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The Who U-turn decision to axe Zak Starkey after he ‘apologised’

A statement posted by the group’s guitarist blamed the public fallout on ‘communication issues’

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2025

“Everything I’m doing is purposely very different. If I’d wanted to keep doing what Dream Theater do, I’d still be in Dream Theater”: How Mike Portnoy reinvented himself after the trauma of leaving two massive bands

In 2011, while trying to find homes for his enormous collection of Dream Theater drumkits, Mike Portnoy was planning a new direction with Flying Colors, Adrenaline Mob, PSMS and Transatlantic

Metal Hammer · Apr 20, 2025

“It was a great antidote to American earnest rock bands who seemed to think it was all about them”: Supergrass on the making of their timeless Britpop classic I Should Coco

They were young, they ran free: how Gaz Coombes & co. made one of the best British debuts of the 90s

Louder · Apr 20, 2025

Zak Starkey reinstated as the Who’s drummer, days after departure

Pete Townshend welcomes musician back into group after disagreement over his playing at Royal Albert Hall gig

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2025

“Driven by a mammoth riff that could give Black Sabbath a run for their money, they never recorded anything so primitive or heavy again”: Four songs that will make you rethink everything you know about Queen

Think you have a handle on Queen’s sound? These songs sound like nothing else they recorded

Louder · Apr 19, 2025

“The verse tricks you into thinking that it’s in a certain key and has this ‘simplistic’ musical language, but then it flips”: Charli XCX’s Brat collaborator Jon Shave on how they created Sympathy Is A Knife

"With Brat, Charli had put so much thought into it before we even got in the studio," he says

MusicRadar · Apr 19, 2025

“We blew this whole scene open, I don’t care what anybody says. We did all the work, and now all these other bands are popping up”: How Korn changed up their sound and left the copycats behind with Follow The Leader

Korn’s 1998 album Follow The Leader was the sound of the nu metal pioneers pulling away from the competition

Metal Hammer · Apr 19, 2025

UK Eurovision icon Clodagh Rodgers dies aged 78

Her son Sam Sorbie confirmed the news in a touching statement today, in which he paid tribute to her as the “rock of this family”

Evening Standard · Apr 19, 2025

Clodagh Rodgers death: Former UK Eurovision contestant dies at 78

Musician came fourth in the competition with her song ‘Jack in the Box’

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2025

Self Esteem review – straight outta Gilead

A triumphant staging by Rebecca Lucy Taylor of her new album, A Complicated Woman, is part artistic statement, part power pop club night

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2025