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American Football have teased upcoming new music – over five years on from their latest album. The US band released ‘American Football’ (aka ‘LP3’) back in early 2019. Founding drummer and trumpeter Steve Lamos then left the line-up in July 2021, but returned last year. READ MORE: American Football – ‘American Football’ (2019) album review Since

On Thursday night, Billy Joel brought out a special musical guest at the final show of his Madison Square Garden residency in New York City: Axl Rose. The Guns N’ Roses singer appeared a little later in Joel’s 25-song set, performing covers of Wings‘ “Live and Let Die” and AC/DC‘s “Highway to Hell.” Joel, of course,

The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has demanded “immediate action” to save Boxpark Shoreditch from closure and set up a campaign – find all details below. The iconic venue, which houses multiple street food and retail stores, announced it would be closing at the end of this summer due to its temporary lease running out.

Billionaire Peter Thiel is planning to make one of Saturday Night Live‘s most outlandish Olympics sketches a reality. The PayPal co-founder has joined a group of venture capitalists seeking to raise $300 million to put on the first-ever Enhanced Games, “a modern reinvention of the Olympic Games” in which athletes will not be tested for

The shortlist of artists competing for the 2024 Mercury Prize was announced earlier today (July 25), and fans have been quick to share their responses online. The 12 albums up for the award were announced live by Tom Ravenscroft on BBC Radio 6 Music, and chosen by an independent judging panel, which this year includes

Classic rock didn’t end with the ’80s. As you’ll see in the list of songs below, the ’90s offered plenty of reason for rock music fans to tune into something other than the same records they had been playing for years. From veteran artists like Bob Dylan and Neil Young to ’80s heavyweights R.E.M. and Guns N’ Roses

Every Wednesday afternoon, Jake Xerxes Fussell hosts a radio show with his pal Jefferson Currie II on WHUP FM, a community station in Hillsborough, North Carolina. They play songs from far and wide – a recent episode moved quite naturally from Bob Dylan’s “Hearts Of Fire” to Nigerian soul music to Swedish fiddle to June

Fans have reacted to the new trailer for the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown – see what they had to say below. The film does not have an official release date yet but is speculated to come out in the US in December and in the UK in January. It stars Timothée Chalamet as Bob

Ever wanted to watch Wonder Woman cover a Kiss song? That’s exactly what happened in 1980 when Lynda Carter, still riding high off the success of her starring role in the Wonder Woman TV show, appeared in Lynda Carter Encore!, her second TV variety special. During a particularly extravagant “Rock ‘n Roll Fantasy” sequence, Carter

The place: New York City. The date: January 2001. In the financial district, the Twin Towers stand tall. Somewhere in town, a band of young hopefuls calling themselves The Strokes are preparing to release their debut EP “The Modern Age”. But tonight, your Uncut correspondent is at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan, watching a bill

Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan has shared that he is fine with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) when it comes to artwork. The bassist discussed the controversial topic of AI being used in creative fields during a new interview with Classic Rock Magazine, and explained that he isn’t as opposed to the concept as

It’s a music-industry open secret that virtually every live album to hit shelves has been overdubbed before release. The question, then, is not whether a live LP contains overdubs — but how many. Decades after the halcyon days of live albums, overdubbing remains a controversial topic. To some fans, it’s no less than an act of betrayal. But other fans

Lupe Fiasco has addressed the rumours of him allegedly feuding with Kendrick Lamar, insisting that there is no bad blood between the two. While taking part in an X/Twitter Spaces event which was held over the weekend, the ‘Superstar’ singer was asked about his beef with the ‘Swimming Pools’ rapper. In response, Fiasco – real

John Mayall, legendary blues guitarist and founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, died on Monday at the age of 90, Vanity Fair reports. Born in Macclesfield, England in 1933, Mayall taught himself to play the piano, guitars and harmonica as a kid. After graduating from the Manchester College of Art, he maintained a side hustle playing with local

Sam Fender has shared details of an intimate show, which will serve as a warm-up for his upcoming slot at Boardmasters. Find ticket details below. Announced today (July 23), the newly shared live show will be held at the Plymouth Pavilions at the start of August. Scheduled for August 3, the gig comes just a

“Nothing in this world is free,” Jack White declares on the opening track of his surprise-released sixth solo album – branded as “No Name” on the disc and at least for our purposes now. Call it hubris or humor, mischievousness or muso conceit. White’s Third Man Records “released” the 13-track set on July 19 in an

Even before he formed Third Man Records, Jack White had perfected the art of the guerilla record drop – he once hid a bunch of seven inches inside re-upholstered sofas. But he’ll have to go some way to top the release strategy for his surprise sixth album – his first new music since 2022’s Fear

Duke Fakir, the final surviving member of The Four Tops, has died aged 88. Fakir passed away in his home in Detroit today (July 22) from heart failure, which his family confirmed to the Detroit Free Press. In a statement shared with the paper, they wrote: “Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss

Whenever I hear Bon Jovi, I often think about a Mark Twain quote: “I have never tried, in even one single little instance, to help cultivate the cultivated classes. I was not equipped for it, either by native gifts or training. And I never had any ambition in that direction, but always hunted for bigger

Social media has been reacting after Ed Sheeran was pictured together recently with Johnny Depp. The two were seen having a pint together alongside Russell Crowe recently, as they appeared at one of Andrea Bocelli’s live shows in Italy. It took place as part of the Italian tenor’s three-day event in Tuscany, in celebration of