17 h. ago ‘I’m not a big CGI guy’: Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash on remaking trashy classic Deathstalker

The rock star has loved the cult film ever since he worked in a video shop. As his ‘requel’ gets its world premiere, he talks Hammer horror, soundtrack heaven – and how his dad got him into Edgar Allan PoeWelcome to the celluloid jungle. Guitar legend and Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash is getting into movies, producing a “requel” of the 1983 cult Roger Corman trash classic Deathstalker. The film has its world premiere at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where Slash – aka Saul Hudson – is talking up this new addition to his CV.It turns out that Slash’s affection for Deathstalker goes way back. “When I was working at Tower Video, we had it on the monitors all the time. It was a real popular popcorn movie,” he says. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago ‘I’m not a big CGI guy’: Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash on remaking trash classic Deathstalker

The rock star has loved the cult film ever since he worked in a video shop. As his ‘requel’ gets its world premiere, he talks Hammer horror, soundtrack heaven – and how his dad got him into Edgar Allan PoeWelcome to the celluloid jungle. Guitar legend and Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash is getting into movies, producing a “requel” of the 1983 cult Roger Corman trash classic Deathstalker. The film has its world premiere at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where Slash – aka Saul Hudson – is talking up this new addition to his CV.It turns out that Slash’s affection for Deathstalker goes way back. “When I was working at Tower Video, we had it on the monitors all the time. It was a real popular popcorn movie,” he says. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Rock 'n' roll Star readers as Oasis glued to our paper for coverage of comeback tour

The band’s new drummer Joey Waronker proved they are fans of the nation’s finest read by posting the Daily Star's coverage of the group’s latest gigs on his social media.

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49 h. ago 'Rock star boyfriend treats me like a groupie for bondage, blindfolds and role play'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who realises she's just one in a long line of disposable lovers

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3 d. ago Celtic Champions League trek doesn't have to be an issue as former Aberdeen hitman reveals rock star luxury ride

Aberdeen made the same trip to face Kairat Almaty a decade ago - and Adam Rooney remembers the first class transport that came with more than a whiff of showbiz.

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5 d. ago Truck Festival 2025 review: A raging indie rock party you don't want to miss

REVIEW: Truck Festival 2025 saw Bloc Party, Nothing But Thieves, Kasabian and Courteeners rule the roost at Hill Farm in Oxfordshire and Daily Star's Sam Huntley was in rock heaven

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6 d. ago Trump says he will host Kennedy Center awards and rejected liberal artists

President, set to honor Sylvester Stallone and Kiss, says he was ‘98%’ involved in selections and ‘turned down plenty’Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will host the Kennedy Center honors this year and said he had been heavily involved in choosing who to nominate, rejecting people he thought were too liberal.The US president named actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss, country music star George Strait and actor and singer Michael Crawford among the first batch of Kennedy Center honors nominees since he took over as the Washington-based arts center’s chairman upon returning to the White House this year. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Demi Lovato says Jonas Brothers reunion for Camp Rock songs was ‘healing’

Pop star was reunited with her ‘Camp Rock’ bandmates in a surprise appearance in New Jersey

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1 week ago Rock star Yungblud opens new music venue and clothing store in London

Rock star Yungblud opens new music venue and clothing store in London  My London

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1 week ago Jack Osbourne breaks silence over Ozzy's death and admits his 'heart hurts'

Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack has taken to social media to share a poignant message to his father, who sadly died on 22 July, just days afte the rock star's funeral

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2 w. ago David Roach dead aged 59: 80s rock singer passes away following 'very aggressive' skin cancer battle

The star, who co-founded the rock band Junkyard in 1987, passed away after a battle with skin cancer.

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2 w. ago Junkyard rock star David Roach dead at 59 just weeks after getting married

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2 w. ago David Roach dead: Junkyard rock star dies at 59 just weeks after getting married

Junkyard singer David Roach has died the band have confirmed, following a battle with an aggressive form of cancer, just weeks after he married his partner

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2 w. ago Pope Leo brings youth jubilee to a close with mass for more than a million

Pontiff presides over culmination of ‘Catholic Woodstock’ that drew young people from 146 countriesPope Leo XIV presided over a mass in Rome for more than a million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world.“Aspire to great things, to holiness, wherever you are. Do not settle for less,” the pope told the crowd. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV gets rock star welcome from young Catholics at huge vigil

More than 800,000 pilgrims cry and cheer as pontiff arrives at open-air youth prayer event outside RomeHundreds of thousands of young faithful feted Pope Leo XIV like a rock star on Saturday at an open-air prayer vigil outside Rome, after the head of the Catholic church made a dramatic entrance by helicopter.Pilgrims began crying and cheering when the white military helicopter descended over the sprawling site in Rome’s eastern outskirts. Organisers said more than 800,000 young pilgrims from 146 countries around the world had assembled as part of a Jubilee of Youth – and perhaps as many as 1 million. Continue reading...

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