Sam Fender has announced a headline Australian tour for November 2022, in support of his second studio album ‘Seventeen Going Under’. The tour, announced today (July 26), is Fender’s first to the continent in over three years. He was last in Australia as part of the Splendour In The Grass festival, performing there as well
            
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Guns N’ Roses’ Slash said he doesn’t think he’s ever owned a copy of the band’s debut album, ‘Appetite For Destruction’, in a new interview. READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses – rank the albums Slash was asked by Goldmine magazine if he had “the original Guns N’ Roses cover from ‘Appetite’ on vinyl”. In response, Slash said that
            
          Ed Sheeran made a surprise guest appearance during Snow Patrol‘s headline set at Latitude 2022 tonight (July 24) – check out the footage below. The Northern Irish–Scottish band – which features Sheeran’s longtime co-writer Johnny McDaid – closed the Suffolk festival with a 14-track performance on the main stage, per Setlist.FM. Towards the end of
            
          Kanye West appeared at Rolling Loud festival on Friday (July 22) having cancelled his headline slot there less than a week earlier. Kid Cudi replaced Kanye West on the bill at the Miami event when West, who is now known officially as “Ye”, “decided that he [would] no longer be performing”. It marked the ‘DONDA’ star’s
            
          Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse has officially quit the band to care for his wife, Janine, who has aggressive cancer. Morse confirmed in March that he’d be temporarily stepping away from live duties. “At this point, there are so many possible complications and unknowns, that whatever time we have left in our lives, I simply
            
          Ozzy Osbourne has given another update on his health as he continues to recover from major surgery. The musician’s wife Sharon previously confirmed that her husband would be undergoing an operation that would “determine the rest of his life”. The procedure is said to have taken place in mid-June. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Ozzy
            
          A Foxing fan has become an internet sensation after he climbed the ceiling at the outfit’s recent Ohio show. The “iconic” moment occurred at Cleveland’s Grog Shop on Monday (July 19), in the midst of the outfit’s North American tour with Greet Death and Home Is Where. However, as seen in fan-shot footage below, it
            
          Dave Grohl has spoken about how he believes his daughter Violet and her generation will “create the next revolution”. Violet Grohl, 16, has shared the stage with her father on numerous occasions in the past, including at Foo Fighters‘ headline set at Leeds Festival 2019. She also provided backing vocals on the band’s latest album,
            
          Ed O’Brien has discussed Radiohead’s future plans in a recent interview. Speaking to The Line-Up Podcast O’Brien answered whether or not the band would eventually come back together. “It might happen, but the other thing is… it might not” the guitarist said. “And does that matter?” Advertisement Elsewhere in the interview, he said “There’s no Radiohead
            
          Chris Cornell‘s daughter Toni has paid tribute to the late Soundgarden frontman to mark what would have been his 58th birthday. Cornell died by suicide on May 18, 2017. He was 52 years old. READ MORE: Chris Cornell songs: the best by the Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Yesterday (July 20), Toni Cornell – who is also
            
          Live Nation has claimed “no liability” in the death of Drakeo The Ruler at Once Upon A Time in LA last year. Drakeo was fatally stabbed during an altercation backstage at the festival, which took place at the Banc of California and Exposition Park on December 18. Drakeo’s family including his brother, mother and son
            
          Faith No More frontman Mike Patton has opened up about his mental health struggles following the band’s axed tour dates. READ MORE: Faith No More are back. Here’s why you should care about the wild and witty progenitors of alt-metal Last year, Mike Patton announced that all their shows had been cancelled citing mental health reasons. “I have
            
          Cardi B is set to testify in person in a $5million (£4.17million) lawsuit case over the artwork on her 2016 mixtape, ‘Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1’. Kevin Brophy Jr alleged that the rapper photoshopped his distinctive back tattoo onto someone else’s body and used it without his permission, which ultimately appropriated his likeness in “a
            
          Post Malone is teaming up with fellow musician Ski Mask the Slump God and popular Twitch streamer Aceu to raise money for charity by streaming Apex Legends. Post Malone, also known by his birth name Austin Richard Post, has partnered with developer Respawn to offer a series of streams referred to as Gaming for Love,
            
          Denzel Curry has revealed that he is a huge fan of Pantera. Speaking in a new interview in this week’s NME Big Read, the rapper admitted that the metal veterans were one of his childhood favourite bands. “I loved Pantera. Pantera was my shit!” he said. “‘Super Cowboys From Hell’; ‘Reinventing The Steel’ – their [songs
            
          Megan Thee Stallion has shared footage of neo-soul pioneer (and fellow Texan) Erykah Badu twerking onstage during Meg’s set at Switzerland’s Gurtenfestival. Both artists performed at the festival, and Badu was brought on stage during Megan’s set. She ended up twerking in front of the audience during Meg’s ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ cut ‘Kitty Kat’
            
          Kanye West will no longer headline this year’s edition of Rolling Loud in Miami, with Kid Cudi – a longtime colleague of West’s, with whom the controversial rapper shares a storied past – confirmed as his replacement. The line-up change was announced earlier this afternoon (July 17), with Rolling Loud’s organisers saying it came “due
            
          The Rolling Stones invited a Ukrainian choir on stage to perform ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ at a gig this weekend – see footage below. The legendary rockers were playing the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria on Friday (July 15), where they saved a special surprise for the encore. “They came long
            
          Ex-Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson has a new band called Dieth – and they’ve released a new single called ‘In the Hall of the Hanging Serpents’ – check it out below. The band is made up of singer-guitarist Guilherme Miranda (formerly a member of Entombed A.D.) and drummer Michał Łysejko (who was previously in Decapitated). A second guitarist,
            
          The Maccabees‘ Felix and Hugo White have announced that they’ve formed a new band with brother Will called 86TVs. As revealed by Felix today (July 15), the band played a debut gig for friends and family at London’s Omeara last night, with new music and further live performances promised before the end of the year.