Latest articles by Beth Simpson
"We were just having a great time”: Vinny Appice remembers his time with Ronnie James Dio
Drummer played with him in Sabbath, Dio and Heaven And Hell
“Who the f*** are the Cockroaches?”: Just the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world… perhaps
The Stones have used the guise before, and could be doing so again?
“Guaranteed to zig when you think he’ll zag every single time”: Bob Dylan is selling his short stories on Patreon for $5
Meanwhile his typed lyrics to I’m Not There could fetch $40,000
“The best birthday gift of my life - to perform for you once again”: Céline Dion to return to the stage this autumn
Singer has been fighting ‘stiff person’ syndrome for years
“You can tell – he feels every word”: Flea talks collabs and a new Chili Peppers album
He admits he cried when he heard Nick Cave’s vocal on his solo album
Paul McCartney on what the Beatles "kind of liked" about their male fans on their first US trip
He played two intimate LA gigs over the weekend
“We just asked management, and they said first song, first album”: Rush just made their live comeback
“Also, it’s the only song we know how to play," jokes Alex Lifeson
“His dependents became incredibly greedy”: Queen are being sued by the relatives of Mick Rock
And May and Taylor are at odds over another Queen tour
Lindsey Buckingham hints that he and Stevie Nicks could be working together again soon
Plus, he’s almost completed a solo album
“Almost as if he had a premonition”: The story of Riders On The Storm, the Doors' beautifully bleak masterpiece
It was the last track Jim Morrison recorded
“He saved my life”: Teddi Mellencamp pays tribute to her dad at iHeart Radio Awards
John turned up to accept the Icon Award
“Projects like these are so important”: Sam Fender has raised £50,000 for youth music charity
Singer recently claimed his first UK Number One
“That thing’s got great breaks”: Anderson .Paak rides through LA… playing a drum kit on wheels
It was for a Visa commercial, apparently
Freaky Style-AI: Hillel Slovak’s voice on new Chili Peppers documentary has been AI-generated
Film looks at the band’s early years
“We’ve got these little satellites”: Ed O’Brien says Thom Yorke will release solo album this year
And says they can all “co-exist”
“I had vocal polyps. It was really intense. But I learned how to talk and sing again”: How Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan made her comeback
“The craziest thing about it is that people could hear I’d had polyps on my previous albums”
"Apparently it was the one song that got John recording again’”: The story of the last entry in Lennon and McCartney’s musical conversation
Track apparently inspired Lennon to record Double Fantasy
“He’ll tell people to f*** off if he has to”: Phil Daniels on Blur, Quadrophenia and his solo album
Album is “a cross between Ian Dury and a sort of theatrical night out”
“Songs and listeners were fake, the millions of dollars Smith stole was real": Man pleads guilty to industrial scale AI fraud
Michael Smith stole over $10 million in royalties
Shares in BTS parent company Hybe fall 15% after ‘disappointing’ attendance for Seoul comeback gig
A mere 104,000 fans showed up
“It didn’t seem like it was going to benefit anybody”: Why the reasons for Josh Freese’s sacking from Foo Fighters were kept vague
But Freese says “no one should feel sorry for me”
“The little idiot”: Dave Davies hits back at Moby calling Lola “unevolved” and “transphobic”
And he quotes Jayne County’s thoughts about the song
“George didn’t want it to be so overtly serious”: The story of the Traveling Wilburys, the supergroup that made it all look fun
Their first single was recorded in Bob Dylan’s garage
