"This comment is so unnecessary at this time in our lives, but I guess the truth hurts." Sammy Hagar responds to Alex Van Halen calling him "a complete idiot"

There is something almost poetic about two ageing rock legends taking potshots at each other through Instagram, but here we are. Alex Van Halen, speaking to...

Harry Kane and Alessia Russo among nominees for this year’s Ballon d’Or

If the Ballon d'Or goes where it's supposed to go this year, Harry Kane will be the hardest man in football to argue against. France Football revealed the...

Champions League is fertile ground for new managers, but knowhow could be key later on

The Champions League is back, and the managers running the touchlines this season tell us something interesting: experience matters, but it is not the only...

Steve Hackett stars in brand new Kompendium video for Lilly

There are not many records that take three years to make and feature a choir that sang on Rick Wakeman albums, a full string orchestra recorded at Angel...

"Plenty of gas in the tank, but it's content to drive along the highway well within the speed limit." Stephen Stills finds catharsis and commercial success on the sprawling debut from Manassas

Taylor dominates Pili in final fight of career at Croke Park

Katie Taylor bid an emotional farewell to boxing as the Irish icon dominated Flora Pili in the final fight of her storied career at a packed out Croke Park o...

WSL talking points: Palace result in doubt after substitution nightmare, Arsenal signings shine

Opening day of any new WSL season is supposed to be full of hope. For Crystal Palace, it turned into a cautionary tale inside 24 hours. Jo Potter's side did...

Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

Another weekend of Premier League football, another round of questions some clubs desperately don't want to answer. Here's what we took from the weekend's...

Monaco kept their best players and are top of Ligue 1, but at what cost?

Monaco are top of Ligue 1, just beat PSG 2-1 at the Parc des Princes, and have won all five of their opening fixtures. So why does their CEO sound like a...

“Had we started a little earlier we might have survived. Yes and Genesis got through punk, but we hadn’t gotten to that point”: Gryphon, the unique band who forgot about themselves

There are bands who got swallowed by their era. Gryphon are one of them, and fifty years on, that feels like a genuine injustice. Formed in the early 1970s...

"A collection of songs befitting the pervasive doom of 2026, but earwormy enough to make you glad you exist." President's debut Blood Of Your Empire justifies the hype

When a band appears on a major festival poster with zero context and their masked singer's identity becomes a matter of genuine online detective work, one...

"We wanted to be Black Sabbath without the parts that suck." How Soundgarden's Louder Than Love ruined my love life, but opened my mind

There is a version of music history where Soundgarden are remembered as a footnote. A Seattle band who quit the punk credibility of SST Records, signed to a...