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Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo have covered Ministry‘s ‘Just One Fix’ while performing in Chicago – watch footage of the performance below. READ MORE: Metallica live in Amsterdam: still the greatest heavy metal band around While performing Chicago on Sunday (August 11), Hammett and Trujillo – who regularly perform non-Metallica jams during their shows –

Sepultura vocalist Derrick Green recalled the “surreal” moment he found out Eloy Casagrande was leaving the band to join Slipknot. In December of 2023, the Brazilian metal outfit announced a fall 2024 farewell tour to coincide with their 40th anniversary, but they also had a series of shows booked for March and April in South

Gwen Stefani has cancelled an upcoming show in North America due to an injury. Set for later this week, the gig was due to be held at Hard Rock Live at the Etess Arena in Atlantic City on Saturday (August 17). However, according to a new update from the No Doubt star, it will no

Red Hot Chili Peppers tore through and rendition of their classic song “Can’t Stop” as part of the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony . The legendary funk rockers were part of the customary handover portion of the event, when the closing games symbolically passes the spotlight to the next host city. In this case Paris, who

Rod Stewart has been forced to postpone two concerts as he recovers from COVID-19. Last week, the beloved singer-songwriter cancelled what would have been his 200th show in Las Vegas after contracting strep throat. Now, it has been revealed that Stewart’s illness was a symptom of COVID-19, and has led to two more concert postponements.

Alice Cooper is regarded as the godfather of shock rock, but he not trying to jar fans the way he used to. “It used to be easy to shock an audience in the ’70s. Now nobody’s really trying — we’re not really trying to shock an audience,” Cooper said during an interview with radio station

A museum in Seattle has been criticised over a Nirvana exhibition which states that Kurt Cobain “un-alived himself”. Read More: Krist Novoselic on 30 years of ‘In Utero’ and using AI to restore Nirvana music Cobain lost his life to suicide on April 4, 1994. He was 27 years old. According to photos posted online from

Charles Manson was an aspiring rocker, long before he became known as the mastermind of one of history’s most grisly and shocking crime sprees. In fact, as the following list shows, he had a striking number of connections in the music business. Manson and four members of his so-called Family – Charles “Tex” Watson, Patricia

Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav has been immortalised with his own Olympics-themed Funko POP! doll. The hip-hop legend’s involvement with the US Olympics team is being celebrated with the limited-edition item that will only be available until August 16. Named ‘POP: Team USA USAWP Flavor Flav’, orders can be placed this week, with shipping estimated in

It’s been eight years since Axl Rose memorably joined AC/DC, but stories surrounding his brief tenure continue to emerge. Chris Slade, AC/DC’s drummer at the time, reflected on Rose’s run during a recent appearance on the On the Road to Rock podcast: “Axl, I think, honestly, he did a great job – tremendous job. He’s

Banksy has offered an explanation for this week’s string of surprise new artworks, as a sixth piece popped up in London. Over the course of the week, six different animal-based images have popped up across the capital, each one claimed by the enigmatic Bristol-based artist via his Instagram. It began on Monday (August 5) with a

Meshuggah vocalist Jens Kidman roars on “The Last Ballad of Damrod,” the first original song off The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season Two soundtrack. It was composed by Emmy-Award winner Bear McCreary and also features metal drummer Gene Hoglan (Dethklok, Dark Angel, ex-Testament, ex-Death). Don’t let the title deceive you — this

Travis Kelce’s father Ed has reacted to Kanye West‘s latest song ‘LIFESTYLE (Demo)’ which references Taylor Swift‘s and Travis’ relationship. READ MORE: Taylor Swift live in Edinburgh: The Eras tour finally hits the UK The new song is featured on the rapper’s – who now goes by Ye –  ‘Vultures 2’ LP. The track features a

Concert tickets tend to be expensive these days, and a new study by Jeff Bet reveals which rock artists are the most expensive to see per minute — and the metal artist that gives the best value for the price. Spending hundreds of dollars to see a band play an hour-long set doesn’t sound as

Noel Gallagher has said that he thinks he will be “fucking lucky to make it to 60” when discussing the current state of his health. The former Oasis guitarist is 57 years old and made the frank and seemingly self-deprecating comments during a recent appearance on Matt Morgan’s podcast, comparing himself unfavourably to the exploits

See our ranking of every “Big 4” grunge album from worst to best. Thrash may have their “Big 4,” but so does grunge — Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden — and they all were responsible for putting the Seattle sound on the scene in the early ’90s and dominating the music world for a little

Footage of Drake rehearsing a cover of Michael Jackson‘s ‘Rock With You’ has been unearthed in his 100gigs.org collection, a new release of 100GB worth of new data. On Tuesday (August 6), the rapper dropped the website full of archived content, footage and data, which includes three previously unheard songs. Amidst the content is footage

Songwriting may not always get the love in metalcore that it does in other heavy music genres, but thanks to a thread in the Metalcore Reddit, fans are giving some of the genre’s top songwriters their due. Who Is Metalcore’s Best Songwriter? The author of the thread kicked things off, serving up a number of