Hammerdown Festival returns to Brighton, UK, on Saturday, July 19th, and Sunday, July 20th, 2025, for two days of diverse rock and metal. We caught up with the festival director, Harry White, to learn more about the festival's origins, the 2025 edition, and its future. So, going back to the beginning, how did you come to form Hammerdown Festival in 2014 and what inspired you to do this? Is it something you always planned on doing? I had seen the big festival lineups like Download, Sonisphere and Bloodstock, and it all looked amazing. Not only did you get to basically go on a camping holiday for a week, but you also got excellent value for money… rather than spending £60 seeing your favourite band with 2 supports, you could spend £200 and see 30 or 40 bands! One year at Download, I pushed myself to see as many bands as possible. I saw 52! You can’t beat that. So for me, it seemed like the dream way to see all my favourite bands in one place. I’d always used online templates to “ma...
L.A based Animation studio and book publisher Fantoons announce their upcoming book Where Is Ozzy?, an officially licenced seek-and-find book from the same publisher that bought you Motörhead: Where is Lemmy? and Rush: Where is Geddy, Alex, and Neil? The book will be released worldwide on July 29th 2025. Inspired by songs, albums and major milestones from Ozzy Osbourne’s iconic solo career, and filled with easter eggs for hard core and casual fans alike, each double page is brought to life in vibrant illustrations by the award-winning studio. From Blizzard of Ozz to No More Tears, the heavy metal madness is cranked up to 11 on each page, packed with hidden messages that celebrate one of the greatest rock singers of all-time. This book blends fun with the deep legacy of one of rock’s most iconic figures. Speaking on the book’s creation, author David Calcano said, “A book like this only works when it’s built around a legend who rewrote the rules—with thunderous music, iconic style,...