Rock News 2026-04-11

• "We’re here for you, Randy. Might be time for a beer or three." Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan offers support to the US Army's top general ousted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
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• Yes Previews Upcoming 'Aurora' Album With Epic Title Track
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• Watch Robert Plant and Saving Grace breathe new life into a Led Zeppelin classic on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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• Howard Jones, Wang Chung and English Beat Announce Summer Tour
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• The 11 best songs from 1973
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• "A starting point for new listeners to discover the depth and breadth of their peerless album catalogue." Pink Floyd announce new compilation album including extended version of classic track
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• "Making this record was joyful." Yes share first music from brand new studio album, Aurora
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• "I first met Phil Lynott completely by accident during my first ever acid trip." Original Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell on the birth of the band and his relationship with their "gentle and romantic" frontman
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• Foo Fighters Release 'Of All People' Ahead of New Album
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• Hear Kurt Deimer + Geoff Tate’s New Version of ‘Silent Lucidity'
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• "People were throwing coins and smashed up cups. It was horrifying!" This is what it's like supporting metal legends Iron Maiden in front of a hostile crowd, according to Atreyu guitarist Dan Jacobs
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• How to watch the Coachella 2026 livestream: Iggy Pop, Wet Leg, Turnstile, David Byrne, Die Spitz, Interpol & Nine Inch Nails' set with Boys Noize just some of this weekend's highlights
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• "I was never a fan of it and I didn't even want it to be on the record." The emotional Linkin Park anthem that Chester Bennington didn't originally like but became one of the biggest rock songs of all time
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• 25 Songs for National Beer Day
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• All hail the Rat Queen! Hotly-tipped fantasy doom metallers Castle Rat launch video for bombastic single Siren
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• "I am your Rat Queen! We're on a mission to defend the realm from those who seek to destroy it." Watch one of the most hyped young bands in heavy metal battle on stage as Castle Rat slay a brilliant new live set
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• “We’re back to being the opening act – a difficult pill to swallow. But I see a great opportunity”: Textures pioneered djent but never received full credit. Can their comeback album secure their achievements?
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• Hear Eagles' Previously Unreleased Rendition of 'Lyin' Eyes'
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• Great new proggy sounds you need to hear from Einar Solberg, Evergrey, MONO, Crippled Black Phoenix and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
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• The Best Albums From Progressive Rock's Iconic Artists
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• The Gaping Hole in Paul McCartney's Resume? His Solo Career
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• 10 TV Shows From Your Childhood You Won’t Believe Were Real
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• Lindsey Buckingham's Alleged Attacker Faces 7 Criminal Charges
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• Billy Idol Adds New Summer 2026 Tour Dates
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• Exclusive Magenta Tarot bundle with limited edition t-shirt on sale now!
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• "Its venom did a number on my system." The Pretty Reckless' Taylor Momsen has been bitten by yet another animal on the AC/DC tour
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• Bob Dylan Adds More Dates to His Summer Tour
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• Attention all planets of the Solar Federation! Rush have assumed control of the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!
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• Here's How Rush Will Honor Neil Peart at Their Reunion Shows
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• Watch the Black Crowes’ New Cover of Rolling Stones’ ‘Star Star'
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• “Two iconic albums! One unforgettable night!” Thirty Seconds To Mars announce A Beautiful Lie vs This Is War arena tour
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• How One of the Who's First Managers Met a Tragic End
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• "It was scary when we were getting death threats over social media." After angering the far right by pretending to murder Donald Trump, alien monster metallers Gwar couldn't believe people were trying to censor them
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• Win a Heaven and Hell 'Breaking Out of Heaven' Box Set
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• "Everybody I know is sending me the clip!" Kansas react to viral Carry On Wayward Son sketch on Saturday Night Live
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• Pink Floyd Set to Release Rare Extended Version of '70s Favorite
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• Sons of Kiss' Stanley and Simmons Announce First-Ever Live Shows
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• Ozzy Osbourne's Los Angeles Home for Sale at $17 Million
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• "Like Blondie with Teeth." Shakin' Street mix high-energy rock with post-punk pop sensibility on album starring Ross The Boss and Fabienne Shine
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' of Rock Supergroups?
