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"This is very much the last time around”: Make the most of the Oasis reunion says the band's co-manager

Alec McKinlay confirms that they’ll be no new album

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“Use as a little gain as you can to get the idea across, which may still be all the gain in the world”: Periphery’s Misha Mansoor on exploring “absurd” tunings, his friends' genius, and why he is looking for someone to teach him guitar

We catch up with the Periphery riff-master to discuss his refreshed Jackson Juggernaut, custom offsets, collabs with Mike Dawes, and why – vintage or modern – good gear is good gear

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“We threw strings at the track and it exploded”: How a pop anthem turned into a wedding song favourite

“The first idea I had was in the bath," the singer says

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“I’m not even sure what size venues I can play. I don’t know what I can afford, and if it would just be me blowing £100,000 on something to give me pleasure": Gary Kemp admits that even big names can’t afford to tour

The Spandau songwriter appeared on a new podcast to talk new album, social media worries and the unlikeliness of him hitting the road

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Roland's V-Drums go wireless for new simple and seamless WT-10 sensor and DH-10 hub DrumLink system

Adding digital elements to your analogue kit (with zero trailing wires) has never been faster or easier

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M-Audio upgrades its M-Track Duo budget audio interface with "pro-quality" converters and USB-C connectivity

The $99 M-Track Duo HD is also available in a Producer Pack bundle with the HD41 headphones and M100 studio condenser mic

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“Its robust construction, low self-noise, and ability to emulate a range of classic microphones make it a valuable asset”: Universal Audio SC-1 review

Classy condenser with top-shelf tricks but a bargain price tag

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“It’s a really wild, weird tuning, and something that low would just not work if you didn’t have a 30-inch scale”: Periphery’s Misha Mansoor on how the Fender Bass VI inspired his Jackson baritone offset –and the “absurd” super-low tuning he uses on it

With Charvel Surfcaster bodies and Strat headstocks, Mansoor's Frankenstein Jacksons are the coolest metal guitars you'll see, and the tuning they've inspired is crazy even by baritone standards

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“You can hear how loose it is - you can hear how not gridded it is”: Producer Jack Antonoff on how he channelled the Beatles and Jeff Lynne for the drums and bass on Sabrina Carpenter’s Please Please Please

“It feels like just a band in the room,” he says

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“I was watching an episode of Friends and someone was wearing a Motörhead T-shirt. Literally an hour later, I got a call to work on their record!”: Romesh Dodangoda on how he became one of modern rock's most in-demand producers

Grammy-nominated Romesh Dodangoda has worked with Bring Me The Horizon, Funeral For a Friend, Nova Twins and Motörhead. We talk gear, recording techniques and career highlights, and hear his advice for aspiring producers

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“I want to convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist": Madonna has teamed up with Netflix and the producer/director Shawn Levy for a series based on her life

Netflix has put the Queen of Pop together with the Stranger Things producer and director, with Julia Garner rumoured to be starring

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“Making music is like constructing a machine whose function is to dredge up emotions in performer and listener alike”: How becoming more in-tune with our feelings when listening to music made us better creators - with a little thanks to David Byrne

Whether it’s by being exposed to new genres or digging out some of your favourite records - zoning in to how music affects your emotions gives you the best creative blueprint for music-making

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Serum 2, Pigments 6, Phase Plant, Vital and Massive X: The ultimate soft synth showdown

As Serum 2 shakes up the competition, we pit five of the most powerful, flexible and full-featured synth plugins against each other to find out who comes out on top in 2025

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"I have a whole crowd in front of me, and all I want to do is hug him”: Someone just paid $12,495 to be Kiss icon Gene Simmons' roadie for a day

After dreaming up the ultimate fan experience and then cancelling 17 gigs, Simmons’ aborted tour finally got its first, paying member of staff

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Want a gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival? Thomann and Shure want to gift you your big break at the famous global gathering

A fresh-for-2025 competition sees them parting with cash, prizes and a spot among the superstars on the festival’s famous stage

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Chad Smith just destroyed the Wu-Tang Clan in his latest drum tuition video

Taking to the studio for Drumeo, Smith has just given an old favourite a through beating up

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“I used the snare drums I played on those early records, including the snare I played on Two Princes”: Why the Spin Doctors are still rocking with the same old gear they used in the ’90s

Also featured: a Strat that was in dust balls for a decade

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“She played it for us, and we were like, ‘Oh, my God’”: The last song Jill Sobule wrote before her death was entitled JD Vance Is A...

The social activist singer songwriter penned one last scathing future classic before tragically leaving us earlier this month

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"There's too much new gear!": The 12 best instruments, effects and innovations you need to know about from Superbooth 2025

New synths, drum machines, effects and oddities from the Berlin synth expo

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“This book will serve as a reliable companion on your journey through drumming”: Millenium launches new book for drummers

Millenium Legendary Drumbook is aimed at both beginners and seasoned players

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“Prince was really excited and kept pumping us up, saying ‘We’re making history tonight’”: How Prince summoned one of the greatest guitar solos of all time from thin air

The heart-rending heights of Prince’s most affecting piece of music were conjured largely on the spot, during a now mythical performance

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“I met him at his house and he played the drums for me”: As he prepares to play him in the Beatles biopics, Barry Keoghan has been studying Ringo Starr’s technique up close

But the actor was too nervous to have a go himself

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“It was a joke and suddenly it became a genre. I don't even understand it. I never understood it”: Daryl Hall can’t get onboard with the concept of yacht rock - “It's just R&B, with maybe some jazz in there"

“People misjudged us because they couldn't label us,” he says of Hall & Oates

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"I remember in the studio thinking: ‘Oh my God, how am I going to deliver this to the label tomorrow?’ I’d totally lost sight of its potential": A music professor breaks down the theory behind All Saints' Pure Shores

As the William Orbit-produced Pure Shores turns 25, we put the blissful '00s hit under the musical microscope

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“While we were all eager to return to the stage, Sean's health is our top priority at this moment”: Alice In Chains pull tour after drummer experiences "non-life-threatening medical emergency"

It’s unclear whether they’ll make Villa Park Sabbath date in July

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