Bob Catley & Lee Morris / MAGNUM

Tarja Turunen faces a very exciting year: two tours on her own, the Rock Meets Classic tour, lots of festivals and on top of all that, new music are on the list of the former Nightwish singer. In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, Tarja talks to us about her favorite Rock Meets Classic-stars and why she feels honored to be a part of the project. In her opinion, Classical and Rock music are deeply connected. Find out why in our interview - and enjoy!

What you can hear on the new album of New Model Army "Unbroken" is a bunch of demos. That's how singer and guitarrist Justin Sullivan describes the record of the band in our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE Interview. More detailed facts about how the songs were made and a bunch more stuff are discussed, so enjoy listening!

Shinedown have big plans for 2024! Their last headliner tour in Germany was set for November 2022, but was cancelled only a few weeks before it would have started. Since then, Shinedown have released their new album "Planet Zero". With the record being in the bag, they want to push on with a new European tour, planning trips to Germany as well as Australia and many more countries. In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, Brent Smith tells us all about their plans and what the status is right now, and of course we talk about "Planet Zero" and the meaning behind their single "The Symptom of Being Human". Enjoy!

Shortly before Christmas 2023, we talked to Bob Catley and Lee Morris of Magnum about their newest work "Here comes the Rain", which would be out on January 12th 2024. Little did we then know about the tragedy that was about to happen only a few weeks later: the death of gitarrist Tony Clarkin on January 7th. We lost a great rock musician - but now find comfort in the last Magnum album he wrote. That is exactly what we talk about in this exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, so keep this in mind and enjoy listening to Bob Catley and Lee Morris. Rock in Peace, Tony!

He doesn't write songs - he writes stories: that's Luke Spiller of The Struts! In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, the singer talks about their new album "Pretty Vicious" and how it honors the past while still being aware of having been written in the present. Enjoy!

After their gig at ROCK OUT Festival in the German Rock City of Augsburg, we met Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme for an exclusive ROCK ANTENNE Interview. We talked about having technical issues on stage, the delicate chemistry within the band, the best guitar solo of the year - and money. Enjoy!

KISS are history, but original guitarist Ace Frehley is happily releasing his new solo album “10,000 Volts” in February! You can find out everything about it and his eternal love-hate relationship with the other KISS members here in our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE Interview!

Mike Shinoda is back! The Linkin Park singer has talked to us about his new song "Already Over" and what to expect from his upcoming music. In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, Mike also tells us why he thinks of Steven King during his writing sessions - and he confesses that Bon Jovi was always there when he went to sleep in earlier days. Enjoy!

How does it feel to open up the show for bands like Guns N' Roses or Aerosmith? How do you turn an audience into people who love what you do? Rival Sons guitarrist Scott Holiday has the answers - listen to them now in our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview. Enjoy!

One project isn't enough for someone like the mighty Ann Wilson! Together with her sister Nancy, she still appears on stage as Heart. With her Band Tripsitter, she recently released her new album "Another door". What's it like to have several irons in the fire? Listen to Ann Wilsons thoughts here in our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview. Enjoy!