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Frankie Beverly, soul singer and Maze founder, dies aged 77

Beverly is remembered by his family for having ‘lived for his music, family and friends’

The Independent UK

Billie Eilish Dominates Tiktok Billboard Top 50 With Multiple Hits

Billie Eilish's chart-topping success on TikTok highlights her influence among Gen Z listeners and solidifies her position in contemporary pop culture.

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“I find it hard to believe we'll never play again. I refuse to consider it over”: Aerosmith may have retired from touring, but bassist Tom Hamilton says it might not be the end for the band

The US rock icons announced they'd be retiring from the road following Steven Tyler's vocal injury

Guitar World

“I think we changed him as much as he changed us – he was loving the guitar solo thing by the end”: David Gilmour on how he won over Luck and Strange’s solo-sceptic producer

Gilmour has also addressed whether he feels pressured to deliver solos on the fly – and how he writes them

Guitar World

"This is not just a remaster, this is a brand new 2024 rebuild of the entire Queen debut album": Brian May heads up a new stereo mix project so ambitious, they've given the album a new title

"It is the debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you"

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"The debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you": Queen announce Collector's Edition "rebuild" of first album

Newly retitled Queen I, the 2024 edition of Queen's 1973 debut has been remixed, remastered and expanded

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“Ed Van Halen was a lot more than his tapping solo. Unfortunately, all the other players in LA thought it was all tapping and dive bombs, and they became cartoon versions of Eddie”: Pat Travers recalls how EVH gave rise to caricature impersonators

Travers witnessed Van Halen at the peak of his powers, but was able to appreciate aspects of his trailblazing playing style that often went under-appreciated by Eddie's peers

Guitar World

“I told Noel Gallagher that Oasis sounded like Guns N’ Roses. We gave them some crazy speed and they were up for the next three days.” You can blame The Brian Jonestown Massacre for Oasis nearly splitting up in 1994

That messy LA gig on Oasis first North American tour which led Noel Gallagher to walk out on the band? Blame the support act

Louder

Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood gives fans hope for the band’s future

Bandmembers have been working on their respective solo projects since the release of Radiohead’s most recent album, ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’, in 2016

The Independent UK

"Top-shelf Pete Steele, sans any Playgirl spreads." Unto Others have crafted the goth rock album of the year with Never, Neverland

The Oregon goth rockers embrace the dark side on album three

Metal Hammer

“He wants to come on stage and play Joey's guitar part with you guys to honor his friend. We'll do that”: Fan plays guitar onstage with King Gizzard in memory of his friend who died in an avalanche

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard performed the track Perihelion with fan Timmy at a recent show in Boston

Guitar World

Iron Maiden celebrate The Future Past with new vinyl releases of Powerslave and Somewhere In Time

Powerslave 40th anniversary edition will be reissued on zoetrope picture disc, while Somewhere In Time will arrive on yellow vinyl with tour lenticular

Metal Hammer

“Prince nursed these kinds of slights. There’s spite and aggression in the performance”: Prince’s iconic While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was an “act of revenge” for being left off Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists list

Prince's famous solo from the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was performed a year after Rolling Stone omitted him from its list

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Cook up your own “musical gumbo” with this lesson in how to use bluegrass alternate picking in rock

In Andy Wood's tribute to the Dixie Dregs' Steve Morse, there is plenty of insight into how bluegrass and rock can be great fretboard bedfellows

Evening Standard

Who are Dave Grohl's children? Foo Fighters reportedly 'cancel' 2025 tour

The band previously cancelled a scheduled headline slot at the Soundside Music Festival the same month Dave Grohl admitted to fathering a child outside of his marriage

Guitar World

They may have lit the fuse for high-voltage rock, but The Kinks are much more than You Really Got Me – and Ray Davies’ inventive acoustic style influenced a generation of players, including Pete Townshend

Listen to the guitar work of the Davies brothers and you’ll gain a real insight into how it was all done back in the 1960s

Guitar World

“It reminds me of a saturated Clapton mid-boost or tubular Santana tone. It’s a very handy thickener for single coils”: Black Ice Boost review

A passive boost you can retrofit to your guitar to thicken up single coils – no battery required

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Holly Johnson recalls David Bowie’s act of kindness after his HIV diagnosis

Pop star recalled the late musician’s friendship during one of the hardest times of his life

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“I’m Doing Everything I Can”: Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl Admits To Getting Mistress Pregnant

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“There’s not one digital piece of machinery working in the making of the record. The vinyl comes out just like a vinyl would have been in 1969”: CSNY release lost live album – and it’s all analogue

CSNY release album from 1969 and it's all analogue

The Independent UK

The MTV Video Music Awards are back. Will Taylor Swift make history?

The MTV Video Music Awards return Wednesday night with a whole lot of Taylor Swift

The Independent UK

Music expert makes surprising suggestion about Taylor Swift

Renowned Swedish music critic Jan Gradvall argues that few artists can capture the attention of a live audience in the way Swift can

Louder

"I'll be honest with you - the devil was my best friend at one time": Southern rockers Van Zant are on the road to redemption with Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ comes from the Lynyrd Skynyrd and 38 Special duo's seventh album Always Look Up

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Toto announce the Dogz Of Oz UK and European tour with Christopher Cross

Toto will play 20 shows across the UK and mainland Europe early next year

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