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Festival promoter brands Royal Albert Hall levy scheme ‘ludicrous’

Industry veteran John Giddings claims levy means ‘charging the general public’ and insists artists should instead be doing more to support the venues they started out in

The Independent UK

“I’m not a collector. I get guitars, but I give them away. Guitars are like human beings – if you don’t play them, they get sick”: Why John McLaughlin still regrets giving up some vintage guitars – including a '67 Strat gifted to Jeff Beck

Plus: why he loves his latest PRS

MusicRadar

Cool new proggy sounds from Jo Quail, Steeleye Span, Chimpan A and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

Great new prog you must hear from Between The Buried And Me, The Vintage Caravan, Aisles and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Louder

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Sabaton, Hatebreed and Helloween are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Metal Hammer

"The guys need a drummer for their album, which will be recorded in September with Rick Rubin producing": Zak Starkey reveals that he once turned down the chance to join Black Sabbath

The drummer has shared a letter that was sent to him by Sharon Osbourne in 2013

MusicRadar

Westside Cowboy’s ramshackle Americana – plus the week’s best new tracks

The Manchester band have coined the ungainly term ‘Britainicana’ for their sound – but their mix of punky vigour and country classicism rattles along at high speed

The Guardian - UK

Paul McCartney describes Spinal Tap song as ‘literature’ in first sequel trailer

The film is a follow-up to 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap.

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Cleo Laine, Britain's most successful jazz singer, dies aged 97

Versatile singer straddled jazz, classical, pop and musical theatre with four-octave range, and collaborated for decades with husband, John Dankworth

The Guardian - UK

“I’m so sorry I couldn’t spend more time with you on the weekend”: Jake E. Lee shares the last text message he received from Ozzy Osbourne

The Prince of Darkness, who passed away this week, reached out to his former guitarist after the historic Back to Beginning farewell show

Guitar World

Denise Welch’s savage five-word response to Taylor Swift and son Matty Healy's 'tricky' split

The 1975 frontman, 36, and Midnights singer, 35, briefly dated in 2023

Evening Standard

Herbie Hancock at the Barbican review: unpredictable, entertaining and ageless

4/5 The jazz legend is still throwing his famous curve balls at 85 years old

Evening Standard

“The story is nuts. I was sat in the control room when our receptionist rang through and said, ‘Bob Dylan’s on the phone’”: How Eurythmics legend Dave Stewart became friends with his hero – after what he thought was a prank call

Stewart was alone in the studio when he received a call from what he thought was prankster

Guitar World

“I asked Olivia, ‘I’d love to play one of George’s guitars.’ She just said, ‘Of course – which one?’” How a Gypsy jazz guitarist came to play George Harrison’s iconic Beatles guitars on a new tribute album

Recorded in Harrison’s home studio using his most famous instruments, Robin Nolan’s Gypsy jazz covers reimagine the quiet Beatle’s best moments – andfinally completes Harrison’s ‘lost’ song…

Guitar World

Oasis’s infamous 2000 Wembley gig still haunts Gallagher brothers ahead of London shows

The Manchester rock icons are about to headline seven nights at Wembley as part of their reunion tour across the UK and Ireland

Evening Standard

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Guitar World

“Countless Zoso wannabes have tried to decipher Jimmy Page’s tone secrets”: Hands-on with the ultimate Led Zeppelin amps – Sundragon’s painstakingly accurate replicas of the guitar hero’s elusive backline

It’s not guaranteed that they’ll make you sound like Jimmy Page, but Sundragon’s fastidiously accurate replicas of two of his favorite amps may well get you close

Louder

“The oddest thing was the audience trying to enjoy themselves when the sound system was barely audible”: Sky covered Bach’s Tocatta on Top Of The Pops… is it the least likely musical moment ever?

What happened when five serious musicians became pop stars of sorts for 11 weeks in 1980

The National (Scotland)

How to get home from the Oasis concerts at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium

Here is when the last tram service will leave from Murrayfield Stadium ahead of the Oasis shows in Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Braxton: Quartet (England) 1985 review – recovered cassettes capture foursome in fantastic flux

The free-collective energy of one of Braxton’s most intuitive groups jostles and enchants as a mirror of life’s rhythms

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The Independent UK

Kelly Osbourne reacts to Ozzy’s death with poignant Black Sabbath lyrics

Prince of Darkness died aged 76, just weeks after his farewell show in Birmingham

Evening Standard

'I had ten minutes to fit Oasis' suits for their 1997 tour'

Richard James director Toby Lamb recalls working with the Gallagher brothers back in the 90s

MusicRadar

“We were doing that riff and cracking up laughing the whole time”: Zakk Wylde on how a “joke” riff won Ozzy Osbourne his first ever Grammy

The No More Tears sessions found the Ozzy camp in high spirits and ready to lay down a record that would take the Prince of Darkness' solo career to new heights

Louder

Long hair, tight pants and ripsaw sleaze guitars: Meet Ravagers, your new favourite glam-punk marauders

Part Hanoi Rocks, part their skanky selves, meet Ravagers, the band soundtracking the end of the world

Louder

"A 12-banger cracker of a record": 51 years on, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper finds the original band in majestic form

The Alice Cooper group's first full studio album together since 1974’s Muscle Of Love is a convincing recreation of an old landscape

Evening Standard

Oasis to rock London for the first time in more than 16 years

After a run of homecoming gigs in Manchester’s Heaton Park, the group returns to London’s Wembley Stadium.

Evening Standard

Led Zeppelin guitar given away for free could sell for £50,000 at auction

The 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 electric guitar was the prize in a competition run by New Musical Express magazine.

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