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The Metallica guitarist never intended to buy Peter Green and Gary Moore's iconic single-cut – but changed his mind once he finally got his hands on it

The Smiths singer’s contribution to the club, which featured on the artwork of The Queen is Dead album, is his third known effort to save it from closure

Tom Dalgety has crafted some of modern rock’s biggest-sounding albums – and he has some sage words of wisdom when it comes to guitar tone

Country music icon said the song in question was the ‘most personal’ to her

First new music in almost nine years picks up where the acclaimed +4626-Comfortzone left off in 2015

PLAYBACK: The Seattle grunge band performed on MTV Unplugged in a funereal setting of lit candles and white lilies. Mark Beaumont chronicles the troubled days leading up to the show, during which Kurt Cobain faced money-minded executives, a nervous fire marshal – and his inner demons

THE COUNTDOWN: As the rock pioneers release their first album in 16 years, Mark Beaumont forgoes all singles and picks the best songs spanning a four-decade career

How Bill Ward's final performance with Black Sabbath was overshadowed by Ozzy Osbourne's buttocks

Only Ones singer Peter Perrett follows 2017's I Wanna Go With Dignity with an album of helpless romance and everyday reality