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“These guitars empower metal artists with the authentic, crushing tone that built Jackson’s legendary reputation”: Jackson takes us back to the heyday of shred with the Pro Origins 1985 San Dimas series – and what about that Two Face finish?

Here's a collection of S-styles that take us back to the era of coin-op arcade machines, the arms race of technicality, and to the early days of an LA guitar brand that was weaponising electric guitar

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“Connecting directly to that golden era of guitar innovations”: Jackson pays homage to its early days with Pro Origins 1985 San Dimas series – featuring newly developed era-accurate pickups

Four new models boast fresh pickups based on early Jackson innovations

Guitar World

“I was instantly in a band because nobody wanted to play bass back then”: How Eddie Van Halen led to Les Claypool picking up the bass – and how he nearly joined Kirk Hammett’s band

The Primus bassist and Metallica lead guitarist attended the same high school – and very nearly ended up in the same band

Guitar World

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What should you do if, like me, you are irredeemably naff? Embrace it

From Abba to Supertramp, my taste in music has often inspired a rising sea of scorn. But whatever. I am cool with being uncool, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

“I’ll never forget, he did the whole thing, like the hand out with the snap, and started to sing this bassline”: How a teenage Mark Ronson convinced Michael Jackson to write him a bassline so he could make a hit song out of it

Oh, and Sean Lennon was there too, and he ended up playing it to Roberta Flack

MusicRadar

David Bowie's archive opens to the public. Fans can see and touch 1000s of his items

David Bowie's archive opens to the public this week, revealing a treasure trove of unrealized projects and personal items

The Independent UK

"It shows the breadth of talent from across the country and all of our nations”: The Mercury nominations are out with the usual mix of established names and niche outsiders

Sam Fender, Pulp, CMAT and Fontaines DC are among the big-name nominees

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“On the bass…” Spinal Tap recruit Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat for Jimmy Kimmel performance of Big Bottom

David St. Hubbins led a legion of bassists out onto the Jimmy Kimmel stage for a rendition of Spinal Tap’s 1984 track

Guitar World

“I’m gonna sneak some stuff in there to give it more personality”: Steve Morse injects Coldplay with some Deep Purple flair as he adds a guitar solo to mega-hit Fix You

The British pop rock giants don’t really do shred, so what happened when Morse got his hands on the track?

Guitar World

“Of all the artist-associated instruments I’ve been involved with, this has been my favorite journey”: A guitar once owned by Jimmy Page and given away in a magazine competition goes for over three times its estimate at auction

The 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 was originally bought by Page in 1972 and won by a New Music Express reader

Guitar World

“If that album bombed we would have been dropped from the label!”: Kiss stars recall the album that saved the band

It's 50 years since the release of Kiss Alive!

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“The guitar I play live is secretly a Squier. I replaced the neck plate – I was like, ‘I’m too big for this!’” How Frankensteined Fenders and vintage Gibsons supercharged the rise of Jack White-backed rockers Die Spitz

With a yin and yang guitar partnership, rarebreed pedals and a DIY attitude, the Texans’ blend of metal, punk and shoegaze is the latest addition to Third Man Records’ roster

Guitar World

V&A David Bowie Centre to feature entire section on ‘unrealised’ projects

The centre in Stratford will house more than 90,000 objects from the late Starman singer’s archive.

Evening Standard

‘We were ready to be the next Spice Girls’: X-Cetra, the Y2K girl group earning cult fame 25 years late

When four Californian pre-teens made an album together it was just one of many creative adventures and quickly set aside, but its reputation as naive avant pop has quietly grown. Still friends, the band explain their odd rebirth

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“That’s one of the key things that most people don’t get when they hear the song. But when I sang it with her, we nailed it”: Bryan Adams explains why the only person to do justice to Summer of '69 was Taylor Swift

“We only had one rehearsal, so she knows that song really well,” he says of their 2018 duet

Evening Standard

Sophie Ellis-Bextor at KOKO: her star has re-risen for a whole new generation

4/5 The pop star has had a remarkable post-Saltburn revival which is being capped off by a new album and irresistible shows like this

Guitar World

“I was drinking a lot and forgot that I bought it. The folks at Carter Vintage called me and were like, ‘You gonna come get this guitar?’” Marcus King on the vintage guitar he accidentally bought while drunk

King recently played Rory Gallagher’s famed white Fender Telecaster and Jeff Beck’s iconic Yardburst Les Paul

Guitar World

“You get emails saying they’d like to try a guitar and you think, ‘It’s not going to be THAT Audley Freed, is it?… Then the penny drops”: How Ivison Guitars became Britain’s hottest high-end brand

With new staff, in-house pickups and the continuing success of the Dakota, there’s plenty to discuss. We grab Neil Ivison for a quick chat

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Why Is Reneé Rapp's Bite Me Tour Set to Become 2025's Most Anticipated Show? Here's What We Know

Reneé Rapp's Bite Me Tour kicks off in 2025 after her chart-topping album. Here's why fans are calling it the most anticipated show of the year.

Evening Standard

Oasis 'set to add five Knebworth dates' to reunion tour for 30th anniversary

Oasis played two legendary gigs at Knebworth in 1996 - at the time, it was said 2 per cent of the UK population applied for tickets

Louder

"What someone loves about you one day might be cited as a reason they hate you now." Fast-rising US hardcore crew Militarie Gun share new single Throw Me Away, announce UK and European shows for 2026

Be prepared to throw down hard with Militarie Gun in 2026

The Independent UK

Rock acts Fontaines DC, Sam Fender and Wolf Alice shortlisted for the 2025 Mercury Prize

An Irish act could win for the first time in Mercury Prize history, with both Fontaines DC and pop singer CMAT shortlisted, while North Shields singer-songwriter Fender will be hoping for a homecoming triumph as the ceremony takes place in Newcastle

Evening Standard

Pulp, CMAT and Sam Fender among artists nominated for 2025 Mercury Prize

Britpop band Pulp previously won the prize in 1996 for Different Class.

The Guardian - UK

CMAT, Pulp and PinkPantheress among Mercury prize shortlist light on new names

Only two debut albums – among them the ‘token’ jazz release – feature among this year’s list of nominations for the coveted UK and Irish music prize

Metal Hammer

System Of A Down announce European stadium tour with support from Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath

The nu metal-era four-piece will bring a star-studded lineup to seven stadiums in the UK and Europe next summer

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