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Buckcherry have confirmed that all band members and touring crew are safe after their tour bus was involved in a fatal multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 26 in South Carolina.

XMusic will stage three nights of Australian rock, hard rock and metal at Soapbox in Fortitude Valley from September 1 to 3, marking five years of the independent label.

Ritchie Blackmore Reunites With Deep Purple For First Time In 33 Years Ritchie Blackmore returned to the Deep Purple stage at Jones Beach in New York for the first time since his 1993 departure, joining the band for Smoke On The Water during the encore.

Twenty years after its release, Stone Sour's second album Come What(ever) May remains the band's defining commercial and creative statement, marking a turning point that broadened its audience while maintaining its heavy rock foundations.

Godsmack have expanded the legacy of their breakthrough 2000 album Awake with the announcement of a new 96 page hardcover graphic novel developed in partnership with Sumerian Comics. The publication reimagines the album's themes as an original supernatural story and is available for worldwide pre-order now.

After making their Australian debut at Good Things Festival in 2024, Pennsylvania rock band From Ashes To New will return in October 2026 for their first headline tour, with Melbourne heavy outfit Banks Arcade joining all dates as special guests.

Roger Glover says Deep Purple's songwriting process remains driven by instinct rather than formulas, with his long creative partnership with Ian Gillan continuing to shape the band's music as the group releases new material in the same era as fellow rock veterans Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones.