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“My guitar was slightly out.Steve Vai walked past and said,‘Your low E was four cents flat.’And he’d been in the green room!” Meet Derek Day, the swaggering virtuoso who went from busking on the streets to touring with his hero

The 24-year-old explains how he merges prog and glam, and escapes the “originality ordeal” of an ancient instrument by hopping between Fender, Gibson, PRS and Ibanez (even if he prefers to write on cheap knock-offs)

Guitar World

"I was like, 'I can't handle this.'" Deftones' Chino Moreno reveals why he gave up booze

Chino Moreno has been sober for three years now

Metal Hammer

"Grohl's randomised fills and relentless single strokes at the end of the song makes this one of his greatest drum performances on record": Listen to 11 isolated drum tracks from rock's drumming legends

Led Zeppelin, Rush, The Beatles, Slipknot, The Police, and more

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"The fans supported us through everything. That's why we kept on going": Helloween on career longevity and proving people wrong

German metallers Helloween release a new album this week and begin a 40th anniversary tour in October

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"I've been waiting seven years": Zak Starkey implores Axl Rose to return master tape he says could raise $2m for teenage cancer charity

"C'mon, bro"

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“There’s a lot of good music left”: Springsteen releases Born To Run out-take onto streaming platforms

Lonely Night In The Park has been a bootleg for decades

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Coldplay Stuns Wembley With Venezuela's Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel

Chris Martin welcomed the orchestra on stage, the sight of full strings, brass, and percussion filling the stadium was enough to draw a roar from the sold-out crowd. The Venezuelan's entry into Coldplay's Viva la Vida was met with fireworks and an audience that sang every word, the grandeur of…

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“We were originally supposed to be doing the song with Axl Rose, but he never turned up to the session”: The crazed early 90s techno collaboration that saved a 70s rock icon’s career – and his life

It could have been Axl Rose or Roger Daltrey – but The KLF went for someone completely different

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“Who wants to tell him?”: The busking drummer who unknowingly performed a Chili Peppers song in front of Chad Smith

Busker performs RHCP song in front of an audience of one: Chad Smith

MusicRadar

The Lord Of The Rings voted best classical film music for third year running

The soundtrack was voted the best movie music in a poll of Classic FM listeners and Radio Times readers.

Evening Standard

“Learned the solo the other day – it’s not perfect, but I’ll be damned if it wasn’t fun to play”: Grace Bowers channels her inner shredder with a searing tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads

The guitarist’s solo was flawless, and she says she only just picked it up recently

Guitar World

“Brian asked me if I wanted to do a lead. I got excited and was ready to shred”: The Lost Beach Boy on the classic song he overdubbed on

Brian Wilson typically turned to his brother, Carl, for leads, but David Marks got a rare chance to buck that trend in 1964

Guitar World

Fans revel in downpour as Oasis kick off North American leg of world tour in Toronto

Feedback from fans overwhelmingly positive as Oasis bring the noise – and identical setlist – across the Atlantic

Louder

“A lot of the music stores didn’t want to touch used instruments back then. They would laugh at me and say, ‘You’re paying more for this old guitar than I am for this new guitar’”: Norman Harris on the nascent days of the vintage guitar market

Harris turned the used guitar market on its head, despite the skepticism of many industry peers

Guitar World

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Kneecap cancel all US tour dates over clash with court hearing in London

Band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh faces terrorism charge in UK for alleged display of Hezbollah flag mid-performance

Guitar World

“We were brothers to the end. We really loved each other, and we made a lot of very beautiful music together”: Mastodon honor Brent Hinds onstage at their first live performance since the guitarist's death

Drummer Brann Dailor led the tributes after an emotionally charged set dedicated to the guitar hero

Louder

"This is the way rock stars die." The Who's Pete Townshend reveals recent addiction to painkillers

Pete Townshend of The Who became dependent on painkillers after recent surgery but recovery is going well

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Kneecap forced to cancel 15 US tour dates due to upcoming court hearing

IRISH rap trio Kneecap say they have been forced to cancel 15 US tour dates in October due to one of their members’ upcoming UK court hearing in…

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Evening Standard

Kneecap cancel sold-out US tour due to court hearings in London

Kneecap have cancelled their US tour due to its proximity to Mo Chara’s next court hearing

The Independent UK

Kneecap cancel US tour dates as they call out British government ‘witch hunt’

Irish hip-hop trio promised something ‘very special’ to share with their US fans next week

The Guardian - UK

‘The pope complained about the lyrics!’: the Bluebells and Siobhan Fahey on how they made Young at Heart

‘I had moved down from Glasgow and was sharing a council flat with the girls from Bananarama. We wrote the song after watching the Frank Sinatra film’

Louder

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 25, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Castle Rat, Märvel, A Thousand Horses and more

Metal Hammer

"A support slot with Slipknot? We're working on it!" What do deathcore, nu metal and Switzerland have in common? One of the most exciting young bands in metal: Paleface Swiss

Paleface Swiss are one of 2025's major breakout metal bands - and with good reason

MusicRadar

“Much like its predecessor, the 909 was also a commercial flop, and arguably more so than the 808”: How the drum machine grew into a viable alternative to real drummers

There's not much early-80s tech that still influences modern creativity, but the dominance of electronic drum sounds stems right back to 1980, and a bizarre series of unfortunate events…

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“You Need Mental Help”: After Showing Messy Home, Britney Spears Sparks More Concerns With Photos

“She’s finally healing,” a fan said after Britney Spears shared a message about the “trauma” from “the hardest years” of her life.

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