Rock

Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl have joined forces for a new collaborative single, ‘Eazy Sleazy’ – you can listen to it below. The surprise track from the Foo Fighters and The Rolling Stones frontmen was shared on YouTube this afternoon (April 13), having been penned by Jagger during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. Jagger provides vocals and

Ann Wilson has released another solo single, the slow-burning “Black Wing.” The evocative track opens with delicate acoustic guitar strums and a repeating keyboard riff as Wilson sings of the spirits connecting the threads of nature: “Over an outlaw river / Up on the southeastern wind / A spirit is shot like an arrow / Riding all

Every Time I Die have announced a nine-date tour of the UK for winter next year. The New York rockers will hit the road with The Bronx, Jesus Piece and sanction, playing shows in major cities in January and February. The quartet of heavy acts will kick off proceedings in Brighton before wrapping up in

Toto have moved all confirmed tour dates to 2022 while announcing plans for additional concerts. Fourteen shows in Germany, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland are immediately impacted. Cofounder Steve Lukather, who leads the band with longtime singer Joseph Williams, said more dates of the Dogz of Oz World Tour tour will follow and that they will

A first trailer and release date have been shared for Dave Grohl‘s upcoming new documentary What Drives Us – check it out below. The documentary was first announced last year upon the news of Foo Fighters’ 25th anniversary ‘Van Tour’, which ended up being cancelled due to COVID-19. With the film originally set to premiere

Roger Daltrey has revealed how the photoshoot for the Who’s 1967 LP The Who Sell Out left him bedridden for a week. The classic cover art featured Daltrey sitting in a bathtub full of Heinz baked beans while clutching an oversized version of the brand’s distinctive can. After taking the iconic picture, the Who frontman

Janet Jackson is selling a collection of personal items in a celebrity auction set to take place next month. The auction will honour the legendary pop star and “her ground breaking four decade career that changed music forever and opened the door for an entire generation of music icons who followed her extraordinary path”. The

Motley Crue had a lot riding on their 2008 reunion album, Saints of Los Angeles, and they kicked things off on a high note with its raucous, anthemic title track. Saints of Los Angeles marked the first album to feature the original Motley lineup — singer Vince Neil, guitarist Mick Mars, bassist Nikki Sixx and Drummer Tommy Lee —

Little Simz appears to be releasing a new video shot at London’s National History Museum this month. As teased on Twitter, Simz appears in the museum’s iconic concourse, with a dinosaur skeleton suspended from the roof, alongside a host of dancers. “end of the month , let everybody know,” she captioned the post. See it

Sammy Hagar says he regrets having written about his negative experiences with Van Halen in his memoir while he was still angry about that period of his life. The former frontman maintained that he’d been honest about the downside of his time with the band when he wrote Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock, which

Dave has dropped off a pair of surprise new tracks – listen to ‘Titanium’ and ‘Mercury’ below. The artist, who released his Mercury Music Prize-winning debut ‘Psychodrama‘ in 2019, recorded the tracks in a moment of “pure inspiration”, according to a press release. ‘Titanium’ was teased by the rapper a couple of weeks ago on

Rudy Sarzo said he “quickly” lost the joy of performing as a member of Ozzy Osbourne’s band after the death of Randy Rhoads in 1982, and said he had to leave because he knew it would never be the same. The bassist and guitarist worked together in Quiet Riot before Rhoads was hired by Osbourne,

The Libertines have announced a series of winter tour dates later this year. The ‘Giddy Up A Ding-Dong Tour’ will see the group play 15 dates across the UK this November and December – including two dates at London’s O2 Forum, the location of some of the bands most celebrated shows in 2003. It will

Devo fans and Funko Pop! collectors, rejoice: The new wave legends are getting their own line of collectible figures soon. The Devo Funko Pops will be available in two of the band’s signature looks: the yellow jumpsuits from the band’s “Satisfaction” video and the black, sleeveless turtlenecks and red “energy dome” hats from the “Whip

Given he plays an instrument that makes such serene and tranquil music, Ballaké Sissoko has encountered an awful lot of people hellbent on smashing his kora. First, there were the Islamic terrorists who overran northern Mali and destroyed every musical instrument they could find. Happily, Sissoko’s kora escaped this jihadist intolerance, but he was less

Stars of the music world and beyond have begun to pay tribute to DMX following the news that the rapper has died. The hip-hop icon died earlier today (April 9) after being hospitalised on April 3 for a heart attack as a result of a reported overdose. He remained in intensive care and on life

INXS keyboardist and main composer Andrew Farriss recalled how the band “burst its own bubble” in the ‘90s by deciding to stop doing what the music industry expected of them. In an upcoming episode of SiriusXM’s Humans of Music program, he recalled how they felt trapped by the expectation of supporting other people’s incomes and

Esther Rose has been quietly building a reputation these past few years. Her assured 2017 debut, the self-released This Time Last Night, found its way to Jack White, who was so taken with her voice that he invited her to sing on his latest solo effort, Boarding House Reach. Since then the Detroit-born songwriter (and

Flaming Lips, Courtney Marie Andrews, Low, Weyes Blood and Richard Thompson are among the names to have contributed bespoke covers to a new album celebrating the life and work of Bob Dylan. READ MORE: Bob Dylan’s poetic mastery: 10 of his finest lyrics With the icon set to celebrate his 80th birthday on May 24, Uncut‘s

Joe Elliott says the results of Def Leppard‘s eight-week collaboration with Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman will never see the light of day. Steinman was originally suggested as producer for Def Leppard’s fourth album Hysteria by manager Cliff Burnstein. They’d started work on the follow-up to Pyromania with Mutt Lange, but he became unavailable due