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“He said, ‘Oh, stage fright? I had terrible stage fright.’": How Paul McCartney, Johnny Marr and Pharrell Williams cured Hans Zimmer’s performance nerves

Zimmer has a new tour planned for 2026, but playing live hasn’t always been easy for the soundtrack superstar

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“I'm always starting up sessions and not finishing them, but I don't see that as unproductive”: Virtuosic UK producer Djrum talks creativity and making Frekm Pt.2

Watch the acclaimed UK musician break down a standout track from last year’s Meaning’s Edge EP

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RIP headphones? New tech can now beam music into your ears without the need for any hardware

Could a multi-billion dollar industry about to go bust? That’s the road ahead if scientists can refine their promising new tech

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"If I wasn't recording albums every month, multiple albums, and I wasn't playing on everyone's songs, I wouldn't need any of this”: Travis Barker reveals his production tricks and gear in a new studio tour

The Blink 182 drummer-turned-producer just gave fans a surprising reveal of his favourite gear and how he uses it

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"It took me 10 years to finish the song, but I wrote that chorus in 15 minutes! And still there was a part of me going, ‘God, that’s a terrible title for a song!’”: How an ’80s rock star agonised for a decade over a classic No.1 hit

"I’m able to look back and laugh at myself," the singer says

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Was this teenage prodigy the world’s first electric guitar player?

The instrument that defined rock had to start somewhere - and all evidence points towards George Barnes

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Bored of the same old analogue emulations? Try these 5 innovative synth plugins daring to do things differently

Unconventional and creatively inspiring, these soft synths are pushing synthesis in bold new directions

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“Perfect for anyone seeking that specific '80s arena-rock vibe”: MXR Rockman X100 pedal

MXR revives Tom Scholz’s fabled '80s guitar headphone-amp tone in its latest pedal. Mass Hysteria ensues...

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“It’s not even the same song!”: A YouTuber asked AI to tab a bunch of classic tracks by Metallica, Guns N' Roses and Nirvana and got some really crazy results

On this evidence, tab books and sites are safe for now…

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“The solo is very recognisable and crucial to the song”: How Chappell Roan’s former touring guitarist handled the Pink Pony Club guitar solo live on stage

"If she didn’t like a voicing or a rhythmic pattern, she was great at communicating that," says Eliza Petrosyan

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“James felt the fines would make you work harder. He was using that reverse psychology on us, and we didn’t understand at the time”: Bootsy Collins on why James Brown’s fines worked for his musicians

Plus how he found someone to make his ‘space’ bass

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“I was like - that's the album name right there": How a 6am WhatsApp from a rave icon provided the concept for Eats Everything’s genre-bending new album

Watch the UK DJ and producer break down the making of We Lost Ourselves and Found a Family

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“Hybrid Theory came out and nu metal was everything. I bought the album and showed it to everybody at school": New Linkin Park singer Emily Armstrong says she was a fan of the band in high school

"I was like, ‘you guys this album is so good’"

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“I could not in good conscience take my crew and instruments into that area”: Neil Young’s free Ukraine gig is off

But new album could be out in April

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“A superb-sounding and well thought-out pro-end keyboard”: Roland V-Stage 88 & 76-note keyboards review

If you’re a gigging keyboard player, the new Roland V-Stage could be the next major addition to your rig

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“You’ll hear a larger-than-life Strat tone that’s familiar, but feels bolder, and more exciting”: Lollar’s Super-Caster pickup set is here – three single-coils to rule the world?

Has Lollar just dropped the Stratocaster mod of the year?

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"The greatest pop record ever made. A record that never dates, because it lives outside time”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever - the experimental masterpiece that John Lennon regarded as the best song he ever wrote for the band

Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music”

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“I am under an NDA, but I think everybody knows what happened”: Former Huey Lewis and the News guitarist Chris Hayes on that Ghostbusters plagiarism dispute

“Ivan Reitman, he came to us and said, ‘Hey, we want to use I Want a New Drug for our movie, Ghostbusters’”

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“Every time I put one of these guitars on it’s just a reminder of the relationship with my friends”: Ernie Ball Music Man shakes up Steve Lukather’s L4 signature series with new pickup options, finishes and a BFR HSS dream machine

But if these high-end electrics are a bit out of your price range, Sterling By Music Man has you covered with its $649 Lukather signature model in all-new finishes

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“The story of a misfit kid who grew up to be a punk rock hero”: Joey Ramone to be the subject of a new children’s book

Book will “speak to young folks navigating the complexities of growing up”

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“It’s about those bands who need merch income to survive”: The Charlatans' Tim Burgess fronts a new Manchester festival that allows bands to keep all their merch profits

The showcase aims to empower artists and bands to profit from their merch sales - without a middleman taking a cut

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“In terms of what it’s done to societies, it’s been a catastrophe. What it’s done to politics has been completely toxic”: Brian Eno on social media, plus his thoughts on AI

He’s released a surprise new album exclusively on Apple Music

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“Throughout my career I’ve made a psychological point of veering away from anything too pentatonic. I’m not a blues player in the conventional sense - but this song called for a bluesy touch”: Steve Vai’s greatest song was released 30 years ago today

Tender Surrender is Vai at his most poetic

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"Whatever magic is in the Van Halen ear canals has been imparted here too": EVH SA-126 Special review

The first new design from EVH under Wolfgang Van Halen's watch is a Gibson-inspired semi-hollow with plenty of personality

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“With locking tuners and hard-tail bridges, these are built to play hard”: Fender stealth-launches limited edition Player II Advanced – an HH Telecaster and HSS Strat with ebony fingerboards and loaded with Seymour Duncan pickups

Available now from select retailers, these rock and metal-friendly FSR models sport a hot-rodded vibe with black hardware, locking tuners, and hard-tail bridges as standard

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