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WELCOME

E ddie Van Halen. Truly a man who

“I have come a very long way in the last two-and-a-bit years”

Back from the brink: the Thunder vocalist who survived major medical trauma returns.

RIP

Thank you… and good night.

JD Souther

November 2, 1945 – September 17, 2024

Nick Gravenites

October 2, 1938 – September 18, 2024

Freddie Salem

May 15, 1954 – September 23, 2024

Tito Jackson

October 15, 1953 – September 15, 2024

Robin Guy

June 14, 1970 – September 8, 2024

Matt Long

November 7, 1993 – October 6, 2024

Kris Kristofferson

June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024

Pink Floyd sell catalogue for $400 million

David Gilmour insists it’s all to end the arguments.

NEWS

Iron Maiden say there will be no

Gary Marx

Co-founder of Sisters and then Ghost Dance, the influential goth guitarist has returned to his glam roots.

Sacri Monti

Meet the psychedelic rockers who don’t know where they’re going but dig the journey.

Thin Lizzy go ‘unplugged’

Eric Bell involved in AI-assisted new release.

“Good has won…”

Arnel Pineda won’t be leaving Journey after all.

NEWS

Tom Hamilton has announced his first show with

Fantastic Negrito

Xavier Dphrepaulezz on his concept album inspired by the tumultuous relationship with his late father.

Crossbone Skully

Welcome to Alice Cooper guitarist’s Mutt Lange-produced 80s-rock-leaning project.

Meat Loaf

I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)

Joan Armatrading

The singer-songwriter on her new album, inspirations, being a ‘band’, what her key was about, meeting Nelson Mandela…

WHAT`S THAT SOUND?

Welcome to 1984: it was the album that would see Van Halen straddle the planet like a rock colossus, but it would also mark the end of the original line-up featuring charismatic talisman Dave Lee Roth. This is its story.

YOU GOT TO ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES TO GET TO WHAT`S REAL

In an exclusive extract from his touching new autobiography Brothers – a tribute to Eddie (see p.88 for the review) – Alex Van Halen recalls the recording of 1984.

High Rollers

When Ronnie Wood, the Stones and some A-list mates holed up at his house to help with his solo album, it sparked a days-long party, a Rolling Stones hit and the last album by arguably their finest line-up.

THE NAME OF THE GAME

When ABBA-mad Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt met one of their singers, he “lost it”. She didn’t sing on their new concept album, but some other, perhaps unlikely, big names did.

BASS-IC INSTINCT

Plucked from obscurity in 1975 to be in David Bowie’s band, then unceremoniously out of the picture five years later, bassist George Murray looks back on his time with the Thin White Duke.

IN THE BEGINNING

With previously unseen photographs from their early days as featured in the new Queen I Collector’s Edition, Sir Brian May talks us through sights of the band in the early seventies.

''LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT HAVING FUN"

With their ninth studio album In Murmuration, Finnish rockers Von Hertzen Brothers have replaced their erstwhile prog epics for a more honest approach to songwriting reflecting their personal lives.

EVER MEET LEMMY ?

He’s heard Lemmy’s unreleased solo album, had dinner with Chris Holmes, told Paul McCartney to get a round in, been told gangster Reggie Kray wanted to have a word with him… He is Dogs D’Amour frontman Tyla J Pallas, and these are some of his stories.

THE HOT LIST

THE ESSENTAIL NEW ROCK TRACKS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS MONTH AND THE BANDS TO HAVE ON YOUR RADAR

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Son Of A Broken Man STOREFRONT

The Cure

Songs Of A Lost World POLYDOR/FICTION

Beth Hart

You Still Got Me PROVOGUE

Eric Clapton

Meanwhile BUSHBRANCH/SURFDOG

Mötley Crüe

Dr Feelgood (35th Anniversary) BMG

Hawkwind

Doremi Fasol Latido 5-CD/Blu-ray ESOTERIC

Magazine

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Brothers

Alex Van Halen HARPER NONFICTION

Sepultura

The retiring Brazillian metallers bring the hammer down on the anvil for the last time in the UK.

Balaam And The Angel

The former too-rock-for-goth family affair play eight UK dates.

Cherie Currie

The former Runaway plays “the songs that I know people love” on probably her final UK shows

Tour Dates

Fish

TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands

Rock In Rio

Parque Olimpico, Rio De Janeiro

Terrorvision

KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton

Boys Wonder

London, Temple Of Arts And Music

Monster Magnet/Margarita Witch Cult

The O2 Ritz, Manchester

Terry Reid

Camden Jazz Cafe

David Gilmour

Royal Albert Hall, London

Buffalo Tom

Lafayette, London

Battlesnake

London Camden Assembly

Geoff Tate

Buckley Tivoli

Orange Goblin

KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton

The Courettes

London, Downstairs At The Dome

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Ex-Hanoi Rocks frontman, now solo Michael Monroe on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him

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