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"A pivotal moment for the UK music industry": UK music generated a record £8bn for the economy in 2024, but challenges from AI and Brexit remain

2024 saw tours from the likes of Taylor Swift and big releases like Charli XCX's Brat

MusicRadar

Singer Beverley Knight says Windrush generation has been treated ‘abysmally’

Knight said British music would look very different without the impact of the Windrush generation.

Evening Standard

TikTok DJs Are Remixing The ‘Worst Christmas Song Of All Time’ Ahead Of The Holidays And I Approve

I don't really mind the song, but I love the remix.

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Hundreds of bagpipers smash world record with rendition of AC/DC rock classic

374 musicians claimed record with a rendition of AC/DC’s It’s a Long Way to the Top

The Independent UK

“I lost my mojo for aminute, but they propped me back up”: He was one of the great blues guitar talents of the ’90s, then the gigs dried up. Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith helped him get his game face back on

Blues guitar loves a comeback story and they don't get much better than the return of Larry McCray, who found his sound again via the hottest blues production duo in the control room

Guitar World

“A guy offered me way more than I paid – it was too hard to pass up. I let it go and immediately regretted it”: Phil X on the guitars he’s loved and lost – and how Eddie Van Halen taught him to “enjoy and ruin” the instrument

The former session man turned Bon Jovi six-stringer dialled in with Guitarist totalk about his journey buying, selling, regretting and loving guitars

Guitar World

Police to take ‘no further action’ over alleged chants at Bob Vylan performance

An investigation was launched by the Met Police after footage emerged allegedly showing singer Bobby Vylan, saying ‘death to the IDF’.

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Elton John Explodes Backstage at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Over Delays In Tribute to Brian Wilson

Elton John reportedly threw a backstage tantrum at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, shouting 'My plane is waiting!' before performing a heartfelt tribute to Brian Wilson.

International Business Times UK

“I feel as if those who made music history are placing a hand on my shoulder, saying, ‘You’re on the right path’”: Måneskin guitarist Thomas Raggi steps out on his own with debut solo album – produced by Tom Morello

Following the band’s last album, Raggi is going down the solo route with a straight-up rock ’n’ roll album, Masquerade – which features a star-studded list of collaborators

Guitar World

“They’re the absolute pioneers – like a mix of thrash metal and Allan Holdsworth”: Why Wolfgang Van Halen is in awe of a “super heavy” cult band

"They were really creating something new"

MusicRadar

“When the first riff came together, we locked in and played it for 100 hours.” How a song about a big angry whale helped four Southern misfits hang with Slipknot and Slayer - and become 21st century metal trailblazers

Making a snarling concept piece about Moby-Dick doesn’t sound like a move for mainstream appeal, but that’s exactly what Mastodon found with the lead single of 2004 masterstroke Leviathan

Metal Hammer

Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan releases debut solo single - complete with video filmed in abandoned coal mine

Jay Buchanan's debut solo album, Weapons Of Beauty, was written in a windowless, underground bunker deep in the Mojave Desert

Louder

The Elton John Album That Flopped — but He Still Calls It One of His Proudest Works

Elton John's 2004 album Peachtree Road flopped on the charts, but the music legend still calls it one of his proudest and most personal works.

International Business Times UK

Watch Blackberry Smoke pay tribute to Gary Rossington with the guitar used during the recording of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird

Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr plays Free Bird and Tuesday's Gone on 1961 Gibson Les Paul/SG guitar in pro-shot video

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The Guardian - UK

British music industry adds record £8bn to UK economy, according to UK Music

Taylor Swift’s Eras tour among the big events driving spending, as British artists perform well overseas and job numbers rise

Evening Standard

Marcus Mumford says Taylor Swift was ‘the most phenomenal house guest’

The 38-year-old singer described Swift’s ‘candle game’ as ‘excellent’ when she came to his home studio to record her 2020 album Evermore.

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift was ‘the most phenomenal house guest’ says Marcus Mumford

Pop icon had a ‘killer candle game’ says the Mumford and Sons star

The Independent UK

Boy George makes Culture Club revelation about ‘memorable’ Tracey Emin

The acclaimed artist was in 'early rehearsals' with 1980s band Culture Club, Boy George said

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The Guardian - US

Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley died after fall, autopsy finds

Medical examiner says Kiss founding member’s death was accidental, caused by blunt force injuries from a fall

Evening Standard

Boy George reveals Tracey Emin was in ‘early rehearsals’ with Culture Club

The singer said Dame Tracey decided band life ‘wasn’t for her’.

Evening Standard

Richard Darbyshire dead: Living in a Box frontman family's pay tribute

The Manchester-born musician fronted the chart-topping 80s trio behind Room in Your Heart and Blow the House Down

The Independent UK

Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley’s cause of death revealed after autopsy

Musician, who was a founding member of iconic rock group, died from blunt force injuries to the head

Guitar World

"Not only is this Riviera the most Oasis-relevant guitar of the recently launched trio, it’s the most affordable too": Epiphone Bonehead Riviera review

Noel Gallagher’s new Gibson Les Paul might have grabbed the headlines, but of the recently launched Oasis trio, it’s Bonehead that delivers the banger

Evening Standard

Police brace for clashes as protesters and counter-protesters set for Bob Vylan north London gig

The Metropolitan Police has placed restrictions on the planned protests to prevent disorder

The Independent UK

Richard Darbyshire death: Former Living In a Box frontman dies aged 65

The group’s current members have paid tribute to the ‘incredible’ singer

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