Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford revealed he married his longtime partner Thomas last year. “We got married by the cactus outside on December the something or other, about a year or so ago,” the Metal God said on a recent episode of the Queer the Music podcast, hosted by Scissor Sisters vocalist Jake Shears. You can watch the […]
Ghost canceled their Mexico City show last night (Sept. 23) minutes before they were set to take the stage. The venue shared a message with the crowd and then the band posted a statement on social media revealing that Tobias Forge had fallen ill. The concert was the first of three that Ghost had scheduled to play […]
Iced Earth‘s Jon Schaffer is preaching forgiveness when it comes to former bandmates Stu Block and Hansi Kursh, but admits that he does feel Block’s comments in distancing himself from the Iced Earth guitarist after Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol building was essentially a “total poser move.” As a refresher, Schaffer was sought […]
Did you remember that Dave Grohl was in a supergroup prior to the death of Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain and the band’s dissolution? While Foo Fighters would eventually provide Grohl a creative outlet for years to come after Nirvana’s conclusion, the drummer actually played with a pretty impressive lineup of musicians in The Backbeat Band toward […]
We’re changing things up a bit this week, asking you for your preferred hard rock style. Do you always have your lighter ready for a killer tender-hearted power ballad or would you prefer a little physical contact was we crank up a mosh pit anthem? That’s the battle this week in Chuck’s Fight Club on […]
With the year coming to a close in a few months, here are the biggest rock and metal tours of fall 2025. To help keep track of all the rock and metal tours going on, we create a tour guide every year and update it on a weekly basis (see the full 2025 tour guide […]
This year’s Louder Than Life festival is currently underway at the Highland Festival Grounds in Louisville, Ky., and last night (Sept. 20), American metalcore/alternative metal band Bad Omens delighted attendees by playing two songs live for the first time ever as part of their incredible set. What Bad Omens Played According to the official Louder […]
One person was killed – and two more were injured – in a fatal stabbing that took place outside of a recent Phish concert in Hampton, VA, multiple sources report. What Happened at Phish’s Hampton Show? This past Friday (Sept. 19), the legendary jam band played the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, VA as part of […]
What’s something no rock or metal vocalist should ever do before going onstage? We asked the vocalists of I Prevail, Killswitch Engage, PeelingFlesh, Armored Saint, Badflower, ERRA, Exodus, Filter, From Ashes to New, Shadow of Intent, The Devil Wears Prada, The Funeral Portrait and GWAR and found out! All of these frontmen were featured in our […]
Saying goodbye was hard for these seven bands that reunited after announcing a grand farewell tour for their fans. Okay, so maybe the goodbye wasn’t the hard part for some of these acts. Instead, it was the potential money to be made by getting the band back together for a reunion tour. Regardless of how […]
