blown away": Steven Wilson's The Overview voted Best Album of 2025 by Classic Rock magazine
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• Elvis Costello Announces First 2026 Headlining Dates
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• "This is worshipping Satan!" Country music superstar horrifies shocked fans with "demon ritual" at Las Vegas shows, amused metalheads suggest further listening for next steps into hell
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• "You’re playing for 5 or 6,000 men and women who all have M16s on their shoulders. And they’re trying to pit, and it’s pretty crazy" How Avenged Sevenfold and Call Of Duty forged one of music and gaming's greatest relationships
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• Rainbow Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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• Watch Slash Play Private Show With Yungblud, Bruno Mars + More
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• "I was wrong for using the words I used. I humbly apologise": Gene Simmons says sorry for controversial comments about the late Ace Frehley
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• Triumph's Expanded Band is 'More Honest' Than Backing Tracks
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• “I argued very strongly that we shouldn’t play Another Brick In The Wall at the school fête, as it was disrespectful. Oh God! That was me”: Slow Horses showrunner Will Smith’s record collection
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• “An artist I have admired for such a long time”: Now that they’ve crossed everyone from Bloodywood to Five Finger Death Punch off the bucket list, Babymetal want to make a song with Amy Lee from Evanescence
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• Marshall Tucker Band Launches While I'm Young Tour In 2026
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• Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart and More to Play Jazz Fest 2026
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• Sebastian Bach Announces 2026 North American Tour Dates
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• "Her story, unfiltered and unapologetic." One of rock's most iconic, inspirational and provocative figures to share her life story in a "raw, complicated" new documentary film
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• Joe Satriani and Steve Vai Announce 2026 North American Tour
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• Because nothing screams punk rock louder than millionaire rock stars performing for hedge fund bros, watch Eddie Vedder, Anthony Kiedis, Brandi Carlile, Slash and friends play Stooges, Motorhead, Dead Boys covers at billionaire's private corporate gig
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• The 20 Best Songs of the Half Decade: 2020-2025
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• 55 Years Ago: John Lennon Redefines Himself on 'Plastic Ono Band'
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• Gene Simmons Apologizes for Comments About Ace Frehley's Death
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• "It’s strange to be thinking, ‘Are we an arena band?’, but I guess we are. Thank you, Metallica!" From Art The Clown and Pinhead to Rose McGowan and Damien Leone, Ice Nine Kills are bringing their Silver Scream Convention to the UK this weekend
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• 2025's Top 15 Reissues
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• The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2025
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• "I’ve always dreamed about it." Turnstile vocalist Brendan Yates reveals his bucket list side-quest ambition
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• Stryper's Michael Sweet Reveals Cancer Diagnosis
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• Jefferson Starship Hits the Road With 2026's Runaway Again Tour
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• "He was saying that it was overwhelming for him. He was very vulnerable." Ghost mainman Tobias Forge reveals the surprising conversation he had with a member of Black Sabbath at the metal legends' final show
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• Rap superstars Public Enemy and Ice Cube to support Guns N' Roses on 2026 US tour
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• Best Christmas gifts for Iron Maiden fans: Rock the festive season with our pick of perfect presents
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• "A veteran virtuoso who remains startlingly undimmed by the passage of time": Jan Akkerman celebrates four decades of My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow
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• “A vicious takedown of the record industry and the dreams it nurtures then exploits – in many ways a dry run for The Wall”: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here remains mysterious at 50
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• How the Bee Gees Got Jim Carrey Through 'The Grinch'
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• Fleetwood Mac Still Dominated Billboard's 2025 Year End Charts
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• How Online Impersonators Are Targeting Alan Parsons' Music
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• Watch The Pretty Reckless revisit Taylor Momsen's childhood by performing the song she sang 25 years ago in How The Grinch Stole Christmas
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• "It's a fantastic creature...the evil, the energy and the destruction." How one of the UK's most influential bands bounced back with their best song in a decade to redefine heavy metal all over again
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• Triumph Announces 2026 Reunion Tour Dates
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• Gene Simmons Says Radio Treats Artists 'Worse Than Slaves'
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• “There’s been a lot happening on Mars since I last visited. So there’s more than enough inspiration”: Rick Wakeman on his sequel to The Red Planet, and taking David Bowie along for the ride
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• "This is definitely the best we've ever been." Ghost's Skeletá has been named the album of the year by Metal Hammer - read Tobias Forge's reaction and see our top 50 albums of 2025
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• "He suggested doing the interview on jet-skis": Excess, eyebrows, and an extremely erratic encounter with Ozzy Osbourne
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• Paul Simon Returns With Extended Quiet Celebration Tour
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