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“I called Alice and said, ‘I'm in a lot of pain. I’m not too sure what's going on’”: Orianthi reveals her agony over the injury that forced her to pull out of her Alice Cooper tour return – and play Back in Black sitting down at PRS’ epic anniversary show

The guitarist recently revealed that she is dealing with a torn hamstring and hip injury which forced her to shift touring plans

Guitar World

“I cannot think of another guy that has been so tuned in with his instrument. I’m like, ‘How the hell is that even possible?’” Mike Stringer is one of the hottest metal guitar talents right now – and he has an unlikely hero

The celebrated Spiritbox riffer has singled out one of his biggest non-metal inspirations, and he’s dished out some serious praise

Guitar World

“You would get suspended for even having a guitar”: Brian May says it was “illegal” to have a guitar at his school – but he and his friends played during lunch hour anyway

May was reminiscing about the early days of learning on acoustic as he presented his new signature SJ-200 12-string at the Gibson Garage London and performed with Arielle

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“I hate that I had to write the previous album. It became dangerous to play the music and stab myself in the heart”: Swallow The Sun had to escape from Juha Raivio’s personal hell. The solution was new album Shining

Finnish prog-doomers’ ninth record contains elements of Queen, Marillion, Metallica’s Black Album and pop production – but most of their mesmerising melancholy remains

Metal Hammer

“I really had fun doing it and it got me thinking, what if we made a record with guitars…” Charli XCX is tempted to make a guitar record – and she's taking inspiration from Lou Reed

The Brat hitmaker has long been a disciple of the Velvet Underground polymath...and is now considering a more guitar-led approach for her next record

Guitar World

The 1975 in court update after Matty Healy’s on-stage kiss with bandmate

The court action is ‘really quite bizarre’, lawyer says

The Independent UK

“I wrote loads of the Smiths stuff on my first Martin. It was from some hire company – I just refused to give it back!” Johnny Marr on creating his 7-string Martin acoustic, his disdain for satin necks, and why the Smiths were really a folk band

Tearing up the blueprint with an octave G string, Johnny Marr’s new seven-string Martin signature model is a distillation of all the British icon’s most rebellious opinions on acoustic

Guitar World

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“He is the only one who knew when his songs were finished… And I will continue to respect that”: Final Avicii collaborator slams new posthumous release

‘New’ posthumous material from Avicii has appeared, but the track’s vocalist Sandro Cavazza isn’t happy

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“Three simple controls and one toggle that offer a wide range of sounds, perfect for beginners and professionals alike”: JHS Pedals expands mega-value $99 3 Series with Tape Echo, Rotary Chorus and Oil Can Delay

The Kansas stompbox company presents vintage analogue sounds for your pedalboard without the expense

MusicRadar

“It was hands down the nicest D-18 I’ve ever played – and that’s when he told us it was the guitar Johnny Cash bequeathed to his son-in-law”: The essential guide to New York City guitar stores – a bucket-list destination for vintage gear enthusiasts

Nashville and Chicago get a lot of attention as hotspots of vintage guitar treasure, but don’t discount the Big Apple, where you will find some of the coolest stores on the planet

Guitar World

Bashy says he was scared to record Mobo-winning album after 15 years away

The actor and rapper said that ‘it hasn’t sunk in’, as he has wanted a prize at the award ceremony ‘since I was a young kid’.

Evening Standard

"A great drummer whose innovative patterns helped shape our songs": Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies aged 69 after a short illness

The drummer, alongside Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton was the essential power behind the 1970s pop/punk/new wave 'fire and skill' triumvirate

MusicRadar

"The vocals make David Vincent sound like Sabrina Carpenter." This Consequence is the heaviest Killswitch Engage album in over a decade. And it absolutely slaps

Killswitch Engage go rawer and heavier than they have in some time, led by an impassioned Jesse Leach

Metal Hammer

The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley: ‘I’ve had some real downs’

The soul singer is releasing his first album in nearly 20 years and looks back on a career full of major highs and devastating lows

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Evening Standard

Sabrina Carpenter to play second BST Hyde Park headline show after Hugh Jackman drops out

The Grammy award-winning star has stepped in to perform a double bill this summer after Wolverine cancelled

Louder

“Posh tossers singing about nothing because they had nothing to protest about… it was part of the job to destroy Genesis and Yes”: Punk pioneer Captain Sensible loved plenty of prog – but had to hide it

The Damned guitarist on spending years ripping off the genre he professed to hate, and the obscure tracks he’d play on Desert Island Discs – if they’d ever let him appear

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“Meeting your heroes can be disappointing, but not with Bon. It was our first real tour, and he was great to us”: Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott pays tribute to the late, great AC/DC singer Bon Scott

Leppard opened for AC/DC on the Highway To Hell tour

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“As I was leaving the stage, I put my arm around Niall and said, ‘I think we got away with it’”: And So I Watch You From Afar were brave enough to debut their album Megafauna in full at a festival

Irish band broke the limits of their own ambition when they performed every track of their seventh record at ArcTanGent

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The Independent UK

Rock quintet The Murder Capital: ‘Other artists around the world are more protective of their loot than the Irish’

INTERVIEW: James McGovern and Damien Tuit of the Dublin-formed group speak to Louis Chilton about their shapeshifting third album, Irish solidarity with Palestine, and the argument in LA that nearly broke up the band

Metal Hammer

Kiss may have retired, but you can now buy a 24-karat gold edition of Strutter for just $50,000

Limited to just five copies worldwide, the pure gold edition of Strutter may be expensive but it is playable

Evening Standard

The Wanted 2.0 postpone gig due to Max George ‘recovery setback’ after surgery

The concert was due to take place at Manchester Cathedral on February 27.

The Independent UK

Rick Buckler death: The Jam drummer dies aged 69

His former bandmate Paul Weller said he was ‘shocked and saddened’

Louder

"It’s not like anything else. I liked it for that. We'd always take a different path": The story behind The Kinks' brilliantly subversive classic Lola

A tale of sexual ambiguity in 60s Soho, Lola provided The Kinks with a worldwide hit at the exact moment they needed it most

The Independent UK

Paul Simon announces surprise new tour after retiring in 2018

The singer initially announced his retirement in 2018

The Guardian - UK

Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies aged 69 after short illness

The musician, along with band members Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton, had many hits in the 1970s and 1980s, including four UK No 1s

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