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"I love The Who and would never have quit": The Who's Zak Starkey has been fired again, just weeks after being fired then rehired

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Louder · May 19, 2025

‘It’s going to be expensive’: Austria frets about price tag of hosting Eurovision

Amid euphoria of JJ’s win, acceptance that cash-strapped public broadcaster could face bill of €30m for 2026 event

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025

Bono’s Stories Of Surrender documentary receives standing ovation at Cannes

Plus singer suggests new U2 album “sounds like the future”

MusicRadar · May 19, 2025

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“That was a huge moment for me. It put me back in my place”: The insult that brought David Bowie down to Earth

Bowie later said that the dog walker’s jibe left a lasting impression

MusicRadar · May 19, 2025

‘We wanted Torvill and Dean skating in the video!’ How we made Godley & Creme’s Cry

‘Machines were revolutionising recording. We were told to lay down a 20-second backing track, a guide vocal – then go and play table tennis’

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025

The Who drummer Zak Starkey fired again: What went wrong?

The Who’s drummer Zak Starkey has departed the band a second time – but now claims that he wasn’t fired

Evening Standard · May 19, 2025

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Louder · May 19, 2025

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The Who 'sack' drummer Zak Starkey for a second time

The musician has spoken out to share his side after the legendary band issued a statement

Evening Standard · May 19, 2025

“He once made a chicken walk on varnish, to transfer the prints of its feet onto the guitar's body”: The bizarre vintage guitar used in Italy's Eurovision entry has caught eyes all over the world

’70s-flavored singer-songwriter and guitarist Lucio Corsi opted for a rare guitar made by off-kilter Italian guitar manufacturer Antonio Vandrè Pioli – better known as Wandrè

Guitar World · May 19, 2025

“No reason was given. I’m not angry, just a bit shocked and disappointed”: Foo Fighters have parted ways with Josh Freese – and will explore “a different direction” with their next drummer

The move ends Freese’s two-year tenure with the group, after he was drafted in to replace the late Taylor Hawkins

Guitar World · May 19, 2025

Kanye West’s South Korea concert cancelled ‘due to recent controversies’

Rapper recently released a new track titled ‘Heil Hitler’ which was removed from Spotify and SoundCloud but racked up millions of views on X

The Independent UK · May 19, 2025

“Mayer on guitar, Grohl on drums. A lot of fun making this”: Ed Sheeran forms an unlikely hard rock power trio with John Mayer and Dave Grohl – and they've written a song for a Brad Pitt movie

Drive will feature in this summer’s high-speed blockbuster, F1

Guitar World · May 19, 2025

“People think I’ve been to the moon, they think I’ve met an alien”: The National’s Matt Berninger on how people react when they find out he’s worked with Taylor Swift, and why she’s such a great lyricist

“She manages to get a listener inside a world and feel like they have a confidante and a dear friend who gets them”

MusicRadar · May 19, 2025

71 Funny And Savage Eurovision Memes That Sum Up What Europeans Lived Through In A Week

I will never get Espresso Macchiato out of my head.

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The Independent UK · May 19, 2025

The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey – again – as Sean Lennon wades in

Band’s longtime drummer made it clear he was upset by the decision and claimed he had been asked to say he was quitting, instead of being fired a second time

The Independent UK · May 19, 2025

Remember Monday singer reveals she’s lost her wedding ring after Eurovision performance

‘I’m gonna have a breakdown,’ singer said

MusicRadar · May 19, 2025

"The lie is or would have been that I quit – I didn’t": Zak Starkey sacked from The Who - again

News comes on brutal weekend for drummers, as Josh Freese also ejected from Foo Fighters

The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2025

The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey for second time in a month

The band’s drummer since 1996 says there have been ‘weeks of mayhem’ since he was fired then reinstated three days later

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Guitar World · May 18, 2025

“My first love was always acoustic guitar. That was the element that I brought, the idea of embracing electric and acoustic sounds”: Nancy Wilson says she felt pressured to ditch the acoustics as Heart went for the mainstream in 1985

The band’s self-titled eighth record saw them evolving into a mainstream superpower, but Wilson would clash with producer Ron Nevison over the use of acoustic guitars

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2025

Scissor Sisters review – effervescent maximalism from 00s glam-pop freaksters

Decked out in bedazzled denim and surrounded by inflatable body parts, the US band sound as thrillingly absurd on this reunion tour as when they brightened up the charts the first time around

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

Chaos in the CBD, patron saints of adult contemporary house music, are coming to Shoreditch

Ahead of their street party in EC2 this weekend, Will Hosie’s down with London’s hottest DJ duo

Guitar World · May 18, 2025

“Geffen thought we were too young to write our own songs. Bob Dylan wrote a song, Bruce Springsteen had a song”: Ryan Hedgecock on Lone Justice's brief but fierce ’80s run – and how Tom Petty and Mike Campbell ended up penning a song on their debut

The promising young band were the subject of a flurry of publicity after they were signed to Geffen, but a behind-the-scenes mismatch in vision led to the outfit's premature demise

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2025

Tyler, the Creator review – a fiery performance from a giddy rap god

Performing solo to a backing track, the rapper nevertheless generates extraordinary heat with his fluid and furious flow atop foundation-rumbling bass

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson ‘so blessed’ after birth of twins

Nelson said the girls had been named Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster.

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

Remember Monday say Eurovision gave them ‘memories that will last a lifetime’

The contest was won by Austria’s JJ with his emotional song Wasted Love.

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