3 h. ago Heavy metal legends secretly thrashing out deal for huge Las Vegas residency at ‘enormous’ Sphere venue

METALLICA are thrashing out a deal to land a huge residency at Las Vegas’ greatest music venue, the Sphere. It comes as the heavy metal giants gear up to play four huge shows in the UK this summer, with concerts in Cardiff, Glasgow and London. One of my Sin City insiders told me that James...

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8 h. ago American music legends from huge rock bands to play Stockport music venue

It's claimed to be the first time any member of either band has played in Stockport

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10 h. ago Popular guitarist dubbed 'beautiful genius' Matt Kwasniewski

Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin formed the rock group Black Midi with bandmates in 2017

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34 h. ago The Traitors icon 'unveils major spoiler' about Harriet and Rachel twist

The Traitors legend may have let slip a huge spoiler.

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50 h. ago Nepo baby son of music legend set to follow in dad’s footsteps as his band sign record label deal & release first single

HIS father is one of the world’s biggest musicians and Mum is a huge Hollywood star – so fame was almost guaranteed. Now, Moses Martin, the son of Coldplay's Chris Martin and actress Gwyneth Paltrow, is following in his old man’s footsteps by fronting his own successful band. The alt-rock group, People I've Met —...

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51 h. ago ‘The last actual hippie’: musicians pay tribute to the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir

Stars from Bob Dylan to Brandi Carlile remember rock band co-founder as ‘beautiful human’ after his death at 78The death of Bob Weir, the Grateful Dead co-founder, rhythm guitarist, vocalist and writer of much of the legendary psychedelic rock band’s songs, drew a chorus of tributes from fellow musicians and fans who described him as a “musical guru” and “the last actual hippie”.Weir recently survived cancer but died from “underlying lung issues”, according to a statement posted on Saturday on Instagram. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago ‘The last actual hippie’: musicians pay tribute to Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir

Stars from Bob Dylan to Brandi Carlile remember rock band co-founder as ‘beautiful human’ after his death at 78The death of Bob Weir, the Grateful Dead co-founder, rhythm guitarist, vocalist and writer of much of the legendary psychedelic rock band’s songs, drew a chorus of tributes from fellow musicians and fans who described him as a “musical guru” and “the last actual hippie”.Weir recently survived cancer but died from “underlying lung issues”, according to a statement posted on Saturday on Instagram. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Bob Weir was a songwriting powerhouse for the Grateful Dead – and the chief custodian of their legacy

‘The Kid’s jazz-influenced rhythm guitar made him utterly integral to the Dead and his later collaborations solidified the band’s influence over latter-day alt-rock• Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78• Bob Weir: a life in picturesFor most of their career, the other members of the Grateful Dead referred to Bob Weir as “the Kid”. You can understand why. He was only 16 when the band that would ultimately become the Grateful Dead was founded. Moreover, Weir was implausibly fresh-faced and boyishly handsome, particularly compared to some of his bandmates. Jerry Garcia’s photo was used in one of Richard Nixon’s campaign broadcasts, a symbol of all that was wrong with US youth. Keyboard player Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, by all accounts sweet-natured, nevertheless gave off the air of a man who would strangle you with his bare hands as soon as look at you. Weir, on the other hand, somehow managed to look like the kind of charming young man a mother would be happ...

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3 d. ago Mischa Barton loved working with Noel Gallagher and says he is ‘the best’

Barton shot to fame after playing Marissa Cooper in the hit American teen drama and went on to star in a number of music videos throughout the 2000s.

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5 d. ago The Cribs: Selling a Vibe review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week

(PIAS)The Jarman brothers’ ninth album adds a little 80s pop sheen to their distorted guitars and confident songwriting, while always sounding exactly like the indie stalwartsLast summer, the BBC broadcast an eight-part podcast called The Rise and Fall of Indie Sleaze. Its third episode heavily featured the Cribs’ bassist and vocalist Gary Jarman talking about his band’s first flush of mid-00s fame. It centred on their 2005 single Hey Scenesters!, from which the episode also took its name. It was a curious choice: on close examination, Hey Scenesters! wasn’t a celebration of what some people unfortunately dubbed the New Rock Revolution so much as the sound of Jarman and his bandmate brothers poking fun at it.There was the peculiar dichotomy of the Cribs in a nutshell. They were a band so of the mid-00s moment that they were nearly signed to a record label founded by Myspace. But they always seemed slightly apart from the scene. They were certainly less voracious in the pursuit of ma...

