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We've given
@DefLeppard
legend Joe Elliott his very own radio station!
Listen to 'Joe Elliott: This Is How I Roll' on Planet Rock Premium now
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Have you ever seen anything more adorable in your whole life? ❤️
@IronMaiden
@DownloadFest
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Guns N' Roses, Black Sabbath, KISS and Metallica are among the rock acts who have paid tribute to Foo Fighters legend Taylor Hawkins following his death aged 50.
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Pyromania is turning 40 this week! What's your favourite track on it?
To celebrate
@DefLeppard
's huge 1983 LP, we're playing it in full, uninterrupted, tonight from 11pm 🔥
🔊 | app | smart speaker | DAB
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Just a lovely photo of Nicko McBrain and Ronnie James Dio to brighten up your day ❤️
@IronMaiden
@OfficialRJDio
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Jeff Beck has confirmed he will release a collaborative album with Johnny Depp this summer.
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Incredibly sad to hear of the passing of rock legend Eddie Van Halen. Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this difficult time.
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"Taylor wrote this song. We used to sing it together. So I’m going to do it for him tonight."
Last night at
@foofighters
' first full headline concert since Taylor Hawkins' passing, Dave Grohl paid emotional tribute to his friend and bandmate
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His name was Lemmy and he played rock 'n' roll.
24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015
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37 years ago,
@IronMaiden
went to No.1 on the UK album charts with The 'Number of the Beast', their first ever No.1 LP.
What a record! 😈
What's your favourite track on it?
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Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck has died suddenly at the age of 78. RIP to a true rock icon.
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The winners of the Greatest Live Band of All Time award at The Rocks 2021 are...
@IronMaiden
Up the Irons!
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Music legend Tina Turner has sadly died aged 83.
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The late Lemmy would've turned 77 today.
What
@myMotorhead
track would you pick to pay tribute to him?
Listening at maximum volume of course!
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“We’re a funny old country, aren’t we? The trouble with us is, we’re too f***ing popular, and a lot of the media just hate that” -
@QueenWillRock
's Roger Taylor
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Rush drummer Neil Peart has died following a lengthy battle with brain cancer.
RIP to a true music legend.
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Winners of Best British Band in The Rocks 2023 are
@IronMaiden
Here's a message from Steve Harris himself to all the Maiden fans out there
#TheRocks2023
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The champions of
#TheEurosOfRock
are
@IronMaiden
!
After thousands of votes from fans, they beat Queen to be crowned the best band in Europe! 🤘
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The late great Eddie Van Halen would've just turned 68 - if you could listen to one
@vanhalen
at full volume to celebrate him, which would you pick?
It's rare that you can say someone changed an entire instrument, but Eddie did just that.
Rest in peace.
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5 years since we lost the legendary Malcolm Young. With his back against the stack, keeping
@acdc
on track.
Did you ever see AC/DC live with him? If so, where?
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.
@QueenWillRock
movie Bohemian Rhapsody, and its star Rami Malek, won big at last night's
#GoldenGlobes
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AC/DC's Malcolm Young has died aged 64. RIP to a true rock legend.
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To celebrate the release of
@IronMaiden
's Senjutsu today, we're playing every track from the album across the day, with intros from the band starting at 8am!
Plus Bruce Dickinson hosts a special Rock Block from 6pm!
🔊 online | DAB | mobile | smart speaker
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Happy birthday to the one-and-only Dave Grohl!
A lovely guy, and a beast of a drummer (amongst many other acolades)
What's your favourite Grohl drum moment?
@Nirvana
@foofighters
@qotsa
@crookedvultures
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This Friday we're playing
@IronMaiden
's new album Senjutsu track by track throughout the day, with special introductions by the band members!
Plus, Bruce Dickinson will be hosting a special edition of The Rock Block from 6pm!🤘
#Senjutsu
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Ozzy Osbourne has shared a heartfelt statement announcing that he has retired from touring. His UK & Ireland shows with Judas Priest have been cancelled.
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Favourite song on Appetite For Destruction?
36 years ago,
@gunsnroses
unleashed their debut studio album upon the world, and the course of rock music was changed forever
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We'll be paying tribute to Dave Myers on Planet Rock from 6pm tonight with a special show featuring highlights and music from his years with Si on The Hairy Rock Show
🔊 | DAB | speaker | app
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With tears in her eyes,
@StevieNicks
paid tribute to Christine McVie, at her first show since her late
@fleetwoodmac
friend died.
