Rock

Mumford & Sons have been announced as the final headline act for this summer’s Victorious Festival. The event is due to take place on the Southsea seafront in Portsmouth between August 25-27. Jamiroquai and Kasabian will top the bill on the Friday and Saturday evenings, respectively. READ MORE: Marcus Mumford on solo album ‘(self-titled)’: “I’ve never

Guitarist Nita Strauss will rejoin Alice Cooper for his 2023 shows after previously leaving the shock-rocker’s live band to go on tour with Demi Lovato. “She’s back!” Cooper announced in a statement. “Nita asked for a leave of absence to work with someone else, something I always encourage my band members to do. I like them to

Veteran LA rock band Mr. Big have announced a farewell tour, titled ‘The Big Finish’, for 2023 and 2024. The band took to social media to announce the tour, confirming that the run of shows will commence with an Asian tour in July before taking on South America, Europe, the UK and US in 2024.

Mr. Big has announced a farewell tour that will take place this year called the Big Finish. The shows are scheduled to launch in Nagoya, Japan, on July 20 and continue through Southeast Asia through August. You can see a list of tour dates below. Earlier this year, singer Eric Martin confirmed that a tour was in the works, “no question

Creamfields North have unveiled a stacked line-up for its 2023 edition. Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Tiësto and Becky Hill lead the new line-up announcement for the Cheshire festival, with Eric Prydz, DJ Snake, Diplo, Four Tet and Chase and Status all set to play. Joining them will be Martin Garrix, Fatboy Slim, Pete Tong, Armin

The death of Gary Rossington, the final original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, has spurred an outpouring of tributes from fellow musicians. In their official statement, the current members of Lynyrd Skynyrd called Rossington “our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist,” adding that the rocker “is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven

Arctic Monkeys have released a new music video for ‘Sculptures Of Anything Goes’, taken off their latest album, ‘The Car’. The video, released on March 6, starts off with Alex Turner and co. rehearsing backstage before a concert and shots of Turner shooting promotional material for the ‘The Car’. The video then transitions to feature

The limitations of the long-gone 8-track cartridge format caused headaches for artists and engineers. While the platform offered the first big chance for mobile record listening and stereo sound to automobile drivers in the ’70s and early ’80s, it was far from perfect. One band that bravely tried to find a solution was the Rolling

The “iron grip” of TikTok could risk musicians losing out on royalties, according to a former tech minister. The Conservative MP Damian Collins, the former Minister For Tech and the Digital Economy, has said that potential changes to the app that are currently being trialed in Australia will be unhelpful for artists who have achieved

Live albums were already a part of the rock record business before 1972. There had been multiple live releases from the likes of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and James Brown, along with classic titles by the Who, the Allman Brothers Band, Cream, the Grateful Dead, Humble Pie, Jefferson Airplane, Grand Funk Railroad, Elton John

Feuding members of Journey have reportedly hired off-duty police officers to guard their dressing rooms on tour. Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain have been on bad terms since suing their former bandmates Ross Valory and Steve Smith, who were still Journey members at the time. After the pair left the group, Schon and Cain turned

When Snowy White laid down a guitar solo for Pink Floyd‘s 1977 album Animals, he didn’t suspect it would go unheard by most fans. His contribution to “Pigs on the Wing” only appeared on the 8-track edition of the album and died with the format in the early ’80s — until the internet revived it. The 8-track tape

Maisie Peters has taken on Green Day’s iconic pop-punk anthem ‘Basket Case’ for Triple J’s Like A Version. Originally released in 1994 as the third single from Green Day’s game changing ‘Dookie’ record, Maisie Peters confidently added a dreamy pop twist to the angsty song. “I wanted to do something slightly unexpected and Green Day

David Lindley, journeyman multi-instrumentalist who played with Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt and many more, has died at age 78. Lindley’s passing was confirmed to the Los Angeles Times, though an official cause of death was not given. Born on March 21, 1944, in San Marino, Calif., Lindley played a variety of stringed instruments as a child,

Eurovision 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra have shared their first English-language track, ‘Changes’ – scroll down the page to listen to it now. The Ukrainian band were victorious with their song ‘Stefania’ in last year’s Song Contest, which was held in Italy. “Pray to the gods of good and evil / Make them hear my demands,”

If you make your living as a rock star, it’s all but inevitable that you will write a song or two about the act of rocking. Or, if you’re AC/DC, a couple of dozen. When writing a song about rocking, the song itself must rock to the highest degree possible. Listen for yourself as we