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Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage Iron Maiden celebrates their 50th anniversary in 2025, and in that half-century, the metal icons have never played Glastonbury. If that never changes, that's fine by frontman Bruce Dickinson."I always said I'd turn Glastonbury down if we were ever invited," Dickinson tells the U.K.'s The i Paper.He adds, "I don't want to go play in front of Gwyneth Paltrow and a perfume-infested yurt."While we can't speak to the Iron Man star's current […]

ABC/Paula Lobo Never mind the bollocks, here's Billie Joe Armstrong rocking with the Sex Pistols.The Green Day frontman made a surprise appearance during the reformed punk icons' set Thursday at the Tons of Rock festival in Norway, joining vocalist Frank Carter in singing "Anarchy in the U.K."Sex Pistols announced their reunion in 2024 with original members Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook alongside Carter in place of frontman John Lydon aka Johnny […]

Concord Records John Fogerty has shared another taste of his upcoming album, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, dropping Aug. 22.The album features newly recorded versions of classic CCR tunes. The latest releases are his new takes on "Born on the Bayou" and "Lodi," which are both available via digital outlets."When it came time to sing 'Lodi,' I noticed that my voice seemed to have a little extra character in […]

On This Day, June 27, 2002 ...One day before the start of The Who’s U.S. tour, bassist John "The Ox" Entwistle died of a cocaine-induced heart attack. He was found dead in his room at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas by the stripper he had spent the night with.He was 57."The Ox has left the building—we've lost another great friend," The Who's Roger Daltrey and Pete […]

UMe The Smashing Pumpkins have announced a reissue of their 2000 album, Machina/The Machines of God, in honor of its 25th anniversary.A deluxe vinyl box set, which also includes the companion record Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music and 32 bonus tracks, will be available on Aug. 22 exclusively through Billy Corgan's Madame Zuzu’s tea shop in Highland Park, Illinois."It's taken some 25 years to finally release Machina as we in the band […]

Rhino The music of the Ramones has gotten a sound upgrade.Rhino just dropped a new box set, 1!2!3!4! The Ramones Atmos Collection. It features the band’s first four albums — Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia and Road to Ruin — in Dolby Atmos on Blu-ray audio, along with each album's original stereo mixes in high-resolution.The Atmos mixes of Leave Home, Rocket to Russia and Road to Ruin were handled by Ed Stasium, who originally engineered those three albums. Craig Leon, producer of […]

Jim Dyson/Getty Images There’s no doubt plenty of people can say Paul McCartney’s music has played an important role in their life, and now the Beatles legend is revealing the albums that are just as important to him.In his latest Q&A on his website, a fan shared that they'd recently been discussing albums and songs that have become the soundtrack to their life, and asked McCartney if there were any "albums that take you back […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Much like time, Metallica marches on, and that doesn't seem to be changing any time soon. At least, as long as Kirk Hammett has his way.Speaking to Metal Hammer about the possibility of him hanging his guitar up, Hammett declares, "I don't believe in retirement.""Retirement is something that's been forced onto people; I don't believe musicians are allowed to retire!" Hammett says. "This was the thinking of all musicians […]

Jason Kempin/Getty Images When Gary Rossington, the last original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away in 2023, the band decided to continue on, and it turns out, that could mean new music in the future.The band recently announced a new label deal with Frontiers SRL and in a new interview with Classic Rock magazine, frontman Johnny Van Zant suggests a new album isn’t out of the question. He says that in […]