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“The school would kick everybody out with hair that touched their ears. Someone on the board found out we were wearing short-haired wigs!” Steve Morse endured educational woes, dodgy gear and jazz snobbery, but knew he could make it as a guitarist

The ex Deep Purple member recalls how he got started in music, and beginning to write Kansas-style songs – long before he accidentally joined them

Louder

Jesy Nelson dangles prospect of Little Mix reunion: ‘We probably see things a lot differently now’

‘I have so much love for them and always will,’ says the singer

The Independent UK

"The aspects of America that are really magical to us are the things it seems to reject, like black music or the Beat poets": The story of the multi-version David Bowie song that captured his revulsion of American corporate dominance

With input from Trent Reznor and Ice Cube, I'm Afraid Of Americans was rescued from Showgirls ignominy and given a prescient, unnerving video

Louder

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Chuck Negron death: Three Dog Night singer dies aged 83

Singer had a string of hits in the 1960s and 70s with ‘Joy to the World’ and ‘One’

The Independent UK

Lily Allen was ‘terrified’ of public reaction to deeply personal album

‘I don’t think that it’s a particularly self-aware record,’ says the singer about her acclaimed ‘West End Girl’ album

The Independent UK

Billie Eilish roasted on social media after 'stolen land' remarks at Grammys: 'Return your $14 million LA mansion'

At the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 1, 2026, singer Billie Eilish used her acceptance speech to make a political statement that went viral online. Eilish won the Song of the Year award for “Wildflower,” which she co‑wrote and performed with her brother Finneas O’Connell.

The Times of India

"Once you're comfortable in this space, don't overthink it, just enjoy it." A new recording studio at a historic English school has been named after Justin Hawkins

The Darkness frontman attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of The Justin Hawkins Recording Studio

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“I wrote the music before Oz passed away… I wrote the lyrics after we laid Ozzy to rest”: How Zakk Wylde wrote his tribute song to Ozzy Osbourne

Wylde explains how no one expected Ozzy to pass away two weeks after Back to the Beginning, saying that, “Keith Richards, Lemmy, Ozzy... they're like the air you breathe, and you think they're going to be around forever”

Guitar World

Bad Bunny won big at the 2026 Grammys. It’s a boost at a dark time for U.S. Latinos

Bad Bunny’s album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, becoming the first all-Spanish language album to do so

The Independent UK

"The EF86 tube is often described as hi-fi, and honestly, that's the perfect way to describe what's coming out of this thing": EarthQuaker Devices EQD ZEQD-Pre review

This new collaboration is exactly what the doctor ordered for modern guitarists suffering from a serious case of digital fatigue

MusicRadar

‘They are not manufactured’: how Brit school stars took over the Grammys

Croydon school’s principal says success of Olivia Dean and Lola Young is a ‘brilliant celebration’ of free arts education

The Guardian - UK

“I walked into a Guitar Center one day and took it off the wall. It launched 1,000 ships of people chasing that sound”: The guitar that changed Billy Corgan’s life

It soundtracked two of the biggest alt-rock albums of all time, but as the Smashing Pumpkins leader remembers, the guitar itself was far from expensive

Guitar World

“Pino Palladino and yours truly here at the Grammys”: Marcus Miller and Pino Palladino share the stage alongside Lauryn Hill at the 2026 Grammy Awards

The two bass legends took to the biggest stage in music for a tribute to D’Angelo and Roberta Flack

Guitar World

A smiling Cher laughs at her Grammys flubs in a good-natured, chaotic appearance

Cher may have wanted to turn back time on her rather chaotic Grammys presenting experience

The Independent UK

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Fela Kuti’s Grammy lifetime achievement award is a major win for African music

Fela Kuti has become the first African to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards

MusicRadar

APT with a twist: Bruno Mars plays a Gibson Les Paul as he and Rosé deliver a hard rock version of their 2024 hit at the Grammy Awards

The song was inspired by a Korean drinking game

Guitar World

“I want to dedicate it to everyone in the guitar shop I grew up in and everyone in a bedroom with a dream”: Guitar at the Grammys 2026 – Slash and Andrew Watt pay tribute to Ozzy, Bruno Mars takes a solo, but Brent Hinds excluded from In Memoriam segment

Guitar acts and guitar-driven records won big at music’s biggest night, across myriad different genres

Motorsport

"F1" movie scores 2026 Grammy with Chris Stapleton after three nominations

The 'F1' movie's awards run continues as Chris Stapleton won the 2026 Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance for 'Bas As I Used To Be'

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Evening Standard

Stockhausen vs Aphex Twin review: A thrilling performance by chamber duo

5/5 The hot contemporary stars GBSR Duo performed at the Southbank Centre with a unique combination of Stockhausen’s Kontakte and Aphex Twin’s Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2

The Guardian - UK

Does it matter when celebrities like Bad Bunny castigate Trump and ICE at the Grammys? You bet!

Famous people who speak out are often derided, but throughout time artists have used the platform they have. And if not now, when, asks Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye

The Guardian - UK

The Grammys riled Donald Trump – but the big winners were chosen for their music, not politics

The president called the ceremony ‘garbage’, but in reality it was a celebration of artists whose commercial success was matched by boundary-pushing boldness

The Guardian - UK

Chumbawamba call on Spain’s far-right Vox to stop using their best-known song

British pop collective decry use of 1997 hit Tubthumping to promote the party’s ‘small-minded, hate-fuelled agenda’

MusicRadar

“I remember Lars was unwrapping all these Styx and REO Speedwagon records and I’m going, ‘What are you buying this crap for?’”: Why James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich didn’t always see eye to eye in Metallica’s early days

Plus: Hetfield's memories of his first gig – when AC/DC opened for Aerosmith

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Body Language Expert Decodes Justin Bieber’s Behavior During Tense Moment With Trevor Noah

“That was painful to watch,” a viewer wrote.

Louder

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: February 2, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Skindred, Suzi Quatro, Karnivool and more

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