Rock

Alan Cartwright, Procol Harum‘s bassist from 1971 to 1976, died on March 4 at age 75. The musician, born Oct. 10, 1945, first met Procol Harum singer-keyboardist Gary Brooker in 1966, having grown up in the same region of Edmonton/Enfield, England. He joined the progressive rock band five years later, first appearing on their influential 1972

Mumford & Sons band member Winston Marshall will be taking a break from the band after being criticised online for endorsing a book from right-wing agitator Andy Ngo. Earlier this week, Marshall praised Ngo’s recently released book, Unmasked, calling it “important” and praising him as a “brave man”. In the book, which promises to delve

Motley Crue don’t get enough credit for writing good songs. While they’ve had plenty of hits, and more than their share of attention for other aspects of their career and personal lives, it should be acknowledged that one of the reasons Motley Crue were such a force in the ’80s, and have held the public’s attention long

Travis Barker surprised a fan and his baby daughter, whose drumming videos have gone viral on TikTok, during an appearance on US TV this week. Marcel Desobeau, who is a firefighter and paramedic, has been sharing father-daughter renditions of tracks by Korn, Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Papa Roach and many more via his HeavyMetalBaby account on

Nancy Wilson has released the title track from her upcoming debut solo album, You and Me. The song builds and swirls around acoustic guitar, with percussion, keyboard and vocal harmonies adding layers to the poignant track. Lyrically, “You and Me” is an ode to Wilson’s mother, Lois, and the influence she had on the singer’s

The Weeknd‘s ‘Blinding Lights’ has become the first song ever to spend an entire year in the top 10 of the US Hot 100 singles chart. Originally released as a single in November 2019, the track – which featured on the Toronto artist’s March 2020 album ‘After Hours’ – went to number one in the

Journey scored so many ubiquitous hits, it’s easy to forget they wrote anything else. But there’s much more to the band than arena-packing power ballads like “Don’t Stop Believin'” and “Open Arms.” Some classic rock fans may have never heard Journey’s proggy Mach I lineup, which specialized in sprawling instrumentals flavored with dollops of jazz-fusion. Meanwhile,

Cometh the hour, cometh the man – and if there’s anyone who knows a thing or two about carnage it’s Nick Cave. Some of this he’s historically created himself. Some has been cruelly thrust upon him. But whatever the situation, this is someone who doesn’t shy away from what’s happening; who plays the cards as

London Grammar‘s Hannah Reid has designed a new t-shirt celebrating International Women’s Day. READ MORE: London Grammar: “I always end up being the only female in the room” Sharing a link to the t-shirt on Twitter, she said that all sales profits will go to Care International UK, who she describes as “an amazing women’s charity

Ray Davies recalled feeling like he’d been bullied by John Lennon in August 1964 — but he said the night in question ended well for him. The incident took place when the Kinks opened for the Beatles on the south coast of England. Davies and company hadn’t yet reached their height of fame, having only released

Billie Eilish has reportedly obtained a five-year civil harassment restraining order against a stalker who was camping out opposite her Los Angeles home. According to E! News, the singer, 19, won the order after alleging that John Hearle, 23, camped outside a school across the road from her family home and perches on a fence to look

R.E.M. were still a band. Talk of a split had not been made public. Behind the scenes, however, they’d already decided that 2011’s Collapse Into Now would be their final album. “We were doing the last record, Collapse Into Now. We hadn’t made an announcement or anything,” guitarist Peter Buck told Rolling Stone in 2016. “We

Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett reunited for the first time in six years to perform on a charity livestream. The former bandmates took part in Linda Perry’s Rock-N-Relief livestream, which was held across this weekend (March 6-7). Lewis and Sennett performed the track ‘Let Me Back In’ on the livestream, which originally appeared

Alice Cooper says he’s learned to “co-exist” with his stage persona. In a new interview with the Sun, he also revealed the only person who still used his original name, Vincent Furnier. “There was a long time when I couldn’t separate the two,” Cooper said. “When I was drinking and drugging, I didn’t know if

Former NFL player Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson has claimed that Drake and Rick Ross are currently working on a joint album. Yesterday (March 5), Drake released his new EP, ‘Scary Hours 2’. The final song on the three-track project hears the Canadian rapper team up with Rick Ross on the Quadron-sampling ‘Lemon Pepper Freestyle’. The track

This year’s Strawberries & Creem Festival has been postponed to September due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Cambridge festival, which will celebrate its sixth birthday this year, will now be spread across two days taking place at its new site at Childerley Orchard on September 18-19. Described as “Cambridgeshire’s biggest music festival celebrating youth culture”, the

Eminem has released an animated music video for his new track ‘Tone Deaf’ – watch it below. Taken from the rapper’s latest album, ‘Music To Be Murdered By — Side B’, the Luis Resto and Eminem-produced track hears him take aim at cancel culture while putting his controversial past on full display. On the track’s

Beyoncé has shared a brief tribute medley to her late fan, Lyric Chanel, who died from brain cancer last week. The medley ties together the singer’s tracks ‘Brown Skin Girl’, ‘Halo’ and ‘Love On Top’, overlaid with images and videos of Chanel. The video ends with Beyoncé saying, “I love you with all my heart.”