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A brand-new Sex Pistols biopic directed by Danny Boyle has been picked up by FX Entertainment, to begin production on March 7. The six-episode limited series, simply title Pistol, is based on Steve Jones’ 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol. Stars of the series will include Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Louis Partridge, Jacob Slater, Fabien Frankel, Dylan Llewellyn, Maisie Williams, Sydney Chandler and Emma Appleton.. ...Read Full Story

The Kings of Quarantine, consisting of members of Mastodon and Slaves on Dope, are back with some of their famous friends for a new cover track.  Their rendition of Jane’s Addiction’s “Mountain Song” features Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit), P-Nut (311), Bert McCracken (The Used), Tanner Wayne (In Flames), Louise Post (Veruca Salt) and Richard Patrick (Filter).. ...Read Full Story

Jack White is set to release a new live album recorded at Detroit’s Masonic Temple back in 2014. The show took place on July 30, 2014, and saw the Detroit native perform 38 songs over the course of three-and-a-half hours which included covers of Beck’s ‘Devil’s Haircut’, Led Zeppelin‘s ‘The Lemon Song’ and Hank Williams’ ‘Ramblin Man’.. ...Read Full Story

AC/DC premiered the music video for their song “Realize,” the latest single from the legendary band’s new album “Power Up”, which was released back in November and was the follow-up to their 2014 album “Rock Or Bust”.. ...Read Full Story

Rush bassist Geddy Lee has been announced as one of the guest musicians at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s virtual event The Show Must Go On: Stories of Resilience to be held on February 18, 2021. . ...Read Full Story

Lana Del Rey is sharing its title track to her upcoming album, Chemtrails Over the Country Club. The new single is the second offering off the upcoming album, following the track “Let Me Love You Like a Woman.”. ...Read Full Story

In honor of what would have been David Bowie’s 74th birthday, Rhino Records has released two rare covers—as free streams and a limited edition 7″ single—of Bowie covering John Lennon and Bob Dylan.. ...Read Full Story

Linkin Park have released the “One Step Closer (100 gecs Reanimation)” version of their classic hit single as part of their “Hybrid Theory” 20th anniversary celebration. The band had 100 gecs (Dylan Brady and Laura Les) create a visualizer video for “One Step Closer (100 gecs Reanimation).. ...Read Full Story

Bad Wolves have announced that they have officially parted ways with frontman Tommy Vext. Reports recently surfaced claiming the vocalist has parted ways with with band based on an Instagram Live video, which is no longer available.. ...Read Full Story

Queensrÿche vocalist Todd La Torre is releasing the first official music video from his upcoming debut solo album Rejoice In The Suffering. . ...Read Full Story

Miley Cyrus‘ upcoming Metallica covers album will feature an all-star lineup of collaborators, including Elton John, Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith and more.. ...Read Full Story

​Machine Gun Kelly has set a premiere date for his upcoming musical film, Downfalls High. The movie, based on MGK’s 2020 album Tickets to My Downfall, will make its debut on January 15. . ...Read Full Story

Bruce Springsteen is teasing a “big surprise” that will be revealed in 2021. Springsteen said he wouldn’t attempt to tour in 2021, but confirmed he had some more projects underway that would be shared over the course of the year.. ...Read Full Story

Kings of Leon are sharing previews of new songs on social media, a sneak peaks at their latest music since the release of 2016’s Walls. . ...Read Full Story

Avril Lavigne and MOD SUN have confirmed their new collaboration “Flames” is on the way. Lavigne has been in the studio working on her new album, and MOD SUN has been writing alongside Lavigne and producer John Feldmann in the studio. In a recent interview, Feldmann revealed that MOD SUN has been joining in on Lavigne’s recording sessions.. ...Read Full Story

Former Children Of Bodom singer and guitarist Alexi Laiho has died, passing away at his home in Heklsinki last week. The 41-year-old Finnish musician had reportedly been suffering from “long term health issues” but no cause of death has been revealed.. ...Read Full Story

Foo Fighters have shared the second single from their forthcoming new album ‘Medicine At Midnight.’ The new track was teased earlier last week when the band shared a snippet on social media, accompanied by the caption: “New year. New music.”. ...Read Full Story

Def Leppard have announced that they will be opening their vault on January 13, and shared a special video to reveal their plans for the special collection. Said the band: “The Def Leppard Vault is the first ever collection of the band’s artifacts and related stories, curated from and told by Joe, Sav, Rick, Phil and Viv. The Def Leppard Vault will serve as a constantly curated museum, including special installations where fans can gather to see the band’s history from 1977 to now.”. ...Read Full Story

