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Elvis’ 1968 Comeback Special Hagstrom Viking II is heading to auction (again) – and is now expected to sell for more than $1 million

The history-making guitar – which was only played by Elvis once and originally belonged to one of his session players – fetched $625,000 in 2021

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“We wrote it on the board as ‘The Loudest Riff Ever Recorded by a Human.’ We had to put the mic four feet away”: Corrosion Of Conformity pushed hard on their new album. And the Bee Gees helped

Pepper Keenan and Woody Weatherman explain how they’ve made the most of their latest lineup, the acoustic guitar that shook them up, and why messing with a Seymour Duncan will make them rich (they hope)

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“Own a piece of grunge history”: Could your next amp be Kurt Cobain’s stage-played Fender Twin? Nirvana’s Bleach-era touring backline goes up for sale

Black and silver panel Fender Twins loaded with JBL speakers – bring yer own Boss DS-1 and you're good to go...

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Michael Roberts obituary

Other lives: Singer with the Bridewell Taxis who played to packed venues and made the indie charts in the ‘Madchester’ era

The Guardian - UK

CMAT ‘truly devastated’ as her Lido Festival headline gig is cancelled

The festival was due to take place at Victoria Park in east London in June

Evening Standard

Journey delay final tour citing ‘illness’ after tensions between band members emerge

Guitarist Neal Schon has denied preventing singer Arnel Pineda from quitting the band.

The Independent UK

“I’ll find an hour-long Swedish massage video and turn off the sound”: Why tapping genius Stanley Jordan practices guitar by soundtracking massages on YouTube

The novel approach allows Jordan to properly warm up both musically and physically before he launches into the heavy lifting

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"There was an old fella who screamed that we'd been sent by Oliver Cromwell. He jumped on the bonnet of the car and tried to boot the windscreen to pieces." Not everyone was pleased to see The Rolling Stones on their first Irish tour

"We've heard it said that this long hair makes you look like women"

Louder

I took up the ukulele after a chance encounter. It’s made me as happy as falling in love

Singing with a group of women brought back the nourishment that only making music with a group of people you’re in step with can provide

The Guardian - AU

“It was heartbreaking. I remember the day I saw that album and those erroneous credits for the first time. It was like a punch in the solar plexus”: Bob Daisley on not receiving credit for playing on Ozzy Osbourne’s Diary of a Madman

Daisley still insists he was cheated out of credits and royalties over the years

Guitar World

Dream-pop at its most divine: Cocteau Twins’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Forty years on from the release of their Victorialand album, we rank the Scottish band’s 20 best tracks, from goth beginnings to weightless masterpieces

The Guardian - UK

Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley lead 2026 ACM Awards nominations dominated by women

Megan Moroney leads the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards with nine nominations

The Independent UK

OPINION - Kanye West's Wireless Festival fiasco was embarrassing — and entirely predictable

Promoters, sponsors and Keir Starmer all have mud on their faces – this was not the place to test Kanye’s rehabilitation, writes India Block

Evening Standard

“Itwas a very conscious decision on Peter’s part tocome up with material that would make avery good and accessible record”: Guitarist David Rhodes on the making of Peter Gabriel’s chart-smashing classic So

For former Genesis man Peter Gabriel, 1986 was Sledgehammer time, and guitarist David Rhodes takes us back to the So sessions

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“I don’t think that bassline is playable by anyone else”: How Stevie Wonder recorded one of the funkiest basslines in existence

Stevie Wonder played one of music’s all-time craziest contraptions on this classic track

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“They’ve been turning up unexpectedly at random people’s houses”: Cryptic VHS tapes mailed to fans hints at a Boards of Canada revival

“I’m 99.9999% recurring sure this is legit”: Youtuber MATTHS finds it increasingly harder to refute the connection between Boards of Canada and the cryptic VHS tapes that have been turning up randomly at customers of Bleep.com just a few days ago

The Guardian - UK

My New Band Believe review – beautiful ideas burst from ex-Black Midi man’s lovable debut album

Smoothing out the jump-cut chaos of his previous band, Cameron Picton brings entirely acoustic instrumentation to bear on these lovely, beguiling songs

Louder

Watch Robert Plant and Saving Grace breathe new life into a Led Zeppelin classic on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Robert Plant and his band perform Led Zeppelin on US talk show

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"Its venom did a number on my system." The Pretty Reckless' Taylor Momsen has been bitten by yet another animal on the AC/DC tour

The Pretty Reckless vocalist sought medical treatment before their set in Mexico City

The Guardian - UK

Belle and Sebastian review – joyful anniversary tour makes debut album brighter than ever

On a tour playing Tigermilk and If You’re Feeling Sinister in full on alternate nights, Stuart Murdoch and co wittily reanimate their world of aesthetes and misfits

The Independent UK

Thousands of fans gather as BTS launches world tour in South Korea

BTS is kicking off their long-awaited world tour with a concert near Seoul

The Guardian - UK

‘They should use Mambo No 5 for torture’: Sarah Beeny’s honest playlist

The presenter wakes her family up by blasting out Cal Orff and gets the ick from Chris de Burgh, but which lyrically problematic rap banger is she a secret fan of?

Louder

“It was the first keyboard solo I’d heard on the radio for a very long time”: The Marillion song that proves Mark Kelly’s genius, by Adam Wakeman

Ozzy, Sabbath and Purple contributor says Fish and co were the first prog band he beyond dad Rick’s work with Yes

The Independent UK

One Tech Tip: A new generation is reviving the iPod for distraction-free listening

The iPod is undergoing a revival, with secondhand sales surging

International Business Times UK

Wireless Festival Cancelled: Jay-Z Named As Original Choice Before Kanye West Disaster

Discover the behind-the-scenes decisions that led to the cancellation of the 2026 Wireless Festival, including the initial choice of Jay-Z as headliner before Kanye West's controversial booking.

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