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Many rockstars like to live in elaborate houses and experience lavish lives, but not Shinedown frontman Brent Smith. In fact, he’s revealed that he doesn’t miss having a permanent home because he’s “a true minimalist” who’s preferred the nomad lifestyle for roughly a decade. Why Brent Smith Prefers the Nomad Life? Smith recently appeared on

The Weeknd kicked off the European leg of his ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour in Copenhagen this week – watch footage below. The Canadian artist performed the first of two sold-out shows at Parken Stadium on Friday night (June 19), having played two dates at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium earlier this month. ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ has become the highest-grossing tour

Here are the biggest rock and metal tours of summer 2026. Concerts happen all year long, but summer is typically regarded as “concert season” since the majority of them take place at amphitheaters and stadiums when the weather is nicer. It’s also the time of year that we see bands team up for some of

Katy Perry headlined Rock In Rio Lisbon last night (July 20), where she played her new song ‘Watch It Burn’ and also admitted that she “lost her roar” amid a torrid 2025. Wearing the same outfit that she sported during her Hello Katy Tour when she played Lisbon back in 2009, she told the crowd:

Join us in exploring five times that black metal paid tribute to important grunge bands! In the words of the grunge icons Alice in Chains, “Black is all I feel / So this is how it feels to be free. […] Chaos and hate shadow me / Pain, it fills me up.” That summarizes what it’s

Phoebe Green has announced her new album ‘Premature Nostalgia’ with the dizzying and beautiful single ‘There’s Always Someone Kicking The Seat’. The Manchester singer-songwriter will release the follow-up to her 2022 debut record ‘Lucky Me’ on October 2 via The Green Dream Machine/Absolute, and you can pre-order your copy here. The album has been written and

Death metal is a genre loaded with ridiculous names that are hard to pronounce, difficult to spell and, as a result, sometimes impossible to search when you want to listen to them again! There’s so man band names I’ve seen and instantly thought, “I hope I never have to say this out loud.” And then

Busted‘s James Bourne has opened up about releasing an album amid his ongoing health struggles. READ MORE: Charlie Simpson talks new role in The War Of The Worlds and the future of Fightstar and Busted In April, Bourne issued a statement on his health, saying he needed a “major surgery” to extend his life. Now, he’s shared that he’d

Here’s something pretty great for all you Metallica fans out there as we’re giving you the chance to win the band’s deluxe remastered Reload box set! This contest comes to you courtesy of the Loudwire Nights and Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio shows. With this contest, two lucky winners will get a chance to own

Albert Hammond Jr. has shared an explanation for why the release of The Strokes’ new album ‘Reality Awaits’ has been delayed. The New York indie icons have been preparing to release their seventh studio album, with its original date having been set for June 26. However, last week (June 11), the band announced that it had been pushed back to July

It was a rather light week for new rock and metal tour announcements, but you are getting some significant new tours in this latest wave of announcements. Among the 15 new tours this week, we’ve got a special 20th anniversary tour for Daughtry in which the singer and his band will be playing acoustic shows.

Brian Fallon has announced a UK, European and North American headline tour for 2026. Find all the details below. READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon The frontman of The Gaslight Anthem will hit the road this autumn in support of his new solo album, ‘Not Bad For New

It was a star-studded grand opening ceremony as a who’s who of popular music turned out to celebrate the launch of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago Thursday (June 18). Representing the rock community at the event, Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, U2‘s Bono and The Edge and Bruce Springsteen all performed, while a bevy

Long-lost film footage of The Beatles playing on the BBC’s Top Of The Pops has reportedly been found and will be restored. The band appeared on the iconic show on 19 March 1964 to record performances of ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ and ‘You Can’t Do That’, the A-side and B-side of a single released the following day which went on to become their fourth UK Number

I’m a dad, therefore I’m inherently qualified to judge the merits of dad rock and determine its true Big 4. I feel like it is important to get that out of the way up front. You need to know this isn’t being written by someone who doesn’t know what it’s like to clean smashed Cheerios

Over 40 new artists have been added to the line-up for 2026’s Iceland Airwaves, including The Itch, Any Young Mechanic and Heartworms. This year’s instalment is set to run between November 5 and 7, and will be the 27th edition of the music festival. Set to take place in Reykjavík, the three-day event transforms the

One Faith No More band member has confirmed that the band are indeed getting back together to tour after a teaser post on social media yesterday (June 16) that featured the band’s logo over the top of a concert crowd accompanied by text that read “2027.” Bassist Bill Gould confirmed the speculation during an appearance on the Rock

Getdown Services delivered a boisterous set at the Harry Styles-curated Meltdown Festival in London last night (Tuesday June 16), where they paid tribute to their host and told haters to “suck my farts from my fucking arse”. It was announced back in April that Styles would be following in the footsteps of David Bowie, The