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Sick New World festival has cancelled its planned 2025 edition only weeks after announcing the line-up. READ MORE: Metallica live in Amsterdam: still the greatest heavy metal band around The festival, which focuses on rock, nu-metal and industrial, shared the line-up for its third year in October. Previously set to take place at Las Vegas Festival

It may be hard to imagine in the modern, genre-less landscape, but there was once a time when rock and hip hop were on opposite sides of the musical map. For decades, rock had reigned supreme as the dominant form of popular music, introducing the world to an endless array of icons, like the Beatles,

Kylie Minogue braved the rain at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this week to play some of her biggest hits. The pop icon played ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’, ‘Slow’ and ‘Padam Padam’ at the annual event, her first appearance there since 2010. Persevering through adverse, drenched conditions, she took to TikTok after

Do you share a birthday with a rock star? Have you checked? There’s something fun about being birthday twins with a rock star, especially if it’s one you love. It’s like you have an instant soundtrack ready to celebrate your mutual big day. So why not use that lighter to light some birthday candles instead

The first wave of artists confirmed for the newly-launched Forever Now Festival have been confirmed, with Kraftwerk, Johnny Marr, The The, Death Cult and more leading the way. Find out more below. The new festival will run across just one day and comes as a sister event of the US Cruel World festival. Taking place at

Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti reveals he had one demand from the now viral Thanksgiving Day Dallas Cowboys halftime performance and it’s a good thing he made it. The over-the-top performance of “Higher” typically circulates around this time of year. Given the broad viewing stage, it turned into a full-on production complete with the Dallas Cowboys

A course dedicated to Beyoncé is coming to Yale University. READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Cowboy Carter’ review: country reinvention strikes gold The course is named Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music, and will examine Beyoncé’s work from her 2013 self-titled album to 2024’s ‘Cowboy Carter‘, as a lens to

In this fifth episode of Season 2 of Paranormal Prison, Shadows Fall get seriously spooked on a ghost hunt. The full band joins the crew, hosts Josh Bernstein (The Power Hour) and Jose “Metal Ambassador” Mangin (Sirius XM) and equipment techs Cyrus Entezam and Morgan Rondinella to search for spirits still trapped inside the walls of the Paranormal Prison. “Yeah. Yeah I do.

Pras has said he’s “done” with his former group, Fugees. The rapper is currently facing 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of being involved in a billion-dollar Malaysian money laundering scheme. He was convicted on 10 counts including campaign finance violations, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and lying to banks. Now, as he awaits

New videos have started circulating around the internet that have shown As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis having a disturbing exchange with his wife Dany. The metalcore singer has since responded, claiming that the videos were released in retaliation after he filed for divorce. There are two separate videos that have started making the

A Korean firefighter has gone viral on YouTube for his creation of a fire safety video with a heavy metal theme. As reported by the Korea Herald, Senior Firefighter Na Kyung-jin of Chungbuk Fire Service Headquarters is the mastermind behind the creative safety video on his YouTube channel, Sobanggwan Samchon – aka Uncle Firefighter when

A Korean firefighter has gone viral on YouTube after creating a fire safety video using a metal theme that has captured the imagination of viewers. According to the Korea Herald, we have Senior Firefighter Na Kyung-jin of Chungbuk Fire Service Headquarters to thank for this visual gem! Na has used his YouTube channel Sobanggwan Samchon

In paid partnership with Priority from O2 Sam Fender has announced details of three absolutely massive UK stadium shows for next summer – and if you’re an O2 or Virgin Media broadband customer, you can get Priority Tickets right now ahead of general release. Fender is due to hit the road early next month for

What are the most “Slipknot” songs by Slipknot? Every band has its own unique identity and sound that they develop throughout the course of their career. They become known for looking a certain way, sounding a certain way, acting a certain way — you get the point. We were scrolling through Reddit one day and

Guitar brand Gibson has handed a cease and desist notice to Trump Guitars, which touts an endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump, for “infringing upon Gibson’s exclusive trademarks, particularly the iconic Les Paul body shape.” According to Guitar World, Gibson confirmed it had sent the warning to Trump Guitars owner 16 Creative for its alleged design infringements.

The new Trump Guitars line has been hit with a cease-and-desist from Gibson Guitars, but not over anything related to politics. According to Guitar World, the iconic guitar company feels that the single-cut electric guitar model has infringed upon Gibson’s exclusive trademarks and the Les Paul body shape. About The Trump Guitars The company 16

Drake and his team have filed a legal dispute against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify for allegedly “artificially inflating” Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ streaming numbers.  In the new filing – which can be viewed here – Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC has accused UMG and Spotify of “illegally” aiding and boosting ‘Not Like Us’

In our latest Loud List video, we look at the wildest rock and metal moments of 2024. Another year has flown by, and we’re about to officially be halfway through the 2020s! A lot has happened in rock and metal since January — some good, some not-so-good and others, just downright crazy. It’s easy to