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Billy Idol has announced a brand new North American tour for this year with Joan Jett – check out the full list of tour dates below. READ MORE: Joan Jett: “Ted Nugent’s criticism? It’s what I’ve dealt with my whole life – being written off” Yesterday (January 21), Billy Idol took to social media to announce the tour, which is being dubbed It’s A Nice Day To… Tour Again!. It will […]

Mantra Of The Cosmos have been forced to cancel a secret gig in Soho after drummer Zak Starkey was revealed to be suffering from a serious leg condition. READ MORE: Shaun Ryder and Zak Starkey on Mantra Of The Cosmos: “Do you know what a supergroup means? Four guys having a wank” The supergroup – consisting of Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape), drummer Zak Starkey (The Who, Oasis), guitarist Andy Bell (Oasis, Ride) […]

Lady Gaga is seemingly teasing the imminent reveal of her highly anticipated seventh album – find out more below. READ MORE: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ review: Lady Gaga shines in a provocative prison musical Gaga’s seventh album, currently referred to as ‘LG7’, has been teased for several months with the singer-actor confirming in July that she was still in the studio. In August, she and Bruno Mars teamed up for the […]

Grimes has clarified her stance on Elon Musk‘s controversial Nazi-like gestures at Donald Trump‘s Presidential inauguration – find out more below. Donald Trump was sworn into the White House for the second time on Monday (January 20). During the inauguration, tech billionaire and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk – who has been an integral part of Trump’s election win, and was appointed by the new POTUS to lead his […]

Birmingham City Council is considering giving city honours to local music legends Black Sabbath and Benjamin Zephaniah. According to the BBC, on Tuesday January 28 the council is due to discuss a proposal to award City Freeman status to the four founding members of the heavy metal band, and give a posthumous medal to the dub poet and musician. The City Freeman title recognises a person’s contribution to a city. […]

A$AP Rocky has rejected his final prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail and now faces a possibility of a guilty verdict as his firearm assault trial starts in Los Angeles. As the Associated Press reports, the rapper – real name Rakim Mayers – the plea deal was given to the rapper if he were to plead guilty to one of his two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic […]

Soulja Boy has taken aim at Drake in a new video posted to social media, telling him to remain out of the United States and “stay in Canada”. Soulja Boy (real name DeAndre Cortez Way) took to an Instagram live stream to poke at Drake. “You can’t even come to America and talk to the president,” he said. “Fuck boy, stay in Canada where your bitch ass belong at. You’s […]

Danny Elfman has paid tribute to David Lynch in an emotional social media post, following the filmmaker’s death at the age of 78 last week. READ MORE: David Lynch – 1946-2025: a true visionary who reinvented cinema Film composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Elfman shared a photo of Lynch on Instagram earlier today (January 21) – which would have been the day after Lynch’s 79th birthday – describing him […]

Trivium‘s Matt Heafy has opened up about the creation of the band’s 2005 album ‘Ascendancy’ and how Muse inspired one of the tracks. READ MORE: Trivium’s Matt Heafy talks loving ‘Call Of Duty’ and ‘Final Fantasy’ in ‘Playback’ In a recent interview as part of the latest issue of Metal Hammer, The frontman reflected on the creation of the band’s second album which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. “Recording […]