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“This wasn’t a guy who got better every six months or every week; this was a guy who got better every 60 seconds”: Randy Rhoads became a legend with Ozzy Osbourne, but his incredible playing was evident long before then

Kelly Garni, Rhoads’ brother in arms in Quiet Riot, recalls the guitarist’s early days – and how he developed his iconic tone, in spite of his unorthodox gear

Guitar World

"It was like I had died and gone to heaven. It was a really emotional moment”: Jimmy Page and the Robinson brothers tell the story of Live At The Greek

A short film is up now on Youtube

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Dua Lipa’s electrifying Wembley debut is a striking reminder of how far she’s come as a performer

5/5 It’s hard to believe the pop star’s onstage prowess was ever the subject of online ridicule

The Independent UK

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Patrick Walden death: Pete Doherty pays tribute after Babyshambles guitarist dies aged 46

‘The best guitarist of my generation,’ wrote one fan in tribute to the musician

The Independent UK

“Their version was very Middle America”: The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s cover of You Really Got Me and here's why

The band’s famously chilled out frontman Ray Davies had a hard time accepting that people thought Eddie Van Halen & co. wrote his timeless classic

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Bassist Carol Kaye tells AP she's declining Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, 'Permanently'

Legendary bassist Carol Kaye says she wants no part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The Independent UK

Dua Lipa surprises fans with Jamiroquai frontman during London show

Amid a flurry of costume changes and confetti canons, the singer powered through tracks from her latest album at Wembley Stadium.

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An Englishman in Newport – Sting wows Isle of Wight Festival

Other bands taking to the Main Stage on Friday included Lottery Winners, Amy Macdonald, The Corrs and Faithless.

Evening Standard

R. Kelly claims prison officials plotted to kill him. Judge denies his release

A judge has denied singer R. Kelly’s request for furlough from prison after the convicted sex offender accused federal prison officials of plotting to murder him

The Independent UK

Keke Palmer's 'Just Keke' album channels public relationship drama into reclamation

Keke Palmer is giving her take on her 2023 public breakup with her ex Darius Jackson on her new album, ‘Just Keke

The Independent UK

“Although it might not feel natural, when you translate what he does for guitar, it sounds different”: Adrian Smith on how Steve Harris is the secret to Iron Maiden’s triple-guitar attack – and the prog instincts driving their sonic evolution

When your principal songwriter and driving force is directing traffic on bass, is it any wonder the guitars took a different path in search of brave new worlds to explore?

MusicRadar

Sabrina Carpenter breaks album chart record knocking Ed Sheeran off top perch

Ed Sheeran held the record for the longest consecutive streak in the top five UK chart for his 2021 album =

The Independent UK

Brian Wilson was not the last stop on music’s great adventure

Letters: Anoushka Lucas and Tarik O’Regan respond to an article wondering whether there are any musical geniuses left after the death of the Beach Boys co-founder

The Guardian - UK

"I was looking for something darker." Bruce Springsteen reveals that he's never been happy with his world-conquering Born In The USA album, and says the 30-million-selling collection didn't "connect" like his other records

The multi-platinum success of Born In The USA made Bruce Springsteen a household name, but The Boss still harbours reservations about the album

Louder

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‘I’ve never been so obsessed with a band’: readers’ best albums of 2025 so far

Bad Bunny blasting bigotry against Puerto Ricans, Davido’s 5ive’s uplifting vibes and a blast from trip-hop’s past. Here’s what has caught your ear this year

Louder

Six of the newest, coolest proggy sounds around from Sam Vallen, Heather Findlay, Esoterica and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Great new prog you need to hear from Tribe3, Esthesis, Fields Of Næcluda and more in our Tracks Of The Week...

Louder

"Total bollocks!" Contrary to what you may have heard, Rick Wakeman wasn't responsible for the Sex Pistols getting dumped by their record label in 1977, just seven days after signing their contract

The music business can be brutal, as the Sex Pistols discovered in March 1977 when they signed and then lost a record deal in a single week

Evening Standard

Crowds sing along in sun as Sting set to headline Isle of Wight Festival

A total of 55,000 party-goers have crossed the Solent to reach Seaclose Park in Newport for the four-day event.

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Oasis reunion kicks off in Cardiff: stage times, support acts and all you need to know

Liam and Noel Gallagher begin their long-awaited Live ’25 tour with two massive dates in Wales’ capital – here’s everything fans need to know

Guitar World

“It's best always to just do the same chord and call it different things”: SNL legend Fred Armisen has a signature guitar strap – but there's something not quite right about his guide to chords

If punk guitarists only need one shape, why does anyone else need more? Armisen seems to agree...

What Hi-Fi?

Here are 6 CD player buying tips for when you want to revive your disc collection

Dust off those old CDs and heed our advice to get the best performance

MusicRadar

“I think Roger just got lost. Roger’s finding it difficult. I have to be careful what I say about Roger because he gets angry if I say anything about him at all": Pete Townshend has his say on Zak Starkey’s protracted dismissal from The Who

“He’ll be sacking me next,” quips the guitarist, “but that’s not to say that he sacked Zak”

Guitar World

“Rates are coming back up, rents very rarely go down, and suppliers are in straitened circumstances”: Is crowdfunding the answer to ensuring guitar stores’ survival? One family-run business has launched an innovative campaign to keep its stores alive

Guitar stores are struggling. Many of our biggest gear retailers have shut their doors. We hear how the UK’s Hobgoblin Music – where Paul McCartney is a regular – plans to buck the trend

The Independent UK

Haim have evolved on muscular summer album I Quit, but could have dared to abandon more

4/5 The three sisters from the Valley reclaim quitting as an empowered act – and that includes shedding past sounds, not just exes

The Guardian - UK

Add to playlist: James K’s downtempo dream pop and the week’s best new tracks

Right on time for the return of the chill out era, the New York producer traces a hypnotic path on an album that bobs along on sleepy breakbeats and angelic atmospherics

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