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A Phish fan who was captured on video taking the “first bong hit to ever be ripped” inside of the Sphere has reportedly been banned from the venue. The incident took place during Phish’s April 20 performance (yes, 4/20), part of their brief residency at the state-of-the-art facility. Video of the concertgoer smoking out of

Glastonbury 2024 is just around the corner – but will it be rain or shine down on Worthy Farm? Check out the latest weather forecast below. Those lucky enough to have secured tickets for Glasto ’24 will no doubt be scouring the line-up and agonising over some of the brutal clashes on the bill. But

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival founder Scott Lee is here to warn you about six easy mistakes to make when organizing a festival. Throwing a festival, nevermind establishing a reliable one that goes on for decades, is no simple feat. It means managing a multitude of different things from the venue and security to

Flavor Flav ordered the entire Red Lobster menu in an effort to help save the seafood restaurant chain which recently filed for bankruptcy. The Public Enemy rapper took to his official X/Twitter account on Monday (June 3) to share a photo of his table at the restaurant overflowing with various dishes. “Ya boy meant it

In what could be one of the biggest collaborations of the year, Falling in Reverse have teamed up with Jelly Roll on the new song, “All My Life.” There may be no hotter artists than Falling in Reverse and Jelly Roll, who have both been regular headline grabbers over the past year, and now the

Pharrell Williams and director Morgan Neville have spoken to NME about the former’s upcoming LEGO animation biopic, Piece By Piece. Check out our interview below along with the trailer. This October, a new movie based on Williams’ career will be released in cinemas. The film will follow the rise of the prolific creative polymath and

Sebastian Bach is fed up with some of the items fans have brought for him to sign during recent meet and greets. The rocker took to social media on Tuesday to layout some rules for what he will and won’t sign for fans. “At meet and greets I will sign official released merchandise ONLY,” Bach

London’s first ‘indie sleaze’ themed daytime club event will launch later this month. The Daytime For Heroes event will take place at Camden’s Electric Ballroom on June 22 and will feature DJs from Club NME, Transmission and Panic!, who put the event together. DJs from Alexandra Palace and Bloody Awful Poetry will also be performing.

What pisses Kerry King off the most? The guitarist has long shared his rage on record and during a recent interview with Heavy Consequence, King rattled off some of the things that still annoy him to this day. Kerry King’s Current “Rage” Bringing up King’s solo song “Rage,” Heavy Consequence asked where his rage still

Simon Cowell is underway with trying to find the next big boy band, and is holding auditions across the UK. The decision for the music mogul and television talent show judge to form a new hit pop band comes nearly 14 years after he famously formed One Direction during the 2010 series of The X

Fans online are sharing their reactions to the 2024 Mayhem Fest lineup consisting mostly of “newer” bands. The single-day festival, which will take place Oct. 12 at the Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California, will be headlined by Bad Omens. Parkway Drive, Architects, Jinjer, Poppy, August Burns Red, Kittie and a lot more to round out

Queens of the Stone Age have announced the final shows of their ‘The End Is Nero’ world tour with The Kills in support. They will wrap up their world tour with a short run of US dates in the autumn, starting in Boston on September 28. They will then move on to Cincinnati on October

What are Pearl Jam‘s heaviest songs? As one of the leaders of the grunge movement on the early ’90s, Pearl Jam have shown great evolution in their music over the years. They’ve become masters of the introspective melancholic ballad, served up plenty of hard rocking hits and found a bit of a folk influence over

Pete Doherty has spoken to NME about the five-year anniversary of his record label Strap Originals, the return of Babyshambles and the future of The Libertines. Strap Originals is home to artists such as Trampolene, Real Farmer and Pregoblin, all of whom performed at London’s the 100 Club last Thursday (May 30) as part of

See our Loud List of the best and worst of metal karaoke. Typically, we like to focus our Loud Lists on rock and metal musicians and things that happen at concerts. This week, it’s all about fans giving it their all while singing metal songs and karaoke. Karaoke is all about having fun. Some people

Ukraine’s largest music festival, ATLAS, will take place for the first time since the Russian invasion. Rebranded as ATLAS UNITED, the festival will return to Blockbuster Mall in the capital of Kyiv from July 12-14 after two years away. Over 70 Ukrainian artists have been booked to perform, as well as support from international artists,

Slayer are known as one of the heaviest bands in metal history, but according to Kerry King, his most “perfect riff” actually came during the recording of his new solo album. Given the legendary history of Slayer, it’s probably somewhat of a surprise that King didn’t pick something from the band’s catalog, but it also

Sean Ono Lennon has shared his “long-awaited review” of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare and has called the royal an “idiot”. READ MORE: The Beatles: every song ranked in order of greatness The only son of the late John Lennon and Yoko Ono took to his official X/Twitter account and tweeted: “My long awaited review of Prince