Irma thomas jams out her first new album in 17 years

No-shows, bomb scares, police intervention… GN’R’s Use Your Illusion tour was one of the most volatile to have ever hit Europe, and one that remained shrouded in mystery. Hammer ’s sister mag, Classic Rock , tracked down the people who were there to get the full inside story

With Iron Maiden celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, we talk to all the members of the band and look back over the successes, trials, tribulations, thrills, spills and genre-defining records of the longest-running and arguably greatest heavy metal band of them all.

Three decades after Sparks asked, a touch forlornly, When Do I Get To Sing My Way?, it seems we may finally have an answer. No, pop’s favourite Dadaist siblings haven’t suddenly decided to give us the

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