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• "What began to change us was success. When your dream comes true, where do you go from there?” Kansas: an everyday story of success, failure, religion, drugs, booze and jealousy
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• “Someone put toilet paper in my back pocket and set fire to it. I sat in the sink and fell asleep. The soundtrack to that night was Gong!” How Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway got into prog
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• "I’m not the first woman in metal. I just did it a little more my own way." The trailblazing black metal star who worked with Martin Scorsese and Michael Bolton before taking on the mother of all career changes
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• "No-one writes rock ’n’ roll better than this.” The story of the AC/DC album that true AC/DC fans love best
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• "Slipknot is a big scary monster and we're losing control of it." How Slipknot's angriest and sweariest song helped the metal icons land the heaviest number one album in history
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• Take a tour of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's Los Angeles home – and if you like what you see, it's yours for $17 million
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• Jack White expands 2026 tour, with UK and Irish headline dates sandwiched between American tours
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• "My role in life was to be a proud, bold lion, to tell the truth, and stick up for what's right." Dave Mustaine on Megadeth's final chapter, his love for Ozzy, finger numbness, and trading mosh pits for a silver-screen future
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• Win Tickets to See Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers Live
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• "There was an old fella who screamed that we'd been sent by Oliver Cromwell. He jumped on the bonnet of the car and tried to boot the windscreen to pieces." Not everyone was pleased to see The Rolling Stones on their first Irish tour
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• Twisted Sister announce first show with Sebastian Bach - and it's in Alaska
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• Joe Jackson's 'Hope and Fury': Album Review
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• “My partners lived bohemian lives but ran the band like a capitalist corporation. Exploiting other people makes you feel lonely, I guess”: Why Karl Bartos had to leave Kraftwerk
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• 21 Candies From the 1980s That You Haven’t Thought About in Years
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• Night Ranger Sets Huge U.S. Tour for 2026
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• “It was the first keyboard solo I’d heard on the radio for a very long time”: The Marillion song that proves Mark Kelly’s genius, by Adam Wakeman
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• How Graham Nash is Keeping the CSN Legacy Alive
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• A 'Secret' New Rolling Stones Single Is Arriving Tomorrow
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• Jack White Expands 2026 Tour Schedule With New Dates
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• Hear Peter Frampton's New Song With Tom Morello
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• The Rolling Stones are releasing a new song tomorrow, but under a fake name
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• "I’d have to be careful if I did wear a big, flowing dress onstage… I’d be worried about pyro setting me on fire." Cliff Burton, Wicked and real-life High School Musicals: Five fun minutes with Amaranthe's Elize Ryd
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• "On our first tour one of the venues burned down, and the cops would shut things down." Police raids, venue fires and murderous rednecks: the story of Converge, the band who defined metalcore for a generation
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• "English people don't really want to feel that much." The curious tale of Robert Smith's least favourite Cure album, despite him telling the world "anyone who doesn't like this just doesn't like the Cure"
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• "They were the inadvertent godfathers of the independent music scene." Power-pop nirvana met emotional baggage and personal tragedy in the story of Big Star, a band destined to fail
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• “I didn’t do terribly well with solo work compared to my colleagues in Genesis. But I had a golden period, and I bought the Steinway piano I play on this record”: Anthony Phillips’ fight though pain barrier to make Gemini
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• Twisted Sister Announces 2026 Tour Dates With Sebastian Bach
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• "There are a lot of people who don't seem interested or even notice that the world's on fire." Puscifer's Maynard James Keenan and Carina Round discuss soundtracking the end times
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• "There can be more spices – we have a choir on three songs – but the foundation must be secure." 16 albums into a 44-year career, German thrash veterans Kreator are still doing their own thing
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• "Then there was this. I was floored!" Long-lost promo video for Led Zeppelin's Good Times Bad Times found in University of Georgia archive
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• "Their record label couldn't figure out whether they were the next Poison or the first Guns N' Roses." The story of Jetboy, the band who could have saved glam metal but didn't
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• "When I wrote that song I was really going through it...I was almost embarrassed by it." From Brazil to the UK, the hardcore punk four-piece channelling Distillers fury via some deeply personal lyrics
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• “I’d love it to become a musicians’ platform – curated, high-quality, and fair”: Why Steven Wilson launched Headphone Dust
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• How Peter Frampton Learned He Had a No. 1 Album
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• King Crimson Legends Highlight Cruise to the Edge 2026: Review
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• New Hawkwind release unearths the late Huw Lloyd-Langton's final recording with the band
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• “The atmosphere was intense. Manson said hello and I froze. There was a feeling of extreme evil in the room”: Jon Keliehor went from an unknown psychedelic group to playing with The Doors, turning down The Byrds and rubbing shoulders with Charles Manson
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• "The band's accountants possibly didn't figure in the cost of their eccentric new guitarist insisting upon recording his parts inside a bespoke chicken coop." The 10 most eye-wateringly expensive rock albums ever recorded
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• "There are certain signature sounds that come directly from his playing – not from the equipment, but from him." New Rush drummer Anika Nilles reveals her thoughts on Neil Peart's playing
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• Hear Ratt's Stephen Pearcy Perform 'I Need U' From New Solo Album
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• Five '70s Bands That Should Have Been Bigger
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• Why Did Bob Dylan Change His Voice for 'Nashville Skyline'?
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• “I’ve often wondered if other people knew what I was talking about!” This is why Roger Chapman sings about his shoe in Family classic Burlesque
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• A Second Wild Animal Has Bitten the Singer of AC/DC's Opening Act
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