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"If you hated Tool fans, this is what you would do": Tool booed by their own fans at their own festival
By Will Simpson published
The band didn’t play two completely ‘unique’ sets, it seems, and the diehards weren't happy
![Ben Eller wears a black Dunlop Tortex T-shirt [left] and holds a double-cut electric guitar; [right] Troy Sanders and Bill Kelliher perform onstage with Mastodon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8HfaUNyCy7anC4ZXA2TJwR-320-80.jpg)
Ben Eller makes Mastodon debut after Brent Hinds’ exit – but what’s next for the prog-metal titans?
By Jonathan Horsley published
Hinds is out. Eller is in for now. Brann Dailor has a black eye. Palace intrigue notwithstanding, “all 2025 touring plans will remain intact,” says the band

“Freddie Mercury got me in a half-nelson. I couldn’t move!”: A rock legend’s backstage antics at Live Aid
By Paul Elliott published
Bowie was “a nice guy”. Elvis Costello, not so much…

“You don’t stop the show - not even when your drummer's locked outside the building!”: Lzzy Hale’s funniest gig story
By Andrew Daly published

“I do not want to be a sad parody of myself”: How Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson faced up to his greatest challenge
By Paul Elliott published
“I finally figured out finally what I do in life,” he says

“White whale! Holy Grail!”: How the epic tale of Moby-Dick inspired Mastodon’s greatest album
By Paul Elliott published
“The story paralleled the lives of the four dudes in Mastodon"

Lady Gaga says that the "electro-grunge" song on her new album is inspired by The Cure
By Ben Rogerson published
“After I made that song then I was like ‘we need to change all the production,’” Gaga recalls

"I don’t want to burst the Edge’s bubble”: Midge Ure talks The Edge missing Band Aid and Thin Lizzy
By Daniel Griffiths published
Plus nearly joining the Sex Pistols and why Lizzy didn’t play Live Aid
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