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Where Oasis, the Killers and Noddy Holder raised hell: Britpop’s debauched HQ, the Columbia hotel

Noel Gallagher named a song after it, Marc Almond practically moved in and the Killers had a bathtub reserved for puking in – but was it rock’n’roll, or just a bit tragic?

The Guardian - UK

“Is it really a three-bagpipe and mudguard version of a Swedish cycling song?” Anthony Phillips infuses nimble guitar work with surreal intros on Radio Clyde 1978

Extended, remastered edition of 2003 release will appeal to fans of the Genesis co-founder’s playing and early solo songcraft

Louder

The truth behind Britney Spears' adoption claims revealed

The singer had announced she’d adopted a ‘beautiful baby girl’ called Lennon London Spears

Evening Standard

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“I invite everybody to go on YouTube and tag ‘Taylor Swift Kiss band’. You’ll see Taylor and her band coming out in Kiss makeup and doing a song. Oh yeah!”: Why Gene Simmons loves Taylor Swift, Radiohead and – of course – his son’s new music

"You could pay what you want for a Radiohead record? That didn't last long, did it?"

MusicRadar

'Americans Won't Care': Canadian Singer Ridiculed After Cancelling US Shows Over 'Disdain for US Politics'

Canadian rock musician Matthew Good cancelled his US tour dates, protesting Trump's policies, including tariffs and comments about Canada being the '51st state.'

International Business Times UK

“I love, love, love, love, love, love, love the guitar parts, specifically in those songs, specifically Friday I'm in Love”: Olivia Rodrigo’s lead guitarist says that she cried after learning that The Cure’s Robert Smith would be joining them on stage

“Our music director came and told us, and was like, ‘This is very secret – you cannot tell anyone,” says Arianna Powell

MusicRadar

“The same when I first saw Prince, it was like, ‘We’re safe’”: Mk.gee was named Eric Clapton’s favorite new guitarist – now he’s making waves with a guest spot on Justin Bieber’s new album

Daisies, from Bieber’s surprise new album, Swag, features Mk.gee’s unmistakable playing

Guitar World

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Why this iconic Tom Waits song is a regular in our test rooms – and can unveil the true essence of hi-fi

Tom Waits' Martha is one of our go-to test tracks, and if you can handle its emotional punch, it should be one of yours, too.

What Hi-Fi?

“Mike Peters and Eddie Macdonald had written three stone-cold classics by the time they were 25. They showed amazing maturity in their early songwriting”: Remembering Mike Peters, the late frontman of the Alarm

Following 30 years of living with blood cancer, Peters passed away at the age of 66

Guitar World

corto.alto: 'I sometimes find jazz alienating, and I'm a jazz musician'

The Scottish artist is one of a wave of artists bringing jazz to a new generation. Here, he chats Spotify, Gen Z and why he’d love to play with Stevie Wonder

Evening Standard

Big Big Train reveal special warm-up show ahead of Cruise To The Edge 2026

Big Big Train will preview new material from the upcoming studio album at a Cruise To The Edge 2026 warm-up show at Southampton's The 1865 in March

Louder

“Listen carefully, and you’ll even hear members of the band talking on the tail end of the drum loop!”: Exploring the quirky production and music theory choices of Grace Jones’ classic Slave to the Rhythm

We take a closer look at one of the most iconoclastic songs of the mid-80s era; Slave to the Rhythm

MusicRadar

“Pink Floyd was bigger than a band. It was more like church. They played A Momentary Lapse Of Reason in its entirety and I thought, ‘I want to be around this all the time’”: Why Billy Howerdel is glad he copied David Gilmour badly

A Perfect Circle guitarist recalls deciding to become a musician during 1988 concert, and hails Gilmour’s substance-over-quality approach

Louder

What does soundstage mean? 8 headphone jargon terms explained

There's loads of words and terms that audiophiles and reviewers use when talking about headphones, earbuds, and speakers — here's what they all mean.

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“I love using toy guitars that you have to wrestle with. It adds to the performance – you’re pulling from the instrument”: Dean DeLeo on why his favorite STP songs are the ones he didn’t write, and barging into Allan Holdsworth’s dressing room

The Stone Temple Pilots guitar icon explains how he stumbles upon songs, why nothing’s quite like a Telecaster, and how his latest spellbinding collaboration, One More Satellite, came to be

Guitar World

“Our MD told us, ‘This is very secret – you cannot tell anyone, but Robert Smith is going to be joining us.’ And I swear to God, I started crying”: The moment Olivia Rodrigo guitarist Arianna Powell found out she’d be playing with a Cure legend

Smith had some words of wisdom for Rodrigo’s band ahead of his surprise guest spot at one of the most star-studded music festivals in the world

The Independent UK

Lewis Capaldi feared he’d made a ‘terrible’ decision before Glastonbury comeback

‘In the lead up to it, I thought it was horrific,’ admitted the singer

MusicRadar

“Nothing really big happens in the song. It stays in A-minor, there’s no singing, drums or guitars, and it was a smash hit. That’s pretty wild”: Tributes paid to X-Files composer Mark Snow

He died on Friday, aged 78

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"We are all fifteen-year-old boys. The fart jokes were rampant": Lzzy Hale reflects on touring with Skid Row

"The meat is so sweaty"

Louder

“He told me how hard it is to live up to that innovation, year after year, tour after tour’: Former Live guitarist Chad Taylor has no regrets about meeting his hero Steve Howe

The American learned a lifetime of lessons when he had dinner with the British prog pioneer, after Owner Of A Lonely Heart had led him to Asia and Trevor Horn

Creative Bloq

Why Oasis definitely maybe has the best band branding ever

The Britpop revival highlights a legacy that goes beyond music.

Metal Hammer

"When he did the four-tom fill that he was famous for, I almost fainted twice": Masters Of Reality's Chris Goss on Ginger Baker, David Bowie and the aggression of Rick Rubin

The gospel according to Chris Goss

The Guardian - AU

David Kaff, Spinal Tap keyboardist and musician, dies aged 79

The British musician and actor, who played Viv Savage in Rob Reiner’s mockumentary, died in his sleep

WhatToWatch

Home and Away spoilers: Will stressed out Remi resort to DESPERATE measures?

Airs Friday 25 July 2025 at 1:45pm on 5.

Metal Hammer

"It came down like a guillotine!" That time an angry Britpop icon nearly accidentally killed one of heavy metal's most-famous superstars on a live British TV show

Remember that time a metal legend was almost decapitated on British TV?

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