The result was "Everyone's A Star," which dropped Nov. 14. Arguably their most meta album yet, the 12 tracks — plus four bonus tracks on a deluxe edition that dropped Nov. 17 — discuss fame, self-destruction and the "boyband" culture they've at times rejected and embraced since the group formed in 2011.

A heavy metal band is appealing for unused and unloved instruments so they can be donated to families in time for Christmas. Newcastle-based Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (or Pigsx7) have been playing together for more than 14 years and say people from low-income backgrounds in the north-east of England are being priced out of music.

In a lengthy, tear-filled two-part video statement on the official Vitriol Instagram page, Rasmussen opted to share his side of how things went down. You can watch the whole thing there, but the gist is that he’s got anger issues and that he indulges in “responsible irresponsiblity” in the form of “nose beers” (aka cocaine),

The frontman shared a GoFundMe in Instagram to help get himself, his girlfriend and his dog back home after being ditched

Members of the rock band James said they met "by accident" in a Manchester university bar after frontman Tim Booth caught bassist Jim Glennie trying to steal his drink. Booth told BBC Radio Manchester's Joe McGrath that instead of fighting him, they started talking and Glennie invited him to rehearse with his band the next day.

A rock band has abruptly broken up after leaving its lead singer stranded at a gas station.

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Spartanburg County School District Two reports a Boiling Springs High School student was selected to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Emilie Goucher auditioned for the Macy’s Great American Marching Band and was selected to play the marching bass drum, officials said.

The trend’s exploding popularity has coincided perfectly with 4 Non Blonde’s first tour in three decades. The alt-rock group, which formed in the late 1980s amid San Francisco’s punk scene, reunited earlier this year, playing a number of major festivals, including a set at Napa’s Bottlerock festival, the group’s first Bay Area gig this century.