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When the band formed, they could barely play their instruments – then their guitarist bought a delay pedal and changed the sound of electric guitar forever

The Edge bought a delay just to fill out the sound out in U2 – it ended up all but defining them. But there's a trick to how to use it in tandem with your playing and make it sound huge

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“I depended on Mike – on how he maintained my guitars and amps show after show, and hour after hour in the studio”: Joe Satriani pays tribute to his long-time guitar tech with new instrumental track

Mike Manning was Satriani’s tech for over 30 years, and helped him both on the road and in the studio with his “flawless” work and “sunny personality”

Guitar World

Bagpipes and a metal breakdown?! It happened this weekend, when Bleed From Within debuted unreleased song In Place Of Your Halo live

The muscular track will come out later this week as the firebrands prepare to tour Europe with Slipknot

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“It’s a great honour, but it’s going to cost me a fortune to do it”: Rod Stewart spills the beans on the price of playing Glastonbury

$300,000 to bring his band over from America, he claims

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"It’s a sad day for every MCR fan. He was so pivotal to their sound for so long": Tributes paid to My Chemical Romance’s Bob Bryar

Drummer found dead in his Tennessee home, aged just 44

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Main Stage venue PJ Molloys in Dunfermline has ‘everything a touring band needs’

Director Calum Miller explains the venue’s eclectic approach to booking acts and the major hurdles they face as a grassroots music space

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"Sure, that will be nice." Noel Gallagher reveals his mum Peggy's fabulously understated reaction to the news that Oasis have reformed

If you ever wondered who the coolest Gallagher is, it's Peggy, Liam and Noel's mum

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Damnation festival announces first bands for 2025, including Perturbator, The Haunted, Pig Destroyer and Crippling Alcoholism

34 bands, including all of the Manchester weekender’s headliners, are still to be announced

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“I can’t stop reading it, cos I’m a hypochondriac it affects me, makes me want to cut my nose off”: Kurt Cobain on the book he was obsessed with and how it inspired a Nirvana classic

The 1985 novel that rarely left the Nirvana frontman’s pocket and became the basis for one of In Utero’s heaviest tracks

Louder

“I was so looking forward to going as a fan and enjoying these amazing bands with you guys”: Sick New World festival will return despite 2025 cancellation, says System Of A Down drummer

The co-founder of Sick New World is the CEO of System Of A Down’s management company, making John Dolmayan something of an insider

Metal Hammer

The Black Keys announce summer 2025 UK and European tour

Ohio rock 'n' roll fundamentalists The Black Keys will cross the Atlantic for 15 shows in June/July.

Louder

Google Doodle celebrates the timeless legacy of singer KK

On Friday, Google celebrated the enduring legacy of the beloved Indian playback singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, known as KK, with a special Doodle. Read further on Dynamite News:

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“An album drenched in musical innovation that proves quality is not defined by quantity”: The Clash used the musical language of prog to make the statement that is Combat Rock

Even as they began spiralling out of control, the cut-down double album delivered 46 minutes of creativity, complexity and power

Louder

"I managed to beat a tactful retreat": the fan request that shocked Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood

The Radiohead man also says he’d love the band to get back on the road in 2025, but there is a caveat...

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"We've got unfinished business with you!": The Temperance Movement announce reunion with singer Phil Campbell and tour dates

The Temperance Movement have a UK and European tour lined up for March next year

Guitar World

“I don't look at the fingerboard, I listen to it. All of my fretless basses have no fret lines. I can't play on a lined fingerboard”: How Bakithi Kumalo’s swung, fretless bassline helped create one of Graceland’s defining sounds

Like much of Paul Simon’s Graceland, the 1985 session for The Boy In The Bubble took place at Ovation Studios in downtown Johannesburg

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'One last shindig': Rock band to host final gig in Glasgow before splitting up

A ROCK band will host a final gig in Glasgow before splitting up ...

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I have lost my eyesight, Elton John tells theatre audience

ELTON John has said he has “lost his eyesight”, which has prevented him from watching his new musical ...

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Blur’s Alex James praises Noel and Liam Gallagher’s ‘good manners’ over Oasis reunion tour

Manchester-formed band will play a series of stadium shows around the world in 2025

MusicRadar

“A well-crafted sequence is successful wherever you may wish to use it”: Use these tried and tested chord progressions to build an engaging song

Lets draw some harmonic inspiration and top-tips from the past-masters.

Louder

“A phrase that works on every occasion is an invaluable exit strategy”: Bono on the priceless advice he was given by a hard rock, harder-drinking legend

U2’s frontman on being enlightened by a true rock’n’roll sage

Evening Standard

Elton John reveals he is unable to watch new musical after losing his eyesight

The veteran singer revealed in an Instagram post in September that his vision has been affected by an infection.

Louder

“There are many things I like to express musically that aren’t related to Dream Theater. It’s important that I can find my voice”: Jordan Rudess hopes the band he gathered for Permission to Fly becomes a permanent part of his world

Keyboard master – who took the plunge and played guitar on his new solo album – on his decision to lay aside some of the crazy and create a song-based work

Louder

"Chris Cornell shows why he was one of the premier vocalists of his era": Temple Of The Dog's eulogy for a fallen friend still shines

Rooted in tragedy, Temple Of The Dog's 10 original tracks are a kind of catharsis through music

Louder

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Crossbone Skully, Three Days Grace, Eisbrecher and five other leaders of the rock'n'roll pack

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