My Chemical Romance have revealed that they are going to be celebrating the release of their 15th anniversary edition of their record ‘Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys’ in style around their huge shows at Wembley Stadium.
Battery City Underground: A Release Party will take place on July 09, just before the band’s second show of their three show run at the iconic stadium.
It will feature a DJ set from Mr Sean Smith, appearances from DJ Kobra Kid and DJ Party Poison (!), and probably even more surprises. It’s like you’re back in California in 2019.
Tickets are £5 and the event will take place at Boxpark Wembley, which is just a short walk from the ground.
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The 15th anniversary edition of ‘Danger Days’ will be released on July 10 via Reprise/Warner Records. The album will include the original tracklist fully remastered as well as nine bonus tracks. From ‘We Don’t Need Another Song About California’ to ‘Mastaa of Ravenkroft’, ‘Zero Percent’ to ‘F.T.W.W.W’, it’s the first time these tracks will be available on both streaming and vinyl.
Here is the remastered version of ‘Vampire Money’, which sounds absolutely sensational.
In the first ever issue of Rock Sound Rewind, a new magazine featuring classic Rock Sound features reprinted for the first time, we return to 2011 for an extended version of our interview with the band alongside some previously unseen photos.
During a new interview with Chaoszine, she says that she assumed people already knew about her new position, as she and other members of the band had been spotted together in public multiple times.
“We were walking around together,” she says (via Blabbermouth). “I mean, people took photos of us together for months already. We were surprised that nobody knew!”
She adds that it’s “great” being part of the band due to how involved the members are in details of the live production. Guitarist Sam Totman builds the sets for their stage, while co-guitarist Herman Li takes care of “all the ins and outs of the tech”.
“Everybody’s, like, super involved,” she explains, “and I’ve always been like that too, because I come from working in theatre. I worked in theatre for many years, where I was the stage manager and set designer, and I loved that.
“And so to be around people who really care – they care that the lighting looks good, they care that the props are in place, they care that the audience has a great time – I am super, super detail-oriented like that also, and it’s really cool to be around other people who are like that.”
Dragonforce are one of a number projects to which White-Gluz has dedicated herself following her exit from Arch Enemy last November. The day after she parted ways with the Swedish melodic death metal veterans, she released the solo single The Room Where She Died, taken from her as-yet-unannounced debut solo album.
In March, the singer announced that she’d formed a new power trio called Blue Medusa, rounded out by guitarists Alyssa Day and Dani Sophia. Since then they’ve released two singles, Checkmate and Flying Monkey. During the Chaoszine interview, White-Gluz calls the band her “main focus and project”.
After making her live debut with Dragonforce at Welcome To Rockville festival last month, White-Gluz will join the band on a North American tour celebrating 20 years of their fan-favourite album Inhuman Rampage. The shows kick off at The Observatory North Park in San Diego on November 13 and wrap up at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on December 13. See all dates and details via the Dragonforce website.
Dragonforce are yet to release any music with White-Gluz as their full-time co-singer, but she appeared as a guest on a reimagined version of the band’s song Burning Heart last year.
As White-Gluz keeps herself busy with her multiple bands, Arch Enemy are carrying on with new singer Lauren Hart. She sang on their comeback single To The Last Breath in February and will join them on a run of festival sets and headline shows across Europe this summer. From October 5, the band will co-headline a North American tour with The Black Dahlia Murder.
German melodic hard rock veterans MAD MAX have announced the release of their brand-new studio album, ‘Stories Of Destiny‘, set for release on September 4th, 2026 via ROAR – A Division Of Reigning Phoenix Music. Celebrating an impressive 45 years of the band’s legacy, the new record bridges past and present while opening an exciting new […]
The second day of the Summerside Festival 2026 in Grenchen delivered an incredible mix of powerful folk, epic symphonic metal, and explosive punk rock. The atmosphere at the airfield was electric, backed by a massive crowd of passionate rock and metal fans.Here are the highlights of the day.
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This month brings the nation’s 250th birthday bash, “Les Miserables,” Mark Morris, the World Cup final, Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium and nine nights of Bon Jovi.
If you love Friends and also enjoy checking real estate listings for no healthy reason, this question is almost too good. Monica’s purple apartment looked huge, warm, and suspiciously affordable for two young women in Manhattan.
