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Halsey, Iron Maiden, Gorillaz, Limp Bizkit and Bring Me The Horizon to play Rock For People 2026 – day splits announced

The five-day festival will take place at Park 360 in northern Czech Republic from June 10 to 14

Metal Hammer

“I thought: ‘I will be so famous with this crash that it will be great in front of millions and millions of people”: Sebastian Tellier on the time he entered the Eurovision Song Contest – in a golf buggy

But he could only finish nineteenth

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“You’ll notice when you play it. You hit this pedal on and your amp just becomes huge… It’s just this big, big sound”: EarthQuaker Devices and Dr Z team up for a tube-driven preamp that might just be the cure for whatever ails your tone

The ZEQD-Pre has an EF86 pentode just like Dr Z's sweet high-end amps, and it might just give your rig the analogue warmth, colour, and hifi sheen you've been waiting for

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“We met up with Gene in his suite at Caesars Palace in Vegas, which was an experience in itself!”: The hair metal band that had Gene Simmons as their producer – before their guitarist joined Kiss

“He definitely seemed to be putting on a show for us”

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"The beauty of it is that it's two minutes long. It's not like it's Free Bird where you have to suffer through 10 minutes of playing it every night": The story of the psychotic debut single that kick-started the grunge revolution

The riff was stolen and it came out on 7" single when vinyl was in its death throes, but Touch Me I'm Sick changed the course of music

Louder

"Wildest night out? I'd have to say Lemmy. I don't think we got much sleep": Danko Jones on meeting AC/DC, playing with Marty Friedman and a wild night out in London

You know what to expect with a new Danko Jones album, but 2025's Leo Rising met with positive responses across the board and things are looking good

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Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear to miss upcoming tour dates after ‘bizarre gardening accident’

Many fans made the same joke after the former Nirvana touring guitarist injured his left foot

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How Pope John Paul II forced Queen to cancel a planned appearance at Manchester United's 'Theatre Of Dreams'

The Beatles might have boasted that they were bigger than Jesus, but the Pope's 1982 visit to Britain posed problems for Queen

Louder

Cause of Death Revealed: Banda MS Mourns the Sudden Loss of Pianist Gerson Leos

The regional Mexican music world was shaken when Banda MS confirmed the death of one of its musicians, pianist Gerson Leos. The group announced the loss through its official social media accounts, plunging fans and fellow artists into mourning and sparking an outpouring of messages of support.

Latin Times

“At first I was like, ‘Was that good enough?!’” What Ozzy Osbourne said to Wolfgang Van Halen after his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Crazy Train cover

Wolfgang honored the Prince of Darkness with a cover of the classic track during Ozzy’s Hall of Fame induction in 2024

Guitar World

Robyn returns: patron saint of sad pop bangers is finally back with a new album

The Swedish star says ‘Sexistential’ is ‘like a spaceship coming through the atmosphere at a really high speed and crash landing’

The Independent UK

"Metallica seek raw, rowdy 'n' gutsy frontman." That time Metallica launched a worldwide search to find a new vocalist via an ad in a British music magazine

If you were reading Kerrang! in December 1983, you could have had a shot at fronting Metallica

Metal Hammer

“He told me the story about a young guitarist he once let play his guitar at rehearsal. I said, ‘Brian, that was me’”: Steve Vai pays tribute to Brian May as he receives his radical custom Red Special

Guyton Guitars' highly customized version of May’s iconic axe is now in Steve Vai’s “humbled” hands

Guitar World

“It’s one of the greatest rock albums of all time. If the support is not there, it will not be released”: Vinnie Vincent says his new record rivals Zeppelin, Hendrix and the Beatles – but he won’t release it if people don’t buy the single for $300 apiece

Guitarmageddon will be previewed with lead single Ride the Serpent – which can be bought directly from the former Kiss guitarist's website for up to $300

Guitar World

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"At school I did a presentation about Black Sabbath! I knew I wanted to move to the UK." Jack Black, angry nuns and Duolingo: the strange story of metal's weirdest new stars, Calva Louise

Mixing metalcore, EDM and Latin dance music, Calva Louise's influences are as diverse as its members' backgrounds growing up in Venezuela, France and New Zealand

Guitar World

“We submitted plans for a racquetball court”: Eddie Van Halen's 5150 Studios was decades ahead of its time – but it required a white lie to build

LA homeowners were forbidden by the city's zoning laws to build a home studio on their property. But what's rock 'n' roll without breaking a rule here and there, and sticking it to the man?

Guitar World

“Albert King once advised Gary Moore to ‘play every other note’”: Why keeping it simple can improve your blues solos

Peter Green, George Harrison, Gary Moore, David Gilmour... These are just some of the players inspiring this lesson in stylistic restraint, all in the pursuit of the blues

Guitar World

“Thanks to those who made this company one of the greatest brands in the history of this instrument”: Mateus Asato is parting ways with Suhr after 12 years – and fans are already speculating where he's going next

The neo-soul virtuoso leaves the guitar brand after more than a decade of partnership

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“It used to be, like, 25 minutes long!”: How Axl Rose took inspiration from Elton John to create a classic Guns N’ Roses ballad that was years in the making

Rose called it “a song about not wanting to be in a state of unrequited love”

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“It’s not ‘puppet show Megadeth’”: Dave Mustaine says he doesn't want guesting ex-members on Megadeth’s final tour

Band’s supposedly ‘final’ album arrives in two weeks

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"It did surprise us. People started calling us sell-outs." How Metallica wrote the metal power ballad that saved Miley Cyrus - and that Elton John called 'one of the best songs ever written'

James Hetfield wasn't sure about letting his Metallica bandmates hear Nothing Else Matters. Thank goodness he did

Guitar World

“I didn’t really think about it. I did my best guitar work there without thinking. I just emptied my head!” How Frehley’s Comet sent Ace Frehley’s post-Kiss career into orbit

In his final interview for Guitar World magazine (conducted in early 2025 and not published until now), Ace Frehley looks back on the 1987 album that brought him back into the limelight

Guitar World

“That would be a huge undertaking. It’s not ‘puppet show Megadeth’”: Dave Mustaine says he won’t reunite with former Megadeth members on the band’s farewell tour

Don't expect Marty Friedman, Kiko Loureiro, Chris Poland or any other ex-Megadeth guitarist to make a cameo

The Independent UK

Leigh-Anne Pinnock says she went through ‘weird time’ with her husband

Pop singer says things improved after her partner, footballer Andre Gray, went away for work and attended therapy

Metal Hammer

"I looked around and nobody was happy. And I was thinking: 'This is going to be rough'": What happened when Bruce Dickinson made the decision that changed his life

Becoming a band’s new singer is never easy. But when Bruce Dickinson saw Iron Maiden play, he knew he was the singer they needed

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