The Download Festival pilot is "100 per cent" evidence that festivals can go ahead, the event's organiser says.Melvin Benn, managing director of the Festival Republic group, has hailed the three-day government test event at Donington...
The organisers of Europe’s biggest rock and metal festival, Download, have earned a reputation for booking seemingly impossible bands in the past. After bringing Guns n Roses back from the dead, getting the ominous and...
With the three headliners already announced, the first of the remaining line-up of acts have now been announced for Download Festival 2018, with Marilyn Manson leading the new announcements at next summer's Donington Park spectacle....
Sales of the Alfie singer's Very Best Of compilation have topped those of James Bay and rockers Bullet for My Valentine to hit the top spot on the new countdown. Before this...
A Week In Albums... Vampire Weekend have been getting some much deserved props for their comeback LP, Modern Vampires Of The City and our man Jim Pusey was more than happy to join in the...
Teen rockers the world over will be overjoyed to learn that Bullet For My Valentine are releasing their fourth studio album. The Welsh band are arguably one of the most successful metal bands of their...
Holy Fire is the third album from Foals and if the lead single ‘Inhaler’ is anything to go by, it will almost inevitably build the fanbase that they have cemented for themselves with their first...
Bullet For My Valentine star Michael Paget is recovering in hospital after undergoing back surgery.The Welsh rocker checked into a medical facility on Tuesday (04Sep12) to undergo the operation to treat an undisclosed ailment. The...
Black Sabbath were honoured for their influence on rock music at the Kerrang! Awards this evening (07.06.12). The reformed band - made up of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tomy Iommi and bass player Geezer Butler...
Foo Fighters will headline Reading and Leeds Festivals this year. The 'Best of You' hitmakers will appear at Reading on Sunday August 26 and Leeds on Friday August 24, making it the third time the...
Linkin Park closed the UK's Download rock festival last night (12.06.11).The 'Crawling' rockers ended the three day event which also saw performances from metal heavyweights including Rob Zombie, System of a Down, Alice Cooper, The...
Metallica have been voted the best rock group of the last 30 years. The 'All Nightmare Long' group topped the poll compiled by British magazine Kerrang! of the most influential groups of the last 30...
My Chemical Romance has received five nominations for the 2011 Kerrang! Awards fuelled by Relentless Energy Drink.The 'Bulletproof Heart' hitmakers lead the way for this year's honours, finding themselves in the running for Best Album...
Iron Maiden and Bullet For My Valentine will go head-to-head in the Best UK Band category at this year's Metal Hammer Golden God Awards. The bands face competition from Skindred, Architects and Bring Me The...
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE bassist JASON JAMES has left the band's ongoing North American tour due to a "private family matter".The Welsh rockers are currently playing shows across the U.S. but they will now have...
Welsh rockers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have scrapped a concert in Rhode Island after frontman MATT TUCK fell sick.The band was due to perform at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence on Tuesday night (05Oct10) but...
A German record label credited with discovering BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and HIM has closed. Great Unlimited Noises - also known as GUN - was launched in 1992 as a joint venture between music giant BMG...
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's lead singer MATT TUCK sunk into a severe depression - after fellow Welsh band FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND rose to fame. The 26-year-old was working as a temp in his native...
Rockers MUSE were surprise losers at last night's (24AUG06) Kerrang! awards in London, converting only one of their impressive five nominations into a gong. The PLUG IN BABY stars, who have also been tipped for...