Rock

The absence of Christine McVie on Say You Will suddenly unbalances Fleetwood Mac‘s delicate dynamic. Released on April 15, 2003, the LP ends up feeling like a conversation between Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, rather than a true band effort. That’s what this album was originally supposed to be: a new duo recording. Place these same songs

Halsey has reportedly left Capitol Records in a “bittersweet” split. Spokespersons for both the artist and the label are reported to have confirmed the end of Halsey’s time at Capitol this evening (Saturday, April 15). Variety claims that both Halsey’s managers at Anti-Pop and the record company have confirmed the ‘Without Me’ singer and Capitol

Rick Springfield seemed to be on top of the world with plenty of early-’80s multiplatinum success. But he knew his third album of the decade was going to be crucial. “It was the third album and the second one kind of rides on the strength of the first one,” Springfield told UCR. “So the third

Leslie Feist finished her first public performances of the music on Multitudes with her audience sitting rapt (if somewhat bewildered) on the stage and the singer playfully escaping through the back of the auditorium. A daunting trick to pull off, it was the Canadian singer-songwriter’s means of capping off the “egalitarian theatre experiment” that she

MUNA finished off their set at Coachella 2023 by bringing out Boygenius – check out fan-filmed footage of their collaboration below. The groups teamed up for ‘Silk Chiffon’, the studio version of which features just Phoebe Bridgers, but after she performed her verse, her bandmates Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker  came out to bring the

Supergroups do not come around very often, but a new one was temporarily formed earlier this month. The Derelicts features some of punk’s and post-punk’s best-known figures: Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Clem Burke of Blondie, Richard Lloyd of Television, and Ivan Julian of Richard Hell and the Voidoids. The foursome got together unexpectedly in

This 14-track highlights reel of the catalogue of Joyce Street is first and foremost a collection of great country songs – smart, spirited, wise, funny and lustily sung in a voice pitching somewhere between the throaty croon of Patsy Cline and the snappy sass of Loretta Lynn. But it’s also a bracing reminder of what

Radiohead‘s Jonny Greenwood has started selling his own olive oil, made on his own farm in the Le Marche region of Italy. ‘Greenwood Oil’ is on sale now via Radiohead’s W.A.S.T.E. website and features design from the band’s longtime visual collaborator Stanley Donwood. It retails at £60 per bottle. Announcing the run, Greenwood tweeted: “The

Stewart Copeland has announced a new album called Police Deranged for Orchestra. The LP features orchestral arrangements of classic songs by the drummer’s old band the Police and is set for release on June 23. The music veteran has been touring with orchestras since 2021, performing new versions of old Police songs. “I have to be no more than

KISS were forced to pause one of their live performances earlier this week when Gene Simmons was taken ill when onstage. The incident took place on Wednesday night (April 12), when the band were performing in Manaus, Brazil, as part of their ongoing farewell tour. While mid-set, the iconic bassist – who is aged 73

Ted Nugent has announced that his upcoming tour will be his last. “This is ‘Adios Mofo’. This is my last tour,” the outspoken rocker declared in a video posted to his YouTube channel and social media. “Now, I’ll always play music. I’ve got new records I’m gonna make. I can’t wait to unleash some of

DJ Felix Hall has stepped down from his slot on NTS and been removed from club and festival line-ups after being accused of sending death threats and anti-Palestinian hate speech to numerous other DJs. As Mixmag reports, multiple DJs have spoken out about their alleged abusive experiences with Hall, who is the son of the

L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns has weathered plenty of interesting gigs across his years in the music business, but until last year, he’d never played a concert from a bathroom. He arrived in Plano, Tex., for the next stop on the band’s tour with Tom Keifer and realized it would be a problem for him

Cypress Hill have announced that they’ll finally be making their orchestra mash-up joke from The Simpsons “a reality” after their popular cameo.  In the 1996 Simpsons episode Homerpalooza, Homer took his family on a road trip to an alternative rock festival Hullabalooza in a bid to prove to his children, Bart and Lisa, that he was still

Tommy Lee is among the famous faces featured in a new trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series The Muppets Mayhem. The show centers around Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the rock band that originated on The Muppet Show in 1975. As the trailer explains, despite being popular and influential, the Mayhem never recorded an

The National have shared a new single featuring Phoebe Bridgers – listen to ‘Your Mind Is Not Your Friend’ below. READ MORE: On the road with The National: “Sex, death and losing – what else is there?”  The melancholic piano-led song serves as the fourth and final preview of the band’s ninth album ‘First Two Pages

Steve Lukather has announced that his ninth solo album, Bridges, will be released on June 16. The Toto guitarist is previewing the upcoming LP with its first single, “When I See You Again,” which finds him collaborating with his bandmates Joseph Williams and David Paich. The three of them wrote the song with former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Glastonbury Festival have announced ticket re-sale dates and details, giving fans another chance to get into the 2023 edition of the festival this June. READ MORE: Glastonbury Festival 2022 – review: camping, killer tunes and catharsis on Worthy Farm The first main batch of tickets went on sale back in November – with coach and ticket

George Thorogood and the Destroyers have canceled a run of performances as Thorogood deals with an undisclosed “very serious medical condition.” “With great sadness, we must announce the cancellation of our Canadian and U.S. tour dates from April 27, 2023, through May 21, 2023,” the band announced on social media. “George has been diagnosed with a very serious

Greg James has expressed a concern that he could be out of a job one day thanks to the rise of AI. James has been presenting the Radio 1 Breakfast Show since 2018 and recently moved into TV as the host of the new Channel 4 series Rise And Fall.  However, he has said he is