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“Partly a tribute to a fallen bandmate, it’s as emotionally raw as thrash ever got”: 10 epic ballads that show thrash metal’s emotional side

There was more to thrash metal than speed

Metal Hammer

Baxter Dury enters his brat era: 'I want to escape the trap of mature man music'

Baxter Dury’s new album Allbarone is a dancefloor filler resulting from a love of Charli xcx and a producer who wouldn’t listen to him

Evening Standard

"John made himself out to be the big working-class hero: he was the least working-class in the group." In 1984, revisiting his work with The Beatles, Paul McCartney shed new light on his relationship with John Lennon in his most revealing interviews ever

"If you ever got a speck of praise from John, a crumb of it, you were quite grateful." Paul McCartney on John Lennon

Louder

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“If you’re a singer, you’re totally reliant on your body. You can't put a bit more distortion on your amp or use effects. You can’t compensate. You’re very exposed”: Why Iron Maiden had to change their singer to reach the next level

Guitarist Adrian Smith remembers a pivotal moment in Maiden’s history

MusicRadar

John Legend says he feels sad to see ‘devolution’ of mentor Kanye West

The singer said it had become difficult to sustain his relationship with the rapper due to their differing political views.

Evening Standard

John Legend says the death of Kanye West’s mother started the rapper’s ‘descent’

‘It does feel sad, sometimes shocking, to see where he is now,’ says the singer

The Independent UK

Harry Styles' epic gap year: from the Berlin Marathon to romance in Rome

While on a break from promoting his music, Harry Styles has embraced a very different type of world tour — travelling everywhere from Somerset to Tokyo

Evening Standard

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Taylor Swift slams 'clickbait' subpoena as Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal row deepens

The 35-year-old singer, currently on her global Eras Tour, was served a legal notice on Friday by Baldoni’s lawyer

Evening Standard

“Dismissed as bland, complacent and of the establishment, it was now outsider music. If you wanted to be a true rebel, you came out as a prog fan”: Five essential neo-prog albums of the 80s

The second-wave movement didn’t last long – but its bands revitalised the genre with an attitude and energy that’s still being felt today

Louder

“Iggy ran from one side of the stage to the other and head-butted the wall. I was covered in blood, because he’d come up and danced around me”: The Pretty Things singer Phil May’s wild tales of Hendrix, Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and Judy Garland

Late Pretty Things singer Phil May was mates with Hendrix and Page, a rival of the Stones and an accidental drinking buddy of Judy Garland

Louder

As Oasis get ready to start rehearsing for their reunion tour, here’s what the setlist needs to be

Warning: do not click if you’re a huge fan of She’s Electric.

Louder

The Beatles biopic is being brought to us by a trio of white men – how boringly predictable

STATE OF THE ARTS: As three male writers are announced as the people behind the new, four-part Beatles biopic – along with director Sam Mendes and stars including Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan – Laura Barton asks why women, despite propelling the band to glory, are rarely considered an authority…

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift was subpoenaed to testify in Justin Baldoni's trial against Blake Lively: the reaction was explosive.

The artist was mentioned by Blake Lively herself in her texts to Justin Baldoni. Now Taylor Swift could take the stand, and she's not happy at all.

Latin Times

Eurovision star Emmy was ‘scared’ of Irish judges

The 24-year-old Norwegian singer was voted through as the 2025 Ireland Eurovision representative with her song Laika Party.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Taylor Swift subpoenaed in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle

A representative for the pop superstar said the decision to subpoena her was designed to create ‘tabloid clickbait’

Guitar World

“Some of the most ambitious custom shop guitars I’ve ever seen”: These are the gear releases that have caught my eye this week – and the essential launches you might have missed

New drops from JHS Pedals, Fender, Victory, and more that need to be on your radar this week

The Independent UK

Maren Morris' 'Dreamsicle' album invites healing as she embraces her new life

Country star Maren Morris is back with a new album, “Dreamsicle,” her fourth studio project

Evening Standard

Self Esteem says she is ‘comfortable sharing’ Glastonbury line-up with Kneecap

Self Esteem is due to perform at Glastonbury and said she thinks it is ‘important’ that the Irish band perform.

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“Even today, there’s little nuances that Eddie did, and I can get close, but it’s about trying to capture the feeling”: Why George Clinton’s P-Funk All Stars never shined so bright as when ‘Kidd Funkadelic’ and Eddie Hazel joined forces on Maggot Brain

Woodstock '69 finally had some competition as the ultimate acid guitar jam when Rockpalast 1985 united two funk-rock guitar gods under a trippy groove

The Guardian - UK

Pink Floyd return to top of UK album charts with 1972 Pompeii concert recording

Prog rockers score seventh No 1 album with recording of Italian gig, extending their chart run following final studio album The Endless River in 2014

Evening Standard

Pink Floyd score seventh UK number one album with Pompeii live recording

In the UK singles chart Alex Warren’s Ordinary remained at number one.

Louder

“This gentleman was someone we looked up to before the Ramones." Watch Pearl Jam rock Nashville with one of the biggest rock stars of the '70s

Pearl Jam invite one of their favourite British rock stars to share their stage in Nashville

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Statue of late Motorhead frontman Lemmy unveiled in English hometown

A decade after his death, Lemmy, the frontman of the legendary British heavy metal band Motorhead, will stand tall and proud in his hometown in the north of England.

MusicRadar

“The only difference for me between me calling it an album and a mixtape is what I went into it thinking it was”: PinkPantheress on why her new project, Fancy That, is a mixtape rather than an album

“If I went in thinking it was an album, it probably would have been different in some ways”

The Guardian - UK

Joe Louis Walker obituary

Restlessly inventive blues guitarist and singer whose gift was for reinventing the genre in surprising ways

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