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First Thing: Microsoft and Meta cut thousands of staff as they bet big on AI

Meta to lay off 10% of its staff and Microsoft to offer retirement to 7% of US workforce. Plus, Iron Maiden at 50

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"I was grossly overconfident because I was 21 years old: ‘Of course I’m going to get the gig.'" Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson opens up on what it was like joining the metal legends just as they were blowing up

Bruce Dickinson joined Maiden at a crucial point in their career. We all know what happened next

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‘I nearly quit to become a fencing teacher’: Iron Maiden on 50 years of heavy metal, hard living – and hopeless communication skills

As a career-spanning documentary hits cinemas and the band eye two nights at Knebworth, they revisit their path from pubs to stadiums – but how did they get through their crisis-filled 1990s?

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“It was cheaper to come here and rent a whole hotel out of season. The bar was open 24/7”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson recalls writing classic albums in empty Jersey hotel

The singer looks back on writing Piece Of Mind, Powerslave and Somewhere In Time in a hotel on the Channel Islands

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The niece of late Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr has become a WWE wrestler – and her gimmick is pure 80s metal

Lizzy Rain joins the likes of Rhea Ripley and Seth Rollins in bringing heavy metal to wrestling fans’ screens

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“The people who I know who’ve been on this journey… we’d never go back”: Ex-Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley opens up about quitting alcohol

The vocalist, who was a member of The Beast from 1994 to 1999, has been sober since June 2019

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Ten albums that prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that 1980 was the greatest year ever for hard rock and heavy metal

Ozzy reborn! AC/DC back! Iron Maiden on the prowl! 1980 rocked

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"The fans always come first." Iron Maiden won't be attending their induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Iron Maiden aren't snubbing the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, they just won't be there

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A petition has been launched to save the legendary London studio where Iron Maiden recorded The Number Of The Beast and Def Leppard recorded Pyromania

"If this development goes ahead, we will lose far more than a studio"

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"I just feel so lucky to be considered in the same breath as some of the other artists on there." Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley shares his feelings on being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

Maiden's 90s vocalist admits it's a "real privilege" to be included with artists like Billy Idol, Joy Division and Oasis in this year's nomination

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“Music’s highest honor”: 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees announced – and there’s a long overdue nod to some British heavyweights

Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, and Oasis have all received inductions, but Jeff Buckley and Melissa Etheridge were notably snubbed

Guitar World

“Ever since I was a little kid and singing in the shower I'd dream about one day being in the RnR hall of fame”: Oasis to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame and Liam Gallagher seems… delighted

He’s changed his tune

MusicRadar

Oasis and Phil Collins lead British Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honours

Iron Maiden, Sade, Billy Idol, Joy Division and New Order are the other British acts being honoured this year

The Independent UK

Oasis lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2026 inductees

Oasis, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol and more will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year.

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Iron Maiden, Oasis, Billy Idol and Phil Collins to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame this year

"I actually think the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is an utter, complete load of bollocks" - Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson

Latin Times

Mariah Carey and Shakira Out, Celia Cruz in: Meet the Inductees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2026

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame unveiled its Class of 2026 on Monday, delivering a list full of heavyweight names, but for Latino music fans, the headline landed with two very different emotions. Celia Cruz is finally headed into the Cleveland institution, while Shakira, despite being one of this…

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"Growing up, I noticed bands like Motorhead, Limp Bizkit and Drowning Pool were always part of it. Now I understand why." How heavy metal became a lifelong passion for WWE Women's World Champion Stephanie Vaquer

From her love of Iron Maiden and Megadeth to her fiery entrance, Stephanie Vaquer is one of WWE's most metal superstars ever

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“We weren’t after our version of Iron Maiden’s Eddie, but it needed to be striking.” The story behind Slayer's grim Reign In Blood album artwork

Slayer intended to make pop fans "ill" with their grotesque representation of hell. It worked…

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"People were throwing coins and smashed up cups. It was horrifying!" This is what it's like supporting metal legends Iron Maiden in front of a hostile crowd, according to Atreyu guitarist Dan Jacobs

Atreyu might be one of metalcore's most celebrated bands, but they had a hard time winning over a rowdy Maiden crowd in Mexico

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"There can be more spices – we have a choir on three songs – but the foundation must be secure." 16 albums into a 44-year career, German thrash veterans Kreator are still doing their own thing

Kreator's Krushers Of The World album is out now

Guitar World

“They’re 16 bars, and that’s it. There’s no extended solos”: Adrian Smith on why making music outside of Iron Maiden lets him stretch his soloing wings

In Smith/Kotzen, he’s relishing the chance to improvise and color outside of his usual lines, but admits that keeping up with Kotzen isn’t easy

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"Our goal is to be the biggest heavy metal band in the world." Tailgunner want to be the new Iron Maiden. Or the new Metallica. Or the new Judas Priest. And KK Downing is convinced

If you’re looking for some ‘leather, studs and bullet belts’ classic metal, get in Tailgunner's firing line

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Netflix Just Quietly Added The Most Underrated Horror Movie Of The Year

Ralph Fiennes steals the show in the zombie sequel '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,' now streaming on Netflix.

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Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley to perform at band’s blockbuster Knebworth festival in July, playing songs from The X Factor, Virtual XI and The Best Of The Beast

The vocalist, who fronted the heavy metal titans from 1994 to 1999, will headline the Friday night of the two-day event

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"Parents come up to me and instead of going, ‘Oh you’re not a good role model because you talk about sex’, they say the opposite!" How Halestorm's breakthrough anthem smashed some silly taboos in rock 'n' roll

Believe it or not, a lot of modern mainstream rock had become a little prudish by around 2009. Halestorm helped change that

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