Rock

It’s hard to think of a more quintessentially summertime subgenre than ’80s hard rock. Colloquially known as glam metal (or, more derisively, the dreaded “hair metal”), these songs celebrate life’s simple-but-universal pleasures: soaking up the sun, throwing a blowout party and congregating around the nearest radio to blast your favorite tunes. The ’80s are long gone, but

Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘The Pop Out: Ken & Friends’ concert as the Kia Forum in Los Angeles has come to a close after a slew of live debuts and surprises – here’s everything that went down at the show. READ MORE: Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud: the full timeline Last night (June 19), the rapper took over

Queen has reportedly agreed to sell their recording, publishing and other rights to Sony Music for a record-smashing $1.27 billion. According to Hits, the deal also includes name and likeness rights, potentially opening the door to musicals, commercial and film placements, merchandising and other money-making opportunities. The band’s 2018 autobiographical film Bohemian Rhapsody earned over

Oasis guitarist Bonehead has gifted a busker in Glasgow tickets to one of Liam Gallagher‘s ‘Definitely Maybe’ anniversary shows in the city. Bonehead, real name Paul Arthurs, bumped into young busker Thomas Smitheram performing the band’s 1994 hit ‘Half The World Away’ on Glasgow’s Buchanan Street, and appeared to have gifted him gig tickets. In

Michael Schenker has recruited Slash and ex-Skid Row singer Erik Gronwall for an updated version of UFO‘s “Mother Mary,” the first single off his upcoming retrospective album My Years With UFO. You can listen to the song below. Originally released in 1975 on UFO’s fourth album Force It, “Mother Mary” sports a titanic groove and no shortage of

Austin Butler has opened up about the craziest party he’s every attended – which was hosted by Paul McCartney and saw Taylor Swift on DJ duty. On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Butler and Kimmel reflected on the last time they had seen each other, which turned out to be a house party

Switzerland’s Supreme Court is set to decide if a priceless watch given to John Lennon by Yoko Ono will be returned to the late Beatles legend’s widow. She claims the Patek Philippe 2499 was stolen by a since-fired chauffeur, while an unnamed Italian national says he legally purchased the item. “To me, if anything, the

Slipknot‘s very first tribal ‘S’ design that was designed by the late Joey Jordison has been shared by his family. READ MORE: Corey Taylor on tackling ‘PTSD’ on ‘CMF2’: “I wanted it to be a bridge between people dealing with it and trying to understand” The tribal symbol was designed by Jordison – the legendary metal

Kiss started the ’80s in free fall and spent the first two years of the decade alienating a staggeringly large portion of the impressive rock music fan base they had built in the ’70s by unabashedly chasing even greater mainstream fame. After weathering the departure of their two fellow founding bandmates, Paul Stanley and Gene

A signed copy of one of Taylor Swift‘s first recordings has fetched a hefty amount at an auction – find out more below. READ MORE: Taylor Swift live in Edinburgh: The Eras tour finally hits the UK This past weekend, Goldin Auctions ended its bidding process for a signed CD of Swift’s self-produced recordings. According to

Yngwie Malmsteen will embark on a North American tour to commemorate 40 years of his solo career. The trek begins on Sept. 26 in Fort Myers, Florida, and is currently set to run through Nov. 18 in New York City, with more shows to be announced. Kurt Deimer will provide support. More ticketing information will be available at Malmsteen’s website. You can see

Charli XCX was joined on stage in Los Angeles this weekend by Addison Rae for a performance of their remix of ‘Von Dutch’ – watch the footage below. Earlier this year, Charli and TikTok star Addison teamed up on a remix of ‘Von Dutch’, alongside A.G. Cook. The remix’s updated verses saw Charli trade lines with

David Gilmour has released a new single, a cover of the Montgolfier Brothers’ 1999 song “Between Two Points,” featuring his daughter Romany Gilmour on vocals and harp. “I’ve had that song on my playlist since it was released,” David Gilmour explained in a press release. “More recently I mentioned it to one or two people: I assumed

Billy Corgan has opened up about his friendship with the late Sinéad O’Connor, calling her “such an incredible talent”. In a new interview with the Irish Times, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman shared details about his friendship with O’Connor, who tragically died aged 56 in July last year. Corgan revealed O’Connor lived with mutual friend and drummer

Gene Simmons has reflected upon the original Kiss lineup, declaring he should have been “more hard” on Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. During a conversation with Backstage Pass, Simmons was asked if there was anything he’d change about his legendary career. In response, the Kiss bassist was forthright. “Well, I’m sad in retrospect — you

ArrDee has announced his own lingerie line, ‘ArrdoubleDee’s’. The Brighton rapper has shared the news of his latest business venture on social media, where he posted a picture of himself surrounded by four models. “Been working on something different for a minute now,” he wrote. “Glad to announce ArrDoubleDee’s Lingerie is COMING SOON.” No official

The Black Keys have hired new management, just a few weeks after it was revealed they’d split with managers Irving Azoff and Steve Moir of Full Stop Management, plus a North American tour cancelation. According to Rolling Stone, the duo has signed a deal with Red Light Management, one of the largest management companies in