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AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler are set to star in a new documentary series, named Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends. The six-part series will see the two classic rockers explore the lives of six other music legends, with the show set to run weekly on Sky Arts from April 25. Each episode

A number of famous musicians have tragically been the victim of murder. In many cases, their killer was a complete stranger. That’s what happened to John Lennon, the beloved former-Beatle who was infamously gunned down by a deranged fan outside of his apartment building in New York. Likewise, Pantera’s “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott was killed by

Rumours of Aya Nakamura performing at the Paris Olympics has sparked a huge outrage from far-right critics. According to French newspaper Le Monde, local media reported that the French-Malian musician met with President Emmanuel Macron last month to discuss singing a song by iconic French artist Edith Piaf. Nakamura has racked up over 1billion views on

On March 15, the Black Crowes released their first studio album since 2009. With a sound and joy reminiscent of 1990’s Shake Your Money Maker and ’92’s The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, Happiness Bastards has been celebrated by fans and critics alike as a return to form for the Black Crowes. Rich Robinson joined

Olivia Rodrigo will no longer give free Plan Bs and condoms to concertgoers on her ‘Guts’ world tour. The popstar recently made headlines for handing out contraceptive kits with condoms, Plan Bs, and information for abortion access at her show in Missouri. The state notably banned almost all abortions after Roe v. Wade was overturned

Will the supergroup Them Crooked Vultures ever reunite for more music or touring? That was a popular question put to Josh Homme during a Reddit Ask Me Anything session taking place on Friday (March 15) afternoon, and while the rocker says there’s a chance, he wasn’t exactly optimistic about it. Revisiting Them Crooked Vultures In

Khruangbin have announced four extra shows on their UK and European tour for November this year, including a third at London’s Eventim Apollo. See the full list below. The tour was first announced a week ago, and due to high demand, the band will now play extra shows in Amsterdam’s AFAS, Paris’s Olympia and Manchester’s

With the release of their latest single, “Forever Sleep,” Moon Fever guitarist Mitch Micoley joined Chuck Armstrong on Loudwire Nights to discuss the track and what bigger thing it might be pointing toward. “This is probably the most exciting song I think we’ve put together,” Micoley said almost immediately. “I’ve been wanting to put this

Taylor Swift’s career-defining ‘The Eras Tour‘ concert film arrives on Disney+ this week (March 15). Directed by Sam Wrench, the film is described as a “breathtaking, cinematic view” of Swift’s latest tour, which runs through her biggest hits and rarities across all ten of her studio albums. During the film’s cinematic run in late 2023,

Jon Bon Jovi has commented on his band’s touring future, admitting that his health will be the determining factor regarding if and when he’ll tour again. “I don’t know about a tour,” the singer noted during an interview with Mix 104.1 Boston. “It is my desire to do a tour next year, but I’m just

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban TikTok‘s availability in the US if its parent company doesn’t sell it. On March 1, the US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 24 to 16 to give President Joe Biden the power to enforce a ban on the social media app, which is owned

Are you dying to go to one of America’s biggest rock festivals in 2024 without breaking the bank? Well, you’re in luck! Loudwire have once again teamed up with Danny Wimmer Presents to give one (1) lucky winner the trip of a lifetime, including two (2) VIP passes, round-trip airfare (up to $1,000 credit) and

K-pop agency SM Entertainment has announced its intention to take “strong legal action” over rumours about its boyband RIIZE. In a new statement, SM Entertainment touched on the “creation of posts about RIIZE] that cross the line”, which include “[character] attacks, insults, and malicious slander”, calling them “a clear criminal act that severely defame our

Lenny Kravitz‘s daughter, actress Zoe Kravitz, roasted the rocker over his see-through shirts when he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday (March 12). Zoe gave a humorous speech during her father’s ceremony, which she attended with her fiancé, actor Channing Tatum. Actor Denzel Washington spoke during the event as well,

It has been revealed that 21 UK festivals have now been cancelled, postponed or scrapped – with 100 at permanent risk without action. As reported by The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), they shared “The timing of this milestone suggests that the number of festival cancellations this year will far outstrip 2023, when a total

On March 27, Armored Saint kick off a massive North American tour alongside Queensryche. Ahead of that first show in Anaheim, Calif., Armored Saint frontman and co-founder John Bush joined Loudwire Nights (March 12) to chat about the tour and the band’s longevity. “It’s going to be fun, those guys are great,” Bush told host Chuck

MONSTA X rapper I.M has announced his new solo mini-album, ‘Off The Beat’, scheduled for release next month. MONSTA X’s I.M made the official announcement on his social media channels today (March 13), revealing both the format and title of the upcoming record as well as its release date. The announcement also came with the

Is a new Slipknot song coming? The wives of two members of Slipknot, Corey Taylor and Mick Thomson, have seemingly confirmed that the band has new music underway. Though it has been about a year and a half since The End, So Far came out in August of 2022, there has been so much else going on