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British rocker issues urgent plea after sentimental items stolen in north London

The singer revealed instruments were taken on Tuesday, July 1 as he prepares to head out on tour

Evening Standard

Sam Fender beats Taylor Swift to best-selling vinyl record of the year so far

The 31-year-old’s third album People Watching was released in February this year.

Evening Standard

’I’m crying just remembering it!’: readers on Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s goodbye gig

On Saturday night the Brummie rockers bade farewell to a stunning career, and Guardian readers were united in awe and respect

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Sigrid: ‘I’ve been co-producing my whole career – this is just the first time I’m getting credit for it’

INTERVIEW: The Norwegian pop star speaks exclusively to The Independent ahead of the release of her jubilant new single ‘Jellyfish’ and her forthcoming set at Latitude Festival

The Independent UK

Green Carnation announce trilogy of albums with brand new video for In Your Paradise

Norwegian heavy proggers Green Carnation will release A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia in September

Metal Hammer

Watch Spiritbox bust out one of their heaviest songs as they make American TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Canadian quartet played Soft Spine and probably rattled a few US television sets in the process

Metal Hammer

"It's about seeking infinite possibilities and walking a path no one has travelled before." How Babymetal are embracing the future of metal on new album Metal Forth

15 years in, it's obvious Babymetal were never meant to be just a flash-in-the-pan viral sensation

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“I could tell that he was very proud… ‘This is my guy, my guitar player. I found him under a rock in Belfast!’”: Vivian Campbell on his complicated relationship with Ronnie James Dio– and what Dio told Ozzy Osbourne about his playing

Campbell says working with the late, great Ronnie James Dio wasn't always easy – and it didn't help that Campbell once likened him to Tom Jones

MusicRadar

“I was expecting weirdness, but Michael wasn’t that way at all. He was very interested in my pedalboard”: Session legend Tim Pierce on working with Michael Jackson – and how the King of Pop turned out to be an unexpected gear nerd

As a session pro, Pierce has worked with a who’s who of the music industry, and lent his guitar chops to some of Jackson’s most notable recordings

Guitar World

Visco 2.0 turns the boundary-pushing drum machine into a polysynth – and makes one of last year’s best plugins even more of a must-try

Forever89’s free update adds a new tonal engine to its resynthesis-powered drum machine – we get hands-on

MusicRadar

“We were doing War Pigs… Ozzy looks at me and mouths, ‘What are the words?’ I said, ‘Idon’t know.’ So he started singing Old MacDonald Had a Farm”: Jake E. Lee on his wild Ozzy Osbourne days and why Tony Iommi is harder to emulate than Randy Rhoads

Arthritis and the small matter of being shot didn't stop Jake E. Lee from honoring his old bandmate/boss Ozzy Osbourne and hero Tony Iommi at Sabbath's final show. And Tom Morello needed him bad

Guitar World

“I gave up trying to be a great guitar player. I have enough to get by in the studio – I got away with murder”: Mark Knopfler on why he doesn’t consider himself a “guitar god” – and the ones in the industry who deserve that title

40 years after the release of the Dire Straits’ seminal album, Brothers in Arms, Knopfler reflects on that game-changing period and why he was always a reluctant rock star

Guitar World

“You gotta quit at the right moment, and Gary did the worst thing any band member can do. I was angry, man”: Scott Gorham on how his guitar partnership with Gary Moore came to a dramatic end – and building bridges with the late guitar hero decades later

The Belfast-born virtuoso brought blues-rock fireworks to Thin Lizzy's sound and a muscular foil for Gorham who was always trying something different

Guitar World

“The audience got on my side when I came out with this broken guitar… it started life as a Baby Taylor but got stepped on and snapped”: He's been called the UK's “best, most humane songwriter” but a broken acoustic is the secret to Richard Dawson's sound

Richard Dawson on balancing the mundane and profane, and the "unsteady" melodies of his staggering new album

Guitar World

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The Independent UK

Statue unveiled in Liverpool to mark Ringo Starr’s 85th birthday

The Beatles drummer shared his annual birthday message of ‘peace and love’

Evening Standard

Faithless: 'I wish Maxi were alive to see the love in the room'

Sister Bliss on life after Maxi Jazz and why Faithless remain one of the most vital acts in the country

Louder

“I’ve gotten in trouble because my background is so varied. ‘Are you a jazz guy? Are you a rock guy?’ I get it – If I buy cornflakes I want cornflakes”: How Chester Thompson and Neal Morse formed Cosmic Cathedral

With an average age of 70 the musical experience shines through on debut album Deep Water, as Morse aims to strike a balance between arrangements, jams and lyrical themes

International Business Times UK

Oasis return to stage with fans praising 'best show since the '90s'

Oasis kicks off their long-awaited comeback with a stunning performance, proving they're back to their best since their '90s heyday. With trademark swagger and a setlist packed with anthems, the Manchester legends reminded everyone why they defined a generation.

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The Independent UK

Iron Maiden added to list of music legends celebrated on Royal Mint coins

The heavy metal band are joining other acts in the Royal Mint’s ‘music legends’ coins series

Louder

"Sometimes you’ve got to shake up expectations." Idlewild announce first new album in six years: listen to anthemic first single Stay Out Of Place

The release of Idlewild's self-titled tenth album later this year will be accompanied by a UK tour

The Independent UK

Lauryn Hill defended by festival organizers after performing at 2am to nearly-empty stadium

Essence Festival took full responsibility for the singer’s delayed arrival on stage

Metal Hammer

“Bill’s brother used to be in a gang, and he was like the knife man. Bill suggested we write a song about him”: The stories behind the three most obscure Black Sabbath covers played at the Back The Beginning gig

Metallica and Guns N’Roses threw in some curveball covers at the Back To The Beginning show

Evening Standard

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron steps down from band after 27 years

The US rock band said he would be ‘deeply missed’.

Metal Hammer

9 moments that made me cheer, laugh, despair and cry like a baby at Black Sabbath's epic Back To The Beginning show

Filing down the biggest heavy metal show ever to pick out some key moments was hard - but I did it anyway

The Independent UK

Zayn Malik alludes to racism he faced during One Direction years in debut rap song

Singer-songwriter released preview of ‘Fuchsia Sea’ on Instagram over the weekend

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