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Jim Root wants Slipknot’s new album to be made like the debut and Iowa: “I would like to revisit the raw energy of how those first two records were recorded”

The guitarist also reveals that he has “six finished arrangements” for the nu metal icons’ eighth studio album

Metal Hammer

“It all started with Ozzy. He and Sharon were the first ones to believe that I could make them a great rock album”: How super-producer Andrew Watt pivoted from Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes to The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop

Watt started his production career in the pop sphere, before the Prince of Darkness handpicked him to produce his record

Guitar World

Lorde thrills fans by crashing Lorde-themed club night in Sydney

New Zealand pop star was ‘straight into the crowd, singing along, soaking it up’

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“We were in New York on 9/11 – it felt like the whole world was falling down”: Incubus reflect on playing two NYC shows days after the World Trade Center attacks

Brandon Boyd tells Metal Hammer about how selling out the Hammerstein Ballroom on September 15 and 16, 2001 brought “lightness in a dark period of time”

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“I still remember the fascination of hearing Sgt. Pepper for the first time. It's The Beatles — but they're pretending to be another band? It breaks all the rules”: Gene Simmons salutes the Fab Four

"It was almost music hall stuff," he says

MusicRadar

“It’s a strange thing to look back on – they were such difficult, miserable times”: Big Big Train once hated 2002 album Bard. But the dark secret has become a rare gem

In the process of remastering it for a limited edition, friendships were rekindled, music was re-evaluated, and the band’s current line-up demonstrated what the quarter-century journey had been all about

Louder

Lorde surprises fans by crashing Lorde club night in Sydney: ‘She almost refused to leave’

New Zealand singer makes ‘impromptu decision’ to turn up at Mary’s Underground, ‘singing along, soaking it up’ with fans

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Rare brain condition leads Billy Joel to cancel string of tour dates

Billy Joel has been diagnosed with rare condition that affects hearing, vision and balance

Louder

“One of the individuals who is encouraging this deal to take place is Scooter”: Could Taylor Swift finally be about to take ownership of her first six album’s master recordings?

Her back catalogue famously fell into ‘enemy’ hands. Now it’s claimed that the man that ‘took’ it wants her to have it back…

MusicRadar

Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson says premature twins have ‘reunited’

The 33-year old singer gave birth to Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster on May 15, around 31 weeks and five days early.

Evening Standard

“These are perilous times. We are staring down a dark channel that could lead to totalitarianism”: Even yacht rock icon Michael McDonald is criticising Donald Trump and the US government

Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald is worried about the state of America

Louder

Taylor Swift Cinches the Belted Bag Trend for a Cozy Dinner Date With Travis Kelce

The singer's Balmain "Anthem" bag sent the perfect message on a night out in Florida.

Marie Claire

Billy Joel’s daughter calls singer ‘most resilient man’ following diagnosis

The Piano Man singer was due to perform in Edinburgh and Liverpool in June but has cancelled the concerts.

Evening Standard

“It became clear there was a link between the kids that I grew up with and the difficulties that young men are facing today”: Pete Townshend on how a new version of Quadrophenia moved him to tears

New dance production sets the story in the modern day

MusicRadar

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Scientists just made guinea pigs listen to Adele for seven days… and the results are both surprising and worrying

The rodents were subjected to I Miss You in compressed and uncompressed form. Here’s what happened…

MusicRadar

"He takes this expensive Martin from the '60s, we test it and I'm like, 'cool'. But it's just not quite making me excited - it's not doing the thing": Why Bon Iver chose a "hideous" $199 Ibanez rejected by a rehab centre over a vintage Martin for Speyside

"I was like, 'what's the story with this guitar, because it is god ugly'"

Louder

"I fear for the world": Bonnie Raitt on winning Grammys, working with Prince, and why we need to work together

An update from Bonnie Raitt as she prepares for her upcoming tour of Europe

Louder

“The idea is that one night like that it worth 1,000 hours of drudgery”: the meaning behind The Cure’s classic 1987 hit Just Like Heaven

As a teenager, The Cure frontman Robert Smith had a magical moment on a clifftop with his future-wife and he revisited it for one of his best ever songs

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"I'm scared for my life and career at this point." Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy jokes he's worried about his job after spate of drummer firings

Josh Freese, Zak Starkey and Jason Bonham have been let go – which Portnoy says makes it a weird time for drummers

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“Happy With Every Other Woman But His Wife”: Justin Bieber’s ‘Mad’ Chemistry With SZA Raises Eyebrows

"He’s happy with everyone else but his wife."

The Guardian - US

Mexican singer cancels show in Texas citing visa revocation

Julión Álvarez was to perform before 50,000 fans in Texas, but he is the latest Mexican musician to have their visa revoked

MusicRadar

Money’s Too Tight To Mention: New stats show that mid-range artists are feeling the pinch

Even the number of touring ‘superstars’ has declined

Evening Standard

Ian McKellen delights fans with surprise appearance at Scissor Sisters gig

The 85-year-old actor took to the stage to recite spoken-word vocals for the band’s hit song Invisible Light.

Louder

Fifty-two years after it was first released, Lynyrd Skynyrd have finally made a video for Free Bird

If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?

Louder

“I didn’t really get the music, to be honest. It was a bit too prog for me”: The prog superstars who tried to steal drummer Roger Taylor from Queen

The history of two hugely successful bands could have been very different

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