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Iron Maiden sign up as ambassadors for National Album Day 2025

“Albums matter,” says Bruce Dickinson, whose band are one of four “Album Champions” alongside Architects, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice for this year’s rock-themed event

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Suede at the Royal Festival Hall: Brett's a hybrid of Jim Morrison and a cat

5/5 Brett Anderson is in fine fettle as Suede continue their electrifying residency at the Southbank Centre

Evening Standard

"Before this plugin, the only way to get this tone was by chasing down old hardware or buying boutique pedals": Audio Hertz's Mk.pre emulates the Tascam Portastudio preamp that colours Mk.gee's sought-after guitar tone

Mk.pre is currently on offer at $19

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“My bass got caught in my pants and ripped them down to my ankles”: 11 real-life Spinal Tap moments from bass-playing royalty

Bass legends Victor Wooten, Thundercat, Duff McKagan and more share their own moments of outrage, downright stupidity and absolute genius

Guitar World

“I missed a couple of things which I would have loved to get better”: Brian May suggests that he wasn’t completely satisfied with his Bohemian Rhapsody guitar playing at The Last Night of the Proms

But he and Roger Taylor still managed to cause quite the fandango

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Steve Hackett announces Best of Genesis And Solo Gems 2026 England and Scotland tour dates

Steve Hackett announces UK leg of 2026 tour and names new band replacements

Louder

‘Indie boy gone bad’: the Hidden Cameras on their kinky, clubland inspired new sound

From his early 00s ‘gay church folk music’ via country-tinged indie, Joel Gibb has always been an outlier. Now he is back with an album of synthy pop pumpers

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“I was supposed to play guitar on Sweet Leaf, then it was Changes”: Wolfgang Van Halen remembers meeting Ozzy Osbourne and reveals his original plan for Back To The Beginning

The singer/multi-instrumentalist dropped out of Ozzy’s final show due to a schedule change, but he got to meet the Black Sabbath frontman at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the year before

Metal Hammer

"I'm trying to put a little bit of love and just realness into rock music": De'Wayne's been working for 10 years, but people are finally paying attention

Listening to De'Wayne's genre-flipping new album, it’sclear Taco Bell’s loss is very much rock’s gain

Louder

“I’m not a massive fan of all things prog. But I must have listened to the Tarkus album a million times down the years”: Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French wants Emerson, Lake and Palmer to be remembered for ever

Glam metal guitar slinger had been a fan of The Nice but hadn’t even heard of Carl Palmer when the super-talented supergroup blew him away live

Louder

"It's karaoke time and I understand that": Graham Bonnet on the "berserk" response to Rainbow's Since You've Been Gone

Just about to tour MSG's Assault Attack in full, Graham Bonnet is still singing songs by his old bands, having fun and not taking things too seriously

Louder

“I hoped we could go somewhere, with all of us making a living. I don’t have that hope any more”: Stubbornness, repurposed Kansas songs and letting a long-held ambition go helped Spock’s Beard make Noise Floor

By the time they delivered their 13th album in 2018, they’d already outlived many of their expectations. With line-up issues returning and the market having changed, they decided to focus on artistic achievement

Louder

Lewis Capaldi confirmed to headline BST Hyde Park and Roundhay Festival after emotional comeback

Lewis Capaldi has made a strong comeback after taking time out of music to focus on his mental health

The Independent UK

Lewis Capaldi set for triumphant BST Hyde Park headline show after comeback

The Scottish singer will return to the stage next summer for a landmark performance at London’s iconic festival

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Nikki Sixx says Mick Mars' claims that Motley Crue don't play live are a "betrayal to the band who saved his life"

Mick Mars' bitter feud with Motley Crue rumbles on as bassist Nikki Sixx dismisses backing track accusations

The Independent UK

Legendary songwriter who created some of The Monkees’ biggest hits dead

Bobby Hart created hits such as Last Train to Clarksville and I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone

MusicRadar

“Imagine if Paul McCartney dies and there’s early 16-year-old Beatles recordings, and then right up to the 10 best of his entire career”: Ed Sheeran reveals that plans for posthumous album are already in his will

He’s got it all planned out

Guitar World

“They had an 8-track demo for Livin’ On A Prayer. When the producer came in, we both agreed we had to come up with a better bassline”: How Hugh McDonald became Bon Jovi’s uncredited recording bassist

Hugh McDonald was at New York’s Power Station when he was asked to lay down a bass part for the band’s 1986 working-class anthem

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“An excellent, extremely easy-to-use pedal that’s not just for double-tracking but also for spacious stereo modulation”: KMA Geminus Stereo True Double Tracker review

Deliver a studio trick live on stage with Geminus, a thickener and widener that can deliver the feel of two guitars from just one

Louder

“Drug dealers and freaks and crazy people left over from the 60s – all defiant and distorted”: The story behind the Rolling Stones’ iconic Exile On Main Street album cover

How a guy with balls in his mouth became an unlikely Stones cover star

The Independent UK

Coldplay’s Chris Martin asks crowd to ‘send love’ to family of Charlie Kirk

‘You can send it to people you disagree with, but you send them love anyway,’ Martin told the Wembley audience

Evening Standard

Coldplay fans boo as Chris Martin asks crowd to ‘send love’ to Charlie Kirk’s family

Chris Martin has been criticised for giving a shoutout to the late right-wing activist during a concert at Wembley

Louder

“I thought, ‘What would people do if they only had five months to live?’ One song is called Shagathon…” Arjen Lucassen decided to be an egomaniac, and the result is Songs No One Will Hear

Ayreon mastermind’s third solo album mixes humour and tragedy as he explores the countdown to an extinction-level event

Louder

Half the world away: what ex-members of Oasis are up to whilst their former group embarks on their triumphant comeback tour without them

It's been an all-conquering summer for Noel and Liam, but what about the guys they left behind?

Louder

“There’s inevitably repeated songs from Asia, King Crimson and UK, but plenty of variations in arrangement – and he’s in fine voice throughout”: John Wetton’s Concentus II is 10 discs of sumptuous live performance

Ongoing retrospective series revisits his solo era of the 90s

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