Rock

Trap rap pioneer OG Maco is in “critical but stable condition” following an alleged suicide attempt, his family have confirmed. Over the weekend (December 13), it was reported that OG Maco had been hospitalised due to an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Today (December 16), his family have shared an update on social

Slade‘s Noddy Holder has revealed he was among the first UK patients to receive “a new regime of chemotherapy” which saved his life. The band’s frontman was given six months to live after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2018. Still, he has since recovered after receiving a pioneering type of treatment at a hospital

Static Dress have announced their debut headline tour across the US for next spring. The band are currently finishing up their North American run supporting Underoath, who they also opened for in the UK in June, but they have confirmed they will be back in the US for another run of shows in April and

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has admitted to threatening to leak the band’s long-delayed ‘lost’ album ‘Look Outside Your Window’. READ MORE: Slipknot’s Clown talks 2024 tour and new material: “This band has never been happier” It was recorded by frontman Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson, Jim Root and Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan at the same time as the group

U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. has revealed he has been diagnosed with dyscalculia. READ MORE: U2 live in Las Vegas: a dazzling opening night at the $2 billion Sphere The musician opened up about his recent diagnosis in an interview with Times Radio, revealing it also explains why he makes a “pained” face when performing, as he

Celeste has made her directorial debut for a short film accompanying her new single ‘This Is Who I Am’. The song has been used as the title theme for the recent political thriller The Day Of The Jackal starring Eddie Redmayne. Now, Celeste has unveiled the accompanying video, which was filmed in Winchester with a cast of

The official first-look trailer at 2K Games‘ highly anticipated Borderlands 4 has finally been revealed – check it out below. During The Game Awards 2024 (December 12), 2K and Gearbox Software unveiled the first glimpse at Borderlands 4 – which has yet to receive a firm release date but is due to launch sometime in

Many famous faces have congratulated Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco on their engagement, with Taylor Swift among them. READ MORE: ‘Emilia Perez’ review: Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez let loose in flawed musical melodrama After Gomez announced her engagement to producer and songwriter Blanco on Instagram last night (December 11), her close friend Swift was one

Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver will bring their Miss Me? podcast to a live audience for the first time in London next year. The podcast launched in March this year and its first live edition will be recorded with an audience at the Hackney Empire on March 6, 2025. Tickets go on sale on Friday (December

Robbie Williams has come to the defense of Oasis following the controversy around the dynamic pricing tickets of their 2025 reunion tour. READ MORE: Better Man: eight classic stories the Robbie Williams biopic should include Upon announcement of Oasis’ huge comeback tour earlier this year, fans were left scrambling to get tickets. During the tumultuous sale for UK

Bill Wyman has opened up about his feelings regarding The Rolling Stones‘ decision to continue as a band after the passing of Charlie Watts. Watts had been a part of The Rolling Stones’s line-up since January 1963 serving as a drummer. His death was announced in August 2021 – shortly after he was forced to pull out

Miley Cyrus has released a new single, ‘Beautiful That Way’, written and recorded for a new Pamela Anderson film titled The Last Showgirl. Listen to it below. Read More: Miley Cyrus – ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ review: a potent reclamation of power The Last Showgirl, directed by Gia Coppola, sees Anderson playing the role of a seasoned showgirl

The UK government has revealed the deadline for the music industry to respond to its ticket levy in efforts to save grassroots venues. READ MORE: UK grassroots venues suffering from “the complete collapse of touring” – here’s how you can help Earlier this spring, a government committee of UK MPs joined the call for a levy on

Treatments for an alien musical co-written by Paul McCartney and science fiction author Isaac Asimov have been unearthed by the writers of forthcoming biography The McCartney Legacy: Volume 2: 1974 – 80. READ MORE: ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ review: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epic The book, due for release tomorrow (December 10)

KISS’ Gene Simmons has once again doubled down on his assertion that “rock is dead”. The bassist and singer has been declaring the demise of the genre for over a decade now, dating back to comments from 2014 in which he accused record labels of failing to adequately support rock artists. At the time, he

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley reunited on stage together in New York this week – see footage below. On Friday (December 6), the three members of the classic lineup of the band joined together at The Stone venue in Greenwich Village, with drummer Shelley a special guest of guitarists Moore and

Chappell Roan joined Sabrina Carpenter on her Netflix special for a duet of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ – watch footage below. A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter aired on the streaming platform on Friday (December 6), a one-off festive showcase for the ‘Espresso’ singer. She was joined by an array of guests, including Roan, with the

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have performed ‘Flight b741!’ with Songs For Kids Band – check out the moment below. The band stopped by the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta to perform the song with Songs For Kids Band, which works with children and young people with disabilities, injuries and illnesses. The children also

London nightclub Heaven has been permitted to re-open tomorrow (December 7) after it was shut down by police last month. The move came after a woman was allegedly raped “in the vicinity of the venue” by a member of Heaven’s security staff on November 1. The police statement continued that other staff then “allegedly ignored