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Comfort and joy! Merry gentlemen Sheeps deliver the ultimate Christmas album

With A Very Sheeps Christmas, featuring songs such as Hoo Hoo Daddy X, the comic trio and guests including Rose Matafeo pastiche all manner of festive tunes

The Guardian - UK

“Meticulously crafted analogue and digital circuits all curated from the ground up for bass-centric tonal expansion”: Fender unveils the Bassman effects line – 5 pedalboard essentials for bassists

There's overdrive, fuzz, compression, delay and reverb, all in a road-worthy aluminium enclosure, all at an affordable $119 price point

MusicRadar

Eurovision organisers vow to ‘protect’ artists as new code of conduct introduced

Agreeing to abide by the code of conduct will be a requirement for accreditation to the event.

Evening Standard

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Sam Fender’s six best songs, ranked: from The Borders to Will We Talk?

With news that the Geordie artist has won the Mercury Prize, we rank his best songs

Evening Standard

“It's not quite as dark, but it explores other subjects a little bit more”: Robert Smith confirms existence of ‘companion’ album to Songs Of A Lost World

And there’s a third in the works too

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A Complete Unknown review: Timothée Chalamet is extraordinary as Bob Dylan in this rich biopic

4/5 This is an extraordinary performance, far deeper than an impersonation, that charts the progress of the young singer-songwriter as the times were a’changin’

Evening Standard

A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation

James Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure

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“I signed some contracts back in the ‘90s that I thought were amazing - I celebrated with a bottle of champagne. I look back now and think, ‘how the hell did I agree to sign this?’”: Sasha on breaking into dance music - and why it's not any easier in 2024

The original superstar DJ drops some essential advice for aspiring producers and talks us through his ambitious Dolby Atmos score for the immersive Da Vinci Genius exhibition

MusicRadar

“I got so tired of all these different hybrid categories, I created my own”: Ice-T names the one thing he’d change about heavy metal if he could

The outspoken Body Count frontman also names his favourite rap and metal albums in the new issue of Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer

“I’m sure you all appreciate that I hate you all!” Iron Maiden share heartfelt backstage video of Nicko McBrain’s final concert

After announcing his intention to retire from the live stage, McBrain played his last show with Iron Maiden over the weekend

Metal Hammer

“Imagine standing in front of a wall loaded with tube amp heads and 4x12 speaker cabinets, grabbing your guitar and hitting a chord”: Crazy Tube Circuit’s Heatseeker is an amp-in-box to help you nail Angus Young’s high-voltage AC/DC tones

Packing three vintage Marshall-inspired modes plus a preamp enhancer inspired by the AC/DC guitarist's not-so-secret secret sauce, the Heatseeker is a formidable drive and tone shaper for rock guitar

MusicRadar

The next Korn album will take some time: “Maybe next summer, maybe next year, the next winter – I don’t know!”

Korn have a lot written for the followup to 2022’s Requiem – but they aren’t quite sure when it’s coming out

Metal Hammer

Cyrus 40 ST

The 40 series streamer is a next-gen Cyrus product that delivers an exceptional performance, but currently has a few specification gaps.

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Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' Resurgence

Discover the enduring charm of Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' and its impact on holiday music history.

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“It's Christmaaaas!”: How Slade created a festive classic - with a little help from John Lennon

Still making half a million quid a year, it’s the Christmas gift that keeps on giving!

The Independent UK

Still rockin': As a singer turns 80, the Christmas song she sang as a teen is a holiday staple

Brenda Lee's memories of recording “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy now

MusicRadar

“The show will be a powerful celebration of the coolest instrument in the world, the electric guitar!”: Joe Satriani and Steve Vai to share the stage again on epic 2025 UK/Europe tour

The Surfing with the Hydra Tour is an early contender for guitar event of 2025, with over two dozen dates announced, and more to come, and the promise of new music from the SATCHVAI Band

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Taylor Swift gives away $197 million away in bonuses to Eras tour crew

Sunday’s Vancouver show marks the end of Swift's record-breaking tour, in which she spent a total of 484 hours on stage

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Guitar World

Their ingeniously arranged rhythm guitars fueled one of prog metal's most pioneering bands and gave them an orchestral edge – how Queensrÿche's Michael Wilton and Chris DeGarmo became two of metal's most cerebral riff-masters

Queensrÿche's high-concept metal still feels cult even though the Washington band are bona-fide platinum-selling stars. DeGarmo and Wilton's approach can be applied across all metal subgenres, too

The Guardian - UK

Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year by Alex James review – Blur reunited

The britpop bassist tears himself away from cheese just long enough to play with his old bandmates in this joyfully chaotic memoir

Metal Hammer

Deftones announce two more UK headline shows for summer 2025

Didn’t get tickets to Deftones’ blockbuster London date? The quasi-nu metal beloveds have just announced extra stops in Yorkshire and Cornwall

Guitar World

“From the first chord, we both thought, ‘Wow’ – I quit my band and moved to Denmark”: How husband-and-wife duo the Courettes became one of the most exciting bands in the garage-rock underground

Guitarist Flavi Couri details the retro gear and inspirations behind the Courettes’ garage-rock expansionism – a sound that references Motown, Phil Spector and ’60s power-pop

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This year’s best Christmas album is a thrilling Dolby Atmos treat

I said recently that Christmas albums should be hidden away from Boxing Day until at least the following December, but on this occasion I will make an exception...

Evening Standard

A complete unknown? Bob Dylan's best early songs

Ahead of A Complete Unknown hitting cinemas, here is a look back at Dylan’s best songs from the period the film covers

Louder

"I was twelve, on the bus, and someone said it was angel dust, and I thought 'That sounds great'": Fantastic Negrito has poured his upbringing into his extraordinary and beautiful latest album

Xavier Dphrepaulezz on Sion Of A Broken Man, the concept album inspired by his tumultuous relationship with his late father

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