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Richard Ashcroft has announced a huge homecoming tour will take place in Wigan next summer. The gig will take place at Robin Park, Wigan on Saturday, 20 July.

Leigh-born band The Lottery Winners have issued an update after pausing their UK tour last week. The have now rescheduled the remaining dates for next year.

Killing Joke guitarist Kevin “Geordie” Walker has died, aged 64.The news was posted on Killing Joke’s Martin Adkins’ Facebook page this evening (November 26). He shared a video of The Damage Manuel’s ‘Laugh Track’ – a supergroup of which they were also a part of – with the caption “gutted”.

Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Dean DeLeo has been arrested over domestic violence and driving under the influence claims.According to a report by TMZ, the rock guitarist was arrested for DUI last month when his wife, Jenn, called the police to inform them that the musician had left the house while intoxicated. Following the call, the local police located DeLeo and arrested him.While he was still in police custody, Jenn reportedly called the police again and claimed that the two had gotten into a physical altercation shortly before he left the house and got into his car.

Leigh-born band The Lottery Winners have shared their 'heartbreak' after having to postpone their upcoming gigs. The band posted an update on social media this morning explaining they had received some 'tragic' news and would "not be able to continue" with the tour schedule.

, the model and is pioneering nakedness in a new direction: No Shirt. Or bra, for that matter.During the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas, the America's Got Talent judge donned a pit-worthy black leather shirt jacket (a ), unbuttoned to reveal that there was simply nothing underneath, save her lanyards.

Metallica‘s guitarist, Kirk Hammett, has fallen while on stage this past weekend at one of the band’s shows during their ‘M72′ world tour.Fan-captured footage shows the moment in which Hammett fell off of the stage at the band’s recent headlining show on Sunday, November 12 at the Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.In the video, the guitarist is seen tripping and then falling hard on the stage during the end of ‘Moth Into Flame’. He then proceeded to lie on the ground for a few seconds before throwing his purple ESP guitar to his guitar tech.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have finally revealed their new baby's name.The couple have called the newborn Rocky Thirteen Barker, after The Blast obtained the birth certificate.The newborn's date of birth was also officially revealed and showed Rocky was born on November 1 at at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ahead of the star's due date, Travis revealed on numerous occasions that he liked the name Rocky Thirteen.

Barker. The newborn's pays homage to guitarist Rocky George, the boxing biopic Rocky, and Barker's favorite number.“Practicing to my baby's heartbeat," Barker captioned the video, which Kardashian later shared to her Instagram Story.I'm of the opinion that it's more than okay (maybe even preferable) for men to stay occupied while their wives are in labor. Let them bring their drumsticks and Xboxes if they must.

Fans are super upset with Travis Barker after he got his way when naming his new baby boy!

Ian Brown has led tributes to the original bassist of The Stone Roses after his tragic death at the age of 61.

Bruce Springsteen is supposedly on the mend and in “great shape” while undergoing treatment for peptic ulcer disease according to guitarist Steven Van Zandt.Speaking to PEOPLE, Van Zandt, who is a guitarist in Springsteen’s E Street Band, said The Boss is doing well, and that the entire band are gearing up for a return next year. “We’re gonna come back stronger than ever in March,” Van Zandt said, referring to Springsteen and the E Street Band’s tour picking back up in March 2024.“It was a very, very intense first six months of the tour — maybe our most intense ever.

Bruce Springsteen‘s bandmate is opening up about his health.

KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has claimed that his new solo album will make frontman Paul Stanley “look like an imbecile”.Drama between Frehley and his former bandmate started earlier this year, after the KISS singer explained why the band didn’t perform when they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame back in 2014.Among reasons was the “demanding” nature of the Rock Hall, which wanted KISS to take to the stage with its original members – Frehley and Peter Criss – which Stanley said would be “demeaning” to the band, adding: “‘Cause if you saw people onstage who looked like KISS but sounded like that, maybe we should be called PISS.”Frehley subsequently threatened to release “dirt” on KISS if Stanley didn’t apologise, later sharing that he didn’t apologise, but called to say “fuck you”.In a new interview, Frehley has now offered an update on his latest album, while also launching a fresh retaliation against Frehley.“I think it may be the best album I’ve ever done to date,” he said during an interview with Indiana rock radio station 93.5 FM MAX (via Blabbermouth).Asked if he every imagined his his solo career would have this kind of longevity, he said: “It was hard in the beginning, but now I’ve picked up a lot of steam. In fact, I remember when I first signed with eOne Music — now they sold the record company to MNRK Music Group, and I’m still working with the same people — but I remember the guy that got me signed to the label, he told me that, before [2009’s] ‘Anomaly’ came out, he said a lot of people said to him, ‘You’re not even gonna get the record.’“Because Paul and Gene [Simmons] have pretty much tried to destroy my credibility by calling me a drunk and a drug addict and somebody who’s not dependable.

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has joined forces with Epiphone to recreate the guitarist’s prized original ‘79 Flying V.The new collaboration with Epiphone is described as a “painstaking recreation” of the original ‘70s model and pays homage to the iconic Flying V that has become synonymous with Hammett, as well as many other thrash metal icons.The original model is also one that famously appeared on the band’s run of fan-favourite albums throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including ‘Kill ‘Em All’, ‘Ride the Lightning’, ‘Master of Puppets’, ‘…And Justice for All’ and the self-titled LP – more famously recognised as ‘The Black Album’.“I am extremely honoured to be able to put out an Epiphone Flying V today,” Hammett said in a press release. “Epiphone represents great sounding guitars at accessible prices, which is fundamentally important for up-and-coming musicians.

Travis Barker appears to have disclosed the name of his and Kourtney Kardashian's soon-to-be-born son.The couple, who are expecting their first child together, announced in June that they were having a baby boy. During his appearance on the One Life One Chance podcast with Toby Morse, Travis revealed that Kourtney is due to give birth on Halloween or within the first week of November.The Blink-182 drummer said: “There was a benefit in Hawaii that we were gonna do, but it’s the week that Rocky’s due.” Host Toby chimed in: “Rocky Thirteen Barker,” to which Travis confirmed: “Rocky Thirteen Barker!” “That’s such a hard name man,” Toby continued.

Everything Everything’s Jonathan Higgs has spoken to NME about the fantastical concept behind the band’s upcoming new album ‘Mountainhead’, which serves as a metaphor for “late-stage capitalism”.The record, set for release on March 1, 2024, takes place in a world where society has created a huge mountain by digging a pit at its foot, and aspires to climb to the mythical mirror at its peak. All the while trying to escape a gigantic golden snake called Creddahornis who lives at the bottom of the pit.“A ‘Mountainhead’ is one who believes the mountain must grow no matter the cost, and no matter how terrible it is to dwell in the great pit,” Higgs explained.

Angelo Bruschini, the guitarist with the band Massive Attack, has tragically died they have confirmed.The Bristol-born star had been battling lung cancer.Taking to Twitter, the band wrote "RIP Angelo. A singularly brilliant & eccentric talent. Impossible to quantify your contribution to the Massive Attack canon.

One of Scotland’s best indie bands , Wojtek the Bear , are back with a new song – about becoming a parent for the first time.

Peter Gabriel has announced details of his new album ‘i/o’, his first collection of new material in over 20 years.The 12-track album will be released on December 1, available in two stereo mixes on both CD and vinyl. You can pre-order it here.Over the course of 2023, Gabriel has been releasing a new song every time there has been a full moon, and he has played shows throughout the UK, Europe and North America.“After a years-worth of full moon releases, I’m very happy to see all these new songs back together on the good ship i/o and ready for their journey out into the world,” said Gabriel.‘i.o’ has been recorded at Gabriel’s own Real World Studios near Bath.

Paul McCartney is spilling the tea about The Beatles‘ time spent with singer and activist Yoko Ono, who was married to the late John Lennon.