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“In America you had guys in bed sheets and placards with prayers on picketing the gigs. I said: ‘Who are they here for?’ And they said: ‘You!’”: The unholy AC/DC classic that riled the religious right – and marked the tragic end of an era

Louder

Celeste: ‘It can be exhausting, fighting for yourself to be heard’

INTERVIEW: The Oscar-nominated musician is back with her superb second album, ‘Woman of Faces’, but getting here hasn’t been easy. She talks to Roisin O’Connor about feeling compelled to speak up, the demands of the music industry, and ‘coming back to exist as herself, again’

The Independent UK

"If Morrissey says not to eat meat, then I’ll eat meat - that’s how much I hate Morrissey." The story of the hugely-entertaining, long-running beef between Robert Smith and Morrissey

The Cure and Smiths frontmen had a long-running war of words beginning back in 1984 and here are some of the best bits.

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According to Glenn Hughes and Slayer's Kerry King, the rock and metal talent pool is drying up

Former Deep Purple man Glenn Hughes and Slayer's Kerry King can't name any new rock or metal artists that excite them

Metal Hammer

Salman Rushdie reveals unique origin of iconic song by close friend Lou Reed

‘It’s kind of extraordinary to be able to say that I was friends with Lou Reed’ says author who was obsessed with the musician as a student

The Independent UK

Jellybean Johnson, Minneapolis Music Pioneer, 'The Time' Drummer and Prince Collaborator, Dead at 69

The music world mourns the passing of a legendary musician and producer who worked with Prince, Rihanna and more.

International Business Times UK

Taylor Swift's Dream Wedding Venue Confirmed And It's Not What You Think

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's dream wedding venue will provide the couple with as much privacy and security as they would require.

International Business Times UK

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“I met Billy Cobham on a Campbell’s Soup jingle and doing an Avon jingle with Herbie Hancock. It was an amazing time”: A pre-fame Stanley Clarke took chance after chance at a 1974 session with Aretha Franklin – and helped define a soul classic

Clarke's early session career offered tantalizing glimpses of his technical prowess and innovations, and hints of how he would transform the low-end landscape with Return To Forever and his own solo albums

Guitar World

"This girl walked up to me and stopped like she’d seen a ghost. She said, 'You’re not dead.' And I said, ‘No, you’re right.'" The sad, messy story of Alice In Chains’ final album with Layne Staley - and the beginning of the end of an era

The grunge titans just about managed to hold it together for their self-titled 1995 third record but they knew something had to give

Metal Hammer

'Dying' Dolly Parton Claims She Is 'Fine' But Sources Warn Of 'Drastic Decline'

Industry insiders share grave concerns over Dolly Parton's health as the icon cancels appearances following her husband's death. Read the exclusive report.

International Business Times UK

Radiohead’s music about alienation makes feeling alienated feel less alienating

IN FOCUS: Standing in the crowd at the sold-out reunion tour, long-time Radiohead fan Lucy Jones is reminded once again of what it is that makes this band so special

The Independent UK

I'm a guitarist and metal obsessive. So why have I only wanted to listen to video game soundtracks this year?

Modern metal just isn't doing it for me - but these epic video game OSTs are!

Metal Hammer

“I’ve never been a fan of slogging it out at auction. There are exceptions, though...” Joe Bonamassa says Gary Moore’s playing changed his life – now he’s just bought a piece of his guitar hero’s gear at auction

Bonamassa had banned himself from expensive big amp purchases in June, but this proved too tempting to pass up

Guitar World

“I’d like to think that when you die death comes for you however you want, and I feel that it’s your strongest memory”: The bleak but uplifting story behind the emo Bohemian Rhapsody

How My Chemical Romance became the kings of the 2000s emo scene

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"It's definitely different. There's a lot of soul music in there." The story of Luke Machin's debut solo album, Living On The Edge

Maschine and The Tangent guitarist Luke Machin is one of prog's most respected young guitarists. But for his Soulshine project he turned away from the day job to soul music

MusicRadar

“I’m still disappointed when people hear the chorus line as ‘got to’ rather than ‘get to’“: How One rescued Achtung Baby and saved U2

Track was written in just 15 minutes

Louder

“It deals with the fact there’s no hope of escaping The Trump Show. But if Michael League isn’t getting much sleep, his loss is the world’s gain”: Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest reunite for Somni

Texan prog-jazz collective hang out with some old friends who helped them score their first of five Grammys to date

International Business Times UK

Pras Michel: How a Fugees Icon Rose to Music Stardom and Fell into a Global Corruption Scandal

Pras Michel, once a celebrated Fugees member who helped define 1990s hip-hop, has fallen from musical stardom into a global corruption scandal, culminating in a 14-year prison sentence for illegally funneling millions into US political campaigns and lobbying on behalf of foreign interests.

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One to Watch -The Pill: 'If you don't get it, it's probably about you'

Loud, annoying, hilarious, the Isle of Wight’s hot new punk duo The Pill are just the medicine we need

Creative Bloq

I'm hooked on the new Bon Iver x Pantone colour collab

Behold fABLE Salmon.

Louder

“They said, ‘You mean we’ve paid $12,500 for a piano player?’ My publisher said, ‘Yes, but he’s a good piano player’”: The label called it “unsellable”, the critics hated it, but this prog icon’s solo album went on to sell nearly 15 million copies

How Rick Wakeman defied the critics and his own label to make The Six Wives Of Henry VIII

Metal Hammer

“I thought, ‘Enough. I don’t know that I need this kind of thing’”: In the early 90s, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor was at war with his label – so he did the most extreme thing he could

Between NIN’s Pretty Hate Machine and The Downward Spiral came Trent Reznor’s most extreme artistic statement

Louder

“I thought no one’s gonna buy this because it’s too long. I thought our label would say, ‘Sorry boys, you’ll be hearing from our lawyers’”: How Genesis wrote one of prog’s wildest epics –with help from a rumoured exorcism

Genesis’ mad 1972 epic is up there with Stairway To Heaven and Shine On You Crazy Diamond

The Independent UK

Rosalía receives surprise praise from Vatican for her ‘provocative’ songs about faith

Rosalía’s new album has received widespread praise for her daring new musical pursuit

Metal Hammer

"I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure." Steve Harris had his doubts over Bruce Dickinson's 1999 return to Iron Maiden

How different things could have been if Steve Harris had blocked Bruce Dickinson's Iron Maiden comeback

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