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The Guide #215: Why we can’t get enough of Bohemian Rhapsody

In this week’s newsletter: Fifty years after its release, the Queen classic shows no signs of biting the dust. So what makes it such a timeless tune?

The Guardian - UK

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody voted favourite song of Greatest Hits Radio listeners

It is the seventh year in a row the 1975 track has topped the list of 500 songs.

Evening Standard

“It was about completing the circle and us showing what James and I as guitar players did to change the world”: Dave Mustaine reveals why Megadeth are covering Metallica on their final album

Megadeth's new album will find Mustaine and co playing a Metallica classic, co-written by Mustaine in the early days, and MegaDave promises us we've never heard Ride the Lightning like this before

Guitar World

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“He would always put himself down. I'd say, 'How is your latest record, Jeff?' And he'd go, 'Oh, it's a lot of rubbish'”: Ritchie Blackmore says that Jeff Beck was "always reaching for something he couldn't find"

“He was always reaching for something he couldn't find," he says of guitar great

MusicRadar

Celia Cruz's Voice Returns to Vinyl with Éxitos Eternos, a Century After Her Birth

Twenty-two years after her death, the unmistakable cry of "¡Azúcar!" is spinning again, this time from a gold vinyl that crackles like memory. Éxitos Eternos, a new LP from Amazon Music available this fall, gathers some of Celia Cruz's most iconic recordings in a single, limited-edition release that coincides with…

Latin Times

“I feel a freedom behind the piano that I don’t feel behind the sequencer”: Armin Van Buuren on why he ditched the DAW and released an album of one-take piano recordings

"If people will dislike this or be critical of this, because it’s so personal, that will hit me harder than when I do release another dance track"

MusicRadar

"I dug the record 'cause it was incorporating hip hop into rock. I was like, 'This is cool!'" How one rap legend joined the unlikeliest tour ever to help bring hip hop to the nu metal generation

The idea of Ice Cube and Korn sharing a bill might not seem strange now, but in the 90s, it was a thrilling novelty

Metal Hammer

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"These typical metalheads, long-haired with their jackets, they’re the ones standing there and singing Backstreet Boys and Cascada." Five minutes with Electric Callboy, the band "making metal accessible"

Electric Callboy have metalheads singing along to 90s pop classics, and they love it

Metal Hammer

I've Been Wondering Why Taylor Swift Hasn't Been Seen As Much At Chiefs Games, And There's Reportedly A Big Reason

Well this makes sense.

Cinemablend

“Brian Johnson was screaming. A producer working in the studio next door came in and said to Mutt, ‘You’re gonna kill him!’ Mutt said, ‘Yeah! But doesn’t it sound great?’”: How AC/DC’s singer suffered during the making of the classic Back In Black

Producer Mutt Lange told the story to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger

MusicRadar

David Gilmour is a master of melodic bluesy phrasing – here are 3 ways to cop his style in your own playing

Whether you call these solo ideas minor blues or embellished pentatonic/blues scale, the effect is the same, freeing you up from established patterns to hold your audience's attention

Guitar World

Justin Timberlake Reportedly Sides With Britney Spears, Slams K-Fed as 'Freeloading Douchebag'

Justin Timberlake reportedly feels 'sad and disturbed' seeing Britney Spears face new attacks from Kevin Federline's memoir, calling him a 'freeloading opportunist' exploiting her pain.

International Business Times UK

"I've always hated it. I sound like a little kid!" From label interference to an acrimonious split, the story behind the classic Evanescence song that Amy Lee (eventually) learned to love

It's one of Evanescence's biggest songs, but it's safe to say Amy Lee was not keen on it at first

Metal Hammer

Florence Welch slams friend Taylor Swift’s ex in biting new lyric

After three years away, Florence Welch reclaims her crown — and fires a lyrical shot at The 1975’s infamous frontman

Evening Standard

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Great new proggy sounds you must hear from Another Realm, Unprocessed, The Owl Service and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Cool new prog from ĠENN, The Mon, Maha Sohona and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

International Business Times UK

'Divorce Veteran' Blake Shelton Gives 'Upset' Keith Urban Desperate Tips After Messy Nicole Kidman Split

Blake Shelton offers Keith Urban divorce advice after his messy split with Nicole Kidman. Amid heartbreak, Blake advises Keith to focus and heal.

The Guardian - AU

Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers: ‘We don’t want to be the biggest band in the world. It’s just fun playing with our besties’

The Australian rock band are ‘legit now’ with their second album Glory. They talk about performing while underage, playing with Dave Grohl and the ‘girl band’ label

MusicRadar

"It’s a lot more complicated in many ways than Bohemian Rhapsody": Queen's most celebrated song marks its 50th anniversary today, but Roger Taylor and Brian May say that several songs they released in the years beforehand were arguably even more ambitious

The pair have been speaking on a new YouTube series dedicated to Bohemian Rhapsody

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“Ranking guitar players is tough for me… Being a guitar player is all about self-expression”: Samantha Fish on the magic of 335s, “best” players – and why the North Hill Country Delta blues is a bottomless well of inspiration

With her latest studio release, Paper Doll, the Kansas City blues rocker bottles the energy of life on the road and goes in search of hooks, hooks, hooks

Guitar World

“There’s a lot of dark times associated with the band. Scott came in and provided the fun”: Scott Sorry, former Wildhearts bassist, has died aged 47

His family says “he outlived every doctor's expectation” following a glioblastoma diagnosis

The Independent UK

Zara Larsson on opening for Tate McRae: ‘I didn’t expect it to make waves the way it did’

Exclusive: Swedish pop singer says the support slot was ‘such a good opportunity’ to introduce herself to ‘the perfect crowd’ of McRae’s fans

Metal Hammer

When I was 14, I thought Limp Bizkit were the coolest band in the world. At 38, I often still do

Love or hate them, you couldn't ignore them. Luckily, I loved them - and I still do

The Guardian - UK

Add to playlist: the long-lost lo-fi pop of Australian nun Sister Irene O’Connor and the week’s best tracks

Far from being the preserve of ecclesiastical listening, the reissue of O’Connor’s 1973 album is a compelling feast of drum machine, acoustic guitar and synth organ

MusicRadar

“Eddie definitely wasn’t functioning very well during the Van Halen reunion tour in 2004. It was one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had in my life”: Sammy Hagar’s regrets about his final tour with the band – and his true feelings about David Lee Roth

“Not keeping Van Halen together – that was a failure to me"

AAP

'Did you miss us?': Oasis tour kicks off in Australia

Oasis have returned to the Australian stage for the first time in decades, with more than 55,000 fans packing out a stadium to watch the brothers reunite.

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