Woody Harrelson In Talks For Lionsgate’s Yacht Rock Musical ‘Sailing’ – Deadline

Chris D'Arienzo

EXCLUSIVE: Three-time Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson is in talks to join Lionsgate’s ensemble 1970s jukebox musical Sailing from Rock of Ages creator Chris D’Arienzo. Project is billed as a bunch of musicians in the late 1970s as […]

Black Midi: Hellfire review – gruesome rock opera is a little too clever | Music

Black Midi: Hellfire album cover

The third album by Black Midi is nothing if not wildly eclectic. You hear sleazy-sounding arrangements with tango-esque rhythms created under the influence of Kurt Weill; luscious, cinematic strings; ranting spoken-word passages delivered in a […]

Duran Duran quip former bandmates better ‘behave’ at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction – Music News

Duran Duran quip former bandmates better 'behave' at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction - Music News

Duran Duran quipped that their former band members better “behave” themselves at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. The ‘Wild Boys’ hitmakers – who formed in 1978 – are set to be honoured […]

Pearl Jam review – a sensitive, subversive new vision for classic rock | Pearl Jam

Electrifying riffs … Jeff Ament and Eddie Vedder.

“I feel like Adele,” grins Eddie Vedder, giddily drinking in the vast crowd before him. He might often have worn his stardom with unease, but the Pearl Jam frontman clearly loves his people, and can […]

The Sheffield council house that became a pioneer of rock recording | Sheffield

Ken Patten playing a guitar

A band turning up for a session at Studio Electrophonique in the late 1970s could have been forgiven for thinking they had the wrong address. An ordinary Sheffield council house with a caravan parked on […]

Red Hot Chili Peppers review – still cooking in late middle age | Pop and rock

Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers in Manchester.

‘Due to unforeseen circumstances, [support act] A$AP Rocky will now play immediately after Red Hot Chili Peppers,” read digital screens around the stadium, causing some audience bewilderment. Still, the Chilis hit the ground running. A […]

Porcupine Tree: Closure/ Continuation review – reunited prog-rockers remain emotionally detached | Pop and rock

Porcupine Tree: Closure/Continuation album cover

Porcupine Tree: Closure/Continuation album cover Porcupine Tree formed as a whimsical joke in 1987, but by the time of their sold-out Royal Albert Hall concert in October 2010, they had scored Top 30 albums on […]

Jack White secret gig at Glastonbury 2022 review – an hour of face-melting rock delirium | Glastonbury 2022

Jack White at Glastonbury 26 June 2022.

Is it even Glastonbury if Jack White doesn’t make an appearance somewhere? I’ve seen him duet sultrily with Alison Mosshart in the Dead Weather, he played here twice with the White Stripes and once with […]