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6 d. ago Stranger Things' Karen Wheeler star announces huge role alongside Disney legend

Stranger Things season five spells the end of the legendary Netflix sci-fi drama.

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8 d. ago Drake and livestreamer Adin Ross accused of using online casino money to artificially inflate streams in class action case

US class action alleges Stake’s anonymised design enabled rapper to fund automated streams on music platformsDrake and American online livestreamer Adin Ross have been accused in a US civil case of using online casino money to pay for automated streams in a bid to artificially inflate the singer’s royalties and popularity on music streaming platforms. No one has been charged criminally with regard to the allegations in the lawsuit.Global e-casino Stake has dismissed the claims as “nonsense” and said it was “not concerned” about the lawsuit. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ITV The Masked Singer's Gargoyle 'exposed' as huge music legend

The Masked Singer UK returned to ITV on Saturday, with fans already convinced they've worked out Gargoyle's identity

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9 d. ago ‘A big bad bull whipped me down’: cowboy poetry, old art form of the US west, lassos a new generation

From Los Angeles to Nevada, younger people are preserving a longstanding tradition one lyric at a timeDeep in the heart of Los Angeles’s Koreatown, just a few doors down from H Mart and a K-pop music superstore, an American flag hangs over the entrance of a saloon called Eastwood.The western-themed bar would normally be cranking Luke Bryan while customers play skee-ball, line dance and get bucked off their mechanical bull named Gucci. But tonight, the music is low and the loudest sounds come from the clacking of vintage mechanical typewriters. About 30 people in the bar are drafting poems about horses, sunsets and Stetson hats – which are plentiful atop the heads in the crowd.Heck, they thought they killed me back in 15flew me out in a chopper, covered me with a sheet. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Radio 2 legend Scott Mills reveals EastEnders cameo as fans make huge demand

BBC Radio 2 star Scott Mills made a surprise appearance on the New Year's Day episode of EastEnders and fans were amazed at how he had managed to keep his cameo a secret

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1 week ago January Blues Festival 2026 Kicks Off This Saturday: Live Music Inside A Top London Venue

January Blues Festival 2026 Kicks Off This Saturday: Live Music Inside A Top London Venue---And The Long-Awaited Return Of A Legendary 60s Rock Band  Secret London

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1 week ago ‘Playing in a war zone isn’t for most people’: the British band braving drone strikes and pneumonia to tour Ukraine

How did an Aussie, a Texan, an Irishman and three Cumbrians find themselves on the road on the Ukrainian frontline? For classic rock collective Hardwicke Circus, it was a no-brainer: ‘We thought they’d like to hear some rock’n’roll’ It is late October and, 10 kilometres from the frontline in Donetsk, east Ukraine, the inhabitants of a reconditioned ambulance are completely lost. While opening your phone and logging on to a maps app might appear the obvious solution, this would be extremely unwise here: Russian drones are overhead and hunting for any signals.Inside the van are a motley crew: an 81-year-old Irish music industry veteran; a 72-year-old Texas rocker; an Australian keyboardist; a Ukrainian saxophonist; and three twenty-something musicians from Carlisle, Cumbria. Their destination is a military base where they are to perform for Ukrainian troops. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Huge Brit indie rock band to mark 25th anniversary with seventh album after success of last release

THE success of comeback album Never/Know has inspired The Kooks’ frontman Luke Pritchard to get to work on their next one. He’s wasting no time in laying down tracks for record number seven after the band’s latest offering peaked at No5 in the charts back in May. In a nod to his new venture, Luke...

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2 w. ago Jordan Flynn goes to extreme lengths to improve skill set ahead of grudge match

The 29-year-old - who is set to return to the ring next month - made a huge life decision to team up with legendary trainer Buddy McGirt over in America

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2 w. ago The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte dies aged 65: Rock band announces musician passed away over Christmas after a short illness

The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte has died aged 65.

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