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Tetsu Yamauchi, former bassist of Free and the Faces, has died at 79

The bassist, who kickstarted his professional career with Japanese prog rockers Micky Curtis & The Samurais, went on to record on Free's final studio album and joined the Faces until the band's disbandment

Guitar World

"They're this generation's Iron Maiden." Canons, gas masks, castles and hellfire: power metal's biggest band Sabaton just conquered the UK's biggest arena

Thanks, but no tanks: history-loving Swedes Sabaton reinvent their stage show for the Legendary tour

Metal Hammer

“You wouldn’t know it’s slowed down unless I told you. But it is. Because of what I’m singing you have to have something that’s not right about it”: The elegant simplicity of Radiohead’s second biggest song

What happens if you cross the inspiration of Pet Sounds with lyrics that convey a sense of resignation, and frame it within one of the most soothing arrangements of all time?

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“Moments like this don’t happen in real life”: Jared James Nichols spotted a pedal builder in the audience at one of his gigs – then handed him his guitar mid-solo

The impromptu guest spot was full of high notes

Guitar World

“I step back and I’m like, ‘Don’t think about it. Maybe you nailed it, maybe you didn’t’”: John Mayer names his favorite solo with Dead & Company – and plays it live on air

Mayer was asked the question during his Life with John Mayer SiriusXM show, and he just so happened to have a Silver Sky in hand to answer it

Guitar World

Top touring artists of the new millennium revealed

The data is pulled from reported and estimated box office figures from events that occurred between 2001 and 2025

The Independent UK

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 8, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Darkness, Tax The Heat and more

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Stereolab at Royal Festival Hall: 'Alt-pop pioneers show their rebellious streak'

4/5 The reformed Anglo-French legends somehow make anti-nostalgia into a crowd-pleasing spectacle

Evening Standard

"This record shouldn’t, strictly speaking, be possible at all”: Here's Autechre – reinterpreted on acoustic guitar

Shane Parish is releasing a whole covers album

MusicRadar

R&B Xmas Ball review – Toni Braxton melts hearts and Boyz II Men blow minds on trip back to the 90s

With additional sets from Dru Hill and Joe, this revue is a little too nostalgic and lacks the advertised festive spirit – but the vocal prowess on show is undeniable

The Guardian - UK

The 50 best albums of 2025

Topped by Rosalía’s multilingual, ultra-ambitious Lux, here are the best albums of the year as voted for by 30 Guardian music writers

The Guardian - UK

“He broke my heart, but at the same time, I was like, ‘Okay, well, I would love to have a Fender Jazz Bass’”: Bootsy Collins' first Fender Jazz Bass has just been sold at auction – and shot past its estimate

James Brown bought the bass sometime in 1970 for his young protégé, William Earl Collins, better known as Bootsy Collins, and it would go on to be played by another one of his bassists, Fred Thomas

Guitar World

“I had this look of shock on my face. The whole audience got quiet: ‘Did somebody die?!’”: This is what it’s like finding out you’re Grammy-nominated halfway through your own concert, as explained by Halestorm

The hard rockers took home the Grammy Award For Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance with their single Love Bites (So Do I) in 2013

Metal Hammer

"I just wanted to apologise for selling your guitar." How an act of kindness in the darkest of hours bonded Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante and Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro forever

How drugs, guitars, and a life-changing act of charity brought two of alternative rock's greatest musicians together

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Guitar World

“I got bored with Miles Davis. He was like, ‘Robben, play that just like the record.’ And I didn’t join Miles Davis to do that”: Robben Ford explains his dalliance with Davis, Joni Mitchell’s fuzz tips – and how Jeff Beck got him back on the Strat

Ford on two moments when Joni Mitchell was right and he was wrong, why his late 80s stint with Davis didn't work out and his go-to Dumble alternative

MusicRadar

Lennon was clutching the tape of the final mix from this session as he and Yoko left for the Dakota: The story of John Lennon’s final creative act

The lyrics to this left-field song would prove tragically prophetic

MusicRadar

“I wanted to make it a truly unforgettable, unmissable week – a run of shows to dream about”: Robert Smith announces line up for his first run of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts

Elbow, Garbage and My Bloody Valentine all headline

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“I thought we’d follow the Sex Pistols model – one album and out. We were this disgusting-sounding metal band, I never thought that it could last”: How Laid To Rest, against all odds, gave Lamb Of God an actual career

The opening track of 2004’s Ashes Of The Wake helped lift the band from heavy metal underdogs to generation-defining superstars

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The Independent UK

Japanese hip hop group XG’s Cocona comes out as transmasculine non-binary

‘I was born and perceived as female but that label never represented who I truly am,’ rapper says

The Independent UK

Indignant Elton John responds to fans who claimed to spot issue with his kitchen

Singer-songwriter had earlier posted a TikTok from his kitchen, in which he was jokingly haunted by his festive hit ‘Step Into Christmas’

International Business Times UK

Black Pink's Rosé Solo Tour: 'Variety Hitmaker' Win Sparks Buzz About a Possible Global Solo Concert Announced 'Soon'

Rosé becomes the first K-pop female soloist to win Variety's Global Hitmaker award, and her hint about touring 'soon' has sparked mounting expectations of a global solo concert. Here's what her momentum, awards, and industry moves reveal.

Louder

"It's too indebted to US FM rock to find its own feet and the production is so polite it takes any edge off": Jimmy Barnes strives for solo success on For The Working Class Man

Freed from Cold Chisel, Australian national treasure Jimmy Barnes called in the big guns for his attempted US breakthrough

Louder

“It’s me giving the finger to those who say an album shouldn’t be more than 40 minutes, just because people don’t have time to listen. It’s for an audience that’s trying to heal”: Riverside’s Mariusz Duda unchains himself from Lunatic Soul

After releasing The World Under Unsun, he’s defiantly making himself listen to more records and read more books. He ponders how much change is to come, and how much time he has left for it

Tom’s Guide

5 top new shows I'd stream this week on Disney Plus, Netflix and more (Dec. 8-14)

This week’s TV lineup is packed with drama, thrills and laughs, including Taylor Swift's "The End of an Era" and "Percy Jackson and the Olympians."

Louder

"When I finished, I lay on the floor covered in sweat and exhausted - I just had no more left to offer": Jimmy Barnes picks six songs that changed his career

Aussie legend and Cold Chisel frontman Jimmy Barnes talks about the six tracks that shaped his life as a musician

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