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Olivia Rodrigo ticks another name off her alt-rock wishlist as she joins Smashing Pumpkins on stage at Lollapalooza to sing Thirty Three

Billy Corgan and co were headlining in their home city of Chicago

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“I wish I hadn’t said it, although it did happen. But we’ve made up”: Phil Collins reveals the origins of his feud with Paul McCartney, and how it ended up being resolved

He's also been discussing the extent of his alcoholism, and how it almost killed him

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“I’ve always said that if they wanted me to reform, I would do it. I would even play harmonica or do a walk on”: Steve Hackett is still open to a hypothetical Genesis reunion

Band haven’t played live since 2022

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Billie Joe Armstrong’s punk rock riff machine, Orange’s mighty micro-amp, and the $150 acoustic that gives us serious John Mayer vibes – it’s MusicRadar’s monthly guitar gear roundup, the July 2026 edit

Featuring hot new gear from Harley Benton, Epiphone, Bad Cat, Shergold, IK Multimedia, Mooer Audio, Gibson and more

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“Try to have one in your hand as much as possible, maybe more than girls. Because if you really look at a shape of a guitar, it's really like a woman, you know what I mean?": Richie Sambora offers some eyebrow-raising advice to aspiring guitarists

Ex Bon Jovi man also discusses his love of Jimi Hendrix

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“Mick looked at me and said ‘You know you really do need to stick together, that is your future.’ He was right because it could all have fallen apart at that time”: Nick Rhodes says that Mick Jagger once saved Duran Duran from splitting

Plus, the ever-present keyboard player reveals that he never wears jeans but does collect cheese labels

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SampleRadar: 473 free sub bass samples

Nothing adds weight to your productions like a well-placed sub. Here's a few hundred of them

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"I’m hoping the reaction won’t be too intense for people, but I know that it will be because it has been for us": Drummer Matt Cameron confirms that a final Soundgarden album is currently being mixed

It comprises eight tracks recorded with Chris Cornell before his death in 2017

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“It’s a strange little song. It’s weird and off its trolley - but people love it and everybody knows it”: We speak to The Selecter’s Pauline Black about their breakthrough 1979 single - and 2 Tone's moment as the sound of British youth culture

Pauline Black speaks to us about the origins of the Selecter, and how the group’s upbeat debut single ironically gained traction amongst the very DJs it was criticising

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“He slowed the tape down really slowly and played the parts slowly… When it came up to the right speed it sounded amazing”: How Christine McVie’s pop songcraft and Lindsey Buckingham’s production genius created one of Fleetwood Mac's biggest '80s hits

“That song is like that feeling when you’re walking on the clouds because you’re in love”

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“He wrote it in a completely different way simply because of his eyesight problem. He can’t read lyrics if they’re on the piano”: Bernie Taupin on Elton John’s new approach to songwriting on his next album, and why they'll never sell their publishing

Lyricist has a solo record out in October

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“Paul hits this chord and I turn to him and say, ‘That’s it!’ I said, ‘Do that again!’”: How The Beatles made the single that changed everything

It was the winning Beatle song that finally unlocked the fabled American market. Life - for both band and fans - would never be the same again…

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"For me, he will always be everywhere I see a coin spinning into an open guitar case": Bono, Bob Geldof, Bruce Springsteen, Billie Eilish and Finneas mourn Glen Hansard as tributes continue to pour in

The singer-songwriter was killed in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday

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“Its scale and influence remain extraordinary - a defining British record that continues to unite generations, fill stadiums and soundtrack lives”: As the UK album chart turns 70, the biggest seller of all time has been confirmed

Only Queen and Abba's greatest hits packages have sold more

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"They said they had David Bowie on board. They had Go West, Natalie Cole.... and they wanted us to write a song for the soundtrack”: How Roxette repurposed a Christmas song for the Pretty Woman soundtrack and ended up with a US number one

The single has just passed one billion YouTube views

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ReFX’s Rippler promises to “emulate acoustic instruments both real and imagined” with its advanced physical modelling engine

Rippler brings together dual-layer physical modelling with subtractive synthesis, deep modulation, effects and performance controls

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“Brent texted me when that was all stirred up, and he was like, ‘Dude, I can’t believe people think I punched you in the face!’”: Mastodon's Brann Dailor and Troy Sanders on their complicated relationship with the late Brent Hinds

On new album Marrow Deep, the prog-metal behemoths pay tribute to their former guitarist who died last year

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Olivia Dean, Paul McCartney and Raye score Mercury Prize 2026 'best album' nominations... but Lily Allen and Harry Styles miss out

Former winners Dave and Suede have also made the shortlist

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Grammys CEO says new 'Asian Pop' category was “created to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia” after BTS rule themselves out

He says intention was to “shine a dedicated spotlight” on important artists

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"It pioneered the long-form pop album as an art form": The Beatles' Rubber Soul Special Edition contains a newly unearthed demo of a John Lennon song no one has heard before

George Harrison's favourite is getting a reissue

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“It has this cascading ghost cloud kind of vibe that I’m just so into - it sounds like a machine passing out”: Panda Bear and Sonic Boom tell us about the tech and production of their latest collaborative album

Aural auteurs Panda Bear and Sonic Boom on the magic behind their collaboration and how they stitched together the captivating world of new record, A ? of WHEN

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Flying Lotus to explain his "sketchbook approach" and "where theory helps and where it hurts" in School of Song music-making workshop

The online course will see the Grammy-winning artist cover a number of topics, including Ableton Live techniques, later-life piano learning and how to find your voice as an artist

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“The last time I saw him was three weeks before he died. He filled a glass with vodka, knocked it straight back and filled it up again. He said, ‘Oh, did you want one?’ ‘Uh, no thanks, Phil’”: Scott Gorham on the last days of Thin Lizzy legend Phil Lynott

“Even if he had stopped taking drugs right there on the spot, I think it had still gone too far”

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“He placed my fingers on the fretboard and shouted, ‘Grab the whammy bar…’ With his hands free, Jimi wrapped the towel I’d given him around his waist and dropped his trousers”: When Jimi Hendrix’s tech had to play his guitar after a wardrobe malfunction

It was the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, one of the biggest gigs in Hendrix lore, when a trouser emergency struck

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Tributes are paid to Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter and star of Once, who has died at the age of 56

He was killed this morning in a motorcycle accident

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