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“Zoom discontinued that pedal because nobody bought it – but bass players are always coming up to me wanting to know how I got those sounds”: Remembering jazz great Victor Bailey, who used an unsung multi-FX pedal for his cover of Prince’s biggest hit

From his ’80s heyday with Weather Report through to his mid-’90s stint with Madonna, Victor Bailey earned his stripes as one of the world’s greatest bass players

Guitar World

“Given the state he was in I would have given him two years, tops. But Sharon literally rescued him”: Inside the booze-soaked 35-year friendship between Lemmy and Ozzy Osbourne

Drink, drugs, urinating up unsuspecting keyboard players’ legs – fellow hellraisers Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy were partners in crime for decades

Metal Hammer

“I just see a pie hit me in the grill”: Metallica’s Robert Trujillo on the rock legend who caked him in the face onstage

It was the Metallica man’s birthday and an iconic rock veteran wanted to make sure it was properly celebrated

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“The sort of thing which got prog a bad name, but which now seems increasingly bold and ambitious”: 10 essential Greg Lake songs

From King Crimson to ELP and beyond, he left a catalogue of impressive creations from an extraordinary musical journey which included that Christmas song

Louder

Jack White review – do whatever you can to get a ticket

White shimmies, pouts, stomps and solos wildly through his best music since the end of the White Stripes, reclaiming his place in the pantheon

The Guardian - AU

What Will Happen to Daddy Yankee's $200 Million Fortune After his Divorce?

Many are wondering about the fate of the money after the proceedings

Latin Times

Band Aid 40 enters UK Top 10 as Christmas No 1 race hots up

More than half of this week’s Top 40 is Christmas-themed, as classics by Wham! and Mariah Carey eye a potential No 1 position

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Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department returns to number one amid tour end

The record also claimed number one on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart.

Evening Standard

“I got really sick, and in the hospital, I decided to teach myself how to play guitar. I was playing piano and violin classically, and it was a little intense”: Yvette Young on why choosing the guitar felt “magical” – and what it represents to her

After years of learning instruments her parents chose for her, Young explains how having the autonomy to choose her own instrument represented a sense of freedom

Guitar World

“They haven’t agreed on anything for 20 years”: How Ice-T got Roger Waters and David Gilmour’s go ahead for Body Count’s Comfortably Numb cover

More unlikely than his choice of song were the odds of the two warring Floyd members saying yes to it…

MusicRadar

“Gilmour says, ‘I want to play on it’ – like, he doesn’t do this’”: Body Count rip through their Comfortably Numb reimagining on the Tonight Show, as Ernie C does his best David Gilmour

In an interview with host Jimmy Fallon, Ice-T recalled getting the approval (and assist) for the modern-minded reworking from Gilmour – while also getting the go-ahead from Roger Waters

Guitar World

“It’s everything the SLO is, all in a pedal”: Soldano’s SLO Plus could be the new hard rock pedal amp to beat – bringing both channels of the legendary SLO-100 guitar amp to the floor

A single-channel offering from 2022 has been usurped by the two-channel upgrade, which promises the tube-amp-like tones of the iconic SLO-100

Guitar World

“Designed as the ultimate ‘stage guitars’”: Faith launches the all-new Eclipse series – a trio of all-solid cutaway acoustic electric guitars with a maple forearm rest for comfort and Fishman electronics

Upgraded with Fishman's Ink Body pickup and preamp system, the Eclipse series gives players plenty of control over their amplified tone

MusicRadar

“We finished this song and there were 5,000 angry geezers standing there just… dead silence”: Noel Gallagher liked Confidence Man so much he asked them to support him on his tour, but his fans weren’t so keen

They were not so much mad for it as just mad

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“Captures the very essence of British rock ’n’ roll”: The Masquerader Standard makes one of cult UK builder Shergold’s most distinctive guitars significantly more affordable

The newly revived firm continues its renaissance by returning to one of its earliest designs – and giving it a modern-day makeover

Evening Standard

Paris Jackson subtly reveals she's engaged to Justin Long after 'indescribable whirlwind' romance

Jackson previously dated her former band mate, Gabriel Glenn, and called their 2020 split the ‘deepest heartbreak’

Evening Standard

Musician Slowthai tells jury that rape allegations against him are 'not true'

The Grammy-nominated musician, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, is accused of raping the woman at a house party following a performance in Oxford.

WhatToWatch

Mariah Meets Rylan: release date, songs, host and everything we know

King of Essex Rylan chats to the Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey for a one-off festive special on BBC2.

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“The playing experience of both the SLO-100 amplifier’s legendary channels in a powerful, compact new pedal”: Soldano doubles down on the Super Lead Overdrive tones with the SLO Plus

Now you can have both channels from the Super Lead Overdrive right there on your pedalboard

The Guardian - UK

The Guide #167: Could Kendrick Lamar’s GNX jumpstart a new wave of surprise releases?

In this week’s newsletter: Just when it seemed there was nothing shocking about an unexpected album drop, Lamar made a truly transgressive move

Louder

Surviving Bonzos feature in hilarious new Still Barking unboxing video

A 20-disc, career-spanning Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band box set Still Barking is released in December

MusicRadar

Spotify Wrapped reveals top artists' favourites (and which ones love themselves perhaps a little too much)

Sharing your Wrapped playlist is increasingly the way to show your great taste… And perhaps reveal a little too much

Guitar World

“When she asked me if I would come be her lead guitar player, I just was like, ‘Um, how can I say no to Shania?’” Lindsay Ell on the “pinch me moment” she became Shania Twain's lead guitarist

Ell never saw herself doing a sideman gig – however, when she got the call from the Canadian legend, she couldn't resist the offer

MusicRadar

“Man, the place that he built as his home, it’s so deranged”: After recording at Prince’s Paisley Park complex, Jack Antonoff can confirm that it’s “even cooler than you could imagine”

“It’s so divorced from anyone else’s version of interesting but his own,” he says

Louder

Electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk recruit skate legend Tony Hawk to announce North American tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of their game-changing Autobahn album

German electronic music legends Kraftwerk promise “Gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art” for 2025 multi-media tour

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