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Shaun Roberts, the former promoter of London nightclub Fabric, has died. He passed away on Christmas Eve after being diagnosed with colon cancer in 2019. Fabric confirmed the news in a tribute posted to their social media. “As a team and a family we are devastated at your loss,” they wrote. Roberts worked for the

Considering how many breakup songs Journey has recorded over the years, one would think it would be no big deal for co-founder Neal Schon to move on after a series of squabbles with Jonathan Cain. Contractual obligations probably make things much more complex behind the scenes, so the arguments (and billable hours for the lawyers)

Pete Doherty and collaborator Frédéric Lo teamed up for a cover of The Pogues‘ Christmas classic ‘Fairytale Of New York’ on French television – check their performance out below. The pair have been working together extensively this year, releasing an album called ‘The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime’ in March, which they then took

With 2023 on the horizon, it’s time to start looking ahead: There’s a lot of potential for new music. Some artists have been teasing fans for the last couple of years. For instance, Robert Plant has allegedly been sitting on material he’s conjured up with this Sensational Space Shifters band since 2019, while George Clinton said

Lizzo has jumped onto the TikTok trend of young women dressing their mothers up as themselves (known more casually as the “turning my mom into me” trend), jestfully suggesting Sharie Jefferson-Johnson – her own mum – hook up with Yung Gravy. For her take on the trend, Lizzo had Jefferson-Johnson strut her stuff in a

Wolfgang Van Halen still finds it difficult to perform the song he wrote as a tribute to his late father, Eddie Van Halen. “Distance” became the debut single from his band Mammoth WVH in 2020, and before Van Halen headed out on tour he admitted to concerns about playing it live. Since then, however, it’s

David Lee Roth has shared a solo version of the 1980 Van Halen hit ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ – check it out below. According to Blabbermouth, the re-recorded version of the track, taken from Van Halen’s album ‘Women And Children First’, was recorded earlier this year in Hollywood. It arrives just a few months after another unreleased track,

A surprise lockdown-recorded LP and a huge tour get 2023 off to a fast start. 72 Seasons marks Metallica‘s first album since 2016’s Hardwired … to Self-Destruct and explores how childhood trauma impacts the rest of our lives. Dates in support of the project will also feature Pantera, Mammoth WVH and Greta Van Fleet. Iggy Pop returns with Every Loser,

Pink Floyd have revealed that, thanks to their recent benefit single ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’, they’ve raised £500,000 for humanitarian charities aiding those affected by the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war. ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’ was released back in April as Pink Floyd’s first new song in nearly three decades. At the time, bandleader David Gilmour –

Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin celebrated Los Angeles with an all-star band of friends in the eighth clip to be revealed from their 2022 Hanukkah Sessions concert. Playing drums and singing lead vocals, Grohl led a cover of Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” complete with “We love it!” choruses from Kurstin, Jack Black, Pink, Karen

SM Entertainment has shared this year’s edition of its annual end-of-year compilation, ‘2022 Winter SMTOWN: SMCU Palace’. The album sees artists from across the label – including members of Red Velvet, EXO, Girls’ Generation, aespa, NCT, SHINee, Super Junior, TVXQ and soloists Kangta and BoA – team up in new combinations. ‘SMCU Palace’ features the

Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin were joined by Karen O for a rendition of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ 2009 track, “Heads Will Roll.” You can view footage of the performance, part of Grohl’s annual Hanukkah Sessions series, below. Grohl, who is not Jewish, first launched the series in 2020 with his collaborator and producer Kurstin, who is Jewish. They’ve been

Pussy Riot have returned with another stabbing protest anthem aimed at the Russian government – a synth–punk number titled ‘Mama, Don’t Watch TV’ – with which they call for president Vladimir Putin to be prosecuted for his war crimes against Ukraine. In a statement shared alongside the song’s release on Saturday (December 24), the band

Tom Petty appeared on-screen for only a few moments in 1997’s The Postman, but it may have been just the experience he needed at the time. Generally speaking, the ’90s found Petty navigating uncharted waters. His second solo album, 1994’s Wildflowers, was an instant classic yet life was not all it appeared to be. Heartbreakers drummer Stan

The Clockworks have shared a new song called ‘Lost In The Moment’ as part of Abbey Road Studios’ ‘Lock-In’ series – check it out below now. The Galway band, who are signed to Alan McGee’s It’s Creation Baby label, released their debut single ‘Bills And Pills’ in 2019, following it with numerous singles since. Their latest

Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin paid homage to Rush during the third edition of their “Hanukkah Sessions,” covering “The Spirit of Radio” with more than a little help from Jack Black. You can watch video of the performance below. After a quick holiday-themed vocal warmup, Tenacious D frontman Black went full fanboy during the song’s

Dave Grohl has shared the seventh instalment in his 2022 Hanukkah Sessions series, featuring Jack Black covering Rush. The Foo Fighters frontman and producer Greg Kurstin began The Hanukkah Sessions back in 2020 as a video series of covers performed from the latter’s home studio. This year, for the first time, the covers were recorded

The ’80s saw a return to the holiday staple: the Christmas movie, and we’re counting down our 10 favorites from the decade in the gallery below. By the end of the ’70s, the Christmas movie had largely fallen out of favor with studios, although classics like It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street and

Mariah Carey’s co-writer and co-producer on ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ has challenged the star’s story detailing when she wrote the track. Carey claimed in a 2017 interview that the festive classic was a “song that I wrote basically as a kid on my little Casio keyboard”. Appearing on the Hot Takes &

It’s been a busy year for live music. Dozens of artists hit the road or participated in one-off concerts that left lasting impressions on fans in 2022. For some, it was their first time appearing onstage in several years, and not just because of the pandemic — Roxy Music performed for the first time since 2011, and Genesis reconvened for their