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Rob Ball/Getty ImagesOrganizers of the U.K.'s Reading & Leeds Festival have announced that the event is planned to go on as scheduled this August. The news comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

Loosegroove RecordsThe short-lived Seattle punk band The Living, featuring a 17-year-old, pre-Guns N' Roses Duff McKagan on guitar, is coming back to life. Loosegroove Records, the label co-founded by...

Credit: Daveed BenitoThe Offspring's new album finally has a title and release date. The long in-the-works 10th studio effort from the "Self Esteem" rockers is called Let the Bad Times Roll, and will ...

Credit: Dan WintersKaleo has announced the rescheduled dates for the band's North American Fight of Flight tour. The Icelandic rockers were originally set to launch the trek in the summer of 2020 befo...

Andrew Benge/Redferns via Getty ImagesMy Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way is taking part in Unwound & Unplugged, an upcoming virtual concert and panel focused on mental health. The online even...

Courtesy of GibsonDave Mustaine is Gibson's newest "brand ambassador." The Megadeth frontman has joined forces with the famed guitar company after a previous partnership with Dean Guitars. In uniting ...

Courtesy Global CitizenMetallica's Lars Ulrich, Billie Eilish and Coldplay are supporting Global Citizen's newly launched Recovery Plan for the World campaign in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

ABCBlink-182 drummer Travis Barker has announced his own wellness brand. The aptly titled Barker Wellness will sell a number of cannabinoid, or CBD, products, including tinctures and pain relief cream...

ABCLive footage of Dave Grohl and the late Chris Cornell is included in a newly released short film celebrating the 150th anniversary of London's historic Royal Albert Hall. The 90-second video, narra...

Credit: Ken SusiDropkick Murphys have a new album on the way, and they want you to play it loud. The 10th studio effort from the Celtic punk mainstays is called Turn Up That Dial, and will be released...