Rock News 2026-05-02

• "And then that Wicked movie came out, and I was so p*****!" How Ariana Grande's blockbuster sequel ruined one key plan for the new Foo Fighters album
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• Nudity on stage, handing out drugs at shows, police searches, stabbings and a fatal crash: The roots of Hawkwind, the “barbarians with electronics” accused of stealing Paul McCartney’s bass
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• "He took me out to his Rolls-Royce and played it. I was a little bit embarrassed because it's a bit saucy." The day that Spice Girl Mel C learned that Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis had written a song about her
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' of Glam Rock?
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• "Record the show, put it online. There are a lot of people who won't be able to see it, so let’s give them a little joy." John 5 on why he's bucking the anti-phone movement at gigs
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• Think You Know ’80s Movies? Try to ID These From Just One Frame
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• 38 Special Adds Almost 20 Headlining Dates Around Kansas Tour
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• 20 Chuck Leavell Collaborations You May Not Know About
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• Sons of Kiss' Stanley and Simmons Reveal Debut Album Details
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• 50 Years Ago: Alan Parsons' Bold Start on 'Tales of Mystery'
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• “Sounds of the universe crying”: This pop icon’s label wanted a pop solo album. He gave them a prog record instead. Which is why they suppressed it for three years
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• Slipknot become early frontrunner for ‘weirdest collaboration of the year’ award as (sic) pops up in hallucinogenic Gucci advert
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• “Genocide still occurs today. We have not learned our lesson of people over profits”: Watch System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian sing heartfelt prayer for genocide victims at Sick New World festival last weekend
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• “You haven’t truly danced until you’ve thrown shapes to Rational Gaze in a festival field”: Why Meshuggah are my comfort band
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• “Tony was always saying, ‘We’ve gotta sound like Foreigner’, or ‘We’ve gotta sound like Queen’”: Chaos, walk-outs and an album Ozzy Osbourne called “disgusting” – the sad end of Black Sabbath’s original line-up
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• "An impressive candle on a monumental birthday cake." Iron Maiden's Burning Ambition movie is a must-see for ardent fans
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• Europe Announces 'Come This Madness' Album, Drops First Single
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• “He said, ‘The music is one thing, but we’re here to put on a show.’ And that’s what he did”: Keith Emerson’s manager wanted to ditch plans for a flying piano. Emerson proved him wrong
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• Eivør breaks two-year silence with atmospheric new track Healer, and confirms more tour dates for 2026 and 2027
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• Lynyrd Skynyrd Sets Fall 2026 Tour Plans
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• "I said, ‘You are making a huge mistake – you get pulled over for any reason and they find those guns in there… well, there’s nothing more wrong than being shot with your own gun.’" How Megadeth reinvented themselves with Countdown To Extinction
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• "We were a bunch of Black kids whose parents had passed away and we were feral." From falling out with Manic Street Preachers and writing songs for Ozzy to a number one album, how Skindred's Benji Webbe became a British metal icon
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• “It sounded like they were shouting ‘Peter!’ and we thought they wanted Mr Gabriel back. It wasn’t that, but we never got to the bottom of it”: Don’t ask Tony Banks about Genesis’ live album Seconds Out
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• Metallica announce remastered reissue of 1997 album Reload, featuring never-before-heard demos, live recordings and more
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• "I think I kinda blew it." After her bid for stardom stumbled, Fiona became a suburban soccer mom. But the death of Warrant's Jani Lane inspired her to give rock one last shot
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• When Will Skid Row Tour Again?
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• Watch David Lee Roth Cover Billy Joel's 'New York State of Mind'
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• The Moment Ringo Starr Made His First Country Album
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• See Michael Stipe Perform a New Song, 'The Rest of Ever'
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• "We live in a secluded village where the belief in witches was still very much alive just a few decades ago." Meet the forest-dwelling duo exploring Hungary's wild and magical folklore through black metal
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• Europe announce new album featuring Ghost's Tobias Forge and Opeth's Michael Åkerfeldt
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• “Seeing Maiden live shows is an expression of joy, of pleasure, of commitment with music”: Javier Bardem reveals how Iron Maiden changed his life
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• "You're never too old to learn a bit about technique." Colin Blunstone on The Zombies, keeping it in the family, and looking after what Suzannah Hoffs calls his "just plain sexy" voice
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• The Day Muddy Waters Died
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• "The album careens so quickly between clever and stupid that I'm surprised it hasn't become a cult classic." A story of flick-knives, tyre-irons, and Desmond Child's little-remembered 'gang rock' phase
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• Gene Simmons Announces 2026 Canadian Tour Dates
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• "Welcome to the carnival of sin." Corpse-painted nuns, sparklers and songs about sex: controversial metallers Dogma return to the UK
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• How Jon Anderson Created His First Solo Album
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• Photos - 25 of Rock's Biggest Stars in 1976 Vs. Now
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• "Eddfest could even become a festival that didn't have Iron Maiden in it, just bands in the same spirit." Bruce Dickinson says Iron Maiden's Knebworth party could continue without them
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• Tree Tracks: 40 Songs for Arbor Day
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• "A welcome return to the cranked-up amps, distortion and rawness that first fuelled them." The Black Keys go back to basics on the revitalised, urgent and gloriously unrefined Peaches!
