Rock

New details have emerged in the ongoing controversy surrounding former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson. According to a police report obtained by Rolling Stone, the rocker admitted to engaging in a series of virtual sexual interactions with a 19 year old Dutch fan. In the report, the bassist explained that he first met the woman following

Toronto punks Fucked Up have announced they will reissue third album ‘David Comes to Life’ to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The band’s sprawling, 78-minute concept album will be released as a limited-edition 2LP vinyl on “lightbulb-yellow” in December. Pre-orders are available here. To coincide, the band have made the previously vinyl-only companion compilation ‘David’s Town’

King Crimson will return to the road this summer. A new tour called Music Is Our Friend will launch on July 22 in Clearwater, Fla., and end in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11. With founding guitarist Robert Fripp at the helm, the band is rounded out with bassist Tony Levin, singer and multi-instrumentalist Jakko Jakszyk, multi-instrumentalist

New York City’s Central Park is to be the site of a 60,000 capacity gig to mark the return of full capacity live shows after the coronavirus pandemic, the city’s mayor Bill de Blasio has announced. No artists have yet been announced for the show, which has a tentative date of August 21 and the

Stevie Nicks, Alice Cooper and Wolfgang Van Halen‘s band, Mammoth WVH, will perform this fall at the Shaky Knees Music festival, which will take place at Atlanta’s Central Park from Oct. 22-24. “We are really happy to be able to deliver Shaky Knees this October with a lineup that truly has something for everyone,” said Tim Sweetwood, founder of

The Weeknd has cleaned up at the 2021 Juno Music Awards, taking home five of the six awards he was nominated for. Now in its 51st year, the Junos were established in 1970 to honour the achievements of Canadian music. With the 2021, The Weeknd has received a total of 15 Junos out of 30

Former Kiss guitarist VInnie Vincent said he believed he “really could have” rejoined the band around 1992, after he’d contributed material for their album Revenge. He emphasized that he was only talking from his own perspective, but spoke of the “natural team” energy that had been re-energized as he co-wrote with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley – despite

BTS leader RM has shared a new track called ‘Bicycle’ as part of the band’s annual Festa celebrations. Each year, the Korean group mark the anniversary of their debut, which occurred on June 13, 2013, with a series of new photos, profiles, video content and new music. ‘Bicycle’ is RM’s first solo material since the

Eagles icon Joe Walsh has released a three-track EP titled Prayers, created in collaboration with Indian classical composer Amjad Ali Khan. The project came about after Walsh visited India and performed alongside Khan in Mumbai. Inspired by the experience, the pair started working together along with two of Khan’s sons. The EP also features Stewart Copeland,

A year on from its debut on YouTube, Dave Chappelle has teamed up with Jack White’s label, Third Man Records, to release a limited-edition vinyl pressing of his special 8:46. The release, which is limited to 846 numbered copies, is pressed on a tri-coloured black, red and green vinyl with a white splatter. There will

According to longtime Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford, it’s unlikely the band will hit the road again anytime in the near future. Speaking to on a recent episode of Joe Bonamassa‘s podcast, Live from Nerdville, Whitford noted that Aerosmith had originally plotted a 2020 European tour that was pushed back first to 2021, and now to 2022. You

Sinéad O’Connor has announced her retirement from music and touring in a series of new tweets. Posted last night (June 4), O’Connor wrote: “This is to announce my retirement from touring and from working in the record business. I’ve gotten older and I’m tired.” The musician went on to say that her upcoming album, ‘No Veteran

The American art of Sacred Harp singing has spread far and wide since its inception in New England two centuries ago. And as societies continue to sprout across Canada, Australia, mainland Europe and the UK, the tradition has been vigorously upheld in the north-east of England by Cath & Phil Tyler. Prior to lockdown, the

Jim Morrison wanted to pivot from rock stardom to filmmaking shortly before his death, according to a recently unearthed note that will appear in a new anthology of his writings. Morrison’s sister, Anne Morrison Chewning, has compiled the late Doors singer’s poems, screenplay ideas, lyrics and other assorted writings into a book titled The Collected Works

jxdn has announced the release of his debut album, ‘Tell Me About Tomorrow’ – listen to new single ‘Think About Me’ below. Produced by Travis Barker, the 18-track LP comprises 14 new songs, including a feature from Machine Gun Kelly on the track ‘Wanna Be’. It will be released on July 2 via DTA Records.

Billy F. Gibbons has been one-third of one of the most famous power trios in rock history for more than half a century. ZZ Top possess a special kind of chemistry, a type of lightning that rarely strikes twice. But you can still see the scorched earth smoldering from the initial meeting that brought Gibbons together with

Chvrches have spoken about the grounding experience of writing their fourth album ‘Screen Violence’ during the coronavirus pandemic. The Scottish trio spoke to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story interview, in which bandmember Martin Doherty described the writing and recording process as “stabilising” in an otherwise uncertain year. “Making this record was really