Rock News 2026-01-21

• See the Black Crowes' New 'Profane Prophecy' Video
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• Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms Set 2026 Tour Dates
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• Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson Announce Freaks on Parade 2026 Tour
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• "We pulled off the impossible. We wanted to do something fun and screw with people's heads." How Korn, Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon, Xzibit and David Banner teamed up to make one of the funniest music videos ever
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• The Best (and Worst) Solo LP From Every Member of Led Zeppelin
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• Bob Weir to Be Honored With Procession in San Francisco
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• "We don't let many people use our music but we felt it was a calculated risk." Iron Maiden respond to the jaw-dropping 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple scene that might have already produced 2026's best needle drop
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• "I was literally dumbfounded and shocked that it had happened":John Fogerty sprinkles rock'n'roll magic with songs and stories at intimate Tiny Desk Concert
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• "What’s the last thing a drummer says before getting kicked out of the band? 'Hey guys, I have a song that I think we should play!'" The story behind the forgotten Nirvana song that Dave Grohl was too nervous to include on their final album
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• "Mike is a complicated person, but he is not a thief." NOFX reveal that guitarist Eric Melvin is suing band leader Fat Mike, accusing him of "financial malfeasance" after 42 years together
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• “We did it all ourselves. We used vinyl instead of leather, and our bondage outfits were held together with Velcro and glue”: The 70s art-rock provocateurs who stole Alice Cooper’s crown as America’s most deviant band
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• What To Expect From Bruce Hornsby's 2026 Concert Tour
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• Angel to Embark on 2026-2027 Farewell Tour
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• Why Iron Maiden Fans Need to Go See 'The Bone Temple' Right Now
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• Still to watch The Beatles Anthology or Tron: Ares? Now’s the perfect time with a Disney+ subscription up for grabs from only £3.99 a month
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• “After scrapping two albums I went to the accountant to find out how many pennies were left in the piggy bank. The answer was not many”: How Bruce Dickinson gambled everything on his second solo album – and ended up leaving Iron Maiden because of it
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• “Birmingham has always been embarrassed about its heavy metal heritage - and that’s unacceptable.” The story behind the petition to get Birmingham Airport named after Ozzy Osbourne - and why its founder is refusing to give up
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• "It's not a well-written song by any means but it worked and became what it is...nostalgia." How one "stupid" song helped put one of the biggest metal bands of the 21st century on the map
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• FireHouse Sets 2026 Tour Dates
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• When Jimmy Buffett and Bono Were Nearly Killed by Jamaican Police
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• Seven classic metal albums you forgot came out in 2016
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• "Our state is the best place in the country to bring dreams to life": A second Sphere venue is coming to the US
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• The Best (and Worst) Solo LP From Every Member of Fleetwood Mac
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• “Dream Theater have been completely unchallenged until now. There’s only so much room at the top of prog metal. We intend to have our thrones put in there”: How supergroup Sons Of Apollo flew before they fell
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• “I was 100 per cent sure I was going to die. They were slamming my head against a railway track”: Leprous’ Einar Solberg faced his teenage demons on his solo debut 16 – and enjoyed the experience
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• "They used to describe us as the Rush of thrash metal": Coroner invented a genre. Decades on, they know how to write less complicated songs but they won't
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• Is a Second Sphere Venue Coming to the US?
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• "I did my last school exam and played Glastonbury two days later. Two weeks after that we went into the chart at number 11": The story of the joyous breakthrough hit inspired by Thin Lizzy, Star Wars and Dutch cigars
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• “The producer is looking at me across the room, eyebrow askew. Finally he says, ‘I don’t think so’”: The story of how Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess didn’t play on Pink Floyd’s The Wall
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• Moody Blues' Justin Hayward Sets 11-Date U.S. Tour
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• Midnight Oil Drummer Rob Hirst Dead at 70
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• Metal Hammer reader's poll - the best metal albums of 2025
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• "We’re broke as f*** – and we just did two months in arenas." Witch Fever speak out on the "crazy" state of the music industry as they struggle to make ends meet
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• “Here was a song I’d written, and it sounded absolutely magnificent. If I was to fall down a hole and never play again, I’d have that”: The legendary punk single that beat the Sex Pistols out of the gate by a month
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• Foghat and Nazareth Reveal 2026 Tour Plans
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• "I used to sleep with my guitar next to the bed": Born in a dream, the guitar solos in one of classic rock's greatest songs were out of key, but band superstition kept them in
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• The Police's Royalty Battle Pits Streaming vs. Physical Sales
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• “He hit me and he started crying and I remember thinking, ‘Weak as I am, I’ve got no tears for you, I’ve got tears for myself’”: The harrowing moment from a toxic relationship that this singer turned into a 90s rock classic
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• "I started listening to what the gym guys were listening to. When I first heard Metallica, I was like, 'Right, this is speaking to me.'" WWE Champion Drew McIntyre reveals what's on his workout mix - and the huge role music plays in his life
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• Motley Crue Eyeing 'Real Time Off' Following 2026 Tour
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• "People worried about their brain should always wear a helmet": Watch Geddy Lee give celebrity tobogganing advice
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• "The impact he left on art is truly magical." Dave Grohl's daughter Violet, and Gary Numan's daughter Persia, team up to salute one of America's greatest film-makers on what would have been his 80th birthday
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• "I wouldn’t do Glastonbury because of the politics of the people who run it." Brian May rules out Queen performing at Glastonbury festival for the foreseeable future
