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“My grandma asked me why I was spending so much time pretending when I could just get a real guitar”: Inhaler guitarist Josh Jenkinson on how Miley Cyrus and Harry Styles’ producer expanded their sound – and why he just bought his first electric last year

Inhaler’s Josh Jenkinson is living proof that this generation’s guitar heroes actually got hooked on guitar courtesy of Guitar Hero – but he's not playing when it comes to tone and songwriting

Guitar World

"I don't care that they hate it, it's the fact that they are talking about it." Why Within Temptation won't shy away from getting political with their music

Within Temptation's recent music was heavily influenced by the war in Ukraine, and Sharon isn't fazed by anyone who has a problem with that

Metal Hammer

Scottish star Nina Nesbitt surprises local Kent venue with secret set

Singer-songwriter turned up to perform at The Music Workshop in Folkestone to show her support for grassroots music venues

The Independent UK

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Country star Garth Brooks to headline British Summer Time 2026 after denying rape allegation

Country superstar will play his first UK show in 30 years when he headlines the London festival next summer

The Independent UK

Cerys Hafana: Angel review – tracing the life cycle with the Welsh triple harp

On their third release in 18 months, this exceptional musician draws from folk story, Breton influences and nature to explore the sublime potential of its title

The Guardian - UK

“The Sphere? I’m hoping, one of these days, to go there and sit and watch myself doing it, so I don't have to": David Gilmour says he’d be open to a Floyd avatar show at the Sphere

It’s the second time in a week he’s suggested playing the Las Vegas venue

MusicRadar

“If they were Dungeons & Dragons characters, their alignment would be Chaotic Good, breaking all the rules with the best of intentions”: Between The Buried And Me’s The Blue Nowhere breaks for no one

Their 11th album arrives via a slimmed-down line-up, but they remain as musically wide-ranging as they’ve ever been

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Album reviews: JADE – That’s Showbiz Baby, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Perimenopop

JADE’s solo debut is at its best when it echoes the maximalist racket of its lead single, while Sophie Ellis-Bextor is back to her commanding, confident pop-star self on ‘Perimenopop’

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran: Play review – A musical buffet lacking a signature dish

3/5 The singer-songwriter returns with a new album that’s rich in influences – but short on bangers

The Independent UK

Motörhead: 50 Years Louder - A celebration, only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Robert Plant, Terry Reid, Grand Funk Railroad, Luke Morley, Spinal Tap, George Harrison, W.A.S.P, Vernon Reid and more

Louder

Radiohead condemn ‘exploitative’ touts and resale sites ahead of tour

Band urges fans to avoid secondary sites, where more than 1,000 potentially fraudulent tickets for their shows have been found

The Guardian - UK

‘Addiction teaches you a lot’: breakout pop star Lola Young on sex, substances and self-loathing

The south Londoner’s honesty about her vices has made her a gen Z hero: she was in rehab when her biggest hit was blowing up. Singing about sex on her new album, she says, is a way to mask the pain

The Guardian - UK

Garth Brooks to play first UK gig in three decades at BST Hyde Park next year

Brooks was announced as the first headliner for the British Summer Time festival in June

Evening Standard

Ed Sheeran: Play review – subcontinental sounds and shards of darkness – but still unmistakably him

Despite embracing Indian and Persian sounds, Sheeran’s eighth album goes back to basics after two records of muted melancholy – albeit with some surprising undercurrents

The Guardian - UK

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Ireland won’t participate in Eurovision 2026 if Israel does: Broadcaster

RTE says participating would be ‘unconscionable’ as a result of Israel’s war on Gaza and the ‘appalling loss of lives’.

The National (Scotland)

Here is the setlist for Lewis Capaldi at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow this weekend

If you're planning on attending one of his concerts this weekend, here is everything you need to know about the setlist for Lewis Capaldi at the OVO…

MusicRadar

“Memo for radio show - list of favourite records": Jeff Beck, Roxy Music and Miles Davis all make the list of David Bowie’s 15 favourite tracks

List was made for a putative radio show

Guitar World

“Heavy metal and drop D is a match made in heaven”: Eddie Van Halen used it, Jimmy Page loved it, and all of your heavy metal heroes have tried it – drop D made drop-dead simple

Drop D tuning is one of the easiest alternate tunings to get to grips with. Here’s our step-by-step guide

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Watch Metallica play Master Of Puppets to just 500 people at ultra-intimate show last month

The heavy metal giants held one of their smallest-ever shows in Long Island on August 28

Guitar World

“I saw the message and I was like, ‘Who the hell is this guy?’ He called me the next day and offered me a world tour”: How Yungblud bassist Silke Blansjaar got the gig of a lifetime – despite not playing bass

The Gibson Grabber-wielder was actually a drummer when she went from playing to a room of 100 to an arena of 6,000 overnight. She explains the golden rule of session work and why she likes to keep her rig old-fashioned

The Independent UK

Hitmaker Bert Berns is posthumously included in Songwriters Hall of Fame

Songwriter and producer Bert Berns has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

MusicRadar

“We’d done 11 songs. Nobody wanted to do another except me and Mutt. But I said, ‘Sorry, boys – you can’t turn this chorus down!’”: How Def Leppard created a mega-hit song in 10 days after spending three years on an album

"It was really based on rap stuff – not your standard rock song”

Louder

Spock's Beard return with The Archaeoptimist, their first new studio album in seven years!

US prog rock quintet Spock's Beard will release their new stidio album, The Achaeoptimist, in November

Guitar World

“I grabbed his hand saying, ‘Thank you for everything.’ He goes, ‘You were the only guitar player who said no to me’”: Nuno Bettencourt remembers his final exchange with Ozzy Osbourne – a reminder of the gig he once turned down

As a 15-year-old, Bettencourt auditioned to become Randy Rhoads’ replacement. When the gig presented itself years later, he declined

The Guardian - UK

And if your head explodes: Pink Floyd’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Fifty years after the release of Wish You Were Here, we count down the best of the band’s Syd Barrett years, their difficult recovery and later reunion

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