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"These guys are simply timeless": Triumph's Rik Emmett picks five essential guitar albums

Canadian guitar legend and founding member of Triumph Rik Emmett picks five guitar classics that inspired his own path

Louder

The Mavericks' Raul Malo: Grammy-Winning Frontman Passes Away After Calling Off Tour Dates

Raúl Malo, 60, Grammy-winning frontman of The Mavericks, has died after battling cancer. The Miami-born singer is remembered for his soulful voice and leaves behind his wife, sons, and family.

International Business Times UK

"It was weird just being in the same room as him": The story of the Ronnie James Dio classic assembled from other bands' spare parts

Rainbow In The Dark a highlight of Holy Diver, an album Ronnie James Dio said was “one of the proudest things I’ve ever done”

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Jubilant Sykes’ son arrested after Grammy-nominated opera singer stabbed to death

The performer’s son Micah has been arrested on suspicion of murder, Santa Monica police said

The Guardian - AU

"Some people think that the blues is 'my baby left me' and long guitar solos but it's a whole lot deeper than that": Blues prodigy Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram may channel the ghosts of the past but he's striving for something new

Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram grew up with the blues, but on fourth album Hard Road he's branching out

Louder

“One of the best-sounding headphone amps for guitar I’ve had my hands on”: Blackstar Beam Solo review

Blackstar enters a very busy market with their take on the ubiquitous headphone amp for guitar

Guitar World

"We knew there was still a chapter left to write": Triumph announce first tour in more than three decades

The Canadian legends will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a run of shows in the US and Canada

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“When people throw around the Lennon/McCartney comparison to Bob Mould and Grant Hart, I think that’s fair”: Greg Norton believes Hüsker Dü were always going to break up, but it happened too soon

The current Ultrabomb bassist discusses the instruments that led to his custom Reverend, how a 1985 concert video got lost, and how easy it was to learn from bandmate Mould

Guitar World

“Man, this thing is such a chameleon. It can be a creamy and gooey boost that works great with any style of amp, and it can also breathe saturated fire”: Strymon goes analogue drive crazy, promising Randy Bachman-style tones and more from the Fairfax

The Fairfax Class A Output Stage Drive replicates the old-school mojo of the vintage Garnet Amplifiers' Herzog tube drive, and is the first release in Strymon's new Series A range of analogue pedals

MusicRadar

"It's not happening." Liam Gallagher shoots down rumours that Oasis will return for Knebworth mega-gigs next year, says the band "are not doing anything in 2026"

Liam Gallagher: The Grinch who stole 2026, possibly

Louder

“There was a guy checking out people who were coming in, and he’d go over the microphone, ‘Now here’s Elton John and his band!’”: Davey Johnstone on guitar shopping with Elton John – and how he ended up with his iconic Les Paul Custom

Johnstone says some of his best guitars came via the kindness of Elton John as he recalls one surreal day in the legendary NYC gear institution Manny's and the unexpected gift of a Clapton Strat

MusicRadar

“The guitar I learned to play on isn’t worth much, but I’ve played it at thousands of concerts and hundreds of recording sessions”: He’s performed on over 500 albums. Now Marcus Deml is making breathtaking guitar instrumentals under his own name

He spent 12-hour days learning at GIT in the shred era. But for his Strat-led solo showcase, Deml relied mainly on his ears and a religious approach to tone

Guitar World

Oasis 2026: ‘It’s not happening’ Liam Gallagher rules out 2026 shows

The frontman has told fans not to expect new dates after the band’s huge 41-show reunion tour.

Evening Standard

"Tonight is less about nostalgia than a reaffirmation of the importance of resistance, of protest, of a refusal to be silenced." Primal Scream revisit the politically-charged XTRMNTR, 25 years on

Primal Scream deliver storming run through 2000's XTRMNTR at special Roundhouse show

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The Independent UK

Raul Malo death: Lead singer of Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, dies aged 60

Singer had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer and leptomeningeal disease

The Independent UK

Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of The Mavericks, has died at age 60

MusicRadar

“It's been a real emotional thing bringing this back”: Native Instruments Absynth returns – here’s the inside story, with developer Brian Clevinger

The cult classic soft synth is back, 16 years on from its previous iteration. We sit down with Absynth’s creator to hear about the history of this legendary instrument and why its rebirth is the 'best project he’s ever worked on'

The Independent UK

Estates of Jimi Hendrix bandmates sue major label over streaming rights

Court told Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell died ‘in relative poverty’ despite being members of ‘one of the most commercially successful acts’ of their time

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International Business Times UK

Britney Spears Building an Empire Now Is Best Revenge Against Her Dad: Report

Britney Spears begins a new chapter with business expansion through publishing, film rights and her jewellery line following the end of her conservatorship.

MusicRadar

“One night, I decided to be the DJ in Rage Against the Machine - but I was going to do it all on the guitar”: How Tom Morello used his guitar to drill into the off-limits domain of the turntablist

The Rage Against the Machine axe-man’s most memorable moment saw him emulate a DJ scratch breakdown using a trick that few have fully mastered

MusicRadar

“A lot of the floor plan for any Darkness gig is amps. We don’t use simulators because we’re a real band making proper noise”: Why Justin Hawkins and The Darkness like to rock the old-fashioned way

And he reckons their next album could be their answer to Exile On Main St.

Louder

“Often too leaden to float – but it has spells where the more honeyed version of the band is visible”: Nektar’s deluxe edition of A Tab In The Ocean

1972 album, which saw them edging away from psychedelia back to standard rock, returns with live treats that hint at what was to come

Guitar World

“On the real Arm the Homeless guitar, a dog chewed the headstock. Other than that, they’re absolutely identical”: Tom Morello has been playing a Fender Arm the Homeless replica live and none of us noticed – now it’s available to buy

Five years in the making, the Rage Against the Machine guitar anti-hero’s most iconic instrument has been replicated by Fender – and even Morello admits he can’t tell the difference

Evening Standard

Estates of Hendrix bandmates ‘excluded’ from streaming rights, court told

Owners of the estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell are taking legal action against Sony Music Entertainment UK.

Guitar World

“The guy met me in a Tower Records parking lot and gave me that bass... I’ve recorded every record on it since I got it”: How Flea landed his cherished 1961 Fender Jazz Bass after finding a seller during the early days of Twitter

During the early days of his career, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist was far from a gearhead – but an old Fender changed his tune

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