The Algorithm Age

Ozzy Osbourne is heading to his home to take his final bow with a little help from his heavy metal friends. The self-styled Prince of Darkness announced in February he was getting the band back together for the first time in 20 years for one last concert. The singer and his original Black Sabbath bandmates will reunite on stage to perform as part of a day dedicated to the music. Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, the show’s music director, said: “This will be the greatest heavy metal show ever.” It will also be a fundraising event for charities chosen by the artist and an opportunity for the 76-year-old, who has Parkinson’s, to bid farewell to fans and the genre he was instrumental in creating. When is the Black Sabbath ‘Back to the Beginning’ gig? Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning concert will be held on Saturday 5 July at Villa Park, the home ground of Aston Villa FC . Osbourne has been a life-long supporter of the club. Gates open at 1...

Doechii , the ball is in your court! Out of all the artists in the industry, Lil Dicky exclusively reveals to OK! that it's the "Alter Ego" rapper he'd want to collaborate on a future song with. The "Freaky Friday" hitmaker, whose real name is Dave Burd , sits down for an interview with OK! to discuss his upcoming music plans while providing behind-the-scenes details about his new music video "BOOM BOOM BOOM," directed by Phillip R. Lopez in collaboration with Xfinity . Lil Dicky x Doechii? While Lil Dicky is known for several fan-favorite hits featuring A-list artists like Chris Brown and Justin Bieber , there's a new rap queen on the block who the "Earth" singer would love to get in the studio with! "There's so many, [but] Doechii, I think she's phenomenal," he admits. "I really think she's checks every box as an artist in the highest way...

A mysterious new band is climbing the charts on Spotify , racking up over half a million listens in just a few days. The Velvet Sundown sound familiar, and their songs are perfectly listenable, if not the next Sweet Jane. But they’re causing controversy because people think they’re entirely AI-generated, and you can see why. They either don’t exist at all, or they’re pretending to be AI for a marketing gimmick. Who are the Velvet Sundown? According to their ‘verified artist’ Spotify profile, the band was ‘formed by singer and mellotron player Gabe Farrow, guitarist Lennie West, Milo Rains, who crafts the band’s textured synth sounds, and free-spirited percussionist Orion “Rio” Del Mar’. Only problem is, none of them have any social media presence or evidence of existing outside of this bio, and the band itself only started posting on X and Instragram three days ago. Not quite what you’d expect if they’d been gigging and promoting themselves for years before their...

Aerosmith’s founding member Joe Perry has teased a possible reunion tour, which would come as a shock to fans after frontman Steven Tyler’s vocal issues . Last year the I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing hitmakers announced they would not be touring again after Steven , 77, damaged his vocal cords during the band’s Peace Out tour in 2023. 10 months into their Peace Out Farewell Tour – which saw a string of concerts rescheduled – the band announced Steven’s ‘recovery from his vocal injury is not possible’ and said they had made the ‘heartbreaking and difficult decision’ to retire from touring. Following a one-off charity performance in February, former Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum shared an update on his friend Steven, saying: ‘Now, is he going to tour again? No, he’s not. ‘Because, and I explained this to people, Steven cannot put himself under the rigors of doing a full worldwide tour because there’s a lot of pressure.’ Now, Aerosmith guitarist Joe has given fr...

The BBC has responded to upset fans of The Searchers after at-home Glastonbury viewers were unable to stream their final ever gig. The Liverpool-based rock group, which grew to fame in the 60s with hits like their cover of Sweets for My Sweet and Goodbye My Love, wrapped up a successful seven-decade-long career at this year’s Worthy Farm festival. Formed by Mike Pender and John McNally, the music group is known as the ‘longest running band in pop history’. The band – also made up of Frank Allen, Spencer James, and Richie Burns – performed on the Acoustic Stage on June 27 with a packed audience, including Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney . However, for longtime fans unable to make it to the five-day music event, many expressed their anger over the set not being available to livestream or catch up on via the BBC. ‘Yesterday musical history was made at Glastonbury when the legendary Searchers played their final ever gig. They are pop aristocracy. Yet the BBC didn’...