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“I don't know if we're going to get back to Bohemian Rhapsody-length songs, but attention span is slowly creeping back up”: Song lengths are increasing after years-long decline, according to BBC study

The average length of a song in the UK Top 40 reached just under 3m 30s in 2025, up from an all-time low of around 3m 15s in 2019

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“How could you have been so stupid? You’re a Beatle, boy, a Beatle. Your face is in every damn corner of the planet”: The embarrassing blunder that caused Paul McCartney to be jailed for nine days

The Beatles’ legend was detained upon entering Japan at the outset of a week-long tour, and he only had himself to blame

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“There was no planning. I was as shocked as everyone else”: Eric Prydz reveals why he’s changed his mind about playing THE hit

Before March 2025, he hadn’t played Call On Me in 20 years

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“The highest fidelity playback for serious studio use”: Kali Audio announces new multi-use HP-1 headphones

The new over-ear headphones have three voicings to suit studio use, music listening, gaming and more

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"The new IR Manager software promises to add extra functionality and sonic scape to this already formidable amp": Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb Blonde and IR Manager review

Already known to be a great direct-to-desk solution, we now have extra tweakability within the Tone Master series via an IR manager that could make this Blonde Tone Master Deluxe Reverb the perfect gigging machine

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“This is a number one smash record. Let’s not put it on a B-side and lose it”: How one of Madonna’s most iconic hits grew from cheap filler to international chart-topper

It might seem an obvious winner now, but Madonna’s Vogue was at first the speedily and cheaply-built flip side to an entirely different single

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“We never became so famous that we hated each other or fell out”: Saint Etienne on longevity, studio technology and recording their final album, International

The alt-pop icons delve into the making of their final record and explain why now is the moment to call time on their career after 35 years of music making

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6 ways to bring your tracks to life with Ableton Live’s revamped Auto Filter

Let’s explore some sound design tricks and tips using the highlight of Live 12.2 update

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“People are less willing to listen to electronic music that is made by a Black woman”: PinkPantheress says she’s being overlooked as an artist

The breakout UK star also says being British is a strength

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Spinal Tap to release fourth album, The End Continues, in September

But apparently it’s not a soundtrack to the new film...

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Enigmatic producer Burial releases a new 23 minute EP, Comafields and Imaginary Festival

But is he still producing all his tracks in Sony Sound Forge?

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"This is a chance for us to stand together and say, 'This can’t continue'”: Brian Eno announces Wembley benefit concert for Palestine

Together For Palestine is at Wembley Arena on September 17

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“Delving into the lush, the infinite, and the experimental”: IK Multimedia launches new reverb plugin module

Offers more nuance and shape to reverb, IK claims

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"I saw The Beatles and it all made sense. From that point I needed music like I needed air! There was no other choice for me”: The singer who scored two No.1 hits in the '80s with the band that had fired him a decade earlier

“Music is an ever-evolving art form," he says

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“It’s a sad song, but so many people tell us they had it played at their wedding”: How a dejected indie folk gem became a wedding song staple

You couldn’t get away from the Lumineers’ Ho Hey when it was released back in 2012, but few people knew that the life-affirming anthem was actually a pained reflection on multiple heartbreaks

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“Heavy rock and metal are bigger than ever in live music”: Rock is here to stay reports Live Nation

Stats show number of heavy rock shows up 14%

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It’s a drummer swap! Ilan Rubin signs on as Foo Fighters' new beat supplier whilst Josh Freese rejoins Nine Inch Nails

Freese says he’s 'incredibly excited' to return to NIN

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“The band provided me with this ridiculous music and I had to, of course, kind of step up to it”: The enduring appeal of the REM radio smash that Michael Stipe hated

The song was inescapable in the early 1990s, yet the shifting dynamics and sunny lyrics of REM's upbeat smash continue to provoke questions about its true meaning

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“A significant cost to incur in a liberal democracy": Why listeners now have to upload biometric data to access certain Spotify songs

It’s one of the unintended consequences of the UK's Online Safety Act

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“Probably the most stupid thing I’ve ever done in my life”: Oasis' first drummer Tony McCarroll reveals the confrontation that led the band to sack him

The former Oasis drummer claims he stood up to Noel - and was fired as a result

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“I didn’t know what was going to happen, but they certainly booed, I’ll tell you that. You could hear it all over the place”: How Bob Dylan created one of his greatest songs while controversy erupted around him

When Dylan went electric, not everyone approved

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“Rigidity breaks; flexibility endures”: How Nick Cave came to have a more rounded view on artificial intelligence – with the help of an AI Elvis

Andrew Dominik’s extraordinary new video for Tupelo was the key

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“I figured we’d see him later on – the next day or whatever. But no”: Zakk Wylde reflects on the last time he saw Ozzy Osbourne

He says metal icon was “like an older brother”

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“Where words fail, music speaks”: Why storytelling through music surpasses all other art forms

Narrative in music isn’t always about just what’s being said within a song’s lyrics - it’s what the music triggers in the core of the listener

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“Channel the aura of busted pedal delays, dusty tapes, and otherworldly echoes”: Brainworx new bx_pulsar aims to be your brand-new ultimate go-to delay effect

WIth five unique delay modes and a set of easy-to-implement further features and filters, it looks like it's got every base covered

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