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• How Frank Zappa Figured Alice Cooper Out
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• "All of a sudden, she started biting my tongue and wouldn't let go. There was blood everywhere. Then she went for my forehead": How Thin Lizzy made the albums that saved them, only to be plunged into chaos
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• "Ireland's greatest, man-of-the-people guitar hero": Nine Rory Gallagher albums you should definitely listen to and one to avoid
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• "If The White Album had been whittled down to 45 minutes, it would have gone down as one of The Beatles' definitive statements": Decades on, The Beatles' White Album is still igniting pub arguments
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• Mark Mothersbaugh: Brian Eno Was ‘Unprepared’ to Work With Devo
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• Roger Waters Has No Regrets About Ozzy Osbourne Comments
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• Men at Work's Summer 2026 Tour Dates Unveiled
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• “He phoned me up at seven in the morning and played about ten seconds of the EP over the phone. That was the moment”: Twenty-five years ago, five rowdy New Yorkers released a three-song EP that changed the course of rock’n’roll
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• "It was a long year with many rewards. A couple of us developed expensive hobbies involving white powder and noses": The song that turned an English blues outfit into globe-trotting rock stars with high-maintenance habits
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• "This footage is absolutely unbelievable, and nobody can deny it": Ten minutes of previously unseen live film of Pink Floyd has escaped onto the internet
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• “When I look back, there’s never been any one thing that’s been normal about this band. I’m used to strangeness in my world!”: The controversial dance band who lit a fire under the 90s metal scene
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• "We're looking forward to incredible crowds, massive energy and more unforgettable nights!" Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp announce Hollywood Vampires tour
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• Poison Nix Tour After Bret Michaels Demands 600% More Than Band
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• "We invited our families along, not thinking how it would be for them. When we came off, my sister was crying." How a teen pop duo earned the respect of Slipknot and Rage Against The Machine by getting bottled off stage by furious rock fans
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• “Suddenly I was popular with the record company again – people going, ‘Hello! Where have you been?’” How Mike Oldfield made Maggie Reilly sing in an odd style to make Moonlight Shadow
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• Inside Rush's New Box Set for 'Grace Under Pressure'
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• "I just wish that Rage Against The Machine would make a new record!": Buckcherry's Josh Todd on the state of the nation, managing old habits, and going back to school
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• Rush to release Super Deluxe box set of 1984's Grace Under Pressure in March
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• Why Sammy Hagar Is Switching Keyboardists for Summer Tour
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• “My mother was a witch’ was a great opening line. His mum probably took offence, but she’s probably forgiven him now”: The lost NWOBHM classic that Metallica turned into one of metal’s most famous songs
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: January 19, 2026
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• How Bob Dylan's 'Desire' Captured a New Musical Journey
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• 64 Women Who Deserve to Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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• 1986's 20 Biggest Rock Tours
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• Hollywood Vampires Announce Summer 2026 Tour Dates
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• “He was recovering from a broken jaw and was suffering chronic pain, but he was determined to endure”: How an ailing country icon made one of music’s greatest comebacks – with help from Rick Rubin, Tom Waits and Glenn Danzig
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• John Mellencamp Recalls Being 'Totally Humiliated' at Rock Hall
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• 37 Movie Sequels That Will Rule the Box Office in 2026
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• “I thought, ‘I can’t hear guitar. This isn’t right.’ I pushed that fader up. He turned to me, smiling, and pulled it back down. I haven’t forgotten that”: How Alex Lifeson survived the challenge of Rush’s 80s synth obsession
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• “They wanted to get us away from the clubs, bars and dark influences. We were going to be good little boys and write an album. And it was just awful”: How Clutching At Straws broke Marillion and Fish apart
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• 16 Classic American Meals That Could Be Making a Comeback
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• "People said it was something they’ve never heard before." A camel, a wedding, the streets of India and seven million views: how one song and a crazy video turned an unknown Indian metal band into internet superstars
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• "He could send masked men around to shoot me in the head." Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters says that his vocal opposition to "evil" US President Trump could get him killed
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• "I gave away all my records, I started giving away my guitars, I was fantasising about my own death." The horrifying origin story behind one of the most uplifting rock songs of the '90s
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• “One of the guy’s friends came at Joacim from behind and smashed a glass in his face. Then they all ran away like scared rats”: The violence and defiance behind the 2000s metal anthem that accidentally inspired an Olympic gold medal
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• “Kurt was a mess, drug-wise. I didn’t feel it was anybody’s business, I just wanted him off the project”: Kurt Cobain was supposed to produce these underground metal icons’ major label album – but they still made a classic without him
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• The Human League Announces First North American Tour Since 2011
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• Watch John Mayer's Moving Tribute to Bandmate Bob Weir
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• "They took a record that I'd made and erased all my songs, all my vocals. I thought, 'I won’t let you get away with this'": From goth glory to bad blood - the Gene Loves Jezebel story
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• The 40 Best Songs of 1986
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• “As we were leaving, Keith handed me this 1964 Gibson Hummingbird acoustic. ‘That’s not mine,’ I said. He said, ‘It is now. It’s yours’”: The incredible story of the cult British rock’n’rollers who happen to be one of Keith Richards’ favourite bands
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• Bruce Springsteen Makes Surprise Concert Appearance
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