Today, the numbers are much less forgiving. The answer depends on whether we price the actual building, the fictional layout, or the dream version fans remember.
Before We Start Arguing With Ross
The famous apartment only makes financial sense once location, size, and rent history are considered
A realistic monthly rent for the Friends apartment today would likely land between $8,000 and $10,000. That estimate comes from three pieces of common-sense pricing: the West Village location, the two-bedroom setup, and the fact that Monica’s fictional apartment is larger than many real apartments in that neighborhood.
The actual exterior building is at 90 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, but the apartment interior was a studio set. That matters because the set gave us space real renters rarely see at that address.
Two bedrooms, a large living room, a proper kitchen, and a terrace? Lovely, yes. Normal for a young chef and a coffee shop worker? Not without rent control, a guarantor, or Grandma’s lease.
Why The Address Makes The Rent So High
The Friends building sits in the West Village, one of Manhattan’s most expensive and most searched rental areas. That neighborhood does not price itself gently. You are paying for location, walkability, older architecture, restaurants, subway access, and the shortage of available apartments.
This is also where the show becomes funny in a very adult way. When you watch as a teenager, you notice the couch. When you watch after paying rent, you notice the square footage. If Monica and Rachel were moving in today, they would need either a regulated lease or a roommate plan built with care, not a casual handshake over coffee. That is the part adult viewers understand quickly.
The Roommate Reality Today
In the real world, a setup like this would almost certainly involve roommates who understand money, chores, timing, and privacy. That sounds less glamorous than a sitcom breakfast scene, but it is the part that makes city living work.
Most people trying to live in expensive cities are not just searching for an apartment; they are searching for roommates to share the expenses. A room-search platform such as spareroom.com focuses on rooms and roommates in the UK and US, with search filters that help renters look for what actually matters to them.
And honestly, isn’t that the adult version of asking whether someone leaves wet towels on the floor?
What Current Rent Data Suggests
The strongest real-world comparison is not the show’s set. It is the building and neighborhood around it. Recent rental information for 90 Bedford Street shows two-bedroom units listed in the high $7,000s and above. Broader Greenwich Village and West Village averages also support the idea that a large two-bedroom in this area would not come cheap.
Comparison Point
Practical Meaning
Standard Greenwich Village two-bedroom
Expensive before any sitcom fame
Recent 90 Bedford Street two-bedroom listings
Often upper $7,000s to $9,000s
Fictional Monica layout
Larger than a typical real unit
Likely market estimate
Around $8,000 to $10,000 monthly
The table keeps us from pricing the apartment only by nostalgia. Fans remember the space, but landlords price the address, condition, layout, and demand. The terrace alone would make renters look twice.
The Rent-Control Detail Is Not A Throwaway Joke
Rent control is the key detail that makes Monica’s apartment believable within the story
The show tells us Monica had her grandmother’s rent-controlled apartment. That detail is not background decoration. It is the financial explanation. Without it, the apartment stops being quirky and starts being impossible for their early-career income.
Rent control in New York City is rare and tied to old occupancy rules. It is not something a new renter can usually walk into because they found a charming listing online. That is why the grandmother detail works so well. It explains how Monica could stay in a large West Village apartment while working through the unstable early years of a restaurant career.
Important Fact: The affordable rent in the show depends on regulation, not on the normal rental market.
Once you accept that, the apartment becomes less unrealistic.
Could Monica And Rachel Qualify Today?
Let’s use the common New York rental screening rule: many landlords expect annual income of about 40 times the monthly rent. This is not a legal guarantee, and each landlord may review applications differently, but it is a familiar benchmark in the city.
If the apartment rented for $8,000 a month, the combined household income would need to be about $320,000 a year. At $10,000 a month, that jumps to about $400,000. Early-seasons Monica and Rachel would not be close. Monica was building her chef career. Rachel was working at Central Perk before moving into fashion. They had charm, loyalty, and excellent timing. A leasing office today would still ask for documents.
What Would Change The Final Price?
A precise price would depend on the actual unit, not just the famous address. This is where real estate gets less fun but more honest. Two apartments in the same building can rent differently because of renovation quality, floor level, light, bathrooms, noise, and outdoor space.
