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"I don’t know who’ll be listening to my music in 100 years but I know they’ll be listening to Shane’s." Bruce Springsteen honours the late Shane MacGowan, shares cover of A Rainy Night In Soho from tribute album featuring Tom Waits, Kate Moss

Springsteen cover is the first single to be released from 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan

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“This can be the area that spawns the most intimidating names”: 5 altered chords you need to know – and how they get their names

Altered chords can be intimidating at first, but here we demystify the naming conventions, and once you understand that, you can easily find your own

Guitar World

“I just think it’s more important that kids learn how to actually play the guitar. It’s a tough instrument. It’s not easy”: Unlike Guns N' Roses, Metallica and Aerosmith, Prince never allowed his music to be used in Guitar Hero – here’s why

“To play music is one of the greatest things,” he argued

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Lola Young speaks for the first time on festival stage collapse that saw her step back from performing

The incident saw the Messy hit-maker carried off stage mid-song by members of the technical crew

Evening Standard

“I was 28 or something and he was 80. He’s like, ‘Here, son, this is how you do it.’ How sad is that?” Joe Bonamassa on the time BB King taught him how to use an iPod (and what made him blues guitar’s GOAT)

Bonamassa pays tribute to the undisputed king of the blues as a road dog who "knew everything" and was pretty handy with newfangled technologies, too

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Katy Perry’s “Grim” Response To Struggling Fan Drives Many To Viciously Call Her Out

“God, you are so out of touch… Gross. Do better.”

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US singer Sombr blasts Brixton Academy after security failed to spot fainted fan

Brixton Academy was previously forced to suspend its licence after a fatal crowd crush outside the building in December 2022

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"A load of old characters came out to see us and one of them got arrested. It was a full-moon vibe." Weird and wonderful alt.rock Brits Marmozets fizz back witha new album after a seven-year absence

CO.WARD.DICE will be released in May

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Pussycat Dolls to reform for world tour - with their final date at London's O2

Originally a six-piece, the band’s new line-up is made up of Nicole Scherzinger, Kimberly Wyatt and Ashley Roberts

Evening Standard

Bruce Springsteen, Kate Moss and Johnny Depp to appear on all-star Shane MacGowan tribute album

Irish artists, British indie legends and US stars such as Tom Waits also contribute, with Springsteen writing essay about the ‘bottomless humanity’ of the late Pogues frontman

The Guardian - UK

Katy Perry Responds to Fan Selling Concert Ticket Due to Money Struggles: 'But I'm Looking Forward to Seeing You!'

Katy Perry's response to a fan's financial struggles has ignited a social media debate, highlighting the challenges of celebrity engagement.

International Business Times UK

"We took a break and made some tea. Within 20 minutes Steve had written the words." How Humble Pie made the ultimate whiplash boogie white boy blues

With its monolithic riff and yelping lead vocal, the live version of Stone Cold Fever typifies Humble Pie, one of the best live blues-rock bands of their era

Louder

"It was construed as being about a sex worker." The story behind the Blondie classic that everyone misunderstood

"I don't think there's a song on the first record without a reference to someone getting shot, stabbed, degraded, or insulted"

Louder

Q&A: Shakira says she feels like she's just getting started. A Rock Hall nomination begs to differ

Shakira says her new world tour is turning lifelong dreams into reality as she sets attendance records and earns major recognition

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Lola Young reveals she checked herself into facility after onstage collapse

British singer cancelled her autumn tour dates after collapsing on stage at All Things Go festival

Guitar World

“I’d wake up in the morning and I wouldn’t be able to move my pinky. I’d think, ‘Is this the end?’” Joe Satriani opens up on the hand injury that forced him to relearn how to play his songs

Satch stuck it out for an entire tour before seeking help from a specialist, and it prompted him to explore new ways of playing the guitar

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“I had rock stars much bigger than Dave coming to my side”: Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson responds to Dave Mustaine’s jab at former member’s past “behaviour”

Mustaine recently said that Megadeth won’t reunite with former members on their farewell tour due to one particular person’s past

Louder

"I'll be your 1-900-G spot, baby, you won't last." Violet Grohl shares phone sex-inspired new song, announces debut album Be Sweet To Me

Violet Grohl channels the '90s on new single 595

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“The tune was inspired by legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius’ Teen Town”: Cory Wong on why doubling the bassline is one of the “most badass” things a guitarist can do

Cory Wong uses Vulfpeck's Jaco-inspired Dean Town to teach us the value of doubling a bassline on guitar

International Business Times UK

Taylor Swift's Music Catalog Valued at $900M, the Third Most Expensive After Michael Jackson and The Beatles

Taylor Swift's music catalogue is valued at about $900 million, ranking third behind Michael Jackson and The Beatles and highlighting the growing power of artists who own their work.

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“I said, ‘Sam, I’m gonna tell you what I told Alex, which is, I don’t really play like Eddie’”: Joe Satriani says he told David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen to call Nuno Bettencourt when they called about EVH tribute tour

Satch says the tribute tour got close to a show, but after it all fell through, Sammy Hagar came in with an offer he couldn’t refuse, and he needed a new amp to nail Eddie Van Halen's tone

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“Normally, people were happy to take his tracks, because he’s Prince. But we wanted to do the song our own way": When Prince gave the Bangles Manic Monday he assumed they would just sing over his demo, but the band had other ideas

“Luckily, Prince liked what we did," says Vicki Peterson

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“A lot of people got a hard drive full of music and they don’t know how to finish… just tell everybody, ‘Hey, that’s what I got – hope you like it!’”: Watch Saba, No ID and Jimmy Douglass build a track from scratch

Universal Audio documents Chicagoan rapper Saba's free-flowing session with two veteran producers

The Independent UK

Sombr calls out Brixton Academy mid-performance after fan incident: ‘You guys need to pay attention’

Pop singer criticises security after they apparently failed to notice a fan who fainted in the crowd

Evening Standard

Audrey Hobert at Kentish Town Forum: Brilliantly odd show by indie-pop new comedy queen

5/5 The rising American singer-songwriter shows there’s more to her than just clowning... but the clowning is very funny

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