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Four years ago, Reckless Kelly announced their retirement from the road-dog grind that defined the band's career. The Idaho-turned-Austin outfit have spent the time since winding down a touring schedule that had them playing upwards of 180 shows a year. Now, with only eight gigs on the books for the rest of 2026, Reckless Kelly's version of retirement appears to be taking shape. “It's a lot more fun to look forward to every show now,” Willy Braun, Reckless frontman, says. “We had been to the point where, a lot of nights, we were just trying to get through it. Now,…

It will modernize the tracking of music in film and TV and facilitate payment processes Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM

Tom Morello has hit back at those who argue that musicians shouldn’t be political. Read More: Tom Morello: “In the past, I’ve wanted to use music as a battering ram for social justice” It comes after the Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave guitarist recently used his set at Download Festival 2026 to send a message to the British far-right activist Tommy Robinson. For the show, he had written in large letters on the back of the body of his guitar, “FUCK TOMMY ROBINSON”, with the big screens picking up the message. Morello later reposted a photo of the image on his X account. Speaking…

C harli xcx believes in ghosts, which is why she tends to keep a safe distance from wherever they might gather. That might be difficult on this mid-May afternoon, considering we’re standing on the grassy 54 acres that make up Hollywood Forever cemetery, where Charli has suggested we film this interview. Roughly 95,000 souls rest here, including those belonging to Judy Garland, Cecil B. DeMille, and Dee Dee Ramone, but Charli isn’t about to grab a Ouija board. In fact, the 33-year-old pop star suspects it might be too late. “We’re probably possessed now,” she says in her languid British…

From Ronnie James Dio with Sabbath to Ozzy with Randy Rhoads, every singer and guitarist that ever performed the 1970 heavy-metal classic When Black Sabbath wrapped up their career with the grand Back to the Beginning farewell show on July 5, 2025 — a mere 17 days before Ozzy Osbourne died — they ended their four-song set with “Paranoid.” No other song would have made sense. The 1970 single transformed Black Sabbath from a cult band with little traction outside of their native England into one of the most popular groups in the world. For the remainder of their career,…

There are bands that simply need the strength of their name to reaffirm themselves in a market saturated with releases, making the classic promotional process based on announcements, previews and… Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM

The full line-up has been announced for ATEEZ’s headline show at BST Hyde Park 2026, with Bazzi, FLO and more joining the bill. The KQ Entertainment boyband were officially announced last month as making their Hyde Park debut as headliners on Sunday June 28, Set to be a UK exclusive performance, the slot will follow the 2026 Asia and Australia leg of the ‘In Your Fantasy’ tour, which wrapped in April. Now, with the gig just around the corner, organisers have confirmed the full line-up, with Michigan-born and Los Angeles-based R&B star Bazzi joining the bill, as well as South…

The Minister of Tourism presented the charity musical event scheduled in Rome on 22 June Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM

Olivia Rodrigo has said she has “smelled” hardcore fans who wear diapers to be front row at her show. The pop star recently appeared on Kiss FM, where hosts Tyler West and Chloe Burrows asked the worst place she’d had to relieve herself. Though Rodrigo failed to give a direct answer, she did respond: “I have been to certain concerts and certain festivals where people wear diapers so that they can be front row of the show.” To the hosts’ horror, the ‘Drop Dead’ singer added: “That’s been an experience as a performer that I have… smelled.” Rodrigo went on…

T his story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigations site.  As Janice Blanock peered through the chain link fence running along a popular bike and walking trail near her home in the Pittsburgh suburbs, she wondered if she was looking at something connected to her teen son Luke’s death from a rare cancer a decade ago: a large oil-and-gas-industry storage yard filled with used pipes and discarded hoses, the ground strewn with flakes of rusting metal. “I thought, ‘Is it possible that this could be radioactive?’” Blanock says. “Then I figured, ‘No, they wouldn’t do that ……