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38 years ago, Phil Lynott passed away, aged just 36.
From
@ThinLizzy_
to his solo material, what's your favourite track from his awesome body of work?
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Hairy Bikers star and former long-term Planet Rock presenter Dave Myers has sadly died aged 66. RIP.
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Ally McCoist's joy when
@acdc
's 'Highway To Hell' comes on prior to Bayern Munich v Arsenal is ace
"Cannae beat a bit of AC/DC man! I saw them, Glasgow Apollo 1980!"
"Cannae beat a bit of AC/DC man!" 🎸
Take a moment to watch Ally McCoist's reaction to Hells Bells being played in the Allianz 😂
#UCL
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You only have time to listen to one track from
@IronMaiden
's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, which do you pick?
Murray's on-air with the request show, playing your requests and rounding off with a track from it!
🔊 | app | DAB | smart speaker
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His name was Lemmy, and he played rock 'n' roll.
On the 6th anniversary of his death, remember Lemmy with your favourite Motörhead song - what's your choice?
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Attention
@IronMaiden
fans!
Be sure to listen to Planet Rock Breakfast with
@PaulAnthonyRock
tomorrow morning...
#LegacyOfTheBeast
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31 years ago, on 24th November 1991, the world lost an icon.
@freddie_mercury
, arguably rock's greatest frontman and one of the most gifted singers of all time, passed away from AIDS aged just 45.
Did you ever get to see him perform live with
@QueenWillRock
?
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Bruce Dickinson says
@IronMaiden
try to keep their ticket prices below those of other big bands
"That's one of the reasons why there’s so many young kids at the shows, we try and keep everything under everybody else’s (prices)"
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Happy birthday to everyone's favourite metal madman
@OzzyOsbourne
! 🤘
What's your favourite Ozzy song?
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16 years after they first became eligible
@IronMaiden
have finally been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
Also included are fellow rock acts
@foofighters
,
@RATM
, New York Dolls and
@toddrundgren
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Arise Sir Brian!
@QueenWillRock
legend
@DrBrianMay
has been knighted by King Charles - see photos here
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Did you ever see Ronnie James Dio live? If so where and when?
The late great metal legend would've just turned 81 🤘
@OfficialRJDio
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His name was Lemmy, and he played rock 'n' roll.
24th Dec 1945 - 28th Dec 2015
RIP
@myMotorhead
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The late great Eddie Van Halen would've turned 67 today.
What's your favourite
@VanHalen
track?
Turn some up loud and remember a true guitar legend. 🎸
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Happy birthday to the one and only
@JimmyPage
of
@ledzeppelin
!
What's your favourite Page riff?
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Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has named Heart’s Ann Wilson as his favourite female vocalist of all time.
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Happy birthday to 'The Air Raid Siren' of
@IronMaiden
, Mr Bruce Dickinson! Scream for us! 🤘
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Did you know while Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant was performing at the Oakland Coliseum in 1977, a fan threw the t-shirt to him and he put it on? Maureen - his wife at the time - was a nurse.
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Shane Hawkins has been awarded Drum Performance Of The Year for his emotional and powerful rendition of
@foofighters
’ 1997 anthem 'My Hero' at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London
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Another name has been confirmed for
@DollyParton
's forthcoming rock album:
@NikkiSixx
joins John Fogerty, Stevie Nicks, Paul McCartney and more on the star-studded effort
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#TheRocks2019
BEST LIVE BAND
The winner with their 4th ever Rocks making them the most successful winners in Rocks history, it's -
@IronMaiden
!!
@WyattVW
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What's your favourite song on Master of Puppets?
36 years ago
@Metallica
unleashed their blistering third album upon the world!
✞✞✞
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Happy Birthday to AC/DC's masterpiece Back In Black 🤘What's your favourite track from the 1980 album?
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The late great Taylor Hawkins would've just turned 52.
What's your favourite memory of seeing him play with
@foofighters
?
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Favourite track on
@foofighters
' debut?
28 yrs ago, Dave Grohl wrote and recorded the debut Foo Fighters album in a one-man project, as "some sort of cathartic therapy" after the death of Kurt Cobain.
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Winner of Greatest Album Cover of All Time, as voted for by you, is...
Rainbow - Rising
Great choice!
#TheRocks2023
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"I've got my fingers crossed - everything is going ok" Brian Johnson hints that
@acdc
want to tour again
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Congratulations
@foofighters
👏
'But Here We Are' is Foo Fighters' sixth Number 1 album in the UK.
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Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist, has died aged 72.
A statement from Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard has confirmed the sad news.
RIP Dusty.
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Happy birthday to the legend that is, Ozzy Osbourne! What's your favourite Black Sabbath song? 🦇
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2000 miles. 15 days. 15 venues.
@WyattVW
has just touched down at
#Rockstock2019
. All in the name of
@MindCharity
. What a hero!
To sponsor him 👇
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"You don’t go out with Jeff Beck unless you can play guitar..."
@alicecooper
has praised Johnny Depp as a 'real' guitar player
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The packaging for the new
@foofighters
album reveals that it's dedicated to Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl's mum Virginia, who also passed away last year.
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It would have been the birthday of guitarist Gary Moore today. RIP, legend.
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On My Secret Planet Rocks, Stranger Things baddie
@Jamiebower
told
@jenthomasradio
about his lifelong love of rock, including his first tattoo.
Fair to say it was a decision made whilst... hazy...
Hear the whole program, and Jamie's song choices 👇
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Foo Fighters have revealed Josh Freese as their new drummer in place of the late-great Taylor Hawkins.
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Steve Priest, bassist and founding member of The Sweet, has died aged 72.
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Have mercy! It's the Reverend
@BillyFGibbons
' birthday! What's your favourite tune by that lil' old band from Texas,
@ZZTop
?
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Status Quo co-founder and original bassist Alan Lancaster has sadly died aged 72. RIP.
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Irish music fans have voted Thin Lizzy the greatest Irish band, ahead of U2, Van Morrison and more
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Happy birthday to the man, the legend, the astrophysicist, Brian May!
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Favourite Bon Scott tune?
The late great
@acdc
legend would've just turned 77. Here he is, at his peak, singing the Bad Boy Boogie ⚡️
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Very sad news. RIP Wilko Johnson.
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The Rocks 2022
As voted by our listeners, the Best British Band award goes to...
@IronMaiden
#TheRocks22
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What's your favourite
@axlrose
vocal performance?
The
@gunsnroses
(and sometime
@acdc
) frontman has just turned 60!
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The late great Gary Moore would've been 69 today. One of the most exceptionally gifted guitarists to emerge from these isles, what's your favourite song from his awesome back catalogue?
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It's 41 years to the day since Bruce Dickinson first joined
@IronMaiden
!
What's your best memory of seeing Bruce and the Maiden lads live?
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A game of
#LegacyOfTheBeast
Pinball with
@IronMaiden
’s
#SteveHarris
backstage before their show here in Krakow. You can here it on
@PlanetRockRadio
Breakfast on Monday
@PaulAnthonyRock
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In a new interview
@davidgilmour
has said it's 'a possibility' Pink Floyd will perform live again... 👀
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Everyone at Planet Rock is saddened to hear of the passing of Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green. Sending love to his family, friends and fans.
#RIPPeterGreen
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ICYMI: Shane Hawkins was awarded Drum Performance Of The Year for his emotional and powerful rendition of
@foofighters
’ 1997 anthem 'My Hero' at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London.
Full story 👇
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Happy birthday to Jon Bon Jovi, seen here sporting a nice cardigan and some fantastic hair.
What's the best Bon Jovi song?
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The
#NewGeneration
of
@IronMaiden
fans rockin’ out
@TAURONArenaKrk
Krakow to
#TheClansman
#LegacyOfTheBeast
Tour
@PaulAnthonyRock
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On what would've been Bon Scott's 77th, here's Joe Elliott telling Dave Grohl what it was like being on tour with him when
@DefLeppard
supported
@acdc
!
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23 years ago today, Planet Rock was born!
The first song we played was 'Smoke on the Water', and over 2 decades later there's 1.3 million of you lovely Planet Rockers out there, listening to us every week!
Cheers!
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We're remembering Malcolm Young today, on what would have been his 67th birthday. A true legend.
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