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Prince‘s estate has responded to singer-songwriter Apollonia’s lawsuit, dismissing it as “frivolous” and “unwarranted”. The US artist, actor and former model (real name Patricia Apollonia Kotero) starred in Prince’s classic 1984 film Purple Rain, portraying his love interest who has the name Apollonia. She recently filed a 14-page complaint against the late icon’s estate, Paisley

Melvin Benn, the organiser behind Reading & Leeds, has spoken to NME at the opening day of the 2025 event, and revealed that the festival is already well underway with booking headliners for next year. Check out the interview in the video above, or read it in full below. The festival organiser caught up with

Dolly Parton recently collaborated with Motley Crue on a new version of their 1985 hit, “Home Sweet Home.” It’s the latest chapter in her ongoing salute to rock following her 2022 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But the country legend has long been a fan of music from many different genres.

Bloc Party smashed Reading Festival’s first-ever ‘icons’ slot this afternoon (Friday August 22), playing to an all-ages audience that lapped up their indie classics and frontman Kele Okereke’s feel-good banter. Billed on Reading & Leeds’ official line-up as a “special set from festival icons”, this early afternoon show from the R+L veterans proved the four-piece’s

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The Mary Wallopers have had their set cut short at Victorious Festival after calling for a ‘Free Palestine’ and displaying the country’s flag. The Irish band had barely started their show at the Portsmouth festival on Friday (August 22) when their microphones were cut off. In videos shared online by those in attendance, the crowd

Prince had a lot to say in life – and even more in death, according to some unusual posts from his official social media channels. In the past few months, blocks of inspirational text attributed to Prince have appeared on his Facebook, Instagram and X accounts with no clear sourcescited. “People who have no creativity,

The Kooks brought out Rebel Wilson to cover ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ for a surprise appearance during their set at Reading Festival 2025.Check out footage and photos below. Past the halfway mark of the their sun-soaked early evening set, the band offered the far-stretching main stage crowd something of a surprise. “We’d like to film a scene

No one in rock history has come to symbolize an opportunity missed quite like Pete Best. Left behind by the Beatles before they became international stars, his name always seems to pop up when someone suffers a similar fate. But as shown on the following list of rock’s most memorable pre-fame departures, he’s hardly the

Soft Play brought out Kate Nash at Reading 2025, and used their performance to lead a chant of “Free Palestine”. Check out footage below. The set took place today (August 22) at the opening day of Reading Festival, when the duo – Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent – took to the Chevron Stage and delivered

Another guitar previously ownedby Eddie Van Halen — and later, Mick Mars — is expected to fetch big bucks when it goes up for auction this year. The Kramer guitar in question is modeled after Van Halen’s signature “Frankenstein” guitar, sportinga similar red, black andwhitepaint job. The titular Van Halen guitarist played theax throughout 1982

Kings Of Leon have released their new single ‘We’re Onto Something’, featuring vocals from Zach Bryan – listen below. The song was debuted live on stage in San Francisco last week (August 15) and it has now arrived in its studio form. The track has been released via Love Tap Records, the band’s own imprint

Kevin Cronin is used to rolling with the changes over more than 50 years fronting REO Speedwagon. But the latest machinations in that world may be one too many storms to ride out. “I don’t know what I want to do next,” Cronin — the midst of leading his Kevin Cronin Band through the summer’s

Josh Homme has recalled the time he was upstaged by Florence Welch on their cover of Johnny Cash and June Carter’s ‘Jackson’. The Queens Of The Stone Age frontman joined Welch for the song during the recording of her MTV Unplugged performance in New York City in December 2011, a show that also saw Welch

Even though Robert Plant performs a few of Led Zeppelin‘s old songs at his solo concerts, the singer recently told Mojo why he won’t sing many of the band’s biggest “hits.” “What were the hits?” he asked the magazine in a new interview. “How can they be related to now? Where do they fit? They

Bruce Springsteen has released ‘Lonely Night In The Park’, an outtake from ‘Born To Run’ to mark the album’s 50th anniversary. The never-before-released track was recorded during the sessions for the classic 1975 album in New York City’s Record Plant with producer Jon Landau, but was left off the final album’s tracklist at the last

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry said frontman Steven Tyler “doesn’t want to tour” with the band again following their ill-fated and short-lived 2023 farewell trek. The rockers launched their Peace Out farewell tour in September 2023 but were forced to postpone the run after just three shows because Tyler injured his larynx. Aerosmith ultimately canceled the

Chappell Roan brought the fun to the Reading Festival 2025 main stage on Friday evening – check out footage below. The singer was playing her debut headline set at the festival, just ahead of Hozier’s set on the same stage on August 22. She was played on by dramatic, cinematic horns and a backdrop evoking

The court battle between Daryl Hall and John Oates has been quietly settled. They’d entered arbitration following an attempt by Oates to sell his stake in their partnership as Hall and Oates over Hall’s objection. An new status report was filed Monday after the judge asked for an update, Rolling Stone reports. The filing did

KISS have said they “feel so blessed” to accept the Kennedy Centre Honor from President Donald Trump. The band are among the list of honorees selected by the Trump administration this year, with others including Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, country star George Strait and stage and sitcom actor Michael Crawford. The prize is awarded to