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Much-hyped mystery men President haven’t even released an EP yet and they’re already headlining a festival

The faceless four-piece will top the bill at Takedown festival in Portsmouth, UK on April 4

Metal Hammer · Sep 8, 2025

Ed Sheeran quits UK to move to US with family after backlash over cultural identity comments

The Galway Girl hit-maker has shared his hopes of making a shift towards country music

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025

“Ozzy forever, man”: Yungblud wore Ozzy Osbourne’s necklace during tribute performance at the VMAs last weekend

The 28-year-old had a piece of the Prince Of Darkness with him when he sang Crazy Train, Changes and Mama, I’m Coming Home in New York on Sunday

Metal Hammer · Sep 8, 2025

‘Most of the time I was only wearing tiny shorts’: how Devendra Banhart made I Feel Just Like a Child

‘I wanted something more interesting than a key change. So when someone walked by the studio with a husky, I said, “Do you want to howl with your dog?”’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025

“Though every note has been learned and rehearsed and played, you need to think, ‘Oh, there’s something about the feel that had before that it’s gone forever’”: David Gilmour sets the record straight on the Pink Floyd solo that accidentally got erased

The Pink Floyd guitarist reveals the track whose (one of many) solos got deleted amid the Animals recording sessions

Guitar World · Sep 8, 2025

“I’m not trying to alienate my audience. As an artist in Deep Purple and even before Purple I was an R&B-based rock artist”: Glenn Hughes says he's still taking inspiration from David Bowie

“I like a bit of a gamble in my work," he says

MusicRadar · Sep 8, 2025

“David said, ‘Slicky, you don’t have Les Pauls anymore.’ I said, ‘I haven’t been playing them.’ He said, ‘You need to get a couple’”: The one time David Bowie ordered Earl Slick to swap his Fenders for Gibsons

Slick went into the recording of 2003's Reality armed with a Telecaster, but his guitar of choice didn't cut it with Bowie

Guitar World · Sep 8, 2025

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 8, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Struts, Castle Rat and more

Louder · Sep 8, 2025

Woody Woodmansey didn't realise how ill David Bowie was

Woody Woodmansey didn’t know his late friend and collaborator David Bowie was “seriously” ill until he died.

BANG Premier · Sep 8, 2025

"Being the lone guy at the front was a huge challenge. It was really nerve-wracking." Robert Plant recalls his anxiety during the early days of Led Zeppelin, and admits the band had their off days

"It wasn’t sent down from the gods every day"

Louder · Sep 8, 2025