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“George Clinton said, ‘You just can’t play guitar like that until your heart has been shattered to smithereens and you have lost all hope’”: Flea looks back on his life-changing jam with Parliament-Funkadelic guitar hero Eddie Hazel

Flea shared the stage with the P-Funk guitar icon during soundcheck at one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' earliest European gigs

Guitar World

Every Overpriced Concert Ticket You Ever Bought Just Got Validated by a Federal Jury — Live Nation Ruled an Illegal Monopoly

A federal jury ruled that Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as an illegal monopoly, marking a significant antitrust verdict in American music history. The decision may lead to a breakup.

International Business Times UK

"This track is arriving in an atmosphere of chaos." Tom Waits and Massive Attack collaborate on haunting, politically-charged new single Boots On The Ground referencing "the militarisation of police forces fusing with neo-fascist politics"

Waits’ first new material since 2011 is a dark collaboration with Massive Attack

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“I told her to write a poem about batteries that are dying that cannot be recharged”: Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan explains how Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia ended up on Look Outside Your Window

Scabbia, who was in a relationship with ’Knot guitarist Jim Root from 2004 to 2017, lends her voice to two songs on the long-delayed project

Metal Hammer

"There’s injustice, and so much hate and fear, and it’s such a drag." Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl says it's difficult not to feel angry and disillusioned about the state of America in 2026

Dave Grohl on his "deeply divided" homeland

Louder

Liam Payne’s co-written songs were ‘undisguised cries for help’, says Ordinary Boys singer Preston

The indie frontman penned several tracks with Liam Payne in what became the final years of his life

The Independent UK

'Jury's Verdict Is Not the Last Word': Live Nation Reacts to Monopoly Trial Loss

A jury ruled that Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as an illegal monopoly, overcharging customers. The verdict may lead to penalties, including a potential breakup of the companies.

International Business Times UK

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Massive Attack: Boots on the Ground (ft Tom Waits) review – first single in a decade is a dark hymn for our times

Unsettling breathing, arrhythmic clatter, gloomy piano and military snares underpin a Beefheartian portrayal of a boorish warmonger on the band’s ominous return

The Guardian - UK

Massive Attack and Tom Waits just released the most powerful protest song in years

IN FOCUS: The first new music in over a decade from both the Bristol trip-hop group and the US singer-songwriter is a potent anti-war statement, accompanied by visuals documenting the ongoing chaos, division and injustice in Trump’s America. Music editor Roisin O’Connor reports

The Independent UK

"The simple layout, compact size, and beautiful tone have made me excited to pick up my acoustic guitar again and again": AER Compact 60/4 review

A compact, premium acoustic amp delivering stunning tone with simple, singer-songwriter-friendly controls

Guitar World

"There were a lot of hardcore racists in the South, but we thought they were just silly." Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young, and the truth about rock's most misreported beef

The story of three songs that started fifty years of fake news

Louder

90s rock icon Bob Mould: ‘When Cobain died, I pulled the plug – there was nothing worth saving’

Mould’s fearsomely loud power trio Sugar rode the wave of grunge, but called it quits when the scene lost its innocence. Now the band are reuniting – before it’s too late

The Guardian - UK

"Maybe they should have included a disc of Lemmy spinning in his grave." Motörhead's On Parole Sessions are a noble endeavour but the extras are perplexing

Motörhead's shelved would-have-been debut album gets the box set treatment it doesn’t need

Louder

Is Manon's Hiatus Over? Katseye Members Express Strong Feelings Towards Estranged Member – 'She's Our Sister'

Manon Bannerman remains on hiatus from KATSEYE, with no confirmed return date. Her bandmates recently addressed her absence, emphasizing their support and her continued role in the group.

International Business Times UK

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"It sounds great while floating lazily on a yacht or zooming down the interstate in a Lamborghini." The story of Player's debut album, a record for people who like to get home before it gets dark

Perfect for people who think Survivor rock too hard

Guitar World

“It can be at least as fast as straight flatpicking, if not faster, and also easier to do”: Used by everyone from Brad Paisley to Buckethead, hybrid picking makes impossible-sounding licks a reality – here's how to introduce it into your lead playing

In his inaugural Guitar World column, the great Corey Congilio demonstrates how all players can benefit from a technique borrowed from country players

The Guardian - UK

Clannad’s Moya Brennan had a dazzling, distinctive voice that lifted spirits until the end

She brought Irish Gaelic to Top of the Pops, featured on soundtracks including Titanic and King Arthur, and showed that folk could find pop success

Metal Hammer

"We had a lot of fun revisiting these songs and hope you enjoy. Listen LOUD." Trent Reznor reveals details of the forthcoming Nine Inch Noize album, coming later this week

The story behind the new Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize collaboration

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“I’d become involved in an anti-drug programme in New York. So in my mind I had to write that song. But oh, it was terrible! It was laughed at”: The crazy song that Neil Diamond wishes he hadn’t written

“Up till that point I’d never smoked pot”

Louder

There's now a massive archive of thousands of indie rock gig recordings online, and it's awesome

Want to listen to Nirvana, Nick Cave, Sonic Youth or The Cure gigs from the '80s and '90s? Allow us to introduce you to your favourite new online archive

Guitar World

“Nostalgia for a time when digital was still new”: How Mk.gee is bringing back a ’90s-era modeler favored by Joni Mitchell, David Lynch, and Sting

The Roland VG-8, released in 1995, was designed as “a toolbox filled with essentially every existing guitar sound” – and, over the past couple of years, has been given a new lease on life by modern-day tone hunters

The Guardian - UK

Madonna announces sequel to her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor

Confessions II reunites her with producer Stuart Price and is billed as a study of the dancefloor as ‘a ritualistic space where movement replaces language’

The Guardian - UK

From strads to shreds and Vivaldi to Van Halen, classical and heavy metal are a natural pairing

With ear-splitting excess, flamboyant virtuosity and a talent for transgression, where classical music has led, metal has followed. Let’s hope the Philharmonia’s Metal Orchestrated concert turns it up to 11

The Independent UK

Madonna announces new album, a sequel two decades later, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II'

As Madonna sang in her 2005 hit, “Hung Up,” time goes by so slowly

Guitar World

“John 5 was probably the only other dude who was playing a Tele in metal. By nature, it was designed for country and chicken pickin’”: Why Jim Root eschewed traditional metal guitars and made the Telecaster his main Slipknot instrument

The player reveals who first drew him to the now 75-year-old instrument – and it might surprise you

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