A landlord would likely consider:
Whether the apartment has two real bedrooms or one bedroom plus a flexible room
Whether the terrace is private, legal, and usable
Whether the kitchen and bathrooms are newly renovated
Whether the building has updated systems and strong maintenance
Whether the listing attracts renters because of the Friends connection
That last point is tricky. Fame does not always raise rent officially, but attention can increase demand. And in Manhattan rentals, demand matters.
So, What Would The Friends Apartment Cost?
The fantasy is charming, but the modern market price is firmly in luxury territory
Today, the Friends apartment would probably cost around $8,000 to $10,000 per month if it matched the fictional size and stayed in the West Village. A smaller real unit at 90 Bedford Street could rent for less, but Monica’s version is not small or ordinary.
Could Monica and Rachel afford it today on their early show incomes? No. Could they stay there with rent control? Yes, and that is exactly why the explanation matters. As a fan, I enjoy the fantasy. As a renter with common sense, I respect the lease more than the purple walls.
Interesting FAQs
How much money would someone need upfront to rent the Friends apartment today?
For an $8,000 to $10,000 apartment, renters should expect serious upfront costs even before buying furniture or hiring movers. At minimum, that usually means the first month’s rent and a security deposit equal to one month’s rent. So, for Monica’s apartment today, that would likely mean around $16,000 to $20,000 due at lease signing. That does not include moving costs, renter’s insurance, application fees, or any broker fee that may apply if the renter personally hired a broker.
Could Monica and Rachel have used a guarantor to get approved?
A guarantor could help, but it would not magically solve the problem. Many New York landlords want renters to earn around 40 times the monthly rent, and guarantors may need to meet the same standard or an even stricter one. For an $8,000 to $10,000 apartment, that could mean a guarantor earning at least $320,000 to $400,000 a year, sometimes more. Also, not every landlord accepts guarantors. So yes, Rachel’s dad might have helped on paper, but only if the building allowed it and he agreed to sign on.
Could someone legally inherit a rent-controlled apartment like Monica did?
Possibly, but it is not as casual as simply moving into a relative’s apartment and keeping the old rent. New York succession rules usually require the person claiming rights to have lived in the apartment as their primary residence with the tenant of record for a qualifying period. In many cases, that means at least two years before the tenant leaves or dies, or one year for seniors or disabled family members.
So Monica’s situation works as sitcom logic, but in real life, the paperwork, residency history, and family connection would matter a lot.
Euer W:O:A-Tattoo, gestochen auf dem Heiligen Acker, von professionellen Artists und unter Einhaltung der höchsten hygienischen Standards.
Wählt vor Ort aus drei festgelegten Motiven, die eigens für das Festival angeboten werden. Unsere erfahrenen Tattoo-Artists stehen bereit, um euch ein Kunstwerk zu verpassen, das genauso laut ist wie euer Musikgeschmack.
Auch das bestehende Sortiment an Merch Artikeln, welche ihr per Click & Collectbestellen könnt, wird beständig erweitert. Also schaut immer wieder rein!
Jay Buchanan, frontman of Rival Sons, has released a heartbreaking rendition of Black Sabbath track ‘Changes‘ from the Black Sabbath album ‘Vol. 4‘ (1972). The western-gothic-style cover (in the same vein as Jay’s debut solo album ‘Weapons Of Beauty‘ which was released earlier this year) came about after Jay was asked to cover a Sabbath […]
Born out of the Southern Californian punk rock scene of the mid-1980s, The Offspring continue a relentless touring schedule to raise the volume on a Sunday night in London’s Crystal Palace Park. Here they were supported by friends old and new, the contemporary Destroy Boys (started in 2015), Canadian punkers PUP, SoCal Scene stalwarts and label-mates Pennywise and Boston Celtic punks Dropkick Murphys.
The Offspring – Crystal Palace Park, London – 28 June 2026. Photo: Federica Burelli
The crowd had built steadily throughout the day, but so did the energy. By the time of The Offspring’s early evening set, even the edges of the throng were composed of fists in the air and people dancing. This was despite many having spent hours in the dusty arena area, though admittedly on a mercifully cooler and more overcast day than London had been enduring in the preceding week.
The Offspring – Crystal Palace Park, London – 28 June 2026. Photo: Federica Burelli
As the sun began to set, the band commenced proceedings with their typical live invitation to Come Out And Play, a track from their third album Smash released in 1994, in a rendition that featured an appearance from fan and friend of the group Jason ‘Blackball’ McLean, who provided the original voiceover for the studio release.
