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“He just could not be contained. That was what was so beautiful... If you’ve been tasked with the job of imitating him, it’s like, ‘Well, which moment?’” Joe Satriani says the biggest challenge in covering Eddie Van Halen is pinning him down

The virtuoso has been sharing his thoughts on how to tackle covering one of the world's greatest guitarists – and how to find the sweet spot in EVH's rigs

Guitar World

“I do this thing where I literally black out, and then the song’s over. I’m not even registering what I’m doing – it’s beyond muscle memory”: Kyle Seely has been playing the same Telecaster since he was a teen – but Sheer Mag keep evolving

The acclaimed Philly outfit enter their 10th year with a sound that’s more defined than ever, via their lead guitarist’s accidental journey into a side-project he could barely control

Guitar World

“The new Kiss era begins now”: Watch Kiss close out their 50-year live career with epic last-ever performance – before announcing plans for “digital immortality”

A 23-song setlist filled with hits, some trademark displays of showmanship and a surprise cameo from the digital stars set to carry Kiss into their next era

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Myles Goodwyn, April Wine frontman and Canadian rock legend, dies aged 75

Goodwyn had stepped down from touring with the Canadian Music Hall of Famers in recent months

Guitar World

Learn four guitar chords from Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits songs

Check out guitar George, he knows all the chords

MusicRadar

Sugababes to perform at London station for Trainline festival

The secret London station location will be revealed to ticket holders later this week

Evening Standard

“It’s called Roman because of the Roman numerals I etched into the back”: James Hetfield owns five ’59 Gibson Les Paul Standard ’Bursts – and he’s carved a massive ‘12’ into one of them

The Metallica man’s new guitar book Messengers showcases perhaps the ultimate example of zero-f**ks-given guitar ownership

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Apple's Taylor Swift 2023 Artist of the Year celebration could be coming to Apple TV according to the NYC event's T&Cs

Taylor Swift is Apple Music's 2023 Artist of the Year, and the celebration event in NYC could be filmed for a special on Apple's streaming service.

iMore

I cringe at the thought of my daughter listening to the misogynist hip-hop I once loved

After I became a mother, I just couldn’t listen to the demeaning tracks of artists such as Eminem, Lil Jon and Busta Rhymes, says culture journalist Hafsa Lodi

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve been sacked for asking for time off to tour’: the perils of being a musician with a second job

Thanks to streaming, Brexit and Covid, it’s never been harder to make ends meet as a musician. Three acts with second jobs discuss juggling stadium tours with shelf-stacking

The Guardian - UK

Richard Curtis made a ‘dreadful mistake’ after omitting song from Love Actually: ‘I thought it was beautiful’

Pop-rock band Keane reveal they sent the director a song that he ultimately turned down for the soundtrack, just before they achieved a No 1 debut album

The Independent UK

Myles Goodwyn, frontman with Canadian classic rockers April Wine, dies aged 75

The band had a string of US and Canadian hits in the 1970s and 80s, including power ballad Just Between You and Me

The Guardian - UK

“A vivid, three-dimensional update… they outstrip the originals’ impact by some distance”: Peter Hammill’s In A Foreign Town / Out Of Water 2023

Van der Graaf Generator frontman has little to prove – but does it anyway with his revamp of solo albums hobbled by late-80s production values

Louder

"It was put together, as distinct from someone literally sitting down and writing a song": Fleetwood Mac and The Chain, the song assembled from spare parts

How a song forged from disparate scraps came to represent the decade-spanning resilience and staying power of Fleetwood Mac

Louder

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Taylor Swift’s Reputation tour movie is my End Game — but it’s leaving Netflix soon

So it goes ... let's cry together about Reputation leaving Netflix

Louder

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including David Lee Roth, Ace Frehley, the Pineapple Thief and more

You wanted the best, you got the best: the hottest eight tracks in the world... Tracks Of The Week

Metal Hammer

Limp Bizkit added to Download 2024 lineup

Fred Durst’s nu metal icons will return to the biggest festival in British rock this June

Louder

10 guitar heroes who should be much better known, by Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa's definitive guide to the guitar heroes who don't get the credit they deserve

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Evening Standard

The Pogues’ Fairytale Of New York track battling Wham! and Mariah Carey for top UK chart spot

Shane McCowan's wife hopes the song will top the charts after the singer's death on Thursday

Metal Hammer

Geddy Lee says he and Alex Lifeson have talked about recruiting one of the world's great drummers to tour as Rush again

Geddy Lee drops strongest hint yet that he and Alex Lifeson could get Rush back on the road with a stand-in for Neil Peart

Louder

"We had a meeting at his ranch... it was quite mad": the crazy tale of the time Steven Spielberg wanted to make a TV show with Supergrass

The E.T. director wanted to make a Monkees-style show with the Oxford trio

The Guardian - AU

‘Euphoric’, ‘opalescent’, ‘perfect pop confection’: Australia’s best new music for December

Each month our critics pick 20 new songs for our Spotify playlist. Read about 10 of our favourites here, including Thelma Plum, The Native Cats and Holiday Sidewinder

Metal Hammer

"Lars vomited all down his front. I mopped him up and sent him back out": revisit an ace interview with Lemmy discussing his relationship with Metallica

The Motörhead man also had some choice words for fans who were bothered about the metal titans having a haircut

The Guardian - UK

Jean Knight obituary

Soul singer who had a multimillion-selling hit in 1971 with the irresistibly funky Mr Big Stuff

Louder

"If you didn’t want to be in the beef, you shouldn’t have opened your mouth": Eminem on writing a diss track about Limp Bizkit

The former friends fell out over the rapper's argument with Everlast

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