Rock News 2026-03-19

• Judas Priest Adds New Stops to 2026's Faithkeeper Tour
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• Geoff Tate Shares First Taste of 'Operation: Mindcrime III'
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• "I don’t know Katy Perry the diva. I know Katy Perry the tomboy who came in picking her nose." How a future pop megastar ended up as a singer for a famous Christian nu metal band
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• Nu metal legends Korn have announced their first UK and Europe headline tour in over a decade - and they're bringing one of Britain's best metal bands along for the ride
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• Billy Joel Honored at Star-Studded Carnegie Hall Tribute: Video
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• "They told us we couldn't say anything to Paul about the Beatles. We were bummed out." The day that Toto guitarist Steve Lukather defied orders and jammed Beatles songs with Paul McCartney
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• "We had expected empty rooms, possibly even bottles of urine, but from the first night everyone knew the words." The sudden rise, spectacular fall and slow road to recovery of America's great lost AOR band
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• Why the Beatles' 'Lady Madonna' Music Video Isn't What It Appears
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• James Hetfield Proposes to Girlfriend During Underwater Dive
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• Orleans Reveal Plans to Stop Touring After This Year
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• "The song is about escape." A seventh Linkin Park song has achieved over one billion streams on Spotify
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• Audio-Technica AT-LP70XBT review: An automatic turntable all-but guaranteed to go the distance
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• “It was like, ‘Are we going to work on Peter Gabriel’s stuff or our stuff?’ Everybody said, ‘Our stuff! We just like it better’”: The American band who decided to stick to their own course… and ran aground
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• Sebastian Bach Performs Twisted Sister Classic With His Solo Band
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• "You can hide behind it, but all my favourites play guitar and I wanna be the whole package." James Bruner was drawn into rock by the greats: Now he's ready to become one
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• Geoff Tate Shares New Details About ‘Operation: Mindcrime III'
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• "So there I was slinging names about and accusing them of all sorts of things – dastardly deeds and vile occurrences!" Feuding and in crisis, Deep Purple combined two high-profile figures to create an anti-censorship classic
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• "They told me to change my name. They also told me to sing other people's songs." How Joan Armatrading refused to compromise, baffled session pros, and made the album that set her on the path to stardom
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• "He meant so much to me." The verses on Peter Frampton's new single Buried Treasure are crafted entirely from Tom Petty song titles
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• Phil Campbell, Guitarist for Motorhead, Dead at 64
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• What to Expect From Ann Wilson's Documentary Tour
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• Trent Reznor Addresses Nine Inch Nails' Future at Tour Finale
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• "They asked if I knew who Johnny Cash was. I was like, ‘Of course I f**king know who he is!" How a punk legend helped resurrect the career of an American icon in less than half an hour
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• Can You Answer These 50 Beatles 'Jeopardy!' Questions?
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• "We had friends film us and then went to bed. Imagine our surprise the next morning: we woke up and it was already viral." How one powerful video turned a group of outcasts who'd escaped war into Ukraine's biggest metal band
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• "I’m not indoctrinated anymore." How weird masks, wild rallies and big choruses helped President became one of metal's hottest new bands
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• Things You Saw at Grandma’s House in the 1980s
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• "It's not a whitewash... and we don't try and hide anything." Heart's Ann Wilson confirms In My Voice documentary and screening tour
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• Watch the Trailer for 'Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition' Documentary
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• "I was like, 'Wow, I'm about the same size as this huge animal!'" How a close encounter with wolves, a rough break-up and a Spider-Man director helped Evanescence produce one of their most important singles
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• Vinnie Vincent's New Album Can Be Yours for $2 Million
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• Enter to Win Signed Vinyl + Concert Tickets From the Black Crowes
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• "She dumped the baby on me and Joe Strummer and f***ed off for three days." That time a world famous rock star got shocked members of The Clash and The Damned to babysit her daughter while she went out partying
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• "We miss your smile, your warmth, your creativity, your compassion and your humour." Following his death last year, metal legends At The Gates have posted a moving new tribute to their singer Tomas Lindberg
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• “My life was going down the toilet. I was trying to stay out of everybody’s way, just to finish what I’d started." The story behind the troubled birth of Foo Fighters' second album, The Colour And The Shape
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• "It'll be a fat cheque!" This thrash guitarist reckons he's due some cash from Metallica for his role in writing Creeping Death — and it's not Dave Mustaine
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• David Gilmour Guitar Smashes Auction Record, Selling for $14.5m
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• Wayne Perkins, Influential Session Guitarist, Dies at 74
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• Public Image Ltd Announces 2026-27 North American Tour
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• Bonnie Raitt Extends Her 2026 North American Tour Again
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• The man who inspired the British blues boom: Nine Muddy Waters albums you should listen to and one to avoid
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• How the Van Halens Saved an Opening Band From Sammy Hagar's Wrath
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• "It’s a celebration of where we began, and a meeting point between who we were then and who we are now." Placebo announce reimagined version of 1996 debut album, plus 30th anniversary arena tour
