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Birmingham To Award Black Sabbath With Freedom of the City

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Black Sabbath’s founding members are set to be honoured with the Freedom Of The City by Birmingham City Council.

Tagged as: 70s, Birmingham, Black Sabbath, Freedom of the City, metal, rock, UK

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Stone Temple Pilots Add Melbourne and Gold Coast Show

by Noise11.com

Stone Temple Pilots will still tour Australia despite the cancellation of the Hello Sunshine festival. New dates have been added to Melbourne and Gold Coast to make up for the cancelled festival shows.

Tagged as: 90s, Australian Tour, metal, rock, Stone Temple Pilots, USA

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Knotfest Sideshows Schedule Revealed

by Noise11.com

The full list of Australian sideshows for Knotfest is here.

Tagged as: Australia, Knotfest, live music, metal, music festival, music industry, sideshows, Slipknot

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Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy Guitarist John Sykes Dies At Age 65

by Paul Cashmere

John Sykes, the former guitarist for Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy has died at the age of 65 from cancer.

Tagged as: 80s, Guns n Roses, John Sykes, metal, Thin Lizzy, UK, Whitesnake

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Def Leppard Play Without Vivian Campbell As He Undergoes Cancer Treatment

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Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell missed the band’s first concert of 2025 due to his recovery from cancer treatment.

Tagged as: 80s, Def Leppard, metal, rock, UK, Vivian Campbell

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Scorpions Cancel Vegas Show Due To Mikkey Dee’s Sepsis

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Scorpions have postponed their Las Vegas residency so drummer Mikkey Dee can continue his recovery after being hospitalised with life-threatening sepsis.

Tagged as: 80s, Europe, Germany, metal, Mikkey Dee, Motorhead, Scorpions

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Sammy Hagar Quits Touring

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Sammy Hagar has quit touring. Hagar hit the road last year for his ‘The Best Of All Worlds’ tour – which covered the US, Canada and Japan – and he’s preparing to launch the show as a residency which will run from April 30 until May 17 at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas – and he’s now insisted he’s sick of travelling and just wants to perform one-off concerts and residencies which allow him to stay in one place.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, metal, rock, Sammy Hagar, USA, Van Halen

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Metallica Donate $500000 To Fire Victims

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Metallica have donated $500,000 to the Los Angeles wildfires relief efforts.

Tagged as: 80s, metal, Metallica, rock, USA

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Nine Inch Nails Delay Tour Announcement Due To LA Fires

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Nine Inch Nails will tour in 2025 but they have delayed the official announcement due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

Tagged as: 90s, industrial, metal, Nine Inch Nails, rock, USA

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Cradle of Filth Members Marry

by Paul Cashmere

Marek ‘Ashok’ Šmerda and Zoë M. Federoff of Cradle of Filth married on the weekend in Tucson, Arizona.

Tagged as: 90s, Cradle of Filth, Marek ‘Ashok’ Smerda, metal, USA, Zoe Federoff

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Shihad Add More Shows To Final Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Shihad have one final Australian tour on the way with new shows added to Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne featuring full album performances.

Tagged as: 90s, metal, New Zealand, Pacifier, Shihad

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Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine photo by Ros O'Gorman

Rage Against The Machine’s Tim Commerford Updates On His Cancer Journey

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Rage Against The Machine’s Tim Commerford has opened up about his battle with cancer.

Tagged as: 90s, industrial, metal, Rage Against The Machine, Tim Commerford, USA

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Guns N’ Roses To Play Saudi Arabia For the First Time

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Guns N’ Roses are set to embark on a 24-date stadium tour in 2025, including their first-ever show in Saudi Arabia.

Tagged as: 80s, Guns n Roses, metal, rock, USA

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Nicko McBrain Retires From Iron Maiden, Simon Dawson is the New Guy

by Paul Cashmere

Iron Maiden have announced Simon Dawson from British Lion is the new drummer.

Tagged as: 80s, British Lion, Iron Maiden, metal, Nicko McBrain, Simon Dawson, UK

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Lemmy To Be Immortalised At Stringfellows London

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Lemmy Kilmister will take up full-time residence at one of his favourite places to relax and socialize – Stringfellows Gentleman’s Club in London. It is a place which holds many Lemmy memories for friends and associates, as it became one of his favourite places to go after it opened in 1980.

