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This month’s contributors

WARREN ZANES Warren was a teenager when Springsteen,

Aerosmith Resume Farewell Tour

Joe Perry insists Steven Tyler is “in good shape”.

RIP

Thank you… and good night.

NEWS

Adam Lewis Died June 5, 2024 Afounding member

Universal Music Sign New AI deal

While Spotify boss angers bands and artists with his ‘content’ gaffe.

Queen Sell Their Music In Mega-Deal

Band’s catalogue and more sold for a billion pounds.

The End Of The Road For Quo?

“I don’t think we will go out again,” says Francis Rossi.

Scorpions Biopic On The Way

Plus hair-metal documentary series coming later this year.

NEWS

Ray Davies hopes to reclaim his Rock And

Fu Manchu

Going from hardcore punks to stoner rock is a big leap, but they made it – with a little help from Melvins.

Black Smoke Trigger

Meet the small-town NZ rockers with big-time ambitions and big-band influences.

“2025 is all about Guns N’ Roses”

Meanwhile, Axl and Slash pay tribute to Michael Schenker.

Hughes Hits Out At Purple Trio

Glenn says he’ll “never speak to any of them again”.

NEWS

Previously unseen footage of The Beatles performing live

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

They might not be party animals any more, but there's no shortage of energy when it comes to their music

Big Special

With Free “a huge influence”, and pithy lyrics, they might soon live up to their name.

Dio Holy Diver

A song begun by Ronnie Dio when he was fronting Black Sabbath and completed after he’d been fired, it transformed his career and became one of the classic metal tracks of the 80s.

Suzi Quatro

The glam icon on not resting on her laurels, paving the way for other women in rock, social media, age, working hard…

RE - BORN

Recorded with “just what I had lying around”, Born In the U.S.A. remains Bruce Springsteen’s best-known and most commercially successful album. Forty years on, we look at the making of the record that elevated him from star to global superstar.

STRANGER THAN FICTION

With their frontman now slimmed down and sobered up, Orange Goblin’s new album Science, Not Fiction is similarly fat-free, ferocious and muscular. “I’ve discovered myself,” says the singer.

FISH

He had a successful career as the frontman with Marillion, then flourished as a solo artist. After next year’s farewell tour he’s leaving music and the bright lights behind to live with his wife (and 13 sheep) on a Scottish island. He might not miss music, but music will miss him.

Mama Kin

Ten years, four albums and some huge changes on from their breakout debut, Blues Pills have ditched the self-imposed constraints and made exactly the record they wanted.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DUFF McKAGAN

Addiction can be beaten. Understand money. Put your partner first. Don’t hold grudges. Clothes maketh the man. These are among the things that shape his world view.

lAN PAICE +LAN GILLAN+ROGER GLOVER +DON AIREY+SIMON MCBRIDE= Deep Purple

might never have been fashionable, but they’ve stuck to their guns (if not band members) and are one of the last great survivors from rock’s first golden age. And with a new guitarist on board and a brand new album, they look likely to be around for some time yet…

Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

Cherry picking: Tyler Bryant with Tom Waits’s The

THE RHYTHM BEHIND THE BLUES

In a storied 60-year career, Canned Heat drummer Fito de la Parra has survived changing trends, the deaths of all his original bandmates, and over 40 personnel changes. “I will continue to play this music until I can’t,” he says. “No question about that.”

EVER MEET LEMMY

He’s been star-struck at dinner with Dylan, was a Ramone, been treated like royalty when touring with Nancy Sinatra, reckons Debbie Harry “is as talented as Bowie”, got hot dogs and advice from Jerry Nolan, played with Pete Townshend, Iggy Pop and many others…. He’s Blondie drummer and more Clem Burke, and these are some of his stories.

Orange Goblin

Science, Not Fiction PEACEVILLE

ROUND-UP: MELODIC ROCK

By Dave Ling

Blues Pills

Multi-national retro rockers explore their demons on fourth studio album.

ROUND-UP: BLUES

By Henry Yates

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Struck Down STONY PLAIN

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE

By Sleazegrinder

Mr. Big

Ten FRONTIERS

BEST OF THE REST

Other new releases out this month.

Van Halen

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (Expanded Edition)

The Devil Rides In – Spellbinding Satanic Magick & The Occult 1967-1972 STRAWBERRY

When Cronos of Venom burbled that he was

John Cale

Reissues ESOTERIC/PROPER

BEST OF THE REST

Other reissues out this month

Let It Be

Dir: Michael Lindsay-Hogg DISNEY +

Jane’s Addiction

London The Roundhouse

Toto

A group of talented musicians with a bunch of tracks among the top of the AOR pops, they’re among the genre’s big boys.

Journey

The AOR giants tour the UK for the first time since 2013, bringing a bucketload of great songs.

Opeth

The Swedish band headline the Friday at Bloodstock, and have a new album in the can.

Tour Dates

Download Festival

Donington Park, Leicestershire

REVIEWS

Scorpions / Extreme Two bands of different vintage still

Bruce Dickinson / Black Smoke Trigger

London Kentish Town Forum

Rock In Rio Lisboa

Lisbon Tejo Park, Portugal

These Wicked Rivers

Leicester Academy 2

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Kiss bassist, fire breather and Beast Gene Simmons on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him

BETTER NOISE MUSIC

NENE VALLEY ROCK FESTIVAL

www.NVRF.rocks

Bywater Call

www.bywatercall.com

FRONTIERS

frontiers.it

CLASSIC ROCK

www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk

AEGPRESENTS

AEGPRESENTS.CO.UK

JOURNEY

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DEEP PURPLE

DEEPPURPLE.COM

KEYS

ATLANTIC

www.escape-music.com

JBONAMASSA

JBONAMASSA.COM

THE DEAD DAISIES

TICKETMASTER.CO.UK THEDEADDAISIES.COM

FOZZY

FOZZYROCK.COM

LITTLE CAESAR

KARIS BARRAS BAND

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MASSIVE WAGONS

MASSIVEWAGONS.COM

PEACEVILLA

www.PEACEVILLE.com/store

WISHBONE ASH

www.madfishmusic.com

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR

LOUDER

LOUDERSOUND.COM

LONDON

BEAUXGRISGRIS.COM

BRAVE RIVAL

BRAVERIVAL.COM

Rocks

CRONWALLROCKS.CO.UK

DEEP PURPLE

DEEPPURPLE.COM

BRIAN MAY FUNKO POP VINYL

www.magazinesdirect.com

DIGITAL MAGAZINE ONLY

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ROYAL REPUBLIC

wwwbluespills.com

THE SOUND MACHINE

thesoundmachine.uk.com

METAL HAMMER

WWW.METALHAMMER.COM

PLANET ROCK & THE GIG CARTEL

WWW.PLANETROCK.COM WWW.GIGCARTEL.COM

THE GIG CARTEL

THEGIGCARTEL.COM

KRIS BARRAS BAND

NEW MODEL ARMY

THE GIG CARTEL

THE GIG CARTEL

DEATH PUNCH

CARNAL