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• "Kind of rebels, both of them." Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy draws parallels between his Peaky Blinders anti-hero Tommy Shelby and Birmingham's true Prince Of Darkness
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 16, 2026
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• 5 Reasons Why Black Crowes Should Be in the Rock Hall
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• Revisiting Randy Rhoads' Final Show With Ozzy Osbourne
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• "Gods of metal!" Watch Dune star Javier Bardem, Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello and more in the first trailer for new Iron Maiden documentary Burning Ambition
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• "One day I came back from delivering the chickens and there was a message. I had to learn 18 songs by Friday." Phil Campbell interview: My life in Motörhead
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• "In a sea full of fish, we caught each other." Metallica's James Hetfield proposes to partner Adriana Gillett underwater while swimming with whale sharks
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• Notable Music Reissues and Box Sets From Early 2026
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• "What a voice. What a moment." Start your St. Patrick's Day celebrations the right way by watching Jessie Buckley, the first Irish winner of a best actress Oscar, absolutely smash a Primal Scream classic in a bar
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• Paul McCartney Announces 2026 Concerts
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• "I always came home with my head full of blood. They were punching holes in my head with umbrellas." Head wounds, hardcore gigs and homophobes: Paleface Swiss are changing what it means to be masculine in metal
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• "I won't go through treatment. I've lived the life of ten men and will die with dignity." Ginger Wildheart diagnosed with cancer, says he has "2-3" years left
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• "It's been a long time in the making. I am very proud of this very special album." Love Vinnie Vincent? Then you'll probably be OK with the two-million-dollar price tag for his new album
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• Peter Frampton Announces Guest-Heavy New Album ’Carry The Light'
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• "The view is always better when you leave the wasteland behind." Rising Irish artist Sister Ghost channels Patti Smith and Kate Bush on new EP Oracle, lines up UK shows
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• "It was like pulling teeth. Which is among the reasons why we stopped writing together." The story of the Status Quo song that ended a partnership and became a roller-coaster live classic
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• Listen to the New Cactus Single Featuring Dee Snider
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• "Raw, hungry, and already road-honed by years of gigging." The Legendary Edition of Aerosmith's debut album expands the original with live and session tracks
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• Sole surviving Moody Blues member Justin Hayward announces UK tour for October
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• "Heathen finds Bowie settling into his role as elder statesman of the post-punk art rock movement." David Bowie successfully charts a path into his later years with the help of a returning friend
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• Motorhead's Phil Campbell Dies: Loving Tributes From Rock Stars
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• "I put the mask on and I immediately understood what it was like to disappear. I was gone and the real me had just shown up." How Slipknot's Clown was born in a shopping mall in the mid '80s
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• Quirky YouTube sensations Angine de Poitrine announce new album for April
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• "When we played Chicago it was like Led Zeppelin. It was all there for us to take." The frazzled story of the stoner rock supergroup who should have been massive - but were crushed by the music business
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• Dave Grohl Used Music 'As a Crutch' After Taylor Hawkins’ Death
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• "One of America's great bands just got alittle bit greater."Tedeschi Trucks Band continue the search for transcendence on the sublime Future Soul
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• With huge savings on a range of Amazon devices, Spring Deal Days is the perfect time to upgrade your home entertainment set-up
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• Billy Idol Announces Summer 2026 Las Vegas Residency
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• “After all the choirs, orchestras and 700 tracks I’m just like, ‘Guys, it’s been a rough few years. I’m a confused 15-year-old’”: Devin Townsend had to abandon King Crimson, Yes and Gentle Giant for AC/DC and Bon Jovi
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• One of our highest-rated Audio-Technica turntables has a brilliant 20% discount for Amazon Spring Deal Days - but you'll have to be quick to grab it
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• "A mix of surreal, supercilious satire and puerile lewdness." Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and The Mothers' Bongo Fury, revisited and expanded
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• Kiss' Future Plans: Cartoon Show, a Second Las Vegas 'Kruise'
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• Vote for the Best Album of the '70s Round Two: Meet the Sweet 16
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• Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien announces second solo album, Blue Morpho, will be released in May
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• “There’s a thinking that, to be progressive, every song has to have 14 minutes of musical intellectualism. We don’t agree”: Some say Soen’s new album isn’t prog enough. But they cite Genesis in their defence
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• Marvin Gaye's 'I Want You': A Deep Dive Into Its Legacy
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• Judy Collins Announces Farewell Tour Dates for 2026 and 2027
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• "She looks happy, but you see a little fear and uncertainty behind her eyes." How a wedding, a shocked Simon Cowell and an iconic horror movie helped a viral pandemic metal video become a modern classic
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• “Some fans preferred it to Genesis… I had record labels asking for my next album, and half a band forbidding me from doing it”: The unexpected consequences of Steve Hackett’s Voyage Of The Acolyte
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• How to listen to BBC Sounds from anywhere
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• The forthcoming Oasis Live ’25 tour documentary is "phenomenal" says producer Stephen Knight, with Liam and Noel Gallagher delivering "one quote after another"
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• How Eagles' Sphere Show Has Changed Over the Years
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