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Watch Axl Rose throw mic at and kick new Guns N’ Roses drummer’s kit before storming off stage in Argentina

Axl Rose has kicked and thrown his mic at new Guns N’ Roses drummer Isaac Carpenter’s kit and stormed off stage at a show in Argentina. READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses live at Glastonbury: a solid performance… to the wrong crowd The band are in the middle of a South American tour and on Saturday (October 18), they played the second of two shows at Estadio Huracan in Buenos Aires. During […]

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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s estate removes his music from streaming in Israel and joins ‘No Music For Genocide’ campaign

The estate of Ryuichi Sakamoto has joined the ’No Music For Genocide’ campaign and removed his music from streaming in Israel. READ MORE: Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1952-2023: an inimitable sonic innovator The campaign is a cultural boycott initiative encouraging artists and rights-holders to pull their music from streaming platforms in Israel in response to the genocide in Gaza. To join the coalition, the artists involved have edited their own release territories or sent geo-block requests […]

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Oasis’ replacement for Bonehead on reunion tour reportedly revealed

Oasis’ replacement for Bonehead for their upcoming shows in Asia and Australia will reportedly be Mike Moore from Liam Gallagher‘s solo band. READ MORE: Oasis live in Cardiff review: a supersonic reunion for a new generation Earlier this month, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs announced that he would be taking a planned break from the Oasis Live ‘25 reunion tour to continue with “the next phase of care” of his prostate cancer treatment. […]

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Kelis to join Maribou State at London’s LIDO Festival 2026

Kelis will join Maribou State in appearing at London’s Lido Festival next year – check out all the details and find out how to get tickets below. READ MORE: Charli XCX’s Partygirl live in London: celebrating the community and creators of ‘Brat’ summer Last week (October 15), Maribou State were the first headliners announced for London’s LIDO Festival 2026. The electronic duo will perform at the Victoria Park festival on […]

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Fontaines D.C.’s Conor ‘Deego’ Deegan III shares his thoughts on each Irish presidential candidate

Fontaines D.C.’s Conor ‘Deego’ Deegan III has shared his thoughts on each Irish presidential candidate today (Monday October 20). READ MORE: Fontaines D.C. live in London: surreal, powerful statement from future Glasto headliners The Irish presidential election is due to take place this week on Friday October 24, ending the 14-year tenure of Michael D Higgins. Independent candidate Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin of the Fianna Fáil party, and Fine Gael’s […]

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Anne-Marie and Slowthai’s second child name inspired by diabetes

The name of Anne-Marie and Slowthai’s second child has been inspired by diabetes that Anne-Marie suffered with while pregnant, it’s been revealed. READ MORE: Anne-Marie – ‘Unhealthy’ review: reflective pop proves tricky to pull off Earlier this year, the pop artist took to social media to reveal that she was pregnant with her second child with Slowthai. The couple welcomed their first child, Seven, last April, and tied the knot […]

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Biggest rock albums of the 21st Century revealed

The biggest rock albums of the 21st Century have been revealed. Find out what they are below. READ MORE: Green Day – ‘Saviors’ review: their best work since ‘American Idiot’ To celebrate National Album Day, which took place on Saturday (October 18), Official Charts have released a list of the 40 biggest-selling rock and metal studio albums released in the 21st century. Topping the list is Green Day‘s 2004 ‘American Idiot‘, […]

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Hope Of The States’ Samuel J Herlihy launches solo career with debut London gig: “These songs are kind of sad, and funny, and heavy and odd”

Hope Of The States‘ Samuel J Herlihy has launched his solo career and announced a debut London gig. Find all the details below. READ MORE: Hope Of The States on their return: “It’s loud, it’s messy, it has all that heart in it” The vocalist of the Chichester post-rock band is set to release his first single, ‘The Entire Span of Human Existence’, next Monday (October 27). It comes from an […]

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Neil Young was “really sick”, “drained” and “bummed out” before forming Chrome Hearts

Neil Young was reportedly feeling “really sick” and “drained” before he formed the Chrome Hearts, according to a bandmate. READ MORE: Neil Young live at Glastonbury 2025: a no frills set that proves that sometimes, the old ways are the best The comments were shared by Micah Nelson, who is a longtime bandmate of Young, and played with him in Promise of The Real and Crazy Horse before joining him […]

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Grimes shares new song ‘Artificial Angels’, written from the perspective of AI: “This is what it feels like to be hunted by something smarter than you”

Grimes has shared a new song called ‘Artificial Angels’, which is written from the perspective of Artificial Intelligence. Check it out below. READ MORE: I used Grimes’ AI vocals to make a hit – here’s how I did it  The new track comes amid a huge ongoing debate about the use of AI, particularly in the creation of music, and follows on from other of Grimes’ songs that touch on […]

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