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Coldplay’s Chris Martin thanks Indian fans for forgiving British colonialism at Mumbai concert

Band is in India for Asia leg of their highly anticipated Music of Spheres world tour

The Independent UK

Ringo Starr’s son Zak Starkey: I felt carried by the music playing Beatles venue

Starkey joined fellow former Oasis drummer Chris Sharrock for a session alongside the Cavern Club’s Beatles tribute band.

Evening Standard

Rihanna Makes Her Recording Studio Comeback in a Fur Coat, Puma Sneakers, and Louis Vuitton Bag

Is new music finally on the way?

Marie Claire

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Jingle jangle: Draft lyrics to 'Mr. Tambourine Man' sell for $508K at US auction

The draft lyrics to Bob Dylan’s song “Mr. Tambourine Man” went for over a half-million dollars at a weekend auction for dozens of items related to the iconic American singer-songwriter

The Independent UK

“This song is nuts! It’s a very violent, angry call for being a champion of all who deserve it”: Matt Heafy on the classic Trivium song inspired by Muse

How a sci-fi obsessed British rock group influenced a key track on Trivium’s breakthrough Ascendancy album

Metal Hammer

“I rediscovered the glorious bottom-end of the Fender… I feel far more fluid playing the Jazz Bass than I ever did on the Rickenbacker”: Geddy Lee went on a tonal quest and broke all the bass rules to make Rush sound huge

The Rush frontman charts his experiments in bass tone, and why he'd sometimes tackle the instrument like a lead guitarist

Guitar World

Madison Cunningham review – complex new tunes from a folk singer with a knack for a twist

The Los Angeles musician is developing a heavier, rockier sound than before, but her astonishing voice and intuitive melodies are as strong as ever

The Guardian - UK

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“I only used the back pickup. Ozzy hates the sound of the front pickup. He calls it the ‘cow tone’”: Bursting with ideas but deferential to Ozzy Osbourne, a young Zakk Wylde had interesting guitar instructions upon joining the legendary frontman's band

Though not a guitarist himself, the Prince of Darkness had some very specific pet peeves that he related to Wylde when the guitarist was a newly-hired young gun

Guitar World

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: ‘With music, we give ourselves up. It’s when we’re allowed to be ourselves’

Revered American musician Will Oldham on recording his new album with some of Nashville’s finest, helping Johnny Cash sing I See a Darkness, and his dismay at US politics

The Guardian - UK

Bob Dylan draft lyrics for Mr Tambourine Man sell for over £400k

Lyric notes were mong 60 items up for sale in the auction dedicated to the celebrated musician

The Independent UK

Streaming, live performance, and direct-to-fan sales are on the rise: How to make money from music in 2025

There may be few surprises at the top of 2024’s most-streamed charts, but new stats open up interesting avenues for the year ahead

MusicRadar

Introducing Ramón Fernández: Vicente Fernández's Grandson Making Waves as a Latin Country Star

He is getting ready to release his EP with six new songs about life and love.

Latin Times

“The producer was saying, ‘You guys suck! You can’t play!’ I don’t know if that was a tactic to get us to perform better!”: How Cathedral reinvented doom metal for a new generation

Metal Hammer

“I was doing a gig, I dropped the pick, and I was drunk. I was afraid if I bent over to pick it up, I'd fall. So I played the rest of the show without the pick and started to really like it’”: What Jeff Beck told his friend Joe Perry

Beck’s guitars are up for auction this week

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Louder

“At my level Spotify would be like a turkey voting for Christmas”: Billy Sherwood, Big Big Train,and other artists who pay it forward helped John Holden return to prog after he’d abandoned his ambitions

Launching his career in middle-age, he found a huge range of kindred spirits like John Hackett, Sally Minnear and Oliver Wakeman – who understand he doesn’t need to make money, but doesn’t want to lose it either

Louder

“I become a Colossus of Maroussi, I can do anything!”: Michael Stipe on the period when R.E.M. became a stadium band and he embraced his inner showman

It’s 30 years since the Athens, Georgia legends began a huge tour to support Monster and frontman Stipe had no choice but to up the flamboyance in his frontman game

The Independent UK

The Sundays were the dream-pop greats who disappeared without trace

PLAYBACK: Thirty-five years after the release of their debut album, which housed their seminal break-up song ‘Here’s Where the Story Ends’, the band behind a number of pretty, ethereal earworms still inspire adoration – and questions over their decision to drop out of the limelight three records into their career,…

Metal Hammer

"I terrified and annoyed countless people for decades." Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe on the karma of being cornered by drunks

Sober for 14 years, Lamb Of God frontman says he of all people can't complain about drunkards getting on his nerves

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Evening Standard

Singer Linda Nolan ‘laughing and joking’ in final days, says sister Denise

The Irish star died on Wednesday morning surrounded by family after being admitted to hospital.

Metal Hammer

"The last Tool record ... sounded like spa music." Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta gives brutally honest appraisal of prog metal giants' Fear Inoculum

Tool's Fear Inoculum won praise from just about everyone –but Hatebreed singer Jasta was not a fan

The Guardian - UK

Bob Dylan’s drafts for Mr Tambourine Man sell for more than £400,000

Notes among 60 items associated with the singer auctioned off in Nashville

The Independent UK

Drafts of Bob Dylan’s Mr Tambourine Man sell for more than £400,000 at auction

The lyrical drafts were among 60 items that were up for sale in the dedicated auction for acclaimed musician Dylan.

Latin Times

'Querida Yo': The Transformative Collaboration Between Yami Safdie and Camilo - INTERVIEW

The Latin American singer-songwriters joined forces on a song about self-love and celebrating the past self.

Guitar World

“When I got into Miles Davis' band, playing like my idols – Jaco, Stanley and Larry Graham – wasn't going to work. I had to dig and find something else”: How Marcus Miller found his voice – and became one of the most-imitated bassists in the biz

The bass icon breaks down his formative influences, and how he gave everyone from Prince to Beethoven a low-end makeover via his '77 Fender Jazz

Guitar World

“Cliff always wanted to play more than he should have, but we didn’t try to control him – we couldn’t”: How Cliff Burton’s bass masterpiece earned its place in the pantheon of great rock solos

Recorded for Metallica’s genre-sparking Kill ’Em All, Burton’s complex snarl of notes has captivated bassists for years. Dial in your favorite fuzz-wah tone and let it rip

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