Rock News 2026-02-10

• Van Halen's '5150' Reissue Features Live Recordings and Rarities
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• "What the heck were you thinking, dude? I would fall to my death." Maynard James Keenan has thoughts on Tool soundtracking that terrifying climb up one of the tallest buildings on Earth
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• A lounge cover of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was “the creepiest thing” Ozzy Osbourne ever heard: “Which coming from him is the biggest compliment”
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• Former Guess Who Members Are Headed Back in Court
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• “I originally picked the guitar because it was the most obnoxious instrument, but after a while I was like, ‘Wow, there’s a lot of power in this thing’”: Steve Vai gave Devin Townsend his big break in the early 1990s. Decades later they got back together
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• How Wild Was Beatlemania? These Vintage Photos Capture the Mayhem
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• When Blind Melon's Shannon Hoon Was Arrested at the AMAs
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• "I go onstage, I battle death, I die and I come back to life." From sword-waving rat queens to alpha bro-baiting metal singers, the new issue of Metal Hammer has four exclusive covers: Castle Rat, Sleep Theory, President and Paleface Swiss
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• "The idea of slowing down is unacceptable to me. I’d rather walk away than be a shadow of my former self." Twisted Sister cancel 50th anniversary reunion tour as Dee Snider quits due to health issues
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• "I have this memory of killing myself, blasting my head off, and then throwing the guitar at the amp over and over." The story behind the most intense song on the most ambitious rock album of the '90s
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• The 40 Best Songs of 1976
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• 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold dead at 47
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• "We have the best fans in the world": Much-loved Brit rockers Little Angels announce first shows in over a decade
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• In Memoriam: 2026 Deaths
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• Brian May Comments on Trump Using Queen Song in Social Media Post
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• How Brian May Connected With Guns N' Roses
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• “The BBC showed one minute and 10 seconds of it!” Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter: How a banned, censored and divisive single became Iron Maiden’s only UK number one
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• “I asked my mum to make me a costume, which I wore all around London. It tapped into the British sense of humour. There’s nothing more ridiculous”: If Death is a rabbit and you're on TV as a Womble, you’re probably Mike Batt
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• Disney+ review: An all-singing, all-dancing family streaming service with music docs and more
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• “The idea came from The Beatles’ Tomorrow Never Knows. I just played it in a more violent way”: How Ringo Starr, Isaac Asimov and The Devil inspired one of rock’s greatest ever drum solos
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• "This is not their most exhilarating release, nor probably their absolute finest, but creativity is at an all-time high": Scorpions mix hard rock, pop and metal on the pre-stardom classic Taken By Force
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• How John 5 Ended Up on Peter Criss’ New Solo Album
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• Here's how to watch Green Day's high voltage (and possibly controversial) Super Bowl 2026 opener from anywhere in the world: Times, streaming options, setlist predictions & more
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• Classic Rock Releases Set for Record Store Day 2026
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• "They got signed on their talent, on their original material, but also on their looks. They looked like Robert Plant and Jimmy Page." The story of the album that rescued rock'n'roll from the darkness and built a brighter future
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• Neil Young Cancels His 2026 Tour Plans
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• Paul McCartney's 'Man on the Run' LP to Include Unheard Songs
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• “I guess people just don’t think like we do”: Maynard James Keenan thinks Puscifer are in the “third side-project category” but is happy on the side of the underdog
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• Ghost’s Tobias Forge says it was a relief when he lost his anonymity: “I can’t eclipse what Ghost is. I’m not interesting enough.”
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• “Lars played me the whole song down the phone. He said, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘Are you kidding?!’”: The inside story of the greatest Metallica album Metallica didn’t write
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• Steve Hackett's on the front cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!
