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"Pat Smear left me a voicemail and said, 'I have the weirdest request and it involves Mariah Carey'." How Taylor Momsen and Foo Fighters thrilled Mariah Carey by performing two songs from her secret alt. rock album for the very first time

Mariah Carey's 'lost' alt. rock anthems finally get the public performance they deserve

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"I'd like to see more of the world before it all gets vaporized." One of the biggest rock bands in history are set to bring the curtain down on their storied career this year

"This year will probably be it, and I'm okay with that"

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“Every time it seems their direction is clear, the rug is swiftly pulled away”: Open your mind and embrace Biffy Clyro’s Infinity Land as a prog album

The trio’s 2004 release is driven by a bullish, bloody-minded determination to challenge the listener

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"We were seen as a band that wouldn't last, so I think they wanted to milk us for everything we were worth." How an off-the-cuff cover of a 60s song became an era-defining hit and an albatross around the neck of the band that recorded it

Recorded and mixed in just three hours, one of grunge's biggest songs was hated by the man who wrote it

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"They got signed on their talent, on their original material, but also on their looks. They looked like Robert Plant and Jimmy Page." The story of the album that rescued rock'n'roll from the darkness and built a brighter future

Rock was stale, and dinosaurs were lumbering. Then an album arrived that was an effervescent shot in the arm for an entire genre

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"We have the best fans in the world": Much-loved Brit rockers Little Angels announce first shows in over a decade

Little Angels' original lineup will play 11 dates later this year, with Luke Morley supporting

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Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood wants his music removed from the much-mocked Melania Trump documentary

Radiohead guitarist distances himself from First Lady propaganda film

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“We honestly thought that it couldn’t harm us. How wrong we were.” One of the biggest albums of the 1970s would have carried a 'thank you' credit for the band's drug dealer if he hadn't been murdered before the record was released

"If there was a rule book, nobody gave me one"

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The Black Crowes announce UK and Europe summer shows

The Black Crowes line up shows in the UK, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland

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Rick Wakeman launches new weekly podcast with comedian Griff Rhys Jones

Rick Wakeman and Griff Rhys Jones will launch new podcast, The Sound Of The Seventy Year Olds, on February 27

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: February 9, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Cold Stares, Norah Jones & Josh Homme, Tailgunner and more

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Disney+ review: An all-singing, all-dancing family streaming service with music docs and more

Disney+ is a mecca for family-friendly programming, but also a font of excellent adult-oriented media, music content and more

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"It reminded me of the politics of fear, like we're doing today": How the LA club scene in the 1960s shaped American rock then sparked a revolution

The Doors to a riot: Six months in the life of Sunset Strip

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“The real 10 best albums in the world are lying on cassettes in someone’s drawer. They didn’t get released. It’s all luck”: How to beat fate by scrapping an album over a movie, relating to a suicidal joyriding pilot and feeling for flat Earthers

Norwegian artist makes music for commercials and knows how to hook someone in 30 seconds. That’s why he doesn’t want his band’s songs to be catchy

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"This is not their most exhilarating release, nor probably their absolute finest, but creativity is at an all-time high": Scorpions mix hard rock, pop and metal on the pre-stardom classic Taken By Force

The Scorpions' last album with Uli Jon Roth and first with Herman Rarebell sums them up in the year that punk broke

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Immigrant Song, a lost cymbal and a suitcase full of cash: Rare footage of Led Zeppelin on tour in 1972 has surfaced online

The newsreel footage was filmed by Dutch music show Popzien in 1972

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“I didn’t realise just how prog Genesis were. I’m pleased I got to see them on their last tour”: When Rivers Meet’s Aaron Bond came late to the prog party

Blues guitarist discusses his passion for Phil Collins and co’s latterday work

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3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold dead at 47

Tributes pour in for 3 Doors Down singer who helped "redefine mainstream rock music"

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“It was amazing to hear keyboards with that kind of power. He really changed my life”: Jordan Rudess would have been a classical pianist if he hadn’t discovered this prog icon

Dream Theater genius’ musical world includes Steven Wilson, Van der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, Leprous, Rick Rubin and Neil Young

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Here's how to watch Green Day's high voltage (and possibly controversial) Super Bowl 2026 opener from anywhere in the world: Times, streaming options, setlist predictions & more

Green Day will kick off the Super Bowl festivities this weekend when they play the opening ceremony - here's how to watch their set no matter where you are

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"I was on my own, out in one of the gnarliest neighbourhoods. You’re scared, thinking, 'How do I get out of here?'" How a song about living in a rat-infested squat helped turn Green Day into one of the world's biggest bands

While West Oakland in the late 80s sounded like a sketchy place to live, it inspired a pop punk classic

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"I have decided to take a break." Neil Young cancels upcoming European tour, saying "This is not the time"

Neil Young was scheduled to begin a run of European shows in June - including six UK dates

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"There are no plans for any physical release of this recording." Steven Wilson announces new live album Impossible Tightrope and launches hi-res audiophile resource

Headphone Dust will host high-resolution, 5.1, and Atmos/spatial audio editions of Wilson's work

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"This isn’t a contest. This isn’t a gimmick. This is your chance to join." Here's everything you need to do if you want to become the new vocalist for multi-platinum rockers Skid Row

Skid Row's announce world-wide search for new vocalist

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"I have this memory of killing myself, blasting my head off, and then throwing the guitar at the amp over and over." The story behind the most intense song on the most ambitious rock album of the '90s

Life isn't always easy as a perfectionist

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