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In a new interview with Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips, former MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell was asked if it gives him a great deal of satisfaction to see people still holding late MOTÖRHEAD leader Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister "in such high regard" a decade after his death. Phil said (as tran...

In a new interview with Chris Akin Presents, PRIMAL FEAR vocalist Ralf Scheepers addressed on the fact that PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner received treatment for eight months at various hospitals after he allegedly suffered an extreme adverse reaction in 2021 to the COVID-19 vaccination. As a result...

Frank Carter and THE SEX PISTOLS' Paul Cook, Glen Matlock and Steve Jones have canceled their previously announced summer/fall 2025 North American tour. Earlier today (Tuesday, September 2), Jones released the following statement via social media: "I've got some good news and bad news. What do you w...

Guitarist René Rutten of Dutch rockers THE GATHERING spoke to Chile's Radio Futuro about the reunion of the band's "Mandylion" lineup of — including singer Anneke Van Giersbergen — for run of August 2025 shows at Doornroosje in Nijmegen, The Netherlands as well as a Latin American tour in 2026. Aske...

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson and Tanya O'Callaghan, the bassist of Bruce's solo band, were presented with keys to the city by Albuquerque, New Mexico's mayor Tim Keller prior to Dickinson's August 26 solo concert at the Revel Entertainment Center venue in Albuquerque. A short video recap of th...

4K fan-filmed video of Alice Cooper's entire August 30 concert at Soundstage at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee can be seen below. The setlist for the show was as follows: 01. Lock Me Up 02. Welcome To The Show 03. No More Mr. Nice Guy 04. I'm Eighteen 05. Under My Wheels 06. Bed Of Nails 07. Snakeb...

Schmier — founder, bassist, and frontman of DESTRUCTION — and Denise Dörner, co-director of the acclaimed new documentary "The Art Of Destruction" about the iconic German thrash metal band, sat down for a discussion at the Beyond The Gates festival in Norway. They explored the film's making, from ex...

A "march" for former MASTODON guitarist Brent Hinds was held in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday, August 31. A large crowd of people, including Brent's longtime MASTODON bandmates Bill Kelliher and Brann Dailor, gathered and walked from Elmyr to the Star Bar and celebrated Hinds's life aft...

In a new interview with The Prog Report, DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie discussed the band's reunion with Mike Portnoy in October 2023, 13 years after the drummer first left the progressive metal titans. Asked how many shows into the band's 40th-anniversary tour it took before "the shock" of him...