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• Stephen Pearcy Reveals 2026 Undercover Tour Dates
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• UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell Expands 2026 Tour With New Dates
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• Def Leppard Shakes Things Up in Las Vegas: Video and Set List
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• Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood wants his music removed from the much-mocked Melania Trump documentary
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• Immigrant Song, a lost cymbal and a suitcase full of cash: Rare footage of Led Zeppelin on tour in 1972 has surfaced online
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• “It’s really eerie and mellow and it has pagan poetry on it. There are a couple of songs on there that are so beautiful in a kinda sad way”: The cult album that Evanescence singer Amy Lee wishes she had made – and the one that broke her heart
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• "All of us are excited to return...with a few surprises in store." One of the biggest bands of the nu metal era just announced their biggest UK shows ever
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• “It was amazing to hear keyboards with that kind of power. He really changed my life”: Jordan Rudess would have been a classical pianist if he hadn’t discovered this prog icon
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• “As soon as I heard it, I thought, Yes, that's us, that’s Ozzy's voice." Listen to Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley play the blues on a rehearsal tape lost for 46 years
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• Was Kid Rock Lip-Syncing on Super Bowl Sunday? Watch the Video
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• “Ronnie Van Zant ruled with an iron hand, but he and I never had a moment of confrontation. He let me take over the mic when a song suited my voice”: The Southern Rock legend who quit Lynyrd Skynyrd before they became famous – then rejoined 25 years later
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• Paul Simon's 2026 Tour Details: Cities and Concert Dates Revealed
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• Jack White Blasts Trump for Racist Obama Video
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• "It crushes me not to be able to play guitar": Manowar founder Ross 'The Boss' Friedman diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease
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• “The real 10 best albums in the world are lying on cassettes in someone’s drawer. They didn’t get released. It’s all luck”: How to beat fate by scrapping an album over a movie, relating to a suicidal joyriding pilot and feeling for flat Earthers
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• "The title track features a blistering, grandstanding, once-in-a-lifetime vocal." Jay Buchanan is captivating and contrary on Weapons Of Beauty
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• Twisted Sister Cancel Reunion Tour Plans Due to Snider's Health
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• “I heard that Dylan came to hear us in London. I went, ‘Oh, no. Not now – you’re seeing me at my absolute worst’”: The overlooked blues-boogie icon who hung out with Bonnie Raitt, played with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan and appeared at Live Aid
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• Three Dog Night Singer Chuck Negron Dead at 83
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• “I was surrounded by prostitutes, bikers and drug dealers. It wasn’t the ideal environment for anyone, but especially for someone in my position”: The incredible story of the man invented death metal – and cheated death in real life
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• "I was on my own, out in one of the gnarliest neighbourhoods. You’re scared, thinking, 'How do I get out of here?'" How a song about living in a rat-infested squat helped turn Green Day into one of the world's biggest bands
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• “We honestly thought that it couldn’t harm us. How wrong we were.” One of the biggest albums of the 1970s would have carried a 'thank you' credit for the band's drug dealer if he hadn't been murdered before the record was released
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• The Black Crowes announce UK and Europe summer shows
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• "She’d be talking about a song with a really good guitar solo and demand we change it, make it heavier." The trailblazing metal singer who saved an influential band's career and inspired a generation of women in the process
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• “I didn’t realise just how prog Genesis were. I’m pleased I got to see them on their last tour”: When Rivers Meet’s Aaron Bond came late to the prog party
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• "It reminded me of the politics of fear, like we're doing today": How the LA club scene in the 1960s shaped American rock then sparked a revolution
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• Great new prog you must hear from Green Carnation, Magenta, Exploring Birdsong, A.A. Williams and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
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• 20 Fab Beatles Covers From 1966
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• Hear Bruce Hornsby’s New Single, ‘Indigo Park’
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• Why John Mellencamp 'Hated' His 'F---ing Stupid' Smash Hit
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• "If there was another way around this, I would swallow my pride and say, 'I was able to find some miracle cure.'" Heavy metal legend and Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine on why now is the right time to say goodbye
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• "There are no plans for any physical release of this recording." Steven Wilson announces new live album Impossible Tightrope and launches hi-res audiophile resource
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: February 9, 2026
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• “He told me, ‘I bet you don’t remember being escorted out last night in a bulletproof bus, do you?’ And no, I didn’t”: The drunken onstage outburst that nearly sparked a riot – and inspired a thrash metal classic
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• Hear Roger Taylor's Seething New Single, 'Chumps'
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• Rick Wakeman launches new weekly podcast with comedian Griff Rhys Jones
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• Here's How You Could Become Skid Row's New Singer
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• Eagles' Final Tour? Don Henley Discusses Retirement Plans
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• What Life Was Really Like in the 1980s
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• The Best (and Worst) Genesis Solo Albums
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• Devo Extends 2026 Mutate, Don't Stagnate Tour Into June
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• "This isn’t a contest. This isn’t a gimmick. This is your chance to join." Here's everything you need to do if you want to become the new vocalist for multi-platinum rockers Skid Row
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• Top 10 Chuck Negron Three Dog Night Songs
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• Where Does Peter Criss' New Record Rank Among Kiss Solo Albums?
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• "It was a nightmare to mix, but we got it sounding raw and filthy." The Black Keys announce "primal" new album Peaches!, launch first single
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• 40 Influential Black Female Singers of the '60s and '70s
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• "When you listen to The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Sabbath, Zeppelin...it would have ruined them!" The one thing from today's music that would have screwed up countless classic albums, according to legendary metal guitarist Zakk Wylde
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• 3 Doors Down Frontman Brad Arnold Dead at 47
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• "It was an intense place to be for a gay man in that world." Faith No More's Roddy Bottum on hair metal
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• 25 Years Ago: Eagles Fire Don Felder
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• Television Bassist Fred Smith Dead at 77
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• "James says, 'Kill him!' This guy looks at the two of us and says, 'Who’s gonna kill me?' And James pointed at me." Dave Mustaine looks back on Metallica's wild early days
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• "I have decided to take a break." Neil Young cancels upcoming European tour, saying "This is not the time"
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