Former WWWF champion Hulk Hogan has revealed that he almost joined an early version of Metallica. The wrestler, who stars in his own reality TV series Hogan Knows Best, said that he used to be close mates with the metal titans’ drummer Lars Ulrich during his days as a session musician. He told The...
The original line up of Ben Folds Five have reunited to record a brand new album. The trio, made up of Ben Folds, Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee, last released an album together in 1999, ‘The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner’. However, Folds has now revealed that the band are back together again and...
New Order, The Horrors and Crystal Castles have been added to the bill for next summer’s Benicassim festival. The bands join The Stone Roses and Florence And The Machine at the event, with the ‘Ceremonials’ singer and reunited band already confirmed to headline the festival, which runs from 12th – 15th July this summer....
Peter Hook has revealed that he has instigated legal proceedings against his former bandmates in New Order over the use of the group’s name. New Order announced in late 2011 that they had reformed and that Hook would not be part of their line-up. Instead keyboard player Gillian Gilbert, who hadn’t performed with the...
Biffy Clyro, Metronomy, Justice and Azealia Banks have been confirmed to appear at this year’s RockNess festival. Noah And The Whale, Death In Vegas and Ed Sheeran will also appear at the summer bash, which takes place beside Loch Ness in Dores near Inverness on the weekend of June 8-10, 2012. Biffy Clyro said:...
