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"I’d like to thank all the people who haven't voted for us from the bottom of my heart." Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher offers withering commentary on the band's current ranking in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fan vote

Oasis, their old pals The Black Crowes and Iron Maiden aren't polling well in the Rock Hall fan vote, but Phil Collins is

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“We should all be proud that British musicians are responsible for this force in music called heavy metal. Black Sabbath and Judas Priest invented true heavy metal music”: How Priest singer Rob Halford remembers the band’s breakthrough moment

And how they triumphed amid the ‘mudbath’ of the first Monsters Of Rock festival

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"Our new setlist is full of hope and energy." Mongolian metal sensations The Hu announce their biggest UK and European tour ever

The Mongolian metal heroes will return to the UK after supporting Iron Maiden in July

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“That’s why I don’t like old Les Pauls”: The reason Adrian Smith isn’t keen on some vintage Gibsons

The Iron Maiden guitarist swapped LPs for Jacksons in the ‘80s, because he’d grown tired of one key feature

Guitar World

“They created the blueprint for how heavy metal bands should look, sound, and tour”: Iron Maiden, Oasis, Jeff Buckley and Melissa Etheridge lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2026 nominations

Billy Idol, INXS, Joy Division and Shakira are also up for induction

Guitar World

Pink dedicates Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination to 'outsiders and underdogs'

Pink has reacted to her first nomination for entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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“An intimate look at their uncompromising vision and unwavering connection with their global army of fans”: A career spanning Iron Maiden doc is coming to cinemas this May

Band also recommence Run For Your Lives tour that month

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Iron Maiden have been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, 22 years after they first became eligible to enter, with Oasis, Wu-Tang Clan, Phil Collins, Billy Idol and more also on the ballot

The British metal heavyweights have been nominated twice before and denied entry both times

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Oasis, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins and Shakira lead 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees list

Pink, The Black Crowes, Jeff Buckley, Melissa Etheridge, Billy Idol, INXS, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, New Edition, Sade, Luther Vandross, and many more have been nominated.

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Iron Maiden announce cinema release for their career-spanning documentary Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition

Get ready for Eddie at a cinema near you this spring

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Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen rolled out an Iron Maiden classic at their London show, with a very special guest

The Smith-penned anthem has been a standout during their live shows, and in London, things got a little more Maiden

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Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith brought a mega-famous friend to guest on a classic Maiden anthem at a gig in London last night

Watch Bruce DIckinson join Smith/Kotzen for a live version of Iron Maiden’s Wasted Years

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Star Trek legend to cover Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden for unique album

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'I was a little starstruck': Chris Jericho looks back on meeting Sir Paul McCartney

Wrestler and musician Chris Jericho "was a little starstuck" when he first encountered Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney.

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Star Trek actor William Shatner is releasing an all-star heavy metal album featuring Zakk Wylde, Ritchie Blackmore and more, because you try and tell him not to

Captain Kirk is set to cover Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and uncork some hard-hitting originals

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Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence and more: The 50 metal albums coming in 2026 that you should be excited about

Digging deep on announcements, rumours and pure speculation to find the 50 metal albums you should be keeping an eye out for in 2026

Guitar World

“People want real experiences. There’s a backlash to this era of perfect music, and I appreciate it”: Converge’s Kurt Ballou on mixing pedals with amp modelers, guitar recording hacks and reclaiming metal’s authenticity

Fifth album Love is Not Enough sees the producer-guitarist embracing modern gear while opposing modern music’s “data-entry” trends – and returning to a jam space filled with Christmas lights and Iron Maiden flags

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“Something groundbreaking for our fans”: Iron Maiden turn only 2026 UK show into its own festival, including acts featuring band’s former members

Stray, Maiden United, Airforce and more will open the metal titans’ newly expanded two-day event

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"We have been talking about a Thor’s hammer that shoots fire or flashes." Viking metal's biggest band are taking cues from Iron Maiden for their next album

Amon Amarth have big plans when it comes to album 13 and the impending European tour

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“We’re selling out shows, we’re climbing the bills, but there’s so much pressure to reach more success”: As one of the UK’s leading bands stop touring, we need to talk about the toxic effect a ruined music industry is having on heavy metal

Metalcore stars While She Sleeps are taking a hiatus from the road – if things don’t change, more artists will follow

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"My brother died a year and a half ago...he got me into Iron Maiden when I was eight years old." How a tragedy, heavy metal and a cult 90s classic inspired one of 2026's best horror movies, Whistle

Director Corin Hardy shares how music played a big part in his killer new horror movie Whistle

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“The BBC showed one minute and 10 seconds of it!” Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter: How a banned, censored and divisive single became Iron Maiden’s only UK number one

Despite a BBC ban, winning a “Worst Original Song” award and being pulled from the band’s setlist, Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter remains one of Iron Maiden’s biggest tunes

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Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson’s next album features Sepultura members and is being recorded at Dave Grohl’s studio

Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser lets some big details slip in a new social media post

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“I haven’t written anything on the new album. I started to write ‘very heavy metal’ things, but I ended up writing for bagpipes, folk things like Jethro Tull. Oh well – bang go my royalties!”: When Bruce Dickinson was Iron Maiden’s odd man out

“There was none of me on that record – I was just AWOL mentally”

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"Some other very well-known people were at that first jam": Adrian Smith on how Smith/Kotzen got started, bonding over British rock and Iron Maiden's big homecoming

Guitarists Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen are preparing to take their side project on the road with shows in the UK and Europe

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