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"The hype was so great that we were never going to be able to fulfil it." The "nightmare" birth of the Stones Roses' wildly-expensive and long-delayed second album Second Coming, by those who were there, and those who quit

After The Stones Roses set the British music scene alight with their stunning debut album, the expectation was that they would take over the world with album two. Things didn't quite go to plan

Louder

“Tom thought I was trying to make myself look like the guy who was behind Boston. After that, he said he wasn’t going to work with me anymore”: Barry Goudreau opens up on his bitter parting with Tom Scholz

A CBS promotional campaign for Goudreau's 1980 solo album caused an irreparable rift with his Boston bandmate

Guitar World

J-Hope Unveils BTS 'Growing Pains' While Making Solo Music, Serving Military

J-Hope reflects on his solo music journey and BTS' growth during military service ahead of their 2025 reunion.

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“A little thunder and lightning”: Slash dons a Gibson SG as Guns N’ Roses pay tribute to John Sykes with rampant cover of a Thin Lizzy classic

The Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist passed away in December last year

Guitar World

“By the power of music and death metal, I pronounce you husband and wife!” Watch this extreme metal band marry two of their fans onstage during a concert

Symphonic/death metal maximalists Fleshgod Apocalypse paused a show on their current North American tour to officiate a wedding

Metal Hammer

"True to the Moog legacy and innovative spirit of Dr. Robert Moog": Moog unveils new $899 analogue monosynth, Messenger

Superbooth 25: With wavefolding oscillators and a "next-generation" ladder filter, Moog says Messenger honours the company’s heritage while exploring "the future of analogue synthesis"

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The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards are here; newcomer Ella Langley leads the nominations

The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards will take place Thursday at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas

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Singer to perform for King at VE Day concert held near his former busking spot

The party at Horse Guards Parade will conclude four days of celebrations marking 80 years since victory in Europe was declared.

Evening Standard

"Even In Arcadia might divide longtime Sleep Token fans, but it will almost certainly expose metal to its biggest audience yet." Sleep Token's new album is ambitious, intense and painfully honest

Sleep Token's fourth album takes a stark look at Vessel's fame while dabbling in the kind of genre-mashing that will delight some fans and shock others

Metal Hammer

“Prince writes, ‘Luka is the most compelling piece of music I’ve heard in a long time’”: Suzanne Vega on the time Prince sent her a handwritten letter to praise one of her most iconic tracks

Luka, one of Vega's most enduring songs, was an unlikely mainstream hit back in 1987, despite the fact that it deals with a very sensitive topic

Guitar World

“Musical equipment does not appreciate being stored away... please keep creating, pushing boundaries”: 12 pieces of Andy Weatherall’s studio gear are now up for auction

Fans have the chance to obtain a little bit of history… And bag some highly desirable music gear in the process too

MusicRadar

“I wasn't familiar with PRS. If anything, I was like, ‘The birds are too flashy!’ But the moment I played one I was like, ‘Whoa, I can play faster now!’”: Meet Mei Semones, the Berklee graduate reimagining New Orleans vibes with an intricate indie flair

With her debut album out now, she explains her move from piano to classical nylon to PRS electric, her pinch-harmonic pointers, and mastering the Stairway To Heaven solo at 12 years old

Guitar World

“The neck is carved and rolled to Eddie Van Halen’s exacting specifications”: An EVH electric guitar with fixed bridge and fine tuners? The Wolfgang Special TOM is one classy no-fuss speed machine

EVH Gear just made your hardware choices a lot more interesting with the new Wolfgang Special TOM, available in Oxblood, Husk White and Gloss Black

MusicRadar

“I hear the promoter got a phone call from Eddie, who said, ‘If Yngwie Malmsteen is playing, I'm not playing’”: Yngwie Malmsteen claims Eddie Van Halen felt “threatened” by him

Malmsteen looks back on the few times he almost crossed paths with the late electric guitar legend

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Joe Perry announces his first big post-Aerosmith tour – and he’ll be playing with members of Aerosmith, Black Crowes and Stone Temple Pilots

The guitarist is keeping busy after Aerosmith retired from touring, and he’s recruited quite the cast for his latest solo tour

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"He’s still in my dreams two or three times a week, getting on my case about something": Motörhead’s Phil Campbell prepares to unveil an 8ft bronze of his bandmate, Lemmy Kilmister

This Friday's ceremony will reveal the statue and feature the delivery of a portion of Kilminster’s ashes into its plinth

MusicRadar

“Designed to replace your laptop and become the brain of your setup”: Bento is an all-in-one DAW in a box that does 'everything 1010music users have been asking for'

Superbooth 2025: The new flagship sampler features a touchscreen, onboard battery and plenty of I/O

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“This beast of a guitar is built for speed, equipped for domination”: Jackson refreshes three classics as stripped down single-pickup shred machines – meet the limited edition Pro Plus Pure Metal range

Pure Metal or no metal at all, wimps and posers leave the hall...

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“It’s a $20 plugin. It makes it sound like it’s coming off a tape that’s been recorded over three or four times”: Steven Wilson reveals his go-to guitar plugin – and why digital can successfully coexist with analog

The highly-coveted plugin prides itself in emulating the full range of cheap tape sounds

Metal Hammer

“I have pride for what I did and I want to see that come out”: Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil wants to release final recordings featuring Chris Cornell

The band and the estate of late frontman Cornell have had legal disputes over the potential release of posthumous music

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve met people with tattoos of it’: Andy Vella on shooting the Cure’s Boys Don’t Cry cover

‘The guitar, the hair, the mystery – I think I captured who the Cure are with this picture. When I showed it to Robert Smith and the band’s manager, they jumped up and down’

Evening Standard

Liam Payne left staggering fortune after dying without a will as ex Cheryl is named administrator

The singer, 31, tragically died after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina last October

Louder

Yungblud announces world tour in support of forthcoming album Idols

Two months on from his second Bludfest event in England, Yungblud will start touring the world again

The Independent UK

Estelle reflects on Kanye West hit ‘American Boy’ amid controversy

‘There was no sign of what was to come,’ said the musician

MusicRadar

One of our favourite instruments of 2024 gets even better as Polyend adds an experimental sample engine to Synth

Superbooth 2025: “I’ve always admired how Andy Stott builds tracks from just a few carefully shaped samples and his minimal, textural approach influenced the design”

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