The band’s desire to put their supporters front and centre was evinced through the rest of the night. While they have released three albums since 2009, the majority of the night’s high-energy setlist hailed from 1994-2008, roughly matching the teenage years of the majority of the day’s demographic.
The Offspring – Crystal Palace Park, London – 28 June 2026. Photo: Federica Burelli
Being a day-time festival, some of that demographic were able to introduce (or continue the indoctrination of) their own ‘offspring’ to live punk rock. The cameramen during the Dropkick Murphys’ stirring Celtic-punk set made a feature of youngsters on their parents’ shoulders.
The gathered masses were most impressed by the girl who, when she realised she was on the big screens, raised both middle fingers to the camera without batting an eyelid.
The Offspring – Crystal Palace Park, London – 28 June 2026. Photo: Federica Burelli
During The Offspring’s set, we saw a boy with a large ’31’ drawn on his back, a nod to the lyrics of Pretty Fly (For A White Guy), their global hit lampooning the ‘cool’ MTV-driven pop culture of the time (the ‘wannabe’ protagonist asked for a 13 tattoo but “they drew a 31”).
The same numbers also hold significance for Swifties, and if any were there on Sunday, they received a punked-up cover of Taylor Swift’s Love Story during The Offspring’s set. This new setlist addition in the past few weeks has served dual functions.
By it, lead singer Dexter Holland plays the algorithms, suggesting it generated the largest ever mosh pit for a Swift song. More importantly, he successfully baits the band’s more devoted, in inimitable punk style.
The Offspring – Crystal Palace Park, London – 28 June 2026. Photo: Federica Burelli
Pretty Fly was one of several fan favourites played from the five-timefive-time Platinum 1998 record Americana. The fast-paced Staring At The Sun, hard-hitting The Kids Aren’t Alright, and ska-punk anthem Why Don’t You Get A Job? all met with appreciation and full-hearted singing along.
But it was the very rare live appearance of Walla Walla from the same album that compelled the reviewer and pals to force their way through the friendly crowd to find the large but densely packed mosh pit.
Loyal followers generated energetic push-pits for each of the bands throughout the day, even if, in the case of the first two lesser-known groups, it may have taken a few songs.
The Offspring – Crystal Palace Park, London – 28 June 2026. Photo: Federica Burelli
Pennywise’s set provoked a large churning circling with a couple of walls of death commanded for good measure and a public-spirited cohort who ensured whoever fell was up on their feet before they realised it. The mournful closing anthem Bro Hymn, received the usual arm-in-arm, chant-along congregational response, this time made even more special by The Offspring’s guitarist Noodles joining Pennywise onstage for the rendition.
The Offspring’s sweaty pit left no space for circling or falling down, but it was perfect for crowd-surfing, and many availed of the opportunity.
The Offspring – Crystal Palace Park, London – 28 June 2026. Photo: Federica Burelli
Fireworks behind the stage helped re-energise the audience a few times during the varied The Offspring set, which included the pacey (and sub-2 minutes) All I Want from Ixnay On The Hombre (1997) as well as the playful Want You Bad and the pop-sensibilities of Original Prankster both from Conspiracy Of One (2000).
Older-era punters were less responsive to more recent tracks, such as Hammerhead and You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid from the band’s Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace (2008), but there were always plenty of die-hards around to carry support back through to the more well-known tunes.
As has become typical over the past couple of years, The Offspring paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with a cover of Crazy Train, and a medley of Electric Funeral / Paranoid and its youngest member, 31-year-old drummer Brandon Pertzborn, treated the throng to an invigorating drum solo.
The Offspring – Crystal Palace Park, London – 28 June 2026. Photo: Federica Burelli
In the previous month, Dexter gave a commencement speech at his alma mater from which he achieved a PhD in molecular biology (HIV microRNA research) in 2017, more than two decades after he interrupted it in the mid-1990s to pursue success with The Offspring.
In it, he explained that the catchphrase in the song that launched Sunday’s set was conceived while he washed and sterilised flasks in a USC lab. “You gotta keep ’em separated”.
Sunday’s gig did the opposite, catalysing fans young and old across bands young and old, and helping perpetuate a love of North American punk rock.
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