Rock News 2025-08-14

• “The telegram read, ‘You’ve got to come back – your record is in the Top 20.’ I thought, ‘What Top 20?’ We couldn’t understand”: Why Peter Baumann thought Tangerine Dream were weird...
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• “To make up for lost time, we thought it would be cool to do something extra special." Alter Bridge are hosting their own music festival - and it's happening at a castle in Wales
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• Glenn Hughes shares visualizer video for new single “Into The Fade” from upcoming album ‘Chosen’
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• Southbound Beretta’s new album ‘Sun’s Out Guns Out’ available on August 8th
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• This video of pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter, aged 10, cosplaying Axl Rose to cover Guns N' Roses classic Sweet Child O' Mine is the cutest thing you'll see online this week
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• “Holds its own against its more famous predecessor – a worthy reminder of Jon Hiseman’s considerable talents”: Colosseum’s Live 05
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• "They're larger-than-life action heroes extolling the virtues of guilt-free sex in the most OTT way." Heavy metal nuns Dogma just took over London's Black Heart - are they the scene's next breakout band?
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• I took my mum to one of Europe’s heaviest metal festivals, and her reviews of the bands are glorious
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• Debate: Who are the 'big four' of classic rock?
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• Crowded House deny Neil Finn has erectile dysfunction after fake AI news report hits Facebook
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• Vinnie Vincent scheduled to make rare public appearance at Chiller Theatre Expo on October 24th & 25th
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• Debate: which is the coolest Iron Maiden Eddie ever?
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• In/Vertigo launch video for new single “Weathervane” from latest EP ‘Prevail’
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• Filmmaker Marty DiBergi is hosting a live Q&A with Spinal Tap legends David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls ahead of the release of his new documentary Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
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• "Suddenly this rock'n'roll fantasy was a nightmare. It was your worst dream from Hell": The forgotten story of a true American band, Grand Funk Railroad
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• "There were a lot of tears." Metallica's Robert Trujillo shares his memories of Ozzy Osbourne's "very, very beautiful" private funeral service
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• “He transcends metal, he transcends rock, he transcends music”: Iconic metal drummer says Ozzy Osbourne’s death has made just as big an impact as John Lennon’s
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• Glass Hammer's Steve Babb reveals he's undergone successful surgery to remove a benign brain tumour
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• One week left for Kickstarter campaign for Rocked Magazine co-created by photographer Mark Weiss
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• "One of the best metal albums of 2025 so far - extreme or otherwise." Blackbraid's mash-up of black metal brilliance and Native American spirit gets even better on album three
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• Bioscope announce in store Q+A and signing sessions for August
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• Black ‘N Blue have recently recorded two songs written by Tommy Thayer & Jaime St. James back in 1984-85
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• "I was only allowed to walk forwards if I had a particularly important guitar solo": Meet Star Circus, the missing link between ELO and Def Leppard
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• "It’s a good omen that, prior to the band coming on, the entire field joins in unison to sing Ozzy Osbourne." Gojira's majestic set rounds off the greatest Bloodstock ever
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• John Bush not sure that timing is right but looking forward to doing shows playing Anthrax songs
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• Trevor Horn announces live UK dates for December
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• Bruce Dickinson reveals 2027 solo album plans, says Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris loves it: “He told me, ‘That’s the best stuff you've ever done!’”
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• Thrash legends Anthrax join 2026's stacked 70000Tons Of Metal cruise bill, as the on-sale date for tickets for next year's voyage is revealed
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• The man who invented the 80s sound: Albums produced by Steve Lillywhite you need to know, and one to avoid
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• Did we just see Mastodon play their best ever festival show? Yes, yes we did
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• Dirkschneider & The Old Gang drop video for new single “Dead Man’s Hand”
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• “Yes showed you could write rocky prog, but UK took that further. They made complex music sound so easy, which makes me very envious”: Whitesnake ex Adrian Vandenberg’s prog inspirations
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• Mädhouse drop video for their new single “Get A Grip”
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• "It’s music for those who’ve been to the edge and came back louder." Panamanian alt. rockers AlphaWhores talk us through their new album, You Can Come Out Now, track-by-track
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• Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale opens up about breaking up with alcohol: “I was looking for an escape in all the wrong places”
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• "Have a Rotten Christmas and New Year". Public Image Limited announce December/January UK shows
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• “Peaceful citizens of conscience have become terrorists, at the will of a human rights lawyer turned authoritarian." Massive Attack hit out at the "moral vacuum" of Keir Starmer's government as musician Peter Perrett, 73, is arrested at London protest
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• "We headlined, but he kicked our ass": Joe Perry and Brad Whitford on the support act who blew Aerosmith off the stage
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• Chrissie Hynde announces duets album with Mark Lanegan, Lucinda Williams, Dave Gahan and more
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• "A five-piece Genesis was never going to last, there were too many writing ideas": When Genesis reunited to make a film, it was the same old story
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• Rocket's brilliant debut at the UK's most vibrant breeding ground for new bands is proof that the young Los Angeles quartet are set to go supersonic
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• My Chemical Romance announce two massive UK shows
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• "The fallout was much bigger than anything we could ever have foreseen": Dire Straits and the adventure of Brothers In Arms
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• "I've never met three people that were so full of themselves. It's disgusting." Ex-Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds hits out at his former bandmates in scathing social media post
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• "Everyone in the band at some point tried to quit during that first album": The soundtrack of Adam Duritz's life
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• R.I.P. Kick Axe guitarist Larry Gillstrom (1955-2025)
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 11, 2025
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• John Nymann doesn’t think Y&T album will happen until Dave Meniketti finds place to live in Europe
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• Fury unleash video for new track “Don’t Lie To Me” from upcoming album ‘Interceptor’
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• Andi Deris feels that he and Michael Weikath helped managed to save a hit battered battleship from sinking
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• "My plan was always to keep the organisation together, but the challenges are just overwhelming": REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin admits it's harder to sell tickets under his own name
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• “No other heavy rock band has done this”: Robert Trujillo weighs in on Metallica’s potential residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere
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• "There is no justification for the brutality Benjamin Netanyahu and his far right government have inflicted on the Palestinian people. Our band stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine." U2 on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
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• "There is a playful aspect to death." Depeche Mode concert film, M, to screen in cinemas worldwide in October
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• Roadkill unveil video for new single “Born To Be King” from forthcoming album ‘This Way To Hell’
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• M.I.C. launch YouTube video for new single “Stay Away With Me” featuring clips from movie ‘The Substance’
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• We asked this metal vocalist what Meat Loaf wouldn’t have done for love, and it turns out he actually knows the answer
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• A guide to every My Chemical Romance album
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• "I was like, This is heaven." Hayley Williams reveals the first song she ever wrote with Paramore, and the first song that made her cry as an emo teenager
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• Linkin Park are returning to a country they haven't played for 12 years
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• "My whole life I've felt like an outsider": Connor Selby on turning negatives into positives
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• "That's life: there are deaths, divorces and children born": Checking in with the oldest new band in the world
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• Steven Wilson and two former Marillion members walked into a band… What went wrong? The mystery of Pride Of Passion, back to try again after 40 years
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• Pendulum announce UK tour
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• Militarie Gun announce new album God Save the Gun, share first single B A D I D E A
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