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Scottish folk-punk band Brògeal: ‘There’s no singular British culture and if there was, we’d reject it’

NEW SENSATIONS: The Pogues-inspired five-piece are at the forefront of a new wave of rock bands revitalising a music scene dominated by pop stars and mopey singer-songwriters. Ahead of a headline gig in east London, they talk to Roisin O’Connor about going wild on stage, the impact of the Scottish…

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2024

Alien Ant Farm kick CKY off co-headlining tour as Dryden Mitchell claims he was punched in the face by Chad I Ginsburg

CKY frontman accused of punching Alien Ant Farm singer –resulting in swift removal from UK and Ireland tour

Metal Hammer · Nov 10, 2024

“I’d indulge in all-night orgies of sex, violence, fighting, drinking and driving. Sometimes I even bit people on the street”: The chaotic story of Love/Hate, the greatest Sunset Strip band nobody cared about

Love/Hate blazed out of late 80s LA with killer debut Blackout In The Red Room – only to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Louder · Nov 9, 2024

“The idea of lead guitar is that there’s focus put on it, and during this period I just didn’t want any focus to be on me”: How Devin Townsend relied on his production process to deliver his new album from the depths of depression and grief

The first of a four-album cycle on death and rebirth involved a serious stack of gear and staggering new speakers – and the Canadian prog-metal maverick says the process was cathartic in its own way

Guitar World · Nov 9, 2024

Dua Lipa ‘heartbroken’ as gig cancelled over safety concerns

‘Radical Optimism’ singer had been set to perform in Jakarta this weekend

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024

Watch footage from David Bowie’s last ever live performance

The rock'n'roll icon drew a line under his live career with a charity gig performance in New York in 2006

Louder · Nov 9, 2024

“Am I Evil? was me trying to beat Black Sabbath’s Symptom Of The Universe. I was determined to come up with something heavier”: The story of Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations, the cult album that invented Metallica

Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations should have turned them into NWOBHM-era superstars, but instead it inspired Lars Ulrich to start his own band

Metal Hammer · Nov 9, 2024

“I remember knowing deeply it was a very special song”: Stone Temple Pilots’ Dean DeLeo on the making of their classic hit Interstate Love Song

Written in a parking lot, titled on a tour bus, Scott Weiland & co.’s biggest hit truly was one for the road

Louder · Nov 9, 2024

“He wanted his version of the song to be a stark, heavy solo-piano thing, but they convinced him to turn it into a grand, crashing, theatrical monster-ballad, complete with orchestra”: The story of Nilsson's Without You

How the singer transformed an album track into one of the most abiding love songs of all time

MusicRadar · Nov 9, 2024

“She’s a furious texter. It’s a text storm!”: Billy Corgan on where his love-hate relationship with Courtney Love is currently at

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman also looked back to working with the Hole singer on some of her band's biggest hits

Louder · Nov 9, 2024