Elbow announce two UK warm-up shows ahead of stadium dates
Elbow release their tenth studio album Audio Vertigo in March and tour the UK in May
“It’s great when stuff like that breaks through”: Bruce Dickinson explains why he loves one of nu metal’s biggest, most “eccentric” bands
The Iron Maiden frontman expresses his admiration for one of the weirdest, yet most successful, metal bands of all time
“I was a wreck, physically and mentally. I wanted to cancel shows, split up the band, all these kind of things”: Aiming to make a “super-heavy record,” Opeth embraced the Mellotron and made Damnation instead
Mikael Åkerfeldt – who’d become band leader because no one else would do it – recalls the misery of making the landmark 2003 album which...
Lemmy’s ashes to be ‘enshrined’ at Rainbow Bar & Grill in Los Angeles alongside launch of Motorhead Whiskey
Lemmy's favourite drinking den to house his ashes as LA's Rainbow announces tributes to late Motorhead frontman
“It was starting to feel like the band had run its course”: Whitesnake entered 1984 on a high, but everything was about to change
Whitesnake's last album before MTV propelled them towards US superstardom, Slide It In marked the end of an era for the band
“The scent of cremated steaks and exotic gateaux lingers in the air”: Revisiting the secret launch of Deep Purple’s Perfect Strangers
In 1984 Deep Purple's much-loved Mk II lineup reformed, and one Classic Rock writer was invited along to a secret location to hear all about...