Guns N’ Roses has been working on their first new album with guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan since 1993 “The Spaghetti Incident?” for a few years, and now it looks like that wait might finally come to an end in 2021.. ...Read Full Story

Journey guitarist Neal Schon took to social media to pay tribute to Mountain icon Leslie West, who passed away on December 23rd. . ...Read Full Story

KISS have announced a New Year’s Eve concert set to take place at Atlantis in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, that can be live streamed at home by paying audiences. The band said that the KISS 2020 Goodbye show ‘will use over 50 cameras, 360-degree views and pyrotechnics to deliver an epic event.’. ...Read Full Story

A new trailer for the upcoming horror-thriller film The Retaliators has been released, featuring members of Motley Crue, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach and Escape the Fate.. ...Read Full Story

The White Stripes released a 90-minute Yule log video that features tracks from the Detroit duo’s recently released Greatest Hits album, as well as acoustic tracks, rare B-sides and the pair’s original Christmas song, “Candy Cane Children.”. ...Read Full Story

The Recording Academy has added 29 songs and albums to the Grammy Hall of Fame today, including Bruce Springsteen’s Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., Pearl Jam’s Ten, Patti Smith’s Horses, Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill — the first rap disc to top Billboard 200 album chart — the Cars’ eponymous disc, John Mayall with Eric Clapton’s Blues Breakers and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s Texas Flood.. ...Read Full Story

Eddie Vedder recently released Matter Of Time, consisting of 5 acoustic songs and covers performed and recorded throughout 2020, including a version of Bruce Springsteen’s “Growin’ Up.” The collection includes the addition of “Future Days” from the 2020 Game Awards, and at-home performances of the Pearl Jam classics “Porch” and “Just Breathe.”. ...Read Full Story

Phish announced that they’ve teamed up with Chess.com as part of the regular streaming series they’ve been doing since the early days of the pandemic. Phish’s ongoing “Dinner and a Movie” series launched in late-March as pandemic began, with the band sharing the video recording of older shows along with a dinner recipe selected by one of the four bandmembers.. ...Read Full Story

A new lyric video for Chris Cornell‘s cover of John Lennon‘s ‘Watching The Wheels’ has been released.  The song is taken from ‘No One Sings Like You Anymore’, the final album by the late Cornell, which was released digitally earlier this month by his family and estate.. ...Read Full Story

In an interview with People magazine, Richie Sambora explained that he left Bon Jovi in 2013 to focus on his family and he has no regrets about walking away from the group.. ...Read Full Story

According to a release from the group’s label, Twenty One Pilots just earned the Guinness World Record for the longest music video ever.. ...Read Full Story

Iggy Pop has released a new song referencing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Dirty Little Virus is Iggy’s response to the devastating effects of Covid-19 and the restrictions that have accompanied it.. ...Read Full Story

Peter Jackson’s documentary on The Beatles, “Get Back,” was due to be released this year before the coronavirus pushed it back to 2021. . ...Read Full Story

Good Charlotte are back with their first new song in two years, “Last December,” their first new music since the release of their 2018 album, Generation RX.. ...Read Full Story

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have shared their new score for upcoming Disney/Pixar film Soul.  Soul will be released on Christmas Day.. ...Read Full Story

Foo Fighters “Shame Shame” has topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart. . ...Read Full Story

Creed frontman Scott Stapp will make his feature film debut by portraying Frank Sinatra in the upcoming biopic Reagan. Stapp will perform as Sinatra at the famed Cocoanut Grove, at a time when Ronald Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild and the club was a staple of old Hollywood. . ...Read Full Story

Metallica frontman James Hetfield performed his acoustic cover of Bob Seger’s ‘Turn The Page,’ while taking part remotely in the recent charity livestream VetsAid 2020: Home For The Holidays, which raised “sorely needed funds to veterans services groups across the US”.. ...Read Full Story

Adam Lambert, Peter Frampton, Duran Duran and more have been added to the line-up of the special charity livestream event which will honor David Bowie‘s life and career next month. A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day! will be streamed globally on January 8, 2021 to mark what would have been the late artist’s 74th birthday. The event will also help raise money for Save The Children.. ...Read Full Story

Sharon Osbourne has revealed she tested positive for COVID-19 and was briefly hospitalized with the virus.. ...Read Full Story

