Rock News 2026-04-16

• Win Tickets to See Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers Live
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• Following their Justin Bieber support slot at Coachella, The Strokes announce world tour in support of new album Reality Awaits
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• Collective Soul Revisit New Wave Genre With Latest LP
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• Watch Alice Cooper Cover Nirvana at 2026 Tour Kickoff
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• Watch R&B superstar Thundercat play bass for his former band, thrash metal hellraisers Suicidal Tendencies, at Coachella last weekend
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• Five '80s Bands That Should've Been Bigger
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• 35 Double Albums That Matter
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• "I'd come back from the unemployment office when the phone rang. Jimi said 'Hey, what you doing? We'd like for you to come up and join us.'" The story of the Jimi Hendrix guitarist who was written out of history
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• “I told her to write a poem about batteries that are dying that cannot be recharged”: Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan explains how Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia ended up on Look Outside Your Window
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• Iron Maiden Share Statement Following Hall of Fame Announcement
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• Kiss Has Written New Songs for Upcoming Avatar Show
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• Mike Campbell's Dirty Knobs Announce New LP, 'Mission of Mercy'
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• Joe Perry Recalls Tearful Sessions for Aerosmith's Latest EP
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• Awesome Car Features From the '80s That We Miss
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• 7 metal songs from the year 2000 that were way ahead of their time
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• "We learned everything from the Wipers." The story behind the obscure debut album which inspired Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and changed the sound of Seattle rock
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• California’s sleaziest exports: Nine Buckcherry albums you should listen to and one to avoid
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• The Oasis Hit Written and Recorded in a Single Day
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• "There were a lot of hardcore racists in the South, but we thought they were just silly." Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young, and the truth about rock's most misreported beef
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• Liam Gallagher Has Lots to Say About Oasis' Hall of Fame Honor
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' Bands of Heavy Metal?
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• "This has definitely confused some people - but I just wanted to rock out!" The Nashville singer-songwriter who has ditched country music for metal
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• 10 TV Shows From Your Childhood You Won’t Believe Were Real
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• "I look back on it and simply marvel that I didn't plummet to my death." The story of that time Love/Hate frontman Jizzy Pearl crucified himself on the Hollywood sign and got arrested
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• How Peter Frampton Learned He Had a No. 1 Album
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• "There’s beauty in the fact we didn’t strangle each other at the end." Ville Valo would love to reunite goth metal icons HIM
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• "Trust me, the music that he's into, it’ll make your songs be like Mary Had a Little Lamb." How Sopranos legend Stevie Van Zandt persuaded Bruce Springsteen to take a chance on future Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg
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• “Every song I wrote came together easily. It was just one of those patches – about five years’ worth. I was really lucky to go through that”: Jeff Lynne didn’t notice he’d turned ELO into the world’s biggest rock band
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• Zakk Wylde Reveals the Song That Was Cut From Ozzy's Final Show
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• Peter Hook Reacts to Joy Division's Hall of Fame Induction
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• Triumph Kick Off 2026 Reunion Tour: Video, Set List
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• “I could go to a festival in a unicorn outfit and no one would bat an eyelid. Nobody cares”: From teenage rebellion to gatekeeping and mental health, we interviewed a therapist to try and understand how metalheads’ brains work
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• "We all dropped acid and went to see Yellow Submarine. I couldn't stop laughing the whole movie." An unusually candid Neal Schon comes clean on drugs, errant frontmen and the future of Journey
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• "The vibe is definitely Slipknot except no screams." Slipknot fan compares Look Outside Your Window album to Pink Floyd after getting early listen, claims Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia appears
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• The Day Joey Ramone Died
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• Foghat Extends 2026 Tour With More Shared Nazareth Dates
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• "He’s already got worst President in the history of America on lock, but I’m gonna go ahead and take the honour of pronouncing Trump Worst American of All Time." Jack White is distinctly unimpressed by Donald Trump's now-deleted AI Jesus post
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• "I got called into the principal’s office because our songs didn’t say ‘Jesus’ enough." Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale opens up about stepping away from church as a teenager
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• "I finally had to ask the road crew to get him off the stage, he was messing it all up." Suzi Quatro's stories of Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, Phil Lynott, Peter Frampton, Chrissie Hynde and more
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• "I was embarrassed turning that song in because it was an obvious hit." How Smash Mouth wrote an anthem for bullied fans and accidentally became a pop culture phenomenon thanks to Shrek
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• "Business people think anyone who doesn't want to be rich is a nutcase." In 1970, Fleetwood Mac leader Peter Green walked away from his band, saying that he wanted to give all his money away, and make music that would bring people closer to God
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• There's now a massive archive of thousands of indie rock gig recordings online, and it's awesome
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• "This was something else. I could feel it in every part of me." What it was like seeing metal legends Metallica in their early days, according to fellow thrash veteran and Death Angel frontman Mark Osegueda
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• 50 Years Ago: Led Zeppelin's 'Presence' Songs Ranked
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• David Lee Roth Joins Teddy Swims to Perform 'Jump' at Coachella
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• Night Ranger Sets Huge U.S. Tour for 2026
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• “Joey was the best that ever did it. The greatest drummers would come to our shows to watch this guy play”: Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson pays tribute to his late former bandmate Joey Jordison
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• "I joined the circus!" How tragedy, a stint in Sleep Token and a very surprising career detour defined the fall and rise of one of British metalcore's most promising bands, Shields
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• "It sounds great while floating lazily on a yacht or zooming down the interstate in a Lamborghini." The story of Player's debut album, a record for people who like to get home before it gets dark
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• Billy Idol Admits He's 'Knocked Out' by Hall of Fame Induction
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• "Maybe they should have included a disc of Lemmy spinning in his grave." Motörhead's On Parole Sessions are a noble endeavour but the extras are perplexing
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• Will Oasis or Iron Maiden Show Up for Their Rock Hall Inductions?
