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Sinead O’Connor was finishing new album and reviewing tour dates before her death, say her managers

Grammy-winning Irish singer died on 26 July, aged 56

The Independent UK

Roger Waters on his dramatic Dark Side Of The Moon Redux: "It's been part of our lives for 50 years and yet we are still not yet breathing in the air"

"The concept has stood the test of time"

MusicRadar

"I held him against the wall and spit in his face... then all hell broke loose": the night Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder was arrested for fighting and locked up in New Orleans

Remembering that time 'Nice guy Eddie' Vedder blew his fuse and wound up in a New Orleans jail

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Tosin Abasi declares John Petrucci the GOAT and gifts him an Abasi Concepts ēmi 8-string in a cult classic Picasso finish

Classy player, classy guitar, classy gesture as the epic Dreamsonic tour featuring Dream Theater, Animals As Leaders and Devin Townsend comes to an end

MusicRadar

The 50 best metal albums of the 2000s

From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s

Metal Hammer

Sinéad O’Connor’s best songs, from My Special Child to I Am Stretched On Your Grave

The 1990 hit, written by Prince, is really just the beginning of O’Connor’s extraordinary music catalogue

Evening Standard

Chuck Berry-by-way-of-the-gutter riffs and choppy Strat-isms from Fender's latest signature artist: This week's essential guitar tracks

Must-hear new cuts from Brian Setzer, Steve Lacy, Of Mice & Men, Buck Meek, Bad Wolves and loooads more

Guitar World

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Randy Meisner obituary

Singer and bassist with the Eagles who wrote one of their biggest hits, Take It to the Limit

The Guardian - UK

We talked to the early hours and found ourselves falling in love: my year with Sinéad O’Connor

I bumped into her in a London pub and it felt like we were old friends. We spent more time watching Father Ted than talking about her music

The Guardian - UK

“Cameron Crowe said, ‘This is killer, it’s awesome!’”: Jerry Cantrell on how he wrote Alice In Chains’ classic hit Would?

The Alice In Chains songwriter was still grieving the death of Mother Love Bone's Andrew Wood when he wrote the song for Crowe’s 1992 grunge film Singles

Louder

Your Friday night playlist curated by rising star Konyikeh

Rising star of the UK’s R&B scene, Konyikeh talks to Katharine Spurrier about her debut EP ‘Litany’, performing with Dave and what she’s listening to this Friday night

Evening Standard

Mercury Prize 2023: Olivia Dean reveals hopes to collaborate with ‘fan’ Elton John

The Haringey-born singer also shared her surprising connection to fellow Mercury Prize nominee Raye

Evening Standard

Sinead O’Connor had been ‘considering’ a movie of her book, say her managers

The Grammy-winning singer was 56 when she died.

The Independent UK

"I never would have seen that and I'm really grateful to him for that" – Rivers Cuomo reveals how The Cars' Ric Ocasek dramatically changed his guitar tone for Weezer's Blue Album

Out with the Warmoth Strat copy and in with the Gibsons

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The Guardian - US

Quake it off: Taylor Swift fans generate seismic activity during Seattle shows

Local seismometer detects activity equivalent of 2.3 magnitude earthquake, comparable to 2011 ‘Beast Quake’

Evening Standard

Holly Humberstone: ‘I feel like it’s a race to be successful as soon as I can’

With a Brit award and millions of streams to her name already, singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone is on her way to stratospheric success. Ahead of the release of her new single, she tells Alexandra Jones about learning to get out of her head and enjoy the ride

Guitar World

Ernie Ball has unveiled Synyster Gates signature string sets – but what is that mystery guitar amp?

Two sets have been awarded to the Avenged Sevenfold guitarist, who was filmed sitting next to what could possibly be a new signature guitar amp

Louder

The Fierce & The Dead - News From The Invisible World: "Taut songs with glorious, air-punching choruses."

Prog faves The Fierce And The Dead are in fine voice on fourth album.

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Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week: brand new music from Einar Solberg, Kyros and more

Cool new prog music to check out from Polyphia, Rhys Marsh, Ogives Big Band and more..

The Guardian - UK

‘Oh my God, this is like recording Nina Simone’: David Holmes on producing Sinéad O’Connor’s final album

Over the last five years, O’Connor and Holmes made an unreleased album about healing. He recalls his time working with ‘the purest voice we will ever hear’

Louder

“Bon Scott was a bit of a gangster, and that stuff is very linked with rock music”: Saxon’s Biff Byford on how AC/DC changed his life

The Saxon singer says AC/DC’s debut altered his own band’s DNA and set them on the path to stardom

Marie Claire

Morrissey Slams Sinéad O'Connor Music Industry Tributes: "You Hadn't the Guts to Support Her When She Was Alive"

O'Connor was known for speaking out against injustice.

Guitar World

Introducing nu-disco shred, a fresh genre of guitar playing that combines ’70s pop and ’80s soloing – and where dancing while you two-hand tap is an absolute must

Nile Rodgers meets Eddie Van Halen in these tap-happy fretboard freakouts – creator Dre DiMura explains what inspired his daring mashup and why “tradition can be a prison”

Chicago Sun-Times

Protests give Jason Aldean too much credit for his terrible country song

Aldean himself comes from Macon, Georgia, a city with among the highest violent crime rates in the U.S. His lyrics are banal, and unlike most good country music, they don’t tell a story.

Louder

Watch Fall Out Boy pay tribute to Sinead O'Connor with a live cover of Nothing Compares 2 U

Fall Out Boy pay their respects to the late Sinead O'Connor with a heartfelt cover of Nothing Compares 2 U at Georgia show

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