Greta Van Fleet has shared their music video for the new single “Age of Machines.” The 7-minute long video gives fans a taste of the band’s upcoming sophomore release, The Battle at Garden’s Gate, set for release on April 16, 2021. The Battle at Garden’s Gate marks the group’s second LP and is the follow-up to their 2018 breakthrough album, Anthem of the Peaceful Army.. ...Read Full Story

On Monday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a two-part COVID-19 stimulus bill totaling $908 billion, seeking to end months of deadlock in Congress over the package. The group of about 12 senators from both parties introduced the measure including a $748 billion package focused on funding for education, vaccines and transportation, alongside a $160 billion add-on including the most contentious provisions such as state and local funding and a short-term liability shield for employers.. ...Read Full Story

Queensryche singer Todd La Torre has streamed his new single “Darkened Majesty,” the lead track from his forthcoming solo album debut, “Rejoice In The Suffering.” The rocker teamed up with longtime friend and collaborator Craig Blackwell and producer Chris “Zeuss” Harris to put the finishing touches on the project during the pandemic.. ...Read Full Story

Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins and Soundgarden/Pearl Jam’s Matt Cameron and have released a new two track deluxe single from their brand new project Nighttime Boogie Association.. ...Read Full Story

The family of the late Chris Cornell announced the release of the artist’s final work, a cover album which was recorded a year before his death. The Soundgarden frontman’s last album is titled No One Sings Like You Anymore, and features 10 cover songs, all celebrating the artists that inspired Cornell. . ...Read Full Story

Tom Petty’s estate has shared a new music video for “Something Could Happen,” which was included in his expanded reissue set Wildflowers & All the Rest.. ...Read Full Story

Twenty One Pilots — the duo consisting of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun — have released the holiday song “Christmas Saves the Year. The pair said on Instagram: “an original twenty one pilots christmas song written and recorded in tyler’s home studio. from us to you, merry christmas.”. ...Read Full Story

Paramore’s Hayley Williams made their solo debut on NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, performing tracks from her debut album, Petals For Armor.. ...Read Full Story

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have released the accompanying soundtrack to David Fincher‘s biographical drama film, Mank. The project features a total of 52 cuts, Clocking in at just a little over an hour and 30 minutes.. ...Read Full Story

Blink-182’s Travis Barker is part of a new cover of the Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” recorded for the new film, Sound of Metal, streaming now via Amazon Prime Video.. ...Read Full Story

Gorillaz is making its live return this month with a set of immersive, one-of-a-kind shows performed from the basement of Kong Studios, set to take place on December 12 and 13.. ...Read Full Story

Bob Dylan has sold the publishing rights to his entire back catalog to Universal Music Group for a whopping $300 million.. ...Read Full Story

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons are featured on a cover of the 1970 Fleetwood Mac classic, “The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)”, as part of a newly-issued video from a 2020 tribute concert for Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green. Green passed away in his sleep on July 25 at the age of 73.. ...Read Full Story

The Strokes are back with a new music video for ‘The Adults Are Talking’ featured on their album The New Abnormal, released earlier this year.. ...Read Full Story

Greta Van Fleet have announced their upcoming sophomore album, titled “The Battle At Garden’s Gate,” and debuted their new single, “Age of Machine.” . ...Read Full Story

Deftones have shared the remix of ‘Teenager’ by The Cure‘s Robert Smith, taken from their upcoming ‘White Pony’ remix album ‘Black Stallion.’ . ...Read Full Story

BLACK SABBATH released its album “Vol 4” back in 1972, containing the classic tracks “Supernaut”, “Changes” and “Snowblind” and reaching the Top 10 on the albums chart in the U.K. and the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S.. ...Read Full Story

AC/DC’s new song “Demon Fire” was featured in Fortnite as part of their live Galactus event.. ...Read Full Story

Dream Theater are hoping to help their road crew who have had to go without work throughout 2020. The band have recorded a medley of holiday songs, dubbed “The Holiday Spirit Carries On,” with all of the proceeds will benefit the crew members.. ...Read Full Story

Dave Matthews, Haim, Brandon Boyd of Incubus and 37 other artists will pay tribute to Yusuf/Cat Stevens with live performances at the CatSong Festival, which will honor the 50th anniversary of Stevens’ 1970 albums Tea for the Tillerman and Mona Bone Jakon.. ...Read Full Story

YUNGBLUD, alongside Travis Barker and Machine Gun Kelly, are dropping a new collaboration. The song, titled ‘Acting Like That,’ officially arrived on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 9 P.M. PT.. ...Read Full Story