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“I’ve often said I’d rather be a Chet Atkins back-room guy. But I’m an opportunist, too. So, if the spotlight keeps falling on me, I’ll have to rise to the occasion”: Steve Howe reveals what it takes to mastermind a prog institution

The lifelong Yes guitarist talks wearing guitar and production hats for new record Mirror to the Sky, and how he – and audiences – have changed since 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans

Guitar World

"Red Hot Chili Peppers are being used by the Satanic powers of darkness": How Anthony Kiedis incurred the wrath of evangelical Christians, and his granny, at the 1992 MTV Awards

Do Red Hot Chili Peppers really "pay homage to Satan"? Only Anthony Kiedis truly knows

Metal Hammer

“His effect on the art form was profound and lasting”: Robbie Robertson, 1943-2023 – the guitar world pays tribute

Musicians, creatives, and world leaders alike have all paid tribute to the famed Bob Dylan and the Band guitarist, who has died aged 80

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“Prince was serious about what he wanted. He would turn around, point to you and say, ‘Go!’”: Josh Dunham names the five albums that helped shape his sound with Prince

According to Josh Dunham, having chops is cool, but playing with Prince you really had to play in the pocket

Guitar World

The secret to maintaining your youthful passion? I learned it this week

Three decades a rock star is some innings. But Sharleen Spiteri, the lead singer of Texas, has found a way to stay motivated

The Guardian - UK

Jeff Loomis is one of metal’s most technically audacious players – and learning his techniques can really up your shred game

Improve your alternate picking, arpeggios and tapping skills with these 5 lessons in the style of the Arch Enemy virtuoso

Guitar World

Three tracks a day, no crazy kit or plugins: why the Ballad of Darren is "the first real Blur album in 20 years"

Blur's latest long player had them "feeling like a band of brothers again"

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We speak to the designer behind the new Musical Fidelity A1 amplifier

Audio designer Simon Quarry tells us about the resurrected A1 amplifier and all things Musical Fidelity.

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Taylor Swift moves closer to billionaire status with lucrative Eras tour

Singer is currently midway through her first tour since 2018

The Independent UK

Watch the historic footage of Robbie Robertson saving Eric Clapton before they go head-to-head in a duel for the ages

Captured by Martin Scorsese for the concert film The Last Waltz, Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton's guitar duel is a standout moment from two standout careers

Louder

“American culture at its absolute finest”: This video of a metalcore band turning a Denny’s into a moshpit is still the best thing on the internet

Metal band Live Without earned immortality (and four million YouTube hits) when they incited a swirling circle pit inside an old US diner

Metal Hammer

Affordable Dual Rectifier, JCM800 and 5150 tones for your pedalboard? TC Electronic makes a play for the high-gain sector with 3 new Ampworx pedals

The $149 Dual Wreck, JIMS800 and 550 seek to further shake up the amp modeler market

Guitar World

"I said, ‘Well, it’ll just be a back-up song in case some other things don’t work out’" – How Robbie Robertson wrote The Band's classic song, The Weight

"I sat the guitar on my lap and I was kind of bent over it and I looked inside the sound hole on the guitar and it said, Nazareth, Pennsylvania"

MusicRadar

D16 Lush 2 review

One of the most hotly-anticipated softsynths of a decade ago gets an update. But after ten years, is D16’s Lush 2 still relevant in 2023? Oh yes

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Evening Standard

Robbie Robertson remembered by Martin Scorsese, Neil Diamond and more after death aged 80

The musician died surrounded by family in Los Angeles ‘after a long illness’

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift announces 1989 (Taylor’s Version) will be her next album with ‘insane’ new tracks

Singer-songwriter, who is playing across the world as part of her Eras Tour, has teased new re-recorded album

Louder

"This album almost destroyed our lives!" Earthside return with first new album for eight years

Cinematic US prog rock quartet Earthside will release new album Let The Truth Speak in November

Evening Standard

Liam Gallagher at Koko review: huge crowd-pleasers from rock’s parka-clad Rocky

Noel’s rebellious little brother is back from the dead, cocky as ever

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Evening Standard

Taylor Swift tells fans ‘you have to deal with my emotions’ on final leg of US Eras tour

Swift has become the first artist ever to sell out six performances in a row at California’s SoFi Stadium

The Guardian - AU

Robbie Robertson’s 10 best recordings – from Bob Dylan to the Band

The heart of the Band, an integral player in Dylan’s rise, and a stunning solo artist, the Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist has died aged 80

The Guardian - US

‘Paul McCartney winked right at me’: the fans who buy nosebleed seats – and get whisked to the front

Billy Joel and Coldplay are among other legends who want their biggest devotees at the front

Cinemablend

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour's LA Stop Can't Stop, Won't Stop Featuring Incredible Celebrity Moments. See Tiffany Haddish, Cameron Diaz and Zoe Saldaña Having The Best Time

Tiffany Haddish, Cameron Diaz and Zoe Saldaña had a girls' night at Taylor Swift's Los Angeles Eras Tour stop.

Chicago Sun-Times

Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, subject of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ documentary, dies at 81

Sixto Rodriguez released two albums that didn’t do well in the United States. He then worked construction and raised a family, not realizing that his songs were inspiring the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

The Guardian - AU

The Band’s Robbie Robertson captured a dream of what America was, is and might be

The bandleader who didn’t front his band, who was never as celebrated as Bob Dylan or their peers, was the glue keeping the Band together

The Independent UK

Martin Scorsese pays tribute to longtime ‘confidante, collaborator, advisor’ Robbie Robertson

Leader of The Band produced soundtracks for 12 of Scorsese’s films

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