Music

“We have 17 studio albums and every year there’s an anniversary, birthday, something and it all kind of seems just like a blur, like it was yesterday.” Jay Bentley, bassist and founding member of Bad Religion, hung out with Chuck Armstrong on Tuesday night’s edition of Loudwire Nights (April 2). Bentley admitted that it’s hard

SiriusXM has revealed that it is launching a new channel, dedicated to pop icon Taylor Swift. Announced yesterday (April 2), the station confirmed that it will be launching the limited engagement exclusive SiriusXM channel for the 14-time Grammy winner later this week, in celebration of her ongoing ‘Eras’ tour and upcoming album ‘The Tortured Poets

The Twenty One Pilots‘ “Clancy World Tour” is a hot ticket, but some fans are feeling burned about the ticket prices. On Tuesday (April 2), the band was trending on X (formerly Twitter) with many of the comments concerning the rising prices of concert tickets to see the duo, with a number of fans sharing

Former MC5 manager John Sinclair has died, aged 82. His representative, Matt Lee, confirmed the late poet and political activist’s passing this morning (April 2) at Detroit Receiving Hospital following congestive heart failure, reports The Detroit News. Sinclair was an influential activist who was best known for his fight toward legalising marijuana in the US and

Which is the better album turning 30 in 2024 – Green Day‘s Dookie or Live‘s Throwing Copper? That’s this week’s Chuck’s Fight Club battle for the Loudwire Nights radio show. The year 1994 was a big time for rock music, with a wide array of albums vying for the music spotlight. In 1994, it didn’t

Interpol have announced a huge free show in Mexico City, scheduled for later this month – find all the details below. The New York band are due to perform in Zócalo, a historic 280,000-capacity ceremonial square, on Saturday, April 20. It’ll mark their biggest gig yet, and be Mexico’s largest concert event of the year

A map that’s been shared online shows the most popular metal band in every country right now, according to data from Spotify. Firstly, we have to give a shout out to Reddit user Axxelschweiss, who took it upon themselves to pull all of the statistics from Spotify and create the map. “I was looking for a

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has posted on Instagram for the first time since his homes in Miami and LA were both raided last week. The raids took place on March 25, seemingly in connection with a series of ongoing sex trafficking investigations. Per reports from CNN, it has yet to be confirmed if Combs was a specific

Rammstein have reportedly been sued by a synthwave duo called Ninja Cyborg for plagiarism. Ninja Cyborg, hailing from France, claimed that the German giants stole their song “The Sunny Road,” which came out in 2018, for the 2019 song “Deutschland.” The Rammstein track was featured on their 2019 untitled album. The French group alleges that Rammstein took

Billie Eilish has responded to the backlash against her recent comments on artists releasing multiple vinyl variants. In an interview with Billboard discussing her climate activism, Eilish made headlines for criticising the practise of releasing multiple vinyl variants to boost album sales, calling it “wasteful”. “It’s irritating to me that we’re still at a point where you

Following the release of their new song, “The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1,” guitar legends Steve Vai and Joe Satriani joined Chuck Armstrong on Loudwire Nights to celebrate their first official recording together. “The thing is, I would say where Steve and I are very much alike is that, starting when we were teenagers, we

Rammstein are facing a lawsuit from a French group, Ninja Cyborg, who claim the German metallers’ 2019 hit ‘Deutschland’ plagiarises their song ‘The Sunny Road’. According to Day FR Euro, Ninja Cyborg filed the lawsuit in the Paris Court of Appeal after an earlier claim was thrown out in 2021. The appeal cites legal music expert

It seems Flea and John Frusciante don’t like to shake hands with strangers. Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney says he went to introduce himself to Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ bassist and guitarist in a restaurant in Madrid, Spain, after the pandemic receded and was stunned when his potential handshake was rejected with a grimace. “They

Lil Nas X has surprise released a demo for his new song, ‘Light Again’ – check it out below. The song was released on Friday (March 29) via SoundCloud and sees the musician rapping and singing over a house beat. The musician joked that his record label might not be happy about him sharing the

These are the shortest retirements by big rock and metal bands. Retirement doesn’t seem to suit most rock stars. With very few exceptions, if your favorite artist announces a farewell tour you can probably expect to see them back on the road in a few years. Some acts don’t even make it to the end

Rina Sawayama and YOASOBI are set to join NewJeans at their two-date fan meeting in Tokyo in June.  It was announced earlier this week that the two-day fan-meet concert, called the ‘Bunnies Camp 2024’, will take place on June 26 and 27 at the Tokyo Dome.  And now, a poster for the shows has revealed

Paul McCartney is often asked about his favorite Beatles song, and he admits it’s a hard question to answer, but “if pushed,” he admitted recently, it’s “Here, There and Everywhere.” McCartney named the song as his favorite on a newly released episode of the iHeartPodcast McCartney: A Life in Lyrics, going on to explain how Fred Astaire was a partial

Doja Cat has announced her return to music with her latest single, ‘Masc’. The last time we heard Doja’s music, it was back in September last year when she dropped ‘Scarlet‘, her fourth studio album. Now, the musician has teased more music is soon to come. She took to Instagram yesterday (March 29) to post