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Babymetal announce massive 2024 tour with bimbocore provocateur Scene Queen

The J-metal idols will spread the gospel of the Fox God across North America in November and December

Metal Hammer · Jun 4, 2024

“When I left the band I took most of my Aerosmith guitars, put them in road boxes, and left them there”: Joe Perry on the lost golden-era Aerosmith guitar he misses the most

The Aerosmith icon says he’s never been into collecting guitars, but there’s one particular Strat that he wishes he still had, and it was used to record a staple rock hit

Guitar World · Jun 4, 2024

Miley Cyrus says she’ll follow Dolly Parton’s lead when it comes to having children

‘I have a rule that I don’t look up or don’t look down at anyone,’ Cyrus says

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

“Phil and Tommy Emmanuel were so encouraging. Phil said, ‘Most kids are listening to Limp Bizkit, and you’re playing Eric Johnson and Jerry Reed!’” Meet Joe Robinson, the Australian acoustic virtuoso who turned down major labels to make it in Nashville

After rejecting a series of record contracts from Sony, the Australia’s Got Talent alumnus made the move to Nashville and learned how to be a sideman

Guitar World · Jun 4, 2024

“When I sign any guitar I buy, it doubles or triples in price. So I always make money on any guitar I’ve bought”: Ace Frehley on his greatest gear finds – and the guitars he regrets selling

The former Kiss guitarist on that time he sold a ’59 Les Paul to fund a gambling trip, and the price-boosting power of his personal signature

Guitar World · Jun 4, 2024

“It’s a very zombie, rock ‘n’ roll horror movie setting”: Pixies release first music with new bassist

AA-side single You’re So Impatient / Que Sera, Sera goes from punk-infused to dark folk tale in the span of five minutes

Guitar World · Jun 4, 2024

“She was very, very honest, almost to a fault. Most singers are actors. Sinéad was not an actor.” Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan recalls Sunday dinners with Sinéad O'Connor while she was holed up in a friend's attic

Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan shares his memories of the late Sinéad O'Connor

Louder · Jun 4, 2024

Glastonbury Festival 2024 lineup, set times and clashfinder for each stage

Fans can now work out any tricky clashes between sets, and which stages their favourite artists are playing

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

Van Morrison review, Royal Albert Hall: When it’s good, it’s great – when it’s bad, it’s still Van Morrison

The 78-year-old singer treats the historic London venue to a characteristically mercurial night of covers

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

“This is a kit that will literally grow with them for those early years of playing”: Alesis Debut review

An affordable e-kit from Alesis that’s just for kids

MusicRadar · Jun 4, 2024