(What's the Story) Morning Glory? went on to become the bestselling British album of the 90s, selling a phenomenal 350,000 copies in its first week of release in October 1995 and would go on to sell 22m, making it one of the top 50 of all time.
It is as if his past two decades of inflammatory political activism hasn't hurt his reputation. What's more, things will soon pick up, he assures us, because his morphine has just kicked in. A smatter of laughter. Probably joking? Opiate allusions aside, the between-songs narrative is a classic tour-de-Moz. He stumbles from self-hype to castigating jealous bitches and his customary bete noire, the cancel culture that has so thoroughly deplatformed him.
The Carry the Light album is the first new music from me in 16 years. It was one of my most enjoyable projects ever. I got to work with my son Julian - writing and producing together. A first of many for us I'm sure.
Queen guitarist Brian May has ruled out touring in the US for the foreseeable future, because of the potential danger it would pose. Speaking to the Daily Mail, the 78-year-old said: America is a dangerous place at the moment, so you have to take that into account. It's very sad because I feel like Queen grew up in America and we love it, but it's not what it was. Everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment.
Neville might not dig up any new revelations or eyebrow-raising moments, but it does elevate the voice of McCartney and relates how some naysayers have discounted his post-Beatles work while others—including John Lennon's son, Julian—consider some of his so-called misfires to be ingenious.
Becoming Led Zeppelin, a film about the British band that dominated the music industry in the 1970s, was the most successful feature documentary at the US box office in 2025, taking over $10m. (Taylor Swift's The Official Release Party of a Showgirl grossed considerably more, with $34m, but as an album-promoting clipshow it is evidently in a different category.) Despite breaking up in 1980 after the death
Vernon's upbringing in Surrey was typical of many children born in the mid-1940s: he sang in his church choir, listened to the jazz and show tune LPs his parents owned and was bowled over by the arrival of rock'n'roll, responding most strongly to the likes of Little Richard, Fats Domino and Larry Williams.
Limited to 150, the new model was handcrafted in the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville using advanced 3D scanning, period-correct materials and construction techniques, with Murphy Lab hand-aging to mirror every detail of Richards' original black ES-355 - first used in 1969 and later during the sessions for the Rolling Stones' classics Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St and beyond.
The first floor of the iconic pub on Lower Richmond Road will be extended to create the new terrace, which will have a retractable roof and spiral staircase. The venue will also get new equipment to allow it to sell a better range of food, while it will undergo some internal reorganisation and redecoration. An artist's impression of the refurbished pub The Half Moon on Lower Richmond Road
Emerging from the rough-and-gritty streets of late-'70s London, Iron Maiden met the world with galloping rhythms, steel-forged riffs, and banner-raising vocals-and they never stopped. Their intricate multi-guitar melodies and unmatched vigor helped define heavy music, and the band remains a fixture of the genre. The Cry Baby Wah was integral to the momentous album Killers, escalating the tension and deepening the dark grittiness of tracks such as "Wrathchild," "Innocent Exile," and "Drifter."
Bass Magazine celebrated all things bass at their annual awards on Thursday night (1/23), which happened at The Observatory in Santa Ana. Les Claypool was one of the evening's honorees, and he performed with Primus, who had a few special guests on hand for the occasion. They brought out Green Day's Mike Dirnt and Tool's Justin Chancellor for "Too Many Puppies," Metallica's Robert Trujillo for "My Name is Mud," and Marcus Miller for "Tommy the Cat." Watch attendee-taken video below.
"When I read the fine print, it was 'an experience with REO Speedwagon's music.' It's none of the original members," Fletcher recalls. "I don't want to promote the show unless it's the real thing. I don't know why you would want to see that. It's just a cover band. To me, that's a little bit strange." He adds, with a sigh, "If there are no original members, who cares?"
Def Leppard have released the new single "Rejoice" ahead of their Las Vegas residency beginning February 3rd. The track is a joyous slab of tried-and-true arena rock, throwing it back to the sound of the band's seminal album Hysteria. Somewhat unconventionally, singer Joe Elliott's lyrics were the initial inspiration for the song, with guitarist Phil Collen putting together the musical arrangement to match.