Rock News 2025-11-15

• Who is the prog-powered creator of “revenge pop” targeting? “All those people who didn’t think I could do it. Isn’t that what all musicians are doing?”
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• Kiss Kick Off First Show in Two Years With Ace Frehley Tribute
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• Simon Kirke Had 'Mixed Emotions' Over Bad Company's HOF Induction
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• "I was bullied in 72 by a bunch of hippies": Pete Townshend names his five favourite Pete Townshend songs
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• Drive-By Truckers Set to Reunite With Jason Isbell
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• Get Poppy’s new album Empty Hands on exclusive bone, violet and baby blue vinyl, exclusively through Metal Hammer
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• “He’s full of warmth for those they befriended on their rise, and full of ire for those who crossed them”: Derek Shulman takes aim at Syd Barrett, the Beach Boys, the Eagles and others in his not-very-gentle memoir Giant Steps
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• Did This Joni Mitchell Song Inspire a Grammy-Winning LP?
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• Amyl and the Sniffers get the drinks in for Melbourne after free show cancelled at last minute
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• Def Leppard Has Big Plans for 2026 Concerts
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• Limp Bizkit show in Estonia cancelled after Fred Durst's previous support of Vladimir Putin resurfaces online
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• Debbie Harry Isn't Sure Blondie Will Tour Without Clem Burke
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• "I haven't seen an outpouring like that since Princess Diana died." Sharon, Kelly and Jack Osbourne share their emotional response to the world mourning their husband and dad, Ozzy
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• "It's an ode to a Goth girl who was so into herself that she once held a mirror over my face so she could see herself climax." Sex, vampires and black lipstick: the story of Type O Negative's goth metal anthem, Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
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• "One of those rare records where I literally love every note": Devon Allman picks the soundtrack of his life
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• Let's-a go! The Black Friday Nintendo Lego deals are racing in early with up to 27% off Mario Kart, Animal Crossing & more
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• "Lemmy goes and sees his doctor, and the doctor is like, ‘Holy ****! If you’d waited another week, you’d have died!'" How Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister shrugged off his health issues for years
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• "If I didn't have singing I probably would have murdered somebody": Two of rock's great concert films are now free to watch on YouTube
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• Watch Blackberry Smoke pay tribute to Gary Rossington with the guitar used during the recording of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird
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• Every Predator movie ranked from worst to best, from the original classic to Badlands
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• Soft Machine will release new studio album, Thirteen, in March
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• Ringo Starr's All Starr Band Announces 2026 Tour Schedule
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• “He sang of partying with such ferocity that suddenly parties seemed like trench warfare…” How we saw, and only just survived, an early performance of the 00s' first rock classic
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• “You simply can’t point to anybody and say they’re better than this guy”: Hear John Petrucci add lightning to new Steve Morse Band song Triangulation
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• "Was it worth it? It was and it will be until my dying day." Hotel chef fired after asking for a picture with Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose
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• "He said, 'Black Sabbath... I don't know if I like their music.' I said, 'We have $800 in the bank, you love their music.'" Black Sabbath's former manager originally wanted Dio to write and record while Ozzy Osbourne toured with the band
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• Graham Nash Announces Tour Dates for 2026
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• Alan Parsons Project story to be told for first time in official book
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• Dennis DeYoung Wants Rock Hall to Change Their ‘Shameful’ Ways
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• "Someone was dressed up in a big dinosaur suit, we saw him right in the middle of a wall of death!" Inside the wild and wonderful world of Hanabie - Japan's next metal superstars
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• “It was an awful mistake to overlook his album. But you could be excused for not sticking with it”: Fired by King Crimson, this prog poet assembled a group of A-list colleagues and took them on a trip into the unknown. They got lost – or so it seemed
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• "It really bothers me. I think it's severely inappropriate." The Osbourne family speak out against musicians lying about their final interactions with Ozzy - and "nutters" pretending to speak to him from beyond the grave
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• Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan releases debut solo single - complete with video filmed in abandoned coal mine
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• Black Label Society Announces 2026 North American Tour
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• "I take a lot of pride in starting this band and creating this universe." Black Sabbath, homemade chainmail and Frank Frazetta - getting to know Castle Rat, the fantasy metal sensations everyone's talking about
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• How Jimi Hendrix Erupted With ‘Axis: Bold as Love'
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• "They commenced to destroy, slaughter and wipe the stage with our blood." How a hip hop powerhouse and a heavy metal institution united to create a whole new genre - and spark one of the rowdiest tours in history
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• Watch AC/DC Play a '76 Classic Live for the First Time Since 1991
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• The Best Moments From the 2025 Rock Hall of Fame Induction
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• “We are calling on everyone – the industry, artists, government and music fans – to come together and invest what they can”: As campaign to save seven grassroots UK venues enters final days, organisers urge fans to donate
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• "Since speaking out, I feel like myself again...never let anyone silence you. Your voice matters." Dogma, the band of heavy metal nuns, have imploded amidst accusations of manipulation and mistreatment. Here's everything we know
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• Platform shoes and skintight jeans: Every David Coverdale and Whitesnake album, ranked from worst to best
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• Quiz: How much do you know about Bruce Springsteen's bleak masterpiece Nebraska?
