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This Cassette Boombox just blew away every other Bluetooth speaker — but it's not cheap

It might look old, but the GB-001 is filled with modern features — and it delivers some truly epic sound.

Tom’s Guide

“You’ll hear him say everything from, ‘I never wanted it to be a single’ to ‘I hated the song’”: The huge Linkin Park hit that Chester Bennington didn’t even want on Hybrid Theory

Even Chester admitted that he was wrong

Metal Hammer

“As sprawling musically as it is thematically, closing an epic cycle in style”: Lunatic Soul’s The World Under Unsun is a triumphant journey’s end

Riverside’s Mariusz Duda concludes his circle-of-life-and-death story with eighth instalment (that takes place between the fifth and fourth)

Louder

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“I was with Ozzy nine months and it didn’t end in a good break-up”: Drum legend Carmine Appice on getting high with Jimi Hendrix, falling out with Ozzy Osbourne and the late guitar hero he spoke to just before he died

Drum legend Carmine Appice has been in the business for 60 years – and he’s crossed paths with everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Dave Grohl

Louder

‘G’day Australia. Did you miss us?’ Oasis kicks off Australia tour with euphoric show

The bucket hats were out in force at Marvel Stadium as Liam and Noel Gallagher made a polished – and even affectionate – return to Melbourne

The Guardian - AU

“It’s become impossible to operate sustainably as a predominantly brick and mortar musical instrument retailer in the UK”: Scotland’s Kenny’s Music is the latest guitar shop chain to close its doors – despite strong sales figures

Kenny’s had a physical presence in Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dunfermline and its closure continues a worrying trend that has seen UK gear heavyweights GAK and PMT go to the wall

Guitar World

“Matt and MGW have collaborated for several years to fine-tune the pedal… And the results will astonish you”: Manson Guitar Works' debut fuzz pedal is here, but will Matt Bellamy’s high-end boutique stompbox be worth the wait?

Co-designed by the Muse frontman, designed to go into your amp or direct to desk, and built in partnership with Thorpy FX, the Supermassive Black Fuzz is a lot of pedal – and it ain't cheap

Guitar World

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“I think we’re on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying”: When David Bowie gave an amazingly accurate prediction of how the internet would change everything - and even hinted at AI

Bowie’s staggeringly prophetic 1999 Newsnight interview revealed his astute awareness of how the internet was going to change music and content forever

MusicRadar

Arcade Fire couple Win Butler and Regine Chassagne split after 22 years of marriage

Break-up comes after Butler faced misconduct allegations, which he denies, three years ago

Evening Standard

“What Dire Straits would sound like if Mark Knopfler grew up in the deserts of Algeria rather than the streets of Newcastle”: October 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks

Liven up your Halloween with six-string (and five-string) sorcery from Alter Bridge, Mei Semones, Whitney, Karma Sheen, Jacob Collier, Unprocessed, and many more

Guitar World

Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers, 48, was ‘found dead in a pool of blood’

The 48-year-old passed away earlier this month

Evening Standard

The Guide #215: Why we can’t get enough of Bohemian Rhapsody

In this week’s newsletter: Fifty years after its release, the Queen classic shows no signs of biting the dust. So what makes it such a timeless tune?

The Guardian - UK

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody voted favourite song of Greatest Hits Radio listeners

It is the seventh year in a row the 1975 track has topped the list of 500 songs.

Evening Standard

“It was about completing the circle and us showing what James and I as guitar players did to change the world”: Dave Mustaine reveals why Megadeth are covering Metallica on their final album

Megadeth's new album will find Mustaine and co playing a Metallica classic, co-written by Mustaine in the early days, and MegaDave promises us we've never heard Ride the Lightning like this before

Guitar World

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“He would always put himself down. I'd say, 'How is your latest record, Jeff?' And he'd go, 'Oh, it's a lot of rubbish'”: Ritchie Blackmore says that Jeff Beck was "always reaching for something he couldn't find"

“He was always reaching for something he couldn't find," he says of guitar great

Latin Times

Celia Cruz's Voice Returns to Vinyl with Éxitos Eternos, a Century After Her Birth

Twenty-two years after her death, the unmistakable cry of "¡Azúcar!" is spinning again, this time from a gold vinyl that crackles like memory. Éxitos Eternos, a new LP from Amazon Music available this fall, gathers some of Celia Cruz's most iconic recordings in a single, limited-edition release that coincides with…

MusicRadar

“I feel a freedom behind the piano that I don’t feel behind the sequencer”: Armin Van Buuren on why he ditched the DAW and released an album of one-take piano recordings

"If people will dislike this or be critical of this, because it’s so personal, that will hit me harder than when I do release another dance track"

Metal Hammer

"I dug the record 'cause it was incorporating hip hop into rock. I was like, 'This is cool!'" How one rap legend joined the unlikeliest tour ever to help bring hip hop to the nu metal generation

The idea of Ice Cube and Korn sharing a bill might not seem strange now, but in the 90s, it was a thrilling novelty

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"These typical metalheads, long-haired with their jackets, they’re the ones standing there and singing Backstreet Boys and Cascada." Five minutes with Electric Callboy, the band "making metal accessible"

Electric Callboy have metalheads singing along to 90s pop classics, and they love it

Cinemablend

I've Been Wondering Why Taylor Swift Hasn't Been Seen As Much At Chiefs Games, And There's Reportedly A Big Reason

Well this makes sense.

MusicRadar

“Brian Johnson was screaming. A producer working in the studio next door came in and said to Mutt, ‘You’re gonna kill him!’ Mutt said, ‘Yeah! But doesn’t it sound great?’”: How AC/DC’s singer suffered during the making of the classic Back In Black

Producer Mutt Lange told the story to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger

Guitar World

David Gilmour is a master of melodic bluesy phrasing – here are 3 ways to cop his style in your own playing

Whether you call these solo ideas minor blues or embellished pentatonic/blues scale, the effect is the same, freeing you up from established patterns to hold your audience's attention

International Business Times UK

Justin Timberlake Reportedly Sides With Britney Spears, Slams K-Fed as 'Freeloading Douchebag'

Justin Timberlake reportedly feels 'sad and disturbed' seeing Britney Spears face new attacks from Kevin Federline's memoir, calling him a 'freeloading opportunist' exploiting her pain.

Metal Hammer

"I've always hated it. I sound like a little kid!" From label interference to an acrimonious split, the story behind the classic Evanescence song that Amy Lee (eventually) learned to love

It's one of Evanescence's biggest songs, but it's safe to say Amy Lee was not keen on it at first

Evening Standard

Florence Welch slams friend Taylor Swift’s ex in biting new lyric

After three years away, Florence Welch reclaims her crown — and fires a lyrical shot at The 1975’s infamous frontman

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