Tagged as: 70s, Lemmy, metal, Motorhead, UK

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Mayatrix & The Psychics To Open For The Cult In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Perth band Mayatrix & The Psychics have been chosen to open for The Cult when the Australia tour starts in Melbourne this weekend.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Mayatrix & The Psychics, metal, rock, The Cult, UK

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Linkin Park Reveal A Year of Tour Dates for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Linkin Park have announced a world tour taking in the America and UK/Europe for 2025.

Tagged as: 00s, Linkin Park, metal, rock, USA

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Shihad To Call It Quits After Final Australia and New Zealand Tour

by Paul Cashmere

After 36 years together, New Zealand’s Shihad have announced they will be no more after one final tour.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, hard rock, metal, New Zealand, Shihad

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Original Poison Line-up To Regroup In 2026

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Poison’s Rikki Rockett has opened up about a band reunion and has confirmed that the ’80s rockers will regroup in 2026.

Tagged as: 80s, metal, Poison, Rikki Rockett, rock, USA

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Extreme Release a 10th Music Video From the Album ‘Six’

by Paul Cashmere

Extreme have released the 10th music video from ‘Six’. Check out ‘Small Town Beautiful’

Tagged as: 90s, Ex'Treme, metal, rock, six, USA

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Voice of Baceprot Play One of the Most Powerful Shows of All Time for Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne has hosted some intimate early shows for artists who went on to major things. There was Radiohead at the Palace in 1994, The White Stripes at the Corner Hotel in 2000, Coldplay at The Prince of Wales in 2001 and Taylor Swift at Billboard in 2009. I have a feeling we’ll look back to 26 October 2024 when Voice of Baceprot (V.o.B.) played at Croxton Park Hotel in Melbourne and it will be one of those shows.

Tagged as: 20s, Indonesia, metal, V.o.B., Voice of Baceprot

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Motörhead To Publish Lemmy Doodle Book

by Paul Cashmere

Lemmy’s finest doodles will be published in a new book ‘Ye Book of Inconsequential Scribbles’.

Tagged as: 80s, book, Lemmy, metal, Motorhead, UK, Ye Book of Inconsequential Scribbles

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Metallica Australian and New Zealand Dates For 2025 Are Here

by Paul Cashmere

Set aside November 2025 Australia and New Zealand, Metallica are coming.

Tagged as: 80s, Australian Tour, metal, Metallica, USA

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Original Iron Maiden Singer Paul Di’Anno Dies Aged 66

by Paul Cashmere

Paul D’Anno, the original lead singer for Iron Maiden, has died at the age of 66.

Tagged as: 80s, Iron Maiden, metal, Paul Di'Anno, UK

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Ozzy Osbourne Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Ozzy Osbourne has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – for a second time.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Black Sabbath, metal, Ozzy Osbourne, rock, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, UK

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Slipknot Reveals Knotfest 2025 Australian Line-up

by Paul Cashmere

The full line-up for Knotfest 2025 in Australia has been announced with Slipknot revealing their curated Australian touring party.

Tagged as: 2025, Australia, Knotfest, metal, Slipknot

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Motley Crue Play First of The ‘Höllywood Takeöver’ Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Motley Crue have played their first of three club shows in West Hollywood where it all began back in early 80s.

Tagged as: 80s, Hollywood takeover, metal, Motley Crue, rock, USA

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Limp Bizkit Sue Universal Music For $200 Million

by Paul Cashmere

Limp Bizkit is suing Universal Music Group (UMG) for allegedly failing to pay royalties.

Tagged as: 90s, Limp Bizkit, metal, rock, Universal, USA

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Korn To Play One Off Australian Headline Show In Adelaide

by Noise11.com

Korn will perform a headline show in Adelaide in December while in Australia for the Good Times Festival.

Tagged as: 90s, Korn, metal, rock, USA

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Slayer Reunion Show Cancelled

by Music-News.com

Organisers of the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky, were forced to cancel due to severe weather conditions.

Tagged as: 90s, metal, Slayer, USA

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