67 h. ago Rush announce reunion tour five years after the death of drummer Neil Peart

Five years after their influential drummer Neil Peart died of glioblastoma, the Canadian band Rush have announced a reunion tour Monday

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69 h. ago Rush announces new drummer ahead of first tour in over a decade

Rock band’s longtime drummer and lyricist Neil Peart died in January 2020

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1 week ago Super Furry Animals announce Glasgow gig as part of 2026 reunion tour

Super Furry Animals will play Glasgow during their first tour in more than a decade.

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1 week ago Huge rock band announce reunion tour after nearly a decade including Manchester show

Super Furry Animals are returning on tour

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1 week ago Super Furry Animals 2026 tour presale and general sale information for Supercabra dates

Super Furry Animals are back on tour again, for the first time in a decade - and here's all your ticket information

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2 w. ago Barack Obama tells audience at London's O2: 'I've been digging myself out of a hole with Michelle for years'

The former United States president said he is ‘at about level ground’ with his wife of three decades during the London leg of his European speaking tour

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2 w. ago Zayn Malik announces major Las Vegas residency to fans just months on from his first solo tour since quitting One Direction a decade ago

The singer, 32, will return to the stage following the end of his Stairway To The Sky tour earlier this year.

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3 w. ago David Gilmour reflects on historic Circus Maximus concert in new film: ‘It has a spiritual energy to it’

Revered guitarist performed his first tour in nearly a decade, which included a show against the dramatic ruins in Rome

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3 w. ago You haven’t felt the power of heavy metal until you’ve seen a room of grown men cry | Mike Watson

Here in metal-mad Finland, I see the 50-year-old genre is still in rude health – and helping people see the light in dark timesMike Watson is a media and art theorist and educator born in the UK and based in FinlandIn June, I travelled to Helsinki to see Iron Maiden. I live in Finland and so know well that the country is heavy metal mad. It boasts more metal bands per capita than any other country in the world. Metal has long been the nation’s unofficial flagship cultural pursuit, with bands (called things such as Nightwish, Apocalyptica and Amorphis) acting as ambassadors where few other cultural figures have broken through abroad. But I still wasn’t prepared for what I saw.The gig was preceded by a gathering of the “Crazy Finns” – a ragbag of Finnish Maiden fanatics who have followed the band on tour for two decades. The fan group celebrated their 20th anniversary with a concert pre-party featuring Dennis Stratton, who played on the band’s self-titled debut in 1980. As Stratton pe...

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