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“RIP Bobby”: Eric Clapton pays tribute to Bobby Whitlock, the Memphis musician who sang and played keyboards in Derek and the Dominos and recorded with George Harrison

Whitlock also supported Rita Coolidge’s claim that she should have received a writing credit on Layla

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Nine Inch Nails have just played their first show back with drummer Josh Freese

Peel It Back tour continues to utilise two stages

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Eventide is giving away a killer $99 distortion plugin for free

A lo-fi powerhouse with a few tricks up its sleeve, CrushStation delivers everything from "creamy saturation to brutal sonic assault"

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"The clean and medium-gain sound is where it truly flexes its sonic muscles": Hotone Pulze Mini Bluetooth Amplifier

Hotone enters the mini amp arena, but does it have what it takes to beat the reigning champs?

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"Evolves the SH-101 template while still capturing the sound of the original": Donner Essential L1 review

The Chinese brand's second synth enters into the increasingly busy budget 101 fray – can it stand out from its rivals?

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“She bounded on in this bizarre, eye-catching outfit of striped stockings and a black leotard”: Local journalist recalls early encounter with Charli XCX at Bishop’s Stortford music fest

“A few shocked parents had to cover their children's eyes” he remembers

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“They had the arrangement and I went, ‘Oh, this is finally my David Gilmour moment.’ The hair on my arms stood up”: Keith Scott on the making of Bryan Adams’ (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – the record-breaking hit no one saw coming

Scott remembers how a “plaintive melody” from Michael Kamen intrigued Mutt Lange and was shaped into Bryan Adams' biggest, hit, giving Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves the anthem it needed

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“I wanted to bring a new generation to this iconic street. It’s been so integral to British music”: Yungblud launches his B.R.A.T store in the heart of Denmark Street

And he talks about his “north star,” Ozzy Osbourne

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“I thought this had blown over. The Who has a new drummer… this is old news and it’s completely wrong.”: Zak Starkey claps back at Roger Daltrey's "character assassination" claims as the drama surrounding his departure from The Who rumbles on

But he and Daltrey “go back too long for grudges,” he claims

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It might be a little ugly, but Lambda Synthetics' PolyPulse could be the instrument that finally breaks you out of the 16-step grid

Is that a control panel at a Soviet-era nuclear power plant? No, it's an algorithmic performance workstation

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"It’s something that looked and felt like a Fender but was something I could afford at that point": Khruangbin bassist Laura Lee Ochoa says that her Fender signature model is actually based on a Fender copy

“I feel like it is something that a bass player who’s just starting out can really find themselves on,” she says of her Jazz bass

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“It's a really good chord progression, I couldn't believe no-one else had used it”: How the Cure sidestepped the gloom and wrote one of the most uplifting songs ever recorded

The Cure’s life-affirming indie pop classic remains the ultimate Friday tune

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“With no smartphone app, no IR loader, and just a single knob for control, it does away with all the distractions”: Earthquaker Devices Easy Listening review

EQD's new guitar headphone amplifier aims to make things easy breezy for players with pedalboards

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“We were hoping for the best. We wanted it to be the best. Then Ozzy came in singing and sounded great, and everybody was like: 'This is gonna be fine, they’re gonna kill it'": Lars Ulrich on hearing Ozzy Osbourne’s last soundcheck

Plus Sharon reveals her husband was deeply moved by the love at Villa Park

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"Everybody was screaming out, 'what record is that?!' It wasn't a record – it was the 808": Roland celebrates 45 years of the TR-808 with Rhythm Creators video series

Episode one premieres today with Egyptian Lover, and later instalments will feature Fatboy Slim, Prince Paul and Soul II Soul's Jazzie B

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“I don’t know if that’s just me wanting to like the one that’s less popular”: Laufey and Clairo rank Taylor Swift albums and weigh in on the Folklore vs Evermore debate

Turns out they’re pretty much in agreement

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"The TR-808's bass drum is undoubtedly the most recognisable electronic kick sound of all time": How to get the perfect 808s

In celebration of 808 Day, join us as we deliver 8 essential tips for perfecting your production with the 808's beloved kick drum

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“It’s safe to say it has become the talk of the town every time it is used”: Gibson teases release of the P-90-equipped Les Paul Noel Gallagher has been playing at the Oasis reunion shows

Available from the Gibson Garage London on August 21, this limited run guitar is the spitting image of Gallagher's "hybrid" Les Paul –and it looks like he will be signing them too

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“Literally the first chord I hit on it after I put it together just gave me goosebumps”: Nirvana tone guru Aaron Rash solves Kurt Cobain’s Heart-Shaped Box guitar mystery – and opens Pandora’s box for the tonewood debate

Rash's latest break in the In Utero case arrived via a late-night epiphany and the help of ChatGPT, and it might just reignite the conversation about the impact of body wood on tone

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"I’m not sure about the legalities of it, but I have no problem with him memorialising the greats": Tupac’s stepbrother says he’s OK with Rod Stewart’s AI ‘tribute’ to Ozzy Osbourne and other dead stars

Plus, the blogger who broke the story believes that Rod “had no ill intent”

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“It’s not signed, sealed and delivered... but speaking to me and asking my opinion I would love to do it”: After being "blown away" by U2 at the Sphere, Lars Ulrich suggests that Metallica would be keen to play there in 2026

And they’d love to play next year’s Super Bowl, too

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“It was just the name that rhymed with ‘fan’”: Eminem’s ex-manager says 'Stan' was not a deliberate portmanteau

And - spoiler alert - there was no real life Stan

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PWM declares Mantis "the next generation of OSCar" as V2 update adds original wavetables from the cult classic synth

Designed in collaboration with the late, great engineer Chris Huggett, Mantis is a spiritual successor to Oxford Synthesiser Company's ultra-rare OSCar synth

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New David Gilmour tour film and live album confirmed for later this year - watch him dip into the Pink Floyd songbook in the trailer

Live At The Circus Maximus hits cinemas in September

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“An irate fan pulled a gun on them in their dressing room. They stopped using our name immediately”: How a fake version of a popular British band managed to deceive American fans

The odd tale of how a counterfeit version of the Zombies capitalised on the group's US success after the original band called it quits

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