My Chemical Romance will headline three music festivals in 2026. My Chemical Romance’s 2026 Festival Schedule The emo band was announced as a headliner for three separate music festivals on Friday (Sept. 19) during the Louder Than Life festival: Welcome to Rockville at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, May 7-10 Sonic Temple at Historic Crew […]
Twisted Sister have announced their first show of 2026 as part of their 50th-anniversary reunion tour. The Dee Snider-fronted band will perform at Barcelona Rock Fest, which takes place from July 3 to 5. The festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary and has also confirmed a trio of German metal bands thus far: Accept, Helloween and Powerwolf. […]
Let’s revisit Higher Truth, the final album Chris Cornell released during his lifetime, a decade later and reassess what the critics at the time said. It’s understandable that when you think of Chris Cornell, the first thing that you think of isn’t “solo artist.” He is, after all, the frontman of one of the most iconic bands […]
An upcoming book featuring journal entries from Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley will reportedly include unused lyrics intended for a song on Jar of Flies. First Look At Layne Staley Book Shows Early Lyrics Book distributor Simon & Schuster has released the first few pages that will be part of This Angry Pen of Mine: Recovering the Lost Journals of Layne Staley, […]
Cro-Mags frontman Harley Flanagan is appreciative of the shout-outs from name bands, but in a new social media posts he’s calling out some of those groups for not taking him out on tour. Cro-Mags have been a staple of the hardcore punk scene since first arriving on the scene in 1981. But while their energetic […]
A new documentary about Ozzy Osbourne is on the way. Ozzy: No Escape From Now is a two-hour film that chronicles the last six years of Osbourne’s life, beginning with the fall he suffered in 2019 that led to the cancellation of his farewell tour and many subsequent health issues, including a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. […]
The Fyre Festival has a new owner. The long, strange journey of notorious music festival now has a new chapter that will include another famous band — LimeWire. That’s right! The 2000s-era free peer-to-peer file sharing company that was hugely popular before being shut down over copyright infringement violations, has reportedly acquired the Fyre Festival […]
Matt Cameron recently shared the reason he left Pearl Jam earlier this year and an update on the final Soundgarden album. The drummer spoke with Billboard a few weeks ahead of Soundgarden’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. During the conversation, he spoke about his legacy with Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and shed some light […]
Ozzy Osbourne is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer twice over — both for Black Sabbath and his solo career. But which is the better Ozzy-featuring album — Black Sabbath’s Paranoid or Ozzy’s No More Tears? That is the battle in this week’s Chuck’s Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show. In one […]
Swedish power metal battalion Sabaton have just announced a big 2026 North American tour, featuring special guests Pop Evil and Wings of Steel. The trek will be in support of their forthcoming album, Legends, which is due this October. The tour will stretch from Feb. 9 through April 20, making 31 stops in total. Fans in Fort […]