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• Beach Boys Set More Than 40 World Tour Dates for the Summer
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• "I can't physically breathe if I can’t play music." With a musical education from his grandfather, former busker Ty Freeman is now playing with his childhood heroes
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• The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• "When I sing Twisted Sister music, I'm like a steamroller. I'ma beast. I'm out of control." Twisted Sister's Sebastian Bach and Jay Jay French on life after Dee Snider
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• "This band was and is my life." The new issue of Metal Hammer magazine celebrates 30 years of HIM with a world exclusive Ville Valo interview
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• "All the melancholy and darkness could be traced to my dog. He was my furry brother." Gothic metal legend Ville Valo reveals some of the surprising influences behind his much-missed band, Him
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' of Southern Rock?
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• Ten ’70s Wacky Packages Cards That Hit Very Different Now
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• Hear a New Chris Cornell Tribute From King Ultramega
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• "My chin hit this broken bottle on the stage. I pulled it out, there was blood gushing down my face." Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe comes clean on sobriety, UFOs and what he'd have as his final meal
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• Photos - 20 Rock and Metal Stars in 1986 Vs. Now
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• "I was going to step out into the water and pretend to be the Son of God!" The story of the day Steve Harley's Jesus trip was spoiled by overheated fans
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• "No one in Panama is doing what we're doing." The awesome Central American metal duo named after a pastry who are breaking out of their country via big, fat riffs (just don't call them the new White Stripes)
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• Bruce Springsteen Shares 'Prayer of Thanks' for Trump's Safety
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• Top 40 'Baby' Songs of All Time
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• "This album is the absence of God. It’s a futuristic, pre-apocalyptic record." The album that made it clear Ghost were about to become one of the biggest metal bands on Earth
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• Journey's Stagecoach Show Canceled After Emergency Evacuation
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• "Other than a forty-eight-piece string orchestra, everything else was the band or synths." The story of the global hit inspired by Lego and Simon & Garfunkel that soundtracked a Martian invasion
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• Win an Eagles 'One of These Nights' Box Set
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• "The industry told us, ‘You will have zero fans. You can't bring Satan into the gospel scene!'" How a Satanic doo-wop duo bewitched metal fans - without playing a single note of metal
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• Hear Peter Gabriel's New Song, 'Won't Stand Down'
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• "Our casting team reached out to fans from all around the world. They provided the emotion, the soul and the humanity." Iron Maiden's creative director Ben Smallwood grew up around the band – and now he's helping tell their story
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• Rock Legends Who Never Had a No. 1 Hit Single
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• Iron Maiden: Exclusive new interviews and 50 years of Burning Ambition - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
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• “Time is short and I have things that I need to make before I die”: Kristoffer Rygg won’t discuss the darkness that led Ulver to latest album Neverland and a new positive energy
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• Bruce Springsteen Takes the High Road in Austin: Review + Photos
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• Exodus mainman Gary Holt on his singer situation, cartel violence, and what he listens to in the car
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• "I was pissed off. This disrespects the band." Dave Brock slams BBC suggestion that Hawkwind were anti-Beatles and stole Paul McCartney's long-lost bass
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• Metallica Celebrates 'ReLoad''s Upcoming 30th Anniversary With Deluxe Set
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• Grand Funk Railroad Extends Summer Tour After Lead Singer's Retirement
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• 15 Toys That Could Have Killed Us in the '70s and '80s
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• What It Was Really Like Growing Up a Country Kid in the '80s
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• "God bless America’s judicial system. It proves that even Metallica can get a fair hearing!" How the world's biggest metal band put on a chaotic gig in a car park - and infuriated politicians, a stadium and half a city in the process
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• Soho Dukes started as a 19th-century drinking club. Now they're bringing fun back to rock'n'roll
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• "Mike lived a life of beauty and never gave up right to the very end." Details of the final album by The Alarm confirmed
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• "The album cover and title song video are so sexually potent it almost makes you forget how Canadian the rest of the record is." What happened when Lee Aaron declared herself the Metal Queen
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• "Everyone always looked at me like I was an alien. When I moved to the UK, it felt like freedom." The French misfit who found a home in the British metal scene - and has become one of its most exciting young vocalists
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• Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Judas Priest’s Rob Halford among 50 guests to appear on new album celebrating 50 years of German metal institution Accept
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• Arnel Pineda Posts Cryptic Message Amid Journey Farewell Tour
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• Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth Unveils Summer 2026 Tour Dates
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• "A true fighter with a heavenly voice": A tribute to The Alarm's Mike Peters
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• "It looked like somebody had been sliced to bits with a chainsaw." Beavis And Butt-Head, Pantera and TiKTok - how sludge metal legends Crowbar have suddenly become bigger than ever
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• Celebrate Star Wars Day with a huge streaming saving: This Disney+ £3.99 a month deal is hotter than Tatooine's twin suns
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