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"The whole point was to put on a party with our mates and the music we loved." How Wacken became one of metal's biggest and most beloved festivals

Wacken Open Air returns this year with bands including Guns N' Roses, Papa Roach, Gojira, Machine Head and more

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“The groove was a kind of blues groove, and I think I drank a beer, because I wanted to have a kind of slurring sound in my voice”: Stevie Wonder reveals how he recorded the classic Moog synth bassline and “laidback” vocals on Boogie On Reggae Woman

Stevie also says that he’s working on a new “project”, Through The Eyes Of Wonder

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'Don't Tap the Glass' Drops: Why Did Tyler The Creator Go Against Industry Standard with a Monday Album Release?

Tyler, the Creator defies music release traditions with his raw, impulsive new album 'Don't Tap the Glass, unveiled on a rare Monday drop. We state the reasons why it works.

International Business Times UK

OPINION - Oasis and the myth of the working class musician

“There’s room at the top, they are telling you still. But first you must learn how to smile as you kill. If you want to be like the folks on the hill.”

Evening Standard

OPINION - London's big gigs are making big money but is this good for music?

Sadiq Khan has called London ‘the undisputed capital of music’ but are this summer’s huge gigs the full story?

Evening Standard

Urban cowboys, harmonica wizards and queer trailblazers: 100 years of the Grand Ole Opry, country music’s greatest institution

It started out as promo for an insurance company and ended up powering an entire industry. As the Opry strikes out for London, can it stay relevant for another century?

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 21, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Die Spitz, Castle Rat, Bobbie Dazzle and five other holy divers and divas

Louder

“Nothing I do is ironic. Irony is the last refuge of the scoundrel”: When Julian Cope immersed himself in the prog-pop world of Syd Barrett, 13th Floor Elevators and Love

After leaving The Teardrop Explodes, he was on a mission – but on seeing him wearing nothing but a turtle shell on the cover of Fried, the world needed some convincing

Louder

Who do we contact about putting this photo of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler with the Backstreet Boys up in the National Portrait Gallery?

The fact that we didn’t hear Backstreet’s Back at Back To The Beginning is a crime, really

Metal Hammer

"They said, ‘Can you get Rob off the bloody Teletubbies set, please?'" How Rob Halford's return to Judas Priest on Judas Rising rebuilt one of metal's greatest bands

After a decade with Tim 'Ripper' Owens, Judas Priest welcomed Rob Halford back into the fold - and ushered in their second coming

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“Icontend that I was the first person to actually have a Super Fuzz Big Muff – before the rest of the boys”: How Courtney Love created the grunge classic that was released during her darkest hour

Hole’s song Violet came out just a week after Kurt Cobain’s suicide

MusicRadar

Alex Lifeson joins Tom Morello onstage to jam a Rush classic – during surprise guest spot in the band’s home city

Morello’s solo tour hit the home of Rush and an unexpected guest guitarist sent the crowd into hysteria

Guitar World

“I realized I had something very exciting on my hands. I wasn’t expecting it at all”: Guitarist unwittingly buys John Lennon’s old Fender Deluxe – after the suspected White Album combo turned up on Facebook Marketplace

James Taylor bought the historic amp for less than $4k and he needs help for further authentication

Guitar World

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The Independent UK

Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda says fans don’t like singer Emily Armstrong because she’s a woman

‘They were just so uncomfortable,’ band member said

Evening Standard

Coldplay's Chris Martin issues warning to fans at first show since viral Andy Byron 'kiss cam' moment

Band return to the stage following viral moment at their show in Boston that led to resignation of Astronomer CEO

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“I can’t force other people to do something just because I wanted it”: Daron Malakian admits System Of A Down’s hiatus was “difficult”

The guitarist/vocalist reveals he struggled when the nu metal-era juggernauts went their separate ways in 2006

Guitar World

“To be honest, I think most people will only be aware of the Led Zeppelin version”: Teenage blues phenom Muireann Bradley is keeping O.G. acoustic blues alive – and taking Where the Levee Breaks back to the source

Hailed as one of Ireland’s brightest emerging stars, 18-year-old Muireann Bradley is proud to champion music that’s nearly a century old

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“Every bit of that legendary sound is ready and waiting to be coaxed out of these amps”: Vox AC30X, AC15X and AC4 Hand-Wired review

Vox aims to take us back to the sound of its illustrious golden-era with this re-engineered family of Hand-Wired amplifiers. We listen in for that elusive and very classic AC30 tone

Evening Standard

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan CLEARED after accepting £3,000 of free tickets to Taylor Swift Wembley Stadium gig

City Hall watchdog finds mayor did nothing wrong in accepting six tickets each worth £500

Guitar World

“You can take the back of this guitar off and the thing stays in tune as well as if it had the back on”: How L.R. Baggs reinvented the acoustic electric guitar

Delivering convincing amplified acoustic guitar tone is one of the hardest feats for guitar makers – but somehow L.R. Baggs cracked it. Lloyd Baggs shares its story of radical innovation

The Independent UK

Antiques Roadshow host apologises for ‘melodramatic’ response to Kate Bush letter

Singer sent a ‘personal’ response to a collection of poetry from a fan

Guitar World

“I had no contact. I just happened to be looking through emails and saw, ‘Bootsy Collins appearing at the NAMM booth’”: How Bootsy Collins and James Brown’s band ended up playing on the soundtrack of this hit Seth Rogen movie

Legendary sideman and film composer Lyle Workman recounts how he managed to reunite the legendary funkateers for 2007’s Superbad – by approaching Bootsy at NAMM

Evening Standard

Mad for it! Oasis, Coldplay, Beyonce and Dua Lipa gigs make London ‘undisputed capital of music’

An estimated 3.6 million fans will have seen a stadium or arena concert in London by the end of the summer

Louder

"Mick Jagger needs Keith Richards as much as Keith Richards needs Mick Jagger": Keef goes solo on Talk Is Cheap

The polar opposite to Mick Jagger’s synthesised solo clatter, Keith Richards' Talk Is Cheap brimmed with soul

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