Adam Levine says he feels like “there aren’t any bands any more”

Adam Levine has said in a new interview that he is disappointed that there “aren’t any bands any more”. The Maroon 5 frontman was speaking to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe this week following the arrival of the band’s new collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Beautiful Mistakes’. Levine spoke in the interview about Maroon 5’s breakthrough …

The Band’s Robbie Robertson doesn’t mind Bob Dylan selling the rights to his songs

Robbie Robertson of The Band has addressed Bob Dylan‘s recent decision to sell the rights to a number of songs, including some by The Band. The $300 million deal struck by Dylan with Universal Music Group for the publishing of his catalogue includes songs that Dylan’s company published on behalf of the Band, meaning their …

New cover of Viola Beach’s ‘Swings And Waterslides’ to mark fifth anniversary of the band’s death

A new cover of Viola Beach‘s track ‘Swings And Waterslides’ has been recorded by a collective of Warrington musicians to mark five years since the band’s death. Rising indie four-piece Viola Beach and their manager Craig Tarry were killed in a car accident on February 13, 2016 while travelling through Sweden. To mark the fifth …

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich says the band’s best album is still yet to come

Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich has said that the band’s best album is still yet to come. Speaking in a new interview, the drummer promised that follow-up to 2016’s ‘Hardwired…To Self-Destruct’ will be the best album that he and his bandmates have ever made. “It’s the heaviest thing, the coolest,” Ulrich told Classic Rock. “But all kidding aside, …

Petition launched to secure visa-free touring for bands following Brexit deal

A petition has been launched calling for the government to secure visa-free travel for artists and other creatives in the EU following the end of the Brexit transition period. The UK will officially fully leave the European Union on January 1, 2021, with the government having finalised a deal on December 24. That agreement allows …

System Of A Down’s John Dolmayan says band’s hiatus was a “disastrous move”

System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan has said the band’s hiatus was a “disastrous move”. The group went on a hiatus from 2006 to 2010 and are yet to record a full-length follow-up to their ‘Mezmerize’ and ‘Hypnotize’ albums, which came out in 2005. Speaking in a new interview with Richard Allan on Action Figures, Dolmayan …