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• Iron Maiden, Phil Collins + Billy Idol Lead 2026 Rock Hall Class
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• “For roughly 150 days of the year I’m an unpaid amateur flute player, and I have a lot of fun doing it”: Ian Anderson explains why he does what he does – and the onstage mistake that sometimes stops him
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• "The great thing about being an icon is you can stay young forever." Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley talk up Kiss avatar show, set to launch in Las Vegas in 2028 with new Kiss songs
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• Premiere: Hear Paul Rodgers on Hillbilly Vegas' 'Mr. Midnight'
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• Iron Maiden, Oasis, Billy Idol and Phil Collins to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame this year
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• "It was a little over the top, wasn't it? A bit naff." From a much-loved bomber to a creaking mechanical fist: The story of Motörhead's Spinal Tap moment
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• "We had a lot of fun revisiting these songs and hope you enjoy. Listen LOUD." Trent Reznor reveals details of the forthcoming Nine Inch Noize album, coming later this week
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• "He went off at the deep end with drugs and I was just beside myself with frustration and depression.” Paramore, Deftones and Tool love them. This album broke them. The story of Failure's Fantastic Planet
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• Metalcore icons Bring Me The Horizon have announced a special one-off show where they'll play a classic early album in full - and it's probably not the one you think
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• "There’s injustice, and so much hate and fear, and it’s such a drag." Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl says it's difficult not to feel angry and disillusioned about the state of America in 2026
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• "Touring was about how messed-up I could get, and it wasn't about the music any more. Things got very, very dark." British bluesman Danny Bryant hit rock bottom two years ago: Now he comes clean
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• “I opened the curtains a bit and said, ‘Look at all these people who’ve paid to see us!’ I didn’t realise that was the worst thing I could have done”: Carl Palmer on Keith Emerson, and how his death wasn’t the worst part of losing him
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• A 'Secret' New Rolling Stones Single Is Arriving Tomorrow
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• "My job was to get rid of Alice Cooper – and I did exactly the opposite." Bob Ezrin on his long, strange trip with Alice Cooper
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• "I just feel so lucky to be considered in the same breath as some of the other artists on there." Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley shares his feelings on being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
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• May 2026 New Music Releases
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• "This track is arriving in an atmosphere of chaos." Tom Waits and Massive Attack collaborate on haunting, politically-charged new single Boots On The Ground referencing "the militarisation of police forces fusing with neo-fascist politics"
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• "I jumped through a window and hit one. Someone started choking me; I was basically blue by the time I was rescued." Russian Nazis, emotional encounters with Dio and rumours about Tom Hanks: Shane Embury on almost 40 years of Napalm Death and beyond
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• "Some of the band didn't even want to finish Love Shack. They said, Let's just forget it." How a band who were "just too weird for the powers that be" became national treasures
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• The Afghan Whigs announce UK shows to extend their 40th anniversary celebrations
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• "The band were screaming at me to come on stage as our time was running out." How Rick Wakeman got his first cape, by Rick Wakeman
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• The Strokes Announce World Tour and New Album for 2026
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• "I went looking for heroin in a subterranean club and approached some guys. I got a severe beating outside instead." Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan recalls the painful day that he told his bandmates he was struggling with addiction
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• Phil Collins Gives First Comments Following Hall of Fame Honor
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• "They looked good from the audience, but if you were near them there were an awful lot of casualties." The day the Rolling Stones accidentally killed thousands of butterflies
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• Watch Paul Stanley Perform 'Detroit Rock City' at Kiss Fan Expo
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• Why Kansas Leader Phil Ehart Finally Shared His Life Story
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• No Doubt Guitarist Reveals Parkinson's Diagnosis
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: April 13, 2026
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• “The criticism of Heaven & Earth was that there weren’t any big epics. We had a couple of longer tracks on The Quest. With this one we’ve gone overboard!” The story of Yes’ 23rd album Mirror To The Sky
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• "Her voice was the signature sound of Clannad and will live on forever." Singer Moya Brennan has died, aged 73
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• Mixed Reactions to 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
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• "They were doing something totally unique and otherworldly. It was mysterious and thrilling." 10 songs that Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland wishes he had written
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