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“Completely spontaneously, I started yodelling. It came from nowhere”: How an eccentric Dutch progressive rock group made the strangest hit single of 1973

Focus ’s Hocus Pocus is among the most eccentric hit songs of all time, its unforgettable mixture of high-intensity rock, ...
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"She was not a Rush fan." Geddy Lee on Anika Nilles, who will attempt to fill the very big shoes of Neil Peart

Geddy Lee says new Rush drummer Anika Nilles did not grow up a fan of the band – but she is shining in the role ...
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"I don't think it would be the right environment for a proper rock and roll show." Guns N' Roses man Slash on Las Vegas Sphere

He tells Trunk Nation: "It's not really sort of rock and roll friendly, the way that it's set up. So it's just one of those ...
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Deftones’ Chino Moreno once helped Max Cavalera bury Soulfly’s debut album on Native American ground to give it “Indigenous power”

It was kind of crazy, but fun at the same time,” Cavalera says of the unhinged endeavour ...
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Martin Barre announces UK book tour dates for November and December

Former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre will release his autobiography, A Trick Of The Memory: The Autobiography Of Jethro ...
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Iron Maiden announce Run For Your Lives North American tour for 2026 including Louder Than Life festival - and they'd like you to keep your phones away

Iron Maiden have announced a series of 2026 North American stadium and amphitheatre dates as the latest leg of their Run For ...
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"Take cover." Foo Fighters announce 2026 stadium tour with Queens Of The Stone Age - listen to new Foos song Asking For A Friend now

Dave Grohl and co. initially announced the single's release on social media with a short clip of the track; Asking For A ...
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"The source material may be way past prime Bon Jovi, but that's almost irrelevant": Jon Bon Jovi gets by with a little help from his friends on revised version of Forever …

Bruce Springsteen, Joe Elliott, Avril Lavigne, Robbie Williams, Ed Sheeran and more clamber aboard the legendary Forever ...
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The Lemonheads' eleventh album is fun, frantic, and full of classic hooks and self-deprecating refrains

Stories have circulated in recent years about Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando’s erratic behaviour on stage – audiences never ...
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Watch Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall drop out of a helicopter onto the Sydney Opera House, because he’s cooler than you in every way

Parkway Drive have announced a new live album in dramatic fashion: by dropping frontman Winston McCall out of a helicopter ...
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Unlikely supergroup’s third album moves away from Krautrock to explore new territories

So it goes with Doperider, the third album from psychedelia’s most unlikely supergroup, The Utopia Strong. Comprising ...
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"They're really serious this time": Spinal Tap announce Stonehenge concert film of "final" show with Eric Clapton and Shania Twain

Rock goliaths Spinal Tap have announced a concert movie. Spinal Tap At Stonehenge: The Final Finale is a film of what purports to be the band's final ever live show, and l features guest appearances ...