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"Most of my favourite bands, their fourteenth album was shit": Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on ABBA, nearly buying a record shop, and their awesome 14th album

When ABBA-mad Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt met one of their singers, he “lost it”. She didn’t sing on their new concept album, but some other, perhaps unlikely, big names did

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"I cut grass all day long." What Joey Belladonna did when he was fired by Anthrax

After being let go by Anthrax in 1992, Joey Belladonna made a living working at a horse barn

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“Bob Rock would say: ‘You could do better. You’re halfway there. More Springsteen! More Ian Hunter!’”: The major Mötley Crüe hit that took Nikki Sixx eight attempts to write

It paid off by giving Mötley Crüe their biggest ever single

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Is Beyoncé going on tour again?

Beyoncé's halftime show dominated NFL's Christmas Day game with special guests Post Malone and daughter Blue Ivy

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‘Wherever he sends us, we’re willing to go’: Annie and the Caldwells on God, gospel and a debut album 40 years in the making

Fearing pop would lead them to the devil, Annie Caldwell recruited her daughters into her band. They’re now sending audiences into ecstasy with disco-tinged soul gospel

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Britney Spears Celebrates "Best Christmas of My Life" With Her Son

After two years of estrangement, the pop singer reunited with her younger son.

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“In the flesh, he was earth-shattering. His style on every level was fantastic… playing with his teeth, his feet, and behind his head": When Buddy Guy rewrote the blues rulebook with a Strat and blew the collective minds of Clapton, Beck and Page

Best of 2024: The inspirational playing of the last living American blues legend: "I was bringing it up to Eric and Jimmy – ‘Have you heard this stuff!?'"

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"I was in the hallway with Slipknot and I got screamed at." Vended might have big links to heavy metal royalty, but that doesn't mean they're getting an easy ride

Vended feature two spawns of Slipknot, but they're attempting to build their own legacy through their own terms. We head to LA to find out more

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Britney Spears’ Son Accused Of Only Reuniting With Mom For Ulterior Motives

Britney Spears celebrated a Christmas reunion with her son Jayden James after two years apart. The post Britney Spears’ Son Accused Of Only Reuniting With Mom For Ulterior Motives first appeared on Bored Panda.

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‘Attention spans are short. People want that dopamine hit’: Jordan Adetunji, the Belfast boy gunning for Grammys glory

Competing against Beyoncé, Future and others in the melodic rap category, the open-minded young vocalist explains how he ‘manifested’ his success

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“The way I play guitar, every time I play with a session musician, they’re like, ‘What are you doing? What chords are you playing?’”: Beabadoobee discusses her unorthodox guitar style and how it helped her to gel with Rick Rubin

Best of 2024: “I think what I really go off with, and what Rick really goes off with, is what you feel and the vibe and what you hear,” she says

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“Last time we did an album with solos was eight years ago. That’s a long time to ask people in a prog band to not have solos”: Why Frost* revisited dazzling debut Milliontown on Life In The Wires

Leader Jem Godfrey, who took a financial hit to spend five months focusing on the band’s double-length concept album, explains why doing something connected with their past equals doing something entirely new

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"People said, 'You're going to be a one hit wonder.'" How Higher cemented Creed as rock's new superstars

Inspired in part by recurring nightmares and visions of heaven, Higher cemented Creed as one of the most successul rock bands of the new millennium

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“This band works like a ouija board. No one’s fully in charge of how it operates, but you keep looking at the letters and seeing what they spell”: How Pearl Jam made Lightning Bolt and embraced their inner Pink Floyd

Thirty years after being blindsided by fame, Pearl Jam were still doing things on their own terms

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“It’s a very dark record. Randy had a lot to get off his chest. You can hear a real mania in the way we played”: The chaotic story of Lamb Of God’s New American Gospel, the album that kickstarted 2000s metal

Lamb Of God’s New American Gospel ushered in the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal a couple of years early

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“He ran home and came back with a grocery sack full of old, rusty pedals he had lying around his mom’s house”: Terry Date recalls Dimebag Darrell’s unconventional approach to tone in the studio

The Pantera producer reveals the (sometimes extreme) measures Dime would take to achieve his desired tone

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“Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter

Best of 2024: “I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”

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Quincy Jones remembered by Mark Ronson

The musician salutes his friend, the virtuoso producer and composer and ‘a benevolent cheerleader for the wonder of music’

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David Lee Roth continues to move in mysterious ways with new blues song Forgiveness

An unexpected festive gift arrives as David Lee Roth releases a standalone version of a song he originally attached to some Taylor Swift audio

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Are Giving Gifts to Chiefs Players This Christmas

How sweet!

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Record Producer Richard Perry Dies At 82

Renowned record producer Richard Perry, known for hits like “You’re So Vain,” passes at 82, leaving a lasting impact on the music industry.

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"Every night of our tour, we'd get a report about weapons being confiscated." We went backstage with Powerwolf, Hammerfall and Wind Rose on the power metal tour of the year - and it was even more ludicrous than we'd imagined

Inside the biggest (and most over the top) power metal tour of 2024

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“Simply a very good sounding Les Paul irrelevant of its name or price”: Gibson Les Paul Studio review

Gibson hasn’t forgotten the working musician with this refreshed version of the classic Les Paul Studio for 2024

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“People have used it as their wedding song. I often think, ‘Hey, did you listen to the lyrics?’”: The classic number one hit with a sting in its tail

And with the money it made, the band bought an oil well!

Guitar World

“We’re probably better off than the previous generation. Not because we’re better, but because it’s easier to reach a certain level faster”: Matteo Mancuso on how he plans to take his playing to even greater heights – thanks to some advice from Steve Vai

The Sicilian virtuoso is changing guitar in real-time and we are all along for the ride. Here he explains why he might be too lazy to use anything other than a Line 6 Helix, but won't rest in his pursuit for the perfect performance

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