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‘Why are all these twentysomethings at a Killing Heidi show?’ How nostalgia tours took over Australian music

The band are among a wave of artists hitting the road this year to celebrate landmark albums. It reflects deeper trends in the Australian music landscape, where new artists are struggling to cut through

The Guardian - AU

“The essential building blocks of any ‘board”: Fender adds vintage analogue heat to the Hammertone pedal lineup with the Breakup Drive and Boost, both with switchable modes and a budget-friendly $99 price tag

The Hammertone Breakup Drive and Hammertone Boost have abundant tone-sweetening powers with lots of bang for your buck

MusicRadar

Powerbeats Fit squeezes into the lineup as Beats’ flexible contender

The updated workout earbuds bring a smaller case and redesigned wingtips

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“Never did I actually expect to get the chance to see one up close, let alone play one”: Everything that caught my eye at Guitar Summit 2025 – from the grand unveiling of a brand-new guitar company to the year’s most anticipated amp modeler

Rosengarten Mannheim became a scorching-hot cauldron of all things guitar for three days – and there were plenty of highlights

Guitar World

“He pointed out that the bass is the most important thing in a rock song”: Ozzy Osbourne has worked with the biggest virtuosos in the world – but Andrew Watt says he valued the bass above all else

Watt collaborated closely with the Prince of Darkness on his final two albums and discovered he valued one instrument above the rest when it came to dialing in a mix

Guitar World

Bad Bunny: I want to show off Puerto Rican culture at Super Bowl show

He will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LX half-time show in February.

Evening Standard

“He’s on all of the songs, including one that’s 13 minutes - we just didn’t want Pino to ever stop playing": Miley Cyrus pays tribute to legendary bassist Pino Palladino as he’s honoured with the Welsh Music Inspiration award

“If I only had one person to choose to play bass with for the rest of my days, I would choose Pino Palladino,” says Questlove

MusicRadar

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Zeppelin and Floyd hoped his magic would rub off on them. The Happy Mondays just wanted to kidnap him. Donovan just dropped the most epic, name-dropping answer to a question ever

After all, why reply with a short response when you can weave a long tale involving Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and more instead?

Louder

New research finds surge of music fandoms caused by craving for community among Gen Z

From Taylor Swift’s Swifties to Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters – fandoms are thriving

The Independent UK

Watch Slayer charge through Hell Awaits during the fieriest rehearsal video you’ll probably ever see

Lots of metal bands want to tear the house down – Slayer are doing their damnedest to burn it down

Metal Hammer

“Due to a specific condition called a vocal fold hematoma”: Avenged Sevenfold postpone Latin American tour after M Shadows reports a ruptured blood vessel in his vocal cord

Dates are set to be rescheduled for January

MusicRadar

Boyzone to return for one-off London gig after six-year hiatus

The nostalgic 90s boyband will perform at the Emirates Stadium in London next June

The Independent UK

Lady Gaga: The Mayhem Ball at the O2 review — put your paws up for the stadium show of the century

5/5 If we could give this show six stars we would

Evening Standard

“I thought, ‘I wonder if I can get away with putting sleigh bells on a doom-metal song?’” How Paradise Lost’s Greg Mackintosh is rewriting the gothic metal rulebook

Ascension is another work of magisterial gothic doom from the English metal stalwarts, who are still chasing new ways to articulate melancholy in the infinite sadness

Guitar World

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“Remember the golden rule of mixing: if you can’t hear something, that doesn’t mean it’s too quiet – it’s more likely that something else is too loud”: How to deal with sound engineers and help them help you dial in a killer live tone

If you want to sound great on stage and off, there are a few tricks about amp placement, gear, and diplomacy that you should know

Metal Hammer

Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s spat was blown out of proportion, says support act: “Whatever was going on, they were professional enough to keep it from affecting the tour”

Bleed From Within supported Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine at multiple US shows, and singer Scott Kennedy says the co-headliners’ falling-out “wasn’t as bad as it was made out to be”

Creative Bloq

Taylor Swift’s Easter Eggs are a masterclass in creative mischief – and they're heating up

Here's what every creative can learn from this.

Louder

"I've got blisters on my fingers!" 12 songs that prove The Beatles really rocked

When The Beatles cranked up the guitars, they really cranked up the guitars

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Meet the Duo Behind KATSEYE's Instantly Iconic Choreography

Grant Gilmore and Sohey Sugihara dish on working with the K-pop stars since their inception and crafting viral moments.

Guitar World

“I saw one of their pedals and thought, ‘That’s the sound I’ve been thinking about for 10 years!’” Meet Coach Party, the UK indie-rockers dialing in Tokai Teles, Amazon tremolos and secrets from Queens of the Stone Age’s pedalboards

The Isle of Wight quartet discuss Josh Homme’s hospitality, giving lessons to Wet Leg and their sticky yet therapeutic second album, Caramel –and share an exclusive live performance of Still Hurts

MusicRadar

“They had Coldplay and U2 and all the big rock groups there. So we came on and did our thing and David Lee Roth saw it and said, ‘I want Kool & the Gang to be my support act’”: How Van Halen ended up choosing an unlikely opening band for their 2012 tour

"We have the song Jump and you came up with Celebration - let’s go out and have a party," Roth told bassist Robert 'Kool' Bell

Guitar World

“Playing with John is always a university of learning and experimenting”: John Mayer and Isaiah Sharkey impress at record-breaking concert – and Sharkey’s in-development signature Ibanez was along for the ride

The guitar is one of two in-the-works signature models, and it starred during the largest ticketed single concert in US history

Evening Standard

Dolly Parton, 79, delays Las Vegas residency so she can 'slow down' amid 'health challenges'

The country music legend recently pulled out of an appearance due to a a kidney stone

MusicRadar

“He would always say to me, ‘Listen to Led Zeppelin and tell me what the loudest thing is’. And me, having my confidence, I’d be like, ‘it’s the drums. John Bonham.’ He said, ‘Nope…’“: Andrew Watt on what Ozzy Osbourne taught him about mixing

“He was a literal genius”, says producer

The Guardian - UK

Danny Thompson obituary

Bass player and founder member of Pentangle who worked with John Martyn, Nick Drake and Kate Bush

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