The Latest Breaking News from Thin Lizzy

Sheer Mag: Playing Favorites review – euphoric expansion by one of today’s great American bands

What started life as a disco EP designed to help the band through personal difficulties has evolved into a refined, joyful take on their distortion-lagged rock

The Guardian - UK · Feb 29, 2024

"People in Dublin thought we'd made it and were living like kings. Little did they know": Thin Lizzy and the struggle of Vagabonds Of The Western World

It was on Thin Lizzy's third album, Vagabonds Of The Western World, that "you really get to hear Phil the poet", says drummer Brian Downey

Louder · Feb 28, 2024

"He brought us the music, the friendship and the memories": A crowdfunding campaign to erect a Gary Moore statue in Belfast has been launched

The campaign hopes to raise €10,000 towards the cost of a statue of the former Thin Lizzy guitarist, who died in 2011

Louder · Feb 6, 2024

"Ozzy called asking me to help him out because Randy Rhoads had died. I asked for a private jet so he’d turn me down": Michael Schenker on UFO, Scorpions, and snubbing The Rolling Stones, Ozzy and Thin Lizzy

"I've had slaps in the face, but I'm still here, still growing and still learning": an epic Michael Schenker interview

Metal Hammer · Jan 10, 2024

"I sat down on the stairs of my basement and just cried. It killed me that he wasn’t going to be there any more": The final struggle for the life of Phil Lynott

The final year of Phil Lynott's life saw him try to get his career back on track. Instead, it was 365 days of missed opportunities, lost passports and crazy deals

Louder · Jan 4, 2024

"I'd like to establish a solo career before I start to live off past glories": Watch a subdued but hopeful Phil Lynott give his final ever TV interview

Phil Lynott appeared on early cable channel Music Box just weeks before his death in early 1986

Louder · Dec 21, 2023

The 10 best covers by Iron Maiden

From 70s hard rock anthems to mystical prog deep cuts, Iron Maiden are the kings of the cover versions

Metal Hammer · Nov 17, 2023

The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

Louder · Nov 9, 2023

Pat Travers: six songs you need to know

He's Pat Travers. He almost joined Thin Lizzy. He was loved by Dimebag Darrell. And if you don't know his music, these six songs are a good place to start

Louder · Aug 30, 2023

“Phil Lynott could sing you into bed”: Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie on his love of Thin Lizzy

Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie thinks Thin Lizzy are the creators of the best record ever made – but which one has he gone for?

Louder · Jul 22, 2023