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Public Service Broadcasting to perform The Last Flight at the Barbican in November

1 day ago | loudersound.com | Jerry Ewing

Public Service Broadcasting have announced two special live performances of their most recent album, last year's acclaimed The Last Flight, with the London Contemporary Orchestra, at London's Barbican Theatre in November. The band and the 20-piece string section from the orchestra will perform two shows on November 1, at 3pm and at 8pm.
"Rumours of my impending uselessness are much exaggerated." Robert Fripp responds to well-wishers after heart attack news

1 day ago | loudersound.com | Jerry Ewing

King Crimson's Robert Fripp has responded to an outpouring of well-wishers, following the news that he was recuperating after having suffered a heart attack. Yesterday we broke the news that Fripp suffered chest pains as he prepared to fly to Italy to perform at an Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists event at Castione della Presolana in Bergamo, Italy, last month.
Grunge may have burst the big-hair bubble, but it saved Heart

1 day ago | loudersound.com | Sian Llewellyn

In 2010, Heart released Red Velvet Car, their first album to hit the US Top 20 in two decades. To mark the album's release, Classic Rock sat down with the band's Ann and Nancy Wilson to discuss their path from classic rockers to multi-platinum, MTV-friendly goliaths and beyond. It was boredom that started it. You're in one of America's biggest bands, your album is at No.1, the tour seems endless - night after night the same in nameless, faceless hotels...
"I needed to be back on a stage. I made a few calls..." Roy Harper announces Final Tour Part Two

2 days ago | loudersound.com | Jerry Ewing

Prog folk legend Roy Harper has announced part two of his final tour, where he will play three major UK cities, London, Manchester and Birmingham in September and November, where he will be "celebrating all his classic tracks and timeless albums..."Accompanied by his son Nick Harper, Harper will play Manchester Bridgewater Hall on September 27, London Palladium on September 29 and Birmingham Symphony Hall on October 2. Harper last performed live on the first part of the Final Tour in 2019.
Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, The Damned, Melvins, Jack White, Gorilla Biscuits among artists confirmed for new US punk rock festival

2 days ago | loudersound.com | Paul Brannigan

Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, The Damned, Melvins, Jack White, Gorilla Biscuits, Lambrini Girls, Destroy Boys and Scowl are among the artists confirmed for New York punk and hardcore all-dayer CBGB Festival. Taking place on Saturday, September 27, at Under the Bridge Park in Brooklyn, the event - described on its website as "a festival for uplifting gourmandizers" - will be headlined by Iggy Pop and Jack White.
"Lemmy was one of us." Motörhead's legendary frontman Lemmy honoured with statue in the town where he was born

2 days ago | loudersound.com | Paul Brannigan

Hundreds of Motörhead fans travelled to Burslem, Stoke on Trent, this weekend to see a statue of local hero, and global icon, Lemmy unveiled. The 2.25m bronze-cast statue, created by sculptor and Motörhead fan Andy Edwards, was erected in Market Place in the town centre on May 9.
Pearl Jam release new limited edition 12 inch EP featuring songs from The Last Of Us, and share new video for Future Days

2 days ago | loudersound.com | Paul Brannigan

Pearl Jam have released a new EP compiling songs featured in the award-winning HBO drama series The Last Of Us.In the latest episode of the series (season 2, episode 5), set in Seattle, Bella Ramsey's character Ellie is shown singing the opening line of Pearl Jam's Future Days, a song originally recorded as the closing track on Pearl Jam's 2013 album Lightning Bolt.
"It's not a political statement, it is a human reaction to a horrific and unimaginable situation." Watch The Murder Capital perform a free acoustic gig in a Cologne park after two German gigs are cancelled over Palestinian flag display

2 days ago | loudersound.com | Paul Brannigan

The Murder Capital played a free acoustic gig in Cologne last night, May 11, after their scheduled gig at the city's Gebäude 9 venue was cancelled due to the club refusing to let the Dublin band perform with a Palestinian flag onstage. The Irish band also had their gig at Berlin's Club Gretchen cancelled on Saturday, May 11, for the same reason. The Murder Capital's frontman James McGovern explained the situation to fans in Cologne yesterday afternoon.
“Brent had an Iron Maiden jacket on so I went over to him to talk to him and he was like, ‘Hey you’re that crazy drummer dude’”: The chaotic birth of prog metal giants Mastodon

3 days ago | loudersound.com | John Doran

All bands need to start somewhere, and for Mastodon it was with 2000’s 9 Song Demo, reissued six years later as Call Of The Mastodon. In 2014, the prog metal band looked back on the roots of their story. All too often, a compilation of a band’s early recordings is nothing more than a cash cow for a greedy record label, released when a band is dragging its feet over a new album or rushed out in panic if they have just moved on to a new label.
“When we came to England, all the headlines said: ‘Crash-boom-blitzkrieg, the Krauts are here!’”: The epic story of the Scorpions, the German band who smashed through the barriers to conquer America

4 days ago | loudersound.com | Dave Ling

Scorpions are one of the longest-running bands in music, with a career that stretches back nearly 60 years. In 2004, as they released their 15th studio album, Unbreakable, Classic Rock sat down with the band to look back on the rollercoaster journey of German’s biggest band. Given the sporting rivalry that has long existed between England and Germany, it’s ironic that Rudolf Schenker would choose the year 1966 to form the Scorpions. But that’s what happened.