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Kasabian have just delivered an explosive surprise performance at Glastonbury 2024, with a setlist that included their biggest hits, a taste of their forthcoming new era and homages to dance music. After taking to the Woodsies stage at 6pm today (Saturday, June 29), the band were met with an energetic and hearty response from the

W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless has been honest about using backing tracks in the band’s concerts. Still, questions have persisted — with some even suggesting that the group isn’t performing live at all. “Well, if they’re crazy enough to believe it, that’s their business,” he tells UCR. “But if they genuinely feel like that, then don’t

Glastonbury 2024’s first full day of performances (Friday, June 28) is at an end – from the likes of Damon Albarn and Kevin Parker making guest appearances to SEVENTEEN’s historic performance, here are the day’s biggest headlines. Early in the day, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker stoked rumours he’d appear on stage with Dua Lipa –

Don Henley wants his stuff back. He’s filed suit asking for the return of handwritten ’70s-era Eagles lyrics that were the subject of a recent criminal trial. “These 100 pages of personal lyric sheets belong to Mr. Henley and his family, and he has never authorized defendants or anyone else to peddle them for profit,”

For those who’d been hankering after a Lou Barlow/John Davis status update, it came in 2022 with the (unannounced) release of “Feel It If You Feel It”. Hatched during pandemic isolation and featuring two tracks plus a remix of each, it was their first recording of new material in 23 years. This constituted a fair-sized

Jay-Z and Nas‘ scrapped collab song from the ’90s has now gotten an official release through the re-release of Shaquille O’Neal’s third album. READ MORE: Nas – ‘King’s Disease III’ review: hip-hop great delivers compelling conclusion to his album trilogy The former NBA star’s third studio album – 1996’s ‘You Can’t Stop the Reign’ – has

There are plenty of artists out there who have made a very good living after releasing just one hit single. But as Norman Greenbaum or Dexys Midnight Runners can tell you, it’s pretty hard to string together two, three or especially four. Many of the artists below have track records that pose an opposite and

During the last 10 or so years of her life, while Margo Guryan was working as a piano teacher, she was given several opportunities to reflect on a career in which her brilliance went unnoticed. There was no bitterness in Guryan’s responses; if anything, she evinced a sense of mild amusement that her demo recordings

Finally: Glastonbury 2024 is here. It’s a sweltering summer weekend, perfect weather to see Coldplay, Dua Lipa, SZA, Shania Twain and so many more fantastic artists take over Worthy Farm. If you’re reading this from the festival, here’s some crucial information: the full line-up, set times and stage splits – plus the worst set clashes

Tracking Aerosmith‘s career trajectory from the beginning to the end of the ’80s reveals one of the most remarkable comebacks in rock history. The band was washed-up and left for dead at the turn of the decade, with Joe Perry having quit in 1979 and Brad Whitford following suit in 1981. Drugs and dysfunction had

Clairo, Blood Orange, King Krule and more have been announced as performers for Mustafa‘s London Edition of his Artists For Aid Benefit gig. The concert will focus on benefitting humanitarian efforts in both Palestine and Sudan. Other acts set to perform include Bint Mbareh, Daniel Caesar, Earl Sweatshirt, Nicolás Jaar, Ramy Youssef, and Yasiin Bey.

Bill Wyman has announced the release of a new album. Drive My Car marks his first album in nine years and the ninth solo album by the Rolling Stones‘ former bassist. The album, which is due on Aug. 9, features 10 songs, with two additional tracks on the CD and digital versions. In addition to covers

Deadmau5 has spoken out against Spotify following comments made by the streaming platform’s CEO Daniel Ek last month about the cost of “creating content”. READ MORE: Artists on the challenges of 2023 and hopes for 2024: “I just want to see us getting paid for selling records” In late May, Ek – who also co-founded Spotify

Alice Cooper ruffled a few feathers in 1969 when his fans killed a live chicken at Toronto’s Rock and Roll Revival Festival. “The audience tears it to pieces,” Cooper recalled this week on A&E’s Biography: Alice Cooper. “It was the peace and love festival. They tear it to pieces and throw it back up on

Cult classic film Human Traffic will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a takeover at this year’s Glastonbury. The movie was a pivotal part of the Cool Cymru movement and depicted 90s rave culture when it was first released in 1999, launching the careers of actors John Simm and Danny Dyer. Directed and written by Justin Kerrigan,

Eagles have extended their recently confirmed residency at the immersive Sphere in Las Vegas. They’ll now appear for a total of 16 concerts over eight weekends in September through December. An updated list of dates at the state-of-the-art facility is below. General on-sale for the four new weekend concerts begins at 10 AM PT on

Post Malone has announced a slew of North American dates for his upcoming ‘F-1 Trillion’ tour – see the full list of dates below. READ MORE: Post Malone – ‘Austin’ review: Posty gets honest about his vices The rapper-singer took to social media last night to announce the new tour, which has been billed as “a

John 5 took to social media to refute allegations that he mimed his guitar parts onstage with Motley Crue. These claims have been peddled on YouTube over the past few days and shared by certain rock and metal sites. One such video asserted that 5 was not playing during “Wild Side” — and at first glance,

Robert Fripp and The Jesus And Mary Chain‘s Jim and William Reid are among a host of artists who have launched a lawsuit against the PRS over songwriter royalties. The case is centred around how the organisation handles royalties from live performances, with the artists accusing the PRS of levying high administration costs for smaller

Peter Frampton has announced a new run of tour dates leading up to his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in October. The Positively Thankful Tour will launch on Sept. 8 in North Charleston, South Carolina, and run through September 23 in Northfield, Ohio. “It’s been an incredible year for me and my band so far,” Frampton noted in