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Record producer, songwriter and arranger whose work on Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody took the single to the top of the charts around the world

The Guardian - UK

Who is JJ? Meet Austria’s Eurovision 2025 champion

Young musician wowed the jury and public voters with his operatic performance of ‘Wasted Love’ at the final in Basel, Switzerland

The Independent UK

“Tom Morello comes back and says, ‘Guess what? Ozzy wants to sing No More Tears’”: Sammy Hagar reveals how many songs Ozzy Osbourne will perform at his final show

Ozzy previously said he’ll only do “little bits and pieces” during the historic show

Guitar World

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“It would be unfair to describe the message as cliché, but might there be a more inventive way of conveying it?” Neal Morse’s supergroup Cosmic Cathedral reassert their beliefs on debut album Deep Water

Former Spock’s Beard man with Chester Thompson, Phil Keaggy and Byron House offer strong virtuosic music – although preaching and genre-hopping may alienate some

Louder

"I was talking with Kurt, and he said, You should join my band." The night that Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, and DinosaurJr's J. Mascis realised that newcomers Nirvana were going to change alternative rock forever

Watch a four-piece Nirvana play one of the most important gigs of their career in July 1989

Metal Hammer

“His studio was a temple to analogue, within which he made a point of always wearing a boiler suit”: 6 of the quirkiest producers who pushed recorded music further than ever before

They might have operated in idiosyncratic ways, but the particular approaches of these producers have left a footprint on the music landscape

MusicRadar

Ghost may have banned phones from their 2025 tour, but you can see footage of their latest shows in the new music video for Peacefield

The song is taken from the Swedish devil church’s new album Skeletá

Metal Hammer

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Featuring Halestorm, Whiskey Myers, Laura Jane Grace and five other kings and queens of the nightime world

Louder

English folk icon Wizz Jones – guitar hero of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Thurston Moore – has died at 86

Jones was an influential and consistent figure in the British folk scene for the past six decades

Guitar World

“Do something with it. Mangle it. You have to be ruthlessly objective": Trevor Horn on his sampling and drum machine production mindset

The legendary producer lowers his guard when quizzed about the 'golden era' of hi-tech music making

MusicRadar

Artists are telling off Gen Zs for being bad crowds — are phoneless gigs the answer?

With artists lamenting the mass of phones that point at them during their gigs (and some even banning them) we explore why Gen Zs make for such bad crowds

Evening Standard

“He combined the passion of Gary Moore with riffs inspired by Zeppelin and Deep Purple, plus unexpected melodic twists like Ritchie Blackmore”: He was one of ’80s rock’s great journeymen – and his searing hot lead work inspired Marty Friedman

Exploring the lead guitar style of John Sykes, a player who – like Page, Blackmore, and Moore – balanced flair with power

Guitar World

“Damn, that guy could shred. Can you imagine what that would have sounded like?” Wednesday 13 says the late Alexi Laiho once came close to joining him and Slipknot’s Joey Jordison in Murderdolls

The late Children of Bodom virtuoso nearly featured on the group’s second and final album

Guitar World

“Their music gave a voice to generations and influenced many artists that followed in their footsteps”: One of the most iconic session players of all time has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, alongside The White Stripes and Soundgarden

Oasis and Phish were notably snubbed from the Class of 2025

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Evening Standard

Squid at the Roundhouse: 'suitably evil'

3.5/5 Squid deliver visceral crowd-pleasing thrills with their songs of horror

Creative Bloq

Original Slipknot logo design revealed (and it's absolutely iconic)

Joey Jordison's original sketch is an instant classic.

Metal Hammer

Slayer’s Kerry King admits he isn’t close with Tom Araya: “He’s not the guy I started the band with”

King says that Slayer’s singer/bassist is “a very different person” compared to when they started the band together in 1981

MusicRadar

“He’s all right, he’s on tip-top form. We can’t wait": Noel and Liam Gallagher perform together behind closed doors for the first time in 16 years

Want to see the Oasis reunion? Too late. It’s already happened

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Evening Standard

Mariah Carey among performers announced for Capital’s Summertime Ball

US singer Benson Boone, rapper and social media star KSI and Messy singer Lola Young will also perform at the Wembley Stadium event in June.

The Independent UK

Eurovision 2025: The entrants, favourites, where to watch and how to vote

Here’s what you need to know about this year’s contest

The Independent UK

Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, Cyndi Lauper and Outkast get into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Guitar World

“I left without a penny to my name. I was bitter for a while, but I’ve got a great legacy”: Though Pete Quaife gets credit for jumpstarting the Kinks bass chair, John Dalton and Jim Rodford pushed the band forward on many of their classic albums

From the powerful bass tone on You Really Got Me to 1979’s Low Budget, smart low-end was a key ingredient of the Kinks sound

Evening Standard

‘Heartwarming’ Sam Ryder sings with critically ill children at Disneyland Paris

The performance in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle at the launch of the Disney Music Festival came ahead of World Wish Day.

Evening Standard

Kaytranada at Alexandra Palace review: a hot and heavy lesson in FOMO from the DJ master

4/5 The superstar producer is still getting the crowds to go mad for his remixes — even if they’ve been streamed to death online

MusicRadar

Fantastic (free) plugins and how to use them: Full Bucket FB-3300

Classic synthesizer plugins offer a great entry point for unusual and rare synth designs, and this Korg design is one of the rarest

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