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Rod Stewart cancels Las Vegas shows at last minute on ‘doctor’s advice’

The 81-year-old former Faces frontman has been suffering from a sinus infection

The Independent UK

Vanilla Ice breaks silence after several artists drop out of Trump’s Freedom 250 concert

‘I’m here to party with America, man,’ the ‘Ice Ice Baby’ singer said

The Independent UK

Kanye West runs into more tour trouble as Italy becomes latest country to block his concerts

US rapper Travis Scott was also due to perform at the cancelled concerts this summer

The Independent UK

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Charli XCX hints at new music during DJ set at London Conversations event

The Cambridge-born star released her latest single SS26 last week.

Evening Standard

"It’s about those times when you’ve got no feeling left or you just don’t care." The song that helped Linkin Park kiss goodbye to the nu metal era - and that got a new lease of life courtesy of one rap megastar

Few bands have two separate versions of one song celebrated equally as classics, but Linkin Park did that

Metal Hammer

“People are still trying to learn Free Bird and how to play like him. But he never got to hear all the praise about his playing”: Lynyrd Skynyrd legend Gary Rossington’s memories of his fellow guitarist Allen Collins and the band’s heroic ’80s comeback

“He should have known that so many people were influenced by him”

MusicRadar

“I sold the guitar to Bob Rock like an idiot for $10,000. Then Slash blew up, and I immediately missed out on about $150,000": Billy Duffy on the one guitar he wish he never sold

Duffy’s timing could hardly have been worse

Guitar World

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“What was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of”: Bret Michaels is the latest performer to excuse himself from Trump’s ‘Great American State Fair’

But you can see Milli Vanilli

MusicRadar

Frankie Valli cancels all remaining 2026 concerts due to health concerns

Valli, 92, chose to cancel the shows rather than postpone so that ticket-holders would not have their money stuck in limbo, says representative

The Independent UK

Take That review – stadium redux of Circus tour has maximal razzle-dazzle

Elephants, clowns, aerialists hanging by their hair … the Big Top concept doesn’t let up at this hugely enjoyable outing for a boy band with hits to spare

The Guardian - UK

“I was giving it everything I had to keep up with the song's intensity, and just making it through to the end was already a challenge:” Babymetal reveal the story behind one of their earliest fan favourites

Babymetal tell us about 15 of their most important songs in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer

“Jaco made a great contribution, but what came after was all these idiots trying to sound like him. That's why bass players today are so lame”: Bill Laswell gives his unfiltered verdict on modern bassists

The visionary producer also had his say on Lemmy, Paul Simon, and his failed studio session with Jaco Pastorius

Guitar World

Vanilla Ice Refuses to Quit America 250 Show as Fellow Artists Walk Away

Vanilla Ice remains committed to performing at the Freedom 250 festival in Washington, D.C., despite political controversies causing other artists to withdraw.

International Business Times UK

Pixies at Royal Albert Hall: Primally thrilling

4/5 Pixies give a reminder of their brutal maniac power within the splendour of the Albert Hall

Evening Standard

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What to Know About 'The Great American State Fair': Artists Say They Were Misled into Joining Trump-Linked Shows

Several artists have withdrawn from a Trump-linked concert series, citing misleading political affiliations. The event, organised by Freedom 250, faces backlash as it struggles to maintain its lineup.

Evening Standard

Paul McCartney says John Lennon was Beatles’ favourite on Chicken Shop Date

The musician appeared on the latest episode of the YouTube series.

Evening Standard

Maisie Peters secures second number one album with Florescence

It comes almost three years after the singer reached the top spot with The Good Witch.

Metal Hammer

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Tom Morello teams up with Serj Tankian, A Perfect Circle release their first single in 8 years and we dive into Chinese deathcore in this week's best new metal song round-up

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“The very essence of the Fender aesthetic… It reigns supreme for its no-nonsense approach to a dual-channel, giggable package”: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV 30th Anniversary review

The ubiquitous Hot Rod Deluxe celebrates its 30th birthday with a snazzy new look and some subtle sonic enhancements

Guitar World

“Built on the same ingredients that forged the sound”: Korn have released another pedal that channels the sound of their genre-defining debut record due to overwhelming fan demand

The pedal captures the iconic sound of their Indigo Ranch era and will release in limited numbers

Guitar World

“Billy has been an incredible mentor... He has such a vast knowledge of pedals”: Smashing Pumpkins’ Kiki Wong on how Billy Corgan led her down the stompbox rabbit hole

Kiki Wong discusses her pedalboard strategy for nailing classic Pumpkins tones and credits Corgan as a bona-fide guru of effects

The Guardian - UK

Geoffrey Keating obituary

Other lives: Schools music director who had a chart hit with teaching colleagues in the mid-1960s

MusicRadar

“At the moment, it’s probably better than it’s been all my life... I can still hit a high D, which is higher than Pavarotti singing the end of Nessun Dorma in full voice. I mean, it’s extraordinary": Roger Daltrey says that his voice is as strong as ever

"I’ve always said, ‘Use it or you lose it,’" he says. "But you can use it too much and once people do that, I wish they’d shut up, and there are a few out there who should”

Louder

Great new proggy sounds from Green Carnation, The Ocean, A Perfect Circle and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Cool new prog you need to hear from Candacraig, Eyre Llew, Sans Froid, Koyo Bloom and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

Guitar World

“I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if I could go back and emulate all those guitar sounds I had from those records?’” Alex Lifeson used TONEX and Fractal to recreate classic Rush tones – and he’s taking them on tour

Lifeson has become a digital modeling convert in recent years after IK Multimedia cloned his amp collection – and the results blew him away

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