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“We were at a club, and some guy was punching on a girl, and James says, ‘Kill him!’ This guy turns around and looks at the two of us and says, ‘Who’s gonna kill me?’ And James pointed at me…": Dave Mustaine on early days with, and split from, Metallica

Plus he says his younger self “just needed to be loved”

MusicRadar · Feb 2

Justin Bieber just gave the most literal ‘stripped-down’ Grammys performance possible, playing an ‘80s Yamaha electric guitar and an Akai MPC Live III in just his underwear

He kept his socks on for Yukon

MusicRadar · Feb 2

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love, so please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love”: Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish all win big at 2026 Grammys

Anti-ICE statements and F bombs abound

MusicRadar · Feb 2

“Adam was like, ‘Well, Zakk, for the solo, you should get the Grail and play it on this thing, man”: Why Zakk Wylde brought his “Grail” Les Paul Custom out of retirement for Ozzy Osbourne tribute song

The iconic cream Les Paul Custom with the bulls-eye graphic completed a full circle moment as Wylde salutes his old boss on new Black Label Society album

MusicRadar · Jan 31

"I wrote this song while lying, listening to the telephone in my apartment... but she never called”: The story of the heart-breaking ballad that’s become – finally – Jeff Buckley’s first Billboard chart hit

Lover, You Should Have Come Over has gone viral on TikTok

MusicRadar · Jan 31

“I haven’t written anything on the new album. I started to write ‘very heavy metal’ things, but I ended up writing for bagpipes, folk things like Jethro Tull. Oh well – bang go my royalties!”: When Bruce Dickinson was Iron Maiden’s odd man out

“There was none of me on that record – I was just AWOL mentally”

MusicRadar · Jan 31

“An impressive percussion machine with raw analogue weight and manual control”: Erica Synths x Hexinverter Hexdrums review

Is Hexdrums – a “Mutant-infused analogue powerhouse” – the perfect rhythmic bedrock for modern techno production?

MusicRadar · Jan 31

A dish best served cold: Lily Allen releases a version of her latest album as a novelty butt plug USB stick

Format is a nod to West End Girl track that details ex husband’s sex addiction

MusicRadar · Jan 30

“Those of us in the studio were like, ‘No, that is not as cool.’ We found the idea of releasing that stripped-down, really raw version even braver”: The making of Zara Larsson's 2015 hit, Lush Life, and the original version you might never have heard

"Looking back now I’m very happy that the change happened,” songwriter Linnea Södahl would later recall

MusicRadar · Jan 30

“A beautifully-designed headphone with impressive sonics”: Focal Lensys Professional review

Quality closed-back headphones that can handle both recording and mixing are highly desirable. Can this new design deliver? Let’s take a look

MusicRadar · Jan 30