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• “I had a big lump in my throat when we did the last gigs. A big chapter in my life was coming to an end – and I couldn’t tell anyone”: The curious tale of Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour
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• Listen to haunting instrumental cover of Madonna's Frozen recorded by late Death mastermind Chuck Schuldiner
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• "An all-you-can-eat barbecue that looks delicious at the start but turns into an indistinguishable mush by the end": Blackberry Smoke overcook the recipe on Rattle, Ramble & Roll - The Best Of Volume One
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• "The ageless thrill of someone getting classic rock right": Cheap Trick's electricity is evergreen on All Washed Up
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• Choir of survivors, relatives and witnesses marks 10th anniversary of Paris terrorist attacks with poignant Rival Sons song
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• Bonnie Raitt Announces 2026 North American Tour Dates
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• “We knew we had to push and push. We did the work ourselves and toured so much, until radio had no option but to play us”: The unlikely story of the last classic nu metal album
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• Joe Jackson Returns With New Tour and First Rock LP in 7 Years
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• 50 Years Ago: The SS Edmund Fitzgerald Inspires Gordon Lightfoot
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• "He was the Mad Max of rock 'n' roll." Lemmy is on the cover of the new Metal Hammer: we celebrate the man, the myth and the music of Motörhead
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• Whitesnake's David Coverdale Announces His Retirement
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• From someone who’s already seen the show twice, here’s 10 songs Radiohead should try and get into the setlist on their triumphant comeback tour
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• The Best Grunge Song by 5 Hair Metal Bands
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• "You ready?" Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka's new band Mirador play London for the first time and there's a lot of screaming
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• "The bank robber seemed like a nice bloke. Said he had all my albums": The story of the wild tour that sent Joe Cocker over the edge
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• "We're not running from the law, we're running towards something": Parker Barrow feel connected to Bonnie & Clyde, even if their pursuits are different
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• A Guitar Metallica Used to Pay Tribute to Ozzy Is Up for Auction
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• "It was just a pub. If they went there to discuss the sick things they were doing, it’s not the pub’s fault." From Mafia-run streets to the Satanic crime that shocked Italy, the incredible life of Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia
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• Warren Haynes Plans ‘Beautiful Tribute’ for Phil Lesh
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• Joe Walsh Wants to Sell You His ‘Barnstorm’ Guitar
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• “When the first riff came together, we locked in and played it for 100 hours.” How a song about a big angry whale helped four Southern misfits hang with Slipknot and Slayer - and become 21st century metal trailblazers
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• "I think when things happen like the throat cancer, or my neck being fused, or the saturnine palsy in my arm, most people would stop." Dave Mustaine on why Megadeth's final show might still be "three to five years" away
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• "We've never done that before, and we're never doing it again!"Watch Blackmore's Night play a rare version of a Deep Purple classic
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• Micky Dolenz Sets Huge Tour Celebrating Monkees' 60th Anniversary
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• Squeeze's New Album, 'Trixies,' Revisits Their Early Songwriting
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• The Top 35 Southern Rock Songs That Shaped the Genre
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• “​​I think Prince wanted a romance, but I didn’t because then we wouldn’t have had a musical relationship.” Stevie Nicks on why she turned down Prince's biggest song, and how their flirty friendship influenced three hit singles
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• World's largest bagpipe ensemble pays tribute to Bon Scott in Australia as AC/DC break out a classic for the first time in decades
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• Supertramp Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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• Alex Van Halen's Second Book to Focus on a Crucial Van Halen Era
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• Bagpipers Shatter World Record Playing AC/DC Anthem in Australia
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• The Biggest Rock Tours Announced for 2026: Updated
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• "We've taken care of the lion's wig": Deep Purple and Whitesnake legend David Coverdale announces retirement
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• "What would Van Gogh be worth if he had other artists dabbing their paint brushes on his canvas?" How Trent Reznor wrote Nine Inch Nails' first big hit - and why it annoyed the hell out of him
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• Little Feat Announces 'Last Farewell Tour' Dates for 2026
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• Neil Young Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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• Hear Trump's Voicemail to Sharon Osbourne Following Ozzy's Death
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• Tedeschi Trucks Band Announces 2026 Tour Dates
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• 16 Rock Stars Who Served in the U.S. Military
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• How Kiss Got Closer to Their Fans
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• Cheap Trick, 'All Washed Up': Review
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