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Brian Wilson was not the last stop on music’s great adventure

Letters: Anoushka Lucas and Tarik O’Regan respond to an article wondering whether there are any musical geniuses left after the death of the Beach Boys co-founder

The Guardian - UK

"I was looking for something darker." Bruce Springsteen reveals that he's never been happy with his world-conquering Born In The USA album, and says the 30-million-selling collection didn't "connect" like his other records

The multi-platinum success of Born In The USA made Bruce Springsteen a household name, but The Boss still harbours reservations about the album

Louder

‘I’ve never been so obsessed with a band’: readers’ best albums of 2025 so far

Bad Bunny blasting bigotry against Puerto Ricans, Davido’s 5ive’s uplifting vibes and a blast from trip-hop’s past. Here’s what has caught your ear this year

The Guardian - UK

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Six of the newest, coolest proggy sounds around from Sam Vallen, Heather Findlay, Esoterica and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Great new prog you need to hear from Tribe3, Esthesis, Fields Of Næcluda and more in our Tracks Of The Week...

Louder

"Total bollocks!" Contrary to what you may have heard, Rick Wakeman wasn't responsible for the Sex Pistols getting dumped by their record label in 1977, just seven days after signing their contract

The music business can be brutal, as the Sex Pistols discovered in March 1977 when they signed and then lost a record deal in a single week

Louder

Crowds sing along in sun as Sting set to headline Isle of Wight Festival

A total of 55,000 party-goers have crossed the Solent to reach Seaclose Park in Newport for the four-day event.

Evening Standard

Oasis reunion kicks off in Cardiff: stage times, support acts and all you need to know

Liam and Noel Gallagher begin their long-awaited Live ’25 tour with two massive dates in Wales’ capital – here’s everything fans need to know

Evening Standard

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“It's best always to just do the same chord and call it different things”: SNL legend Fred Armisen has a signature guitar strap – but there's something not quite right about his guide to chords

If punk guitarists only need one shape, why does anyone else need more? Armisen seems to agree...

Guitar World

Here are 6 CD player buying tips for when you want to revive your disc collection

Dust off those old CDs and heed our advice to get the best performance

What Hi-Fi?

“I think Roger just got lost. Roger’s finding it difficult. I have to be careful what I say about Roger because he gets angry if I say anything about him at all": Pete Townshend has his say on Zak Starkey’s protracted dismissal from The Who

“He’ll be sacking me next,” quips the guitarist, “but that’s not to say that he sacked Zak”

MusicRadar

“Rates are coming back up, rents very rarely go down, and suppliers are in straitened circumstances”: Is crowdfunding the answer to ensuring guitar stores’ survival? One family-run business has launched an innovative campaign to keep its stores alive

Guitar stores are struggling. Many of our biggest gear retailers have shut their doors. We hear how the UK’s Hobgoblin Music – where Paul McCartney is a regular – plans to buck the trend

Guitar World

Haim have evolved on muscular summer album I Quit, but could have dared to abandon more

4/5 The three sisters from the Valley reclaim quitting as an empowered act – and that includes shedding past sounds, not just exes

The Independent UK

Add to playlist: James K’s downtempo dream pop and the week’s best new tracks

Right on time for the return of the chill out era, the New York producer traces a hypnotic path on an album that bobs along on sleepy breakbeats and angelic atmospherics

The Guardian - UK

“I’ve never been one of those guys who will go into a guitar store and play Stairway to Heaven…’” Jim Babjak reveals he once bought a ’70s Les Paul without even trying it – and how it would go on to shape one of The Smithereens' biggest hits

The guitarist reveals that he's “kind of embarrassed” when it comes to trying out guitars in a music store – but his faith in his engineer was well-placed

Guitar World

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Louder

How Dire Straits outsold everyone, hijacked MTV, and accidentally made a classic: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Mike Peters, Buckcherry, Adam Duritz, Battlesnake, Eureka Machines, H.E.A.T, Steve Lillywhite, Live Aid USA and more

Guitar World

“It’s atried-and-true sound that we’ve heard inthe soloing of all of our favorite players, from Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and Leslie West to Eddie Van Halen”: Jared James Nichols explains why we should all be using the blue note in our solos

The irrepressible Mr Nichols pays tribute to the flatted 5th, and explores the myriad ways that he uses it in his playing

Evening Standard

Matt Maltese: the one man antidote to Toxic Masculinity

Matt Maltese is the cult London singer-songwriter who has just released one of the albums of the year and become an unlikely heartthrob

Evening Standard

Beyonce invites Miley Cyrus onstage for surprise duet after sparking rumours she's moving to UK

The 43-year-old singer said she was ‘so grateful’ to perform with Miley during the Paris stop of her Cowboy Carter tour

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“Keith didn't want anything to do with it. He hated my records”: Dann Huff and Keith Urban got off to a rocky start – but they went on to create a string of number 1 singles together

Huff was handpicked to help bring more guitar into the Urban’s sound, but their “oil and water” mindsets caused tumult in the studio

Evening Standard

Chris Brown arrives at court to enter plea over ‘bottle attack’ charge

The US musician is accused of causing grievous bodily harm to Abraham Diaw in February 2023.

International Business Times UK

Isle of Wight Festival: Where Can I Stream or Watch It Online, Artists And More

Festival fans can stream the Isle of Wight 2025 live on Sky, watching top artists perform from their sofas across four days.

Louder

We celebrate 30 years of Marillion's Afraid Of Sunlight on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now

The brand new issue of Prog is on sale now, and also featuring Richard Sinclair, Gentle Giant, Peter Baumann, Katatonia

Metal Hammer

Sunset Strip meets Nashville as Mötley Crüe and Dölly Partön team up for unexpected version of Home Sweet Home

Listen to Dölly Crüe's version of the classic power ballad Home Sweet Home now

Louder

“His previous work only hinted at a distinct musical personality… now he seems determined to prove he can sound unlike Genesis”: Nad Sylvan’s Monumentata

Best known as Steve Hackett’s live vocalist, he moves away from his usual tone with darker, more personal music than his earlier solo output

Louder

"It's been a mission statement from day one": Why Sparks continue to do things other bands don't

With 28 albums’ worth of songs to choose from, there'll be some surprises as Sparks tour their MAD! album

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