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Foo Fighters announce 2026 stadium tour as Dave Grohl says band is ‘forever devoted’ to playing

New song ‘Asking for a Friend’ is available to stream now

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound

Far more than a mute foil to Marc Almond, Ball brought his love of northern soul and strange electronics to bear on some of Britain’s most uncompromising pop

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025

“If a guitarist is just riffing away on minor pentatonic licks, it will make their playing sound ‘scale-y’; you don’t want to sound scale-y!” Power-up your blues with a turnaround trick that was a specialty of the great Freddie King

This masterclass in turnarounds explores different ways to approach an essential blues technique, so of course it finishes up with a look at how the master of turnarounds did it back in the day

Guitar World · Oct 23, 2025

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere review – A rote biopic that doesn’t do the Boss justice

2/5 Jeremy Allen White is perfectly convincing in the starring role, but Scott Cooper’s film reduces Springsteen’s life to cliches and generic pop psychology

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

Oasis shares tribute to Bonehead as band plays in South Korea without guitarist

Oasis honours Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs, who is battling cancer, as they start the Asian leg of their tour in South Korea

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025

Swedish prog rockers Wolverine announce first new album for a decade

Swedish prog rock quintet Wolverine will release new album, Anomalies, in February

Metal Hammer · Oct 23, 2025

Lizzo Sued for Copyright Infringement: Why is Sydney Sweeney Involved in the Lawsuit?

The American rapper-songwriter Lizzo is slapped with another copyright infringement lawsuit for the song featuring a line about Sydney Sweeney.

International Business Times UK · Oct 23, 2025

Shirley Abicair obituary

Australian singer and musician who became a regular on children’s TV programmes in the UK in the 1950s and 60s

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025

“Every working player knows a day will come when something goes wrong with their financial affairs. They’ll need an instrument for that day”: Robert Fripp on the guitars he’s kept, and the one he bought with no intention of playing

The King Crimson mastermind is best known for his ’59 Les Paul Custom, and there’s a reason most of his key instruments have been Gibsons – but he has a few “honorable mentions” too, like the '57 Strat Robin Trower gave him...

Guitar World · Oct 23, 2025

“Without him, I don’t know whether I would’ve ever wanted to play guitar”: Tom Morello on why Ace Frehley is his ultimate guitar hero – and why he owes him a “life debt”

Morello discusses how Kiss and the Spaceman were seminal early inspirations

Guitar World · Oct 23, 2025