67 m. ago 'A soul for sale': Morrissey says he is putting his cut in the Smiths on the market as he has 'had enough of malicious associations'

Morrissey, the 66-year-old former frontman of 1980s rock band The Smiths, put all of his rights to the Smiths brand up for sale today.

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12 h. ago Radiohead announce tour with four London dates as fans 'freak out' over first stage comeback in seven years

The English rock band have not played together onstage since 2018

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2 d. ago Liam Gallagher's brutal insult that may have sealed Oasis' fate in the US

Oasis never quite managed to crack the US market, with the British rock band's albums and singles failing to top the charts - and it could all be down to one brutal insult

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5 d. ago Nova Twins: Parasites & Butterflies review – fearless rock duo balance anthems and introspection

(Marshall)Trailblazers Amy Love and Georgia South push the boundaries of their trademark hybrid rock sound while confronting mental health and naysayersNova Twins’ 2022 album Supernova received Brit nominations and the first ever Mercury prize shortlisting for a Black rock band, and earned singer/guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South fans in Rage Against the Machine and Elton John. Their third album packs more of the trademark hybrid of rock, metal, punk and hip-hop that elbowed them to the front of a still male-dominated genre, but pushes at their boundaries and tiptoes towards pop.Working with Foo Fighters/Charli xcx producer Rich Costey and a supporting cast including former Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin and (via their first use of sampling) Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat, the sound is bigger and more blatantly anthemic. Soprano playfully flirts with sugary harmonies and semi-operatic pop. Hummingbird – a kaleidoscopic collage of multi-layered vocals, unusual guitar proc...

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7 d. ago Oasis show descends into chaos as major fight breaks out at Toronto reunion gig

During the rock band Oasis' recent concert in Toronto, Canada, there was a major fight that broke out in the audience, and the battle has been caught on camera

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1 week ago Bands boycott festival after group claim they were ‘cut off’ over Palestine flag

The bands pulled out of the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth after The Mary Wallopers claimed they were ‘cut off’ for displaying a Palestinian flag.

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1 week ago Rebel Wilson says surprise performance with The Kooks was planned overnight

The Australian actres joined the rock band during their Friday set at Reading Festival.

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1 week ago England get the party started on a night that shows just how big this World Cup could be | Andy Bull

Electric atmosphere in Sunderland and at the stadium proves women’s tournament has grown up quicker than anyone ever expectedIt was quiet at Sunderland station on Friday afternoon, and quiet all the way up Union and South Streets and quiet all the way along to Keel Square, where the World Cup was hidden, waiting around the corner like a surprise party. There three, four, five thousand or more were bouncing up and down while a stout lad with Spandex trousers, a sequined jacket and serious pipes was belting out the opening notes of We Will Rock You on the big stage while his band thrashed away behind him. If everywhere else around town was empty, it was because everyone was here. It was a hell of a way to start a World Cup.“Let’s show them how we do it in the north-east!” shouted out the Mackem Mercury as he set a carnival parade off marching over the bridge towards the Stadium of Light for the kick-off. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Rock star dies aged 56 just days after final album as band say 'our hearts are broken'

The Coda frontman was diagnosed with cancer a year ago and had written and recorded his final record during the last months of his life, and now his band have confirmed his passing

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1 week ago The Beatles to release new album with previously unheard of tracks ahead of Disney+ documentary and biopics of the Fab Four

It comes following days of speculation after the legendary rock band's official social media channels teased an announcement earlier this week.

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2 w. ago AC/DC Edinburgh Murrayfield: Remembering rock band's 75p student union gig in Edinburgh in 1976

The Scotsman takes a walk down memory lane for AC/DC’s Edinburgh concerts over the years.

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2 w. ago Noel Gallagher opens up about his brother Liam on Oasis reunion tour: ‘He’s been amazing’

Noel says his long-estranged brother is ‘smashing it’ during the band’s stadium shows and that he’s ‘proud’ of himNoel Gallagher has opened up about his feelings towards his long-estranged brother Liam during Oasis’ sold-out global reunion tour for the first time, saying: “He’s been amazing it’s great being back in the band with Liam.”Oasis announced they would be reuniting in August 2024, 15 years after their split in 2009 when Noel quit the band after a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, saying he “simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Legendary rock band admit they 'don't communicate very well' anymore in honest interview

The Who was formed in London in 1964, with the original lineup consisting of lead vocalist Roger Daltrey , guitarist Pete Townshend , bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon.

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2 w. ago AC/DC Edinburgh Murrayfield Stage Times: Gig set times, support, tickets, weather forecast and likely setlist

A huge rock band are on their way to Scotland.

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2 w. ago My Chemical Romance fans left 'devastated' as they scramble to buy 'extortionate' tickets

Desperate fans of the nostalgic punk rock band have been waiting for years to finally see them live after a short hiatus - but these ticket prices have left them feeling furious

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2 w. ago Rise Against: Ricochet review – slick shift doesn’t skimp on righteous anger

(Loma Vista)Blood-and-guts emotion with the energy of the punk veterans’ early years meets high-sheen recording craft in a hulking 10th albumRise Against are not the first punk band to embrace the trappings of arena rock, but few of their forerunners can say they moved between those opposing states with the confidence and style displayed here. Having spent two decades retrofitting the breakneck melodic hardcore of their early work with rafter-shaking hooks and gleaming production, the Chicago veterans’ 10th album is a hulking thing, its bombast and righteous anger fed by vocalist Tim McIlrath, who finds the middle ground between Strike Anywhere and Creedence Clearwater Revival more often than you might think possible.Working in tandem with producer Catherine Marks, fresh from Grammy wins for her work on Boygenius’s The Record, and mixer-to-the-stars Alan Moulder, they regularly square the circle between blood-and-guts emotion and high-sheen recording craft. McIlrath’s community-mind...

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2 w. ago Aerosmith’s Joe Perry claims Steven Tyler ‘doesn’t want to tour’ as band’s future in doubt

Rock band retired from touring last year after frontman permanently damaged his larynx in 2023

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2 w. ago Noughties rock band 'devastated' as they're forced to cancel UK tour just a day before it starts as they issue apology to fans

A noughties American rock band have issued an apology to fans after being forced to cancel their UK tour just a day before it starts.

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3 w. ago Trump reignites dementia fears after blunder with iconic rock band name

President Donald Trump made a gaffe as he stumbled over the name of the rock band Kiss during a speech at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, sparking a flurry of social media jokes

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3 w. 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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