Iron Maiden to rock Brixton Iron Maiden plan to rock the foundations of London's Brixton Academy next month, with a one-off show in support of a MS charity. The British hard rockers will swap the familiar territory of stadiums for the low-key show, set for June 24, which will round off their current tour -  read the full post here >>

My Chemical Romance head metal awards My Chemical Romance are in the chase for best album for their latest set "The Black Parade", while their single "Welcome To The Black Parade" has scooped the nomination for best video at the forthcoming Metal Hammer Awards. The U.S. rockers will face stiff competition however,  read the full post here >>

Download 2007 headliners confirmed Iron Maiden and Linkin Park will both return to head up this year's Download Festival for a second time this summer, it has been revealed. The alt-rockers Linkin Park and heavy metal legends Iron Maiden will be joined by relative newcomers My Chemical Romance as headliners for the  read the full post here >>

Gorillaz' "Dare" storms to UK No.1 Animated act Gorillaz have their first No.1 UK single tonight with "Dare". The Damon Alburn-led act go one better than their last single ("Feel Good Inc., No.2, April 2005), to take the top spot from Oasis' "The Importance Of Being Idle", which falls to five. Rihanna's "Pon Du  read the full post here >>

Iron Maiden - The Trooper Traditionally, the closest Iron Maiden have got to irony is in the dictionary. They always took their brand of all-out balls-out schlock rock more seriously than the rest of us, so gravely serious that they must have thought 'Spinal Tap' was a real documentary about potential  read the full post here >>

Northern Uproar: Leeds Festival '05 Kicks Off Kele Bloc Part joins The Rakes for an impromptu collaboration The Northern leg of the Carling Weekend began in earnest today, with a crowd of about 60,000 fans gathering in Bramham Park for the last major event of the festival season. One of the first bands to hit the  read the full post here >>

Sanctuary records warns on profits The independent label struggling with a debt burden. The remarkable rise of independent label Sanctuary Records looks to have hit a speed bump, with the music group this week issuing a profit warning and saying that assets may have to be offloaded to deal with the  read the full post here >>

Reading festival increases capacity, releases tickets The bank holiday weekend event increased to 60,500 capacity. This year's Reading Festival is to allow an additional 5,500 music fans through its gates after local councillors agreed to an increase in the capacity. The extra tickets, which are to go on sale shortly, only  read the full post here >>

Iron Maiden frontman charting a busy year Bruce Dickenson finds time to record his sixth solo set. Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickenson is to release his sixth studio album next month, his first solo release in seven years. 'A Tyranny of Souls' is set for release on May 23 and will come during a frenetic summer of  read the full post here >>

Carling Weekend 2005 line-up unveiled, tickets on sale The Killers, Kings Of Leon & Marilyn Manson named alongside headline acts. The first acts have been named for this year's Carling Weekend Reading and Leeds Festivals, with Marilyn Manson, The Killers and the Kings Of Leon confirmed alongside big name headliners. As  read the full post here >>

Iron Maiden - Dance of Death They're back - fresh from a hugely successful Donnington festival appearance, the band viewed by many as Britain's greatest metal music export return with their thirteenth studio album. After the success of last years 'Edward the Great' greatest hits CD, the band recorded with  read the full post here >>

Iron Maiden Dance With Death Iron Maiden have revealed details of a new album release for later this year titled 'Dance With Death', along with full tour support. Bruce Dickinson, Frontman for the metal legends, revealed all to the crowd on Saturday at the Download festival in the UK. The group’s 13th  read the full post here >>