Concerts
Concerts, tours and festivals across Europe: who is playing, where, and the venues that matter.
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"It was darker than other bands but it really got me to let go of the old and embrace the new." The late 80s alt-metal album that Korn guitarist Head says accidentally invented nu metal
The alt-metal classic that came out of nowhere and changed everything
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"A nurse came in and said, 'You should stay another night or two because you almost died yesterday.'" How a near-death experience inspired the making of Failure's Location Lost
Failure's seventh album Location Lost was shaped by frontman Ken Andrews’ long road back to full health
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"Ma, I'm real sick. I need help. I got to come home": The trauma and triumph of Stevie Ray Vaughan
After almost dying at a London show, Stevie Ray Vaughan was given two weeks to live - it was the wake-up call he needed
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“Having ADHD isn’t a superpower. But we can turn pain into poetry, and this album does that’’: TesseracT and Chimp Spanner friends team up for Prince Of Failure debut
Daniel Tompkins and Paul Ortiz smash prog together with nu metal on their cathartic self-titled record
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Watch Ms. Lauryn Hill Tribute With SZA, Doechii, and Nas at BET Awards 2026
She received the inaugural Living Legend Icon Award at tonight’s awards ceremony
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"Give The People What They Want proves that The Kinks were still alive and kicking as the 80s began." Ray Davies successfully trades music-hall whimsy for slabs of radio-ready arena rock
The Kinks' 19th studio album explored the band's harder edges and saw the reintroduction of an old friend
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Lorde Uploads 49 Demos From Virgin for Album’s Anniversary
The XRAYS page also features new photos, notes, and artwork ideas for her 2025 LP
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“I imagined playing in San Francisco. I didn’t even know where it was! But within a few months, there we were”: In a world of smiling 60s beat bands, Procol Harum were serious – and it paid off
The proto-prog debut album that followed blockbuster single A Whiter Shade Of Pale contained an 18-minute suite and challenging ly…
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"He only became a heavy metal guy after he’d spent time touring with Deep Purple and started in Rainbow." What happened when Ronnie James Dio met Ritchie Blackmore
Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore recruited a largely unknown vocalist to sing on his new project. The rest, as they say, is…
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"The lyrics are like this crazy, mystical bum that lives in a cave and says, ‘Oh, I wanna reach the whales!’ Why do people want to hear this?" 13 rock and metal musicians hating on their own songs
Lemmy, James Hetfield, Amy Lee, Slipknot’s Clown and more open up the haterade on their own songs
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"It was a gift. It came from that mysterious place that lyrics sometimes come from": The Tom Petty reject that gave Don Henley the ultimate song of lost innocence
From an unwanted demo came Don Henley's Boys Of Summer, a song that aches with nostalgia and innocence
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"If a grudge is going to escalate, you might as well sock each other out and get it over with." How Deftones dealt with fame, the road and each other on the White Pony tour
Theft, Night Ranger singalongs and Gatorade cocktails: 48 hours in Madrid and San Sebastián with Deftones
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"Let’s not be grunge. Let’s be more like the Beach Boys. But loud." How Weezer's Rivers Cuomo wrote the perfect power-pop song but almost shelved it
Producer Ric Ocasek convinced the Weezer frontman to include the song Buddy Holly on the band's debut album
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Mick Jagger admits idea of a Rolling Stones biopic “interests” him
"I know how I see it" The post Mick Jagger admits idea of a Rolling Stones biopic “interests” him appeared first on NM…
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Former Guns N’ Roses manager Doug Goldstein dead at 65
Goldstein worked with Axl Rose's band for 17 years
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Noah Kahan Asks Concertgoers Not To Shit In Their Seats
Yesterday Noah Kahan asked his fans to stop stealing his hometown's road sign , and now he's asking them to not shit their seats a…
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Noah Kahan Asks Fans in Philly to Go to the Bathroom If They Have to Poop
"you guys gotta understand there’s a venue worker out there with a 1000 yard stare after dealing with that." Noah Kahan Asks Fans …
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"Side effects include elevated heart rates, annoyed neighbours and speeding tickets." Here are Metallica's ten fastest songs, ranked by BPM
Here's all the proof you need that when they fancy it, Metallica know how to put the pedal to the metal
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Vanilla Ice’s show at Donald Trump’s troubled Freedom 250 fair rained off at last minute
He was one of the only names remaining on the line-up after several other artists pulled out of the politicised event The post Van…
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“They’d been to university, they had bank accounts; two of them were teachers. They had a car; they’d got a bank loan to buy a PA!”: Phil Manzanera always knew Roxy Music were going to make it
Guitarist who failed his first audition recalls making 1972 debut album for just £5,000
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Watch Kings Of Leon headline first ever State Fayre Festival: “It feels like coming home”
The Tennessee band opened the festival of music and barbecue in Chelmsford last night (June 26) The post Watch Kings Of Leon headl…
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"We're trying to build a spaceship – as you do." Muse frontman Matt Bellamy promises blockbuster stage production for upcoming arena shows
With a new album released and massive shows coming up, Muse are spending big on their stage setup
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This hard techno remix of Arctic Monkeys’ ‘505’ is going down a storm at dance festivals this summer
The heavy new mix from Dutch producer Xamuel has been rocking crowds around the world The post This hard techno remix of Arctic Mo…
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"He wrote stories so painfully real that rock’n’roll still bears their scars." From Velvet Underground to his often divisive solo work, here's why Lou Reed is rock’s greatest storyteller
"With 1989’s New York album, Reed sealed his position as NYC’s poet laureate with a concept work of rare lyrical brilliance."