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“That was the infamous moment of my life when Dazed and Confused fell into the loving arms and hands of Jimmy Page”: Original Dazed and Confused songwriter revives copyright lawsuit against Jimmy Page

Jake Holmes had previously sued Page over the iconic song in 2010 – but the case was “dismissed with prejudice” in 2012 after an out-of-court settlement

Guitar World

“It’s a $20 plugin…I love it because sometimes the problem with digital sounds is they just lack a little bit of character”: Steven Wilson reveals his favourite plugin is a lo-fi cassette emulator and it is on all the guitars on his latest prog epic

And it turns out it is the same affordable plugin Finneas used on Billie Eilish’s Barbie track, What Was I Made For?

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“I sat down, gathered all my historical track sheets about everything we did each day during the production of the album": Ken Caillat, the producer of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, on writing the book that he believes inspired a hit Broadway musical

“I feel kind of a numnuts… I feel ripped off,” Caillat said last year

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Drug runs for the Stones, a love triangle with Joni Mitchell: has Chris O’Dell had the music industry’s wildest career?

She managed tours for Queen and Led Zeppelin and was at George Harrison’s house when the Beatles split – but O’Dell is most proud of her legacy as a woman in a macho industry

The Guardian - UK

Eurovision bosses still working to secure Celine Dion for Grand Final

The My Heart Will Go On hit-maker would be the ultimate coup for this year’s Grand Final

Evening Standard

"I chased him down the hall with my d**k in my hand." How an epic fistfight with racist skinheads turned hip-hop superstar Ice Cube and Ministry's Al Jourgensen into unlikely allies

Relations between the Ministry and Ice Cube camps on 1992's Lollapalooza tour were somewhat strained, until racists showed up spoiling for a fight

Metal Hammer

Years after Thom Yorke told her that she was “the only one doing anything interesting these days,” Billie Eilish has covered Radiohead’s Creep

For Eilish, it seems that singing the song IS a laughing matter…

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“All Strats aren't equal… Then it’s how you smack it, or zing it or strum it… A lot of it is that too”: Session guitar legend Michael Thompson reveals how he created the famous clean tone that’s on countless '80s and '90s hits

In a new video Thompson tells the backstory of his playing for NSYNC, All-4-One, Monica, Gloria Estefan and more.

MusicRadar

"This is a monster of a line up!" Killswitch Engage announce 25-date tour of the UK and Europe, with Hatebreed, Fit For An Autopsy, and Employed To Serve among supporting cast

Killswitch Engage's first UK/European headline tour in six years includes massive Wembley Arena date

Metal Hammer

Former Eurovision contestants call for Israel and broadcaster KAN to be banned from contest

Exclusive: Over 70 former contestants have signed an open letter demanding the country and its broadcaster be excluded

The Independent UK

“It’s jokingly the worst rap album in history because there are no lyrics on it at all”: It turns out there’s a reason why André 3000 turned up at the Met Gala with a grand piano on his back

After the flutey New Blue Sun we now have 7 piano sketches

MusicRadar

Aurora at Wembley Arena review: a witchy, eardrum-rattling celebration of love

The Norwegian singer balanced stripped back, quieter moments with incredibly hard bass drops

Evening Standard

The Faces have completed 11 tracks for an album, says Kenney Jones and “most of them are good”

But it won’t be released until 2026 at the earliest

MusicRadar

Oasis setlist ‘update’ as speculation grows ahead of reunion tour

Speculation over setlist and show length continues as reunion tour draws ever closer

The Independent UK

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"I could have done a poor imitation of Brian May, but I just figured it would be better to get the real thing": Bumblefoot on wrangling famous guitarists, his new album, and the celebrity hot sauce community

One-time GN’R guitarist Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal has a finger in more than one pie – and sauce to put on it

Louder

Jimmy Page is being sued again by the man who wrote Dazed and Confused – a track made famous by The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin

Jake Holmes' Dazed and Confused was covered by the Yardbirds before Led Zeppelin reworked it and made it a stone cold classic

Louder

David Lee Roth announces first tour since announcing retirement from touring

Diamond Dave returned to the stage at the weekend and now he's booked a dozen more shows

Latin Times

Bad Bunny Fans Applaud Singer as Star's World Tour Notably Avoids US: 'He Knew to Skip That Mess'

Bad Bunny's upcoming DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS World Tour will not make any stops in the U.S., which delighted dozens of his fans.

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Guitar World

“There's something really magical about it”: Bon Jovi's Phil X on why he prefers single-pickup guitars – and his one-of-a-kind neck pickup 'mods'

Some guitarists just don’t think a neck pickup is needed, but Phil X reckons he has science on his side for his single-pickup preference

MusicRadar

“I was frightened, but I was like, ‘ok, big boy pants time. Step up to the plate, here comes the pitch and you can either knock it out or you can strike’”: Dylan's live sound engineer Jason Frankhouser on mixing front-of-house for The Never Ending Tour

The veteran engineer gives us a rare behind-the-scenes insight into mixing sound for one the most well-established live shows on the planet

The Independent UK

The song voted the UK’s favourite – for the seventh year running

It was crowned the winner of Smooth Radio’s All Time Top 500 poll

Evening Standard

George Michael’s Careless Whisper voted nation’s favourite for seventh year

The track was voted top of Smooth Radio’s All Time Top 500, an annual list of the UK’s best-loved songs, for the seventh year in a row.

Guitar World

“Smashing Pumpkins taught me that music doesn’t have to fit neatly into a box… it’s not as easy as pie. It’s pie with a side of metal!” Billy Corgan asked Jenna Fournier to go back to bass, and she says the timing is perfect

The guitarist-vocalist’s band Niights, solo project Kid Tigrrr, and visual arts projects are one thing, but hitting the stage as part of Corgan’s Machines of God band as a four-stringer is another

Metal Hammer

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil names the rock and metal bands he believes should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the legendary prog band he can't believe hasn't been inducted already

"I don’t think realistically I would see myself in the same club as the Beatles or the Stones or Zeppelin!"

Guitar World

“I will miss laughing with her about sports and crying with her about politics”: Tom Morello leads tributes to groundbreaking singer-songwriter Jill Sobule

The artist, whose 1995 song I Kissed a Girl was the first openly gay-themed song to break the Billboard Top 20, has passed away at 66

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