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Watch Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan casually link NFL superstar/broadcaster O.J. Simpson to murder in this 'disarming' 1994 TV interview

Billy Corgan throws shade at disgraced American football legend O.J. Simpson in rare 1994 interview at Lollapalooza

Metal Hammer · Jun 14, 2023

‘John Lennon was violent. He’d fight about anything’: the inside story of Merseybeat, the UK’s early pop explosion

Early 1960s Liverpudlian pop may have been dominated by the Beatles, but it was a thriving scene whose acts filled the charts. Its artists explain why wild success gave way to heartbreaking failure

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023

Muse fans are going crazy for Matt Bellamy’s astonishing mirror mask guitar – we found out how Manson made its most ambitious design yet

Inspired by the mask worn by the Muse frontman in recent videos and live performances, the Manson team built an instrument like no other – and one day you might be able to buy your own

Guitar World · Jun 14, 2023

Meet Towa Bird, the TikTok star who channels Jimi Hendrix and thinks guitar solos are “arrogant” – but tears up the fretboard anyway

One of the guitar world’s most hotly tipped players on her love of unusual electric shapes, the secret to making her leads sound like a conversation, and reappropriating the guitar solo for women everywhere

Guitar World · Jun 14, 2023

The 10 best metal songs about football to sing during the World Cup

There's more to football songs than Sweet Caroline or that Atomic Kitten abomination, it turns out

Metal Hammer · Jun 14, 2023

Glastonbury 2023 — all the must-see acts according to Radio 2's Richie Anderson

Glastonbury 2023 — Radio 2 presenter Richie Anderson on his ones to watch from this year’s festival.

WhatToWatch · Jun 14, 2023

Nabihah Iqbal: "I got a vintage harmonium in Karachi. It’s the most ‘analogue’ synth you can get"

The Ninja Tune artist on how a run of setbacks helped her shake up her workflow for the creation of excellent new album Dreamer

MusicRadar · Jun 14, 2023

Aslan singer Christy Dignam's final words as he begged for more time with family

Aslan frontman openly begged for more time with his family after he was diagnosed with a life-changing illness before his death on Tuesday as tributes continue to pour in from The Script and Conor McGregor

Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023

Paolo Nutini at Malahide Castle: Everything to know from stage times, support acts, and setlist

The Scottish singer-songwriter is performing on the back of his highly successful latest album “Last Night In The Bittersweet”

Dublin Live · Jun 14, 2023

Anita Baker to continue tour without Babyface after ‘threats of violence’ from support act’s fanbase

Singer-songwriter said she had been the victim of ‘cyber bullying’

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023