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5 new bands to listen to if you love Slipknot

Looking for a fix of Slipknot-inspired savagery? These five new bands will instantly give your ’Knot fix

Metal Hammer · May 27, 2023

'F*** 'em all': Noel Gallagher gets a few things off his chest ahead of new album release and huge Wythenshawe Park gig

The former Oasis star sits down for an interview with What's On Editor Jenna Campbell

Manchester Evening News · May 27, 2023

Arlo Parks on privacy, Phoebe Bridgers and why she cancelled her tour dates: ‘I felt my boundary and pushed past it’

The London-born singer-songwriter earned a legion of fans and the Mercury Prize following the release of her first album in 2021. Now, after a move overseas and a self-imposed withdrawal from the limelight, she tells Helen Brown about her return to music

The Independent UK · May 27, 2023

Jeff Beck's stage-used prototype Graffiti Yellow Fender Stratocaster sells at auction for over $94,000

The guitar has a fascinating history, heavily intertwined with Beck's significant role in the development of the Strat Plus

Guitar World · May 26, 2023

Toowoomba cabbie James Royal's rock star past with Johnny Cash, The Who and Jerry Lee Lewis

Back in the 60s and 70s, Jim Nairn was known across much of Europe as James Royal — a blue-eyed soul-singing dynamo whose howl was his ticket to work with some of music's biggest stars.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Music Review: Arlo Parks wishes her eyes were still wide on new album 'My Soft Machine'

Britpop artist Arlo Parks lays incisive lyrics over cozy lo-fi hip hop and her second album balances childlike wonder with personal trauma and disappointment

The Independent UK · May 26, 2023

Thousands of Edinburgh Harry Styles fans swarm streets outside Murrayfield ahead of gig

Similar to the scenes last weekend when Beyonce was in town, the streets outside Murrayfield were consumed by gig-goers just hours ago before the support act started their performance

Edinburgh Live · May 26, 2023

Jah Shaka obituary

Reggae pioneer and record producer who transformed the sound system landscape

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023

Jimmy Page and Jack White both loved Metallica's St. Anger, according to Bob Rock

The guitar heroes – and It Might Get Loud co-stars – expressed their appreciation for the highly polarizing album in separate encounters with the producer

Guitar World · May 26, 2023

Taylor Swift breaks silence on ex Joe Alwyn in new song fans are convinced is about split

In a brand new song released by Taylor Swift from the vault of her Midnights album, she describes the breakdown of a relationship and how someone is losing her - with her pleading throughout

Daily Mirror · May 26, 2023