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Underground rapper Lemfreck wins 2024 Welsh music prize

Newport-raised rapper wins £10,000 as judges herald ‘vision and ambition’ of three-part album Blood, Sweat & Fears

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift Got Police Escort To London Gigs After Austria Terror Plot

US star Taylor Swift got a special police escort for her London concerts after an alleged suicide attack plot led to the cancellation of three performances in Vienna.

International Business Times

Amplifier to play whole of debut album at first ever live stream

Amplifier celebrate the 20th anniversary of self-titled debut album with a live stream in November

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“Rick Rubin didn’t like it at all!” Watch Serj Tankian eat his first banana terracotta pie – and explain why he wrote a System Of A Down song about it

19 years after first singing about banana terracotta pie on Vicinity Of Obscenity, System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian has tried one

Metal Hammer

Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley alleges he was groomed by former manager

Greig Nori denies allegation that he coerced a teenage Whibley into a four-year sexual relationship during the early years of the band

The Guardian - UK

They pioneered ‘Heavy Melody’, spearheaded grunge and blazed the trail for drop D tuning – King’s X are one of rock’s most singular bands, and Ty Tabor is a master guitarist who fuses the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix in his supernova style

Ty Tabor combines drop-tuned riffs with Beatles-esque harmonies and groove, and this video masterclass unpacks the King’s X guitarist’s influential rhythm and lead style

Guitar World

Taylor Swift police escort not a result of ‘personal intervention’ in Met Police, minister insists

The Shake it Off singer concluded the final leg of her globe-trotting Eras Tour with three nights at Wembley Stadium in August

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“The project was meant to present a lot of interplay between us”: Meet Asymmetric Universe, the Italian brothers who graduated from theme park music and video game scores to world-beating jazz-djent

Introducing Frederico and Nicolò Vese, two brothers who traffic in progressive djent, elevator jazz and mercury-dripping guitar and bass runs

Guitar World

“One of the most user-friendly instruments of its kind”: Chapman Law Maker Baritone review

A Tele-inspired baritone bruiser that can handle all your lower range needs – and plays like a regular guitar

Guitar World

“The game shaped my experimental approach to guitar. On really tricky levels, I’d put the controller in my lap and hammer the buttons super-fast”: Yasmin Williams on how Guitar Hero inspired her lap-tapping acoustic technique

The fingerstyle virtuoso reveals how the video game inspired her to flip her acoustic onto her lap and fingertap

Guitar World

The 60th anniversary of The Doors is to be celebrated with a box set, a live album and a lavish book

1965 marks the 60th anniversary of Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison's first encounter at Venice Beach

Louder

Brat summer down under: Charli xcx to headline 2025 Laneway festival lineup

British pop star will perform in Australia and New Zealand next February, along with Beabadoobee, Skegss, Clairo and Barry Can’t Swim

The Guardian - AU

Fred Durst sues Universal Music over alleged unpaid royalties amounting to more than $200 million

The Limp Bizkit frontman filed the suit at federal court in Los Angeles

Metal Hammer

Fans Are Devastated After The Passing Of Flaming Lips Collaborator And Music Prodigy Nell Smith

People are devastated after the passing of Nell Smith, a young Canadian singer who is best known for collaborating with The Flaming Lips. The post Fans Are Devastated After The Passing Of Flaming Lips Collaborator And Music Prodigy Nell Smith first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The Guardian - UK

Cissy Houston obituary

American gospel, pop and soul singer who co-founded the Sweet Inspirations

Metal Hammer

“When somebody first called me a rock star it was like a dream come true. And my ego reflected that.” An audience with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor after “self-destruction” forced him to confront some ugly, painful home truths

The success of Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral album made Trent Reznor lose his mind. But as a new millennium dawned, he found a way out of the abyss

MusicRadar

“The world’s most authentic amp models, no UA hardware required”: Universal Audio releases its industry standard UAFX amp modelling pedals as plugins

The Dream ’65, Lion ’68 and Ruby ’63 brought golden age Fender, Marshall and Vox tube amp tones to our pedalboards – and are now available to run natively on Mac and Windows

The Independent UK

After years of finding the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame cold as ice, Foreigner now knows what love is

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is about to rectify a wrong that some rock fans may celebrate with their lighters up in the air — the band Foreigner will be finally welcomed in

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Stills and Young reunite at Harvest Moon charity festival

Stephen Stills and Neil Young reunite at Harvest Moon charity event

Guitar World

“I apologize for what’s about to happen”: Steve Morse becomes the latest guitar hero to pay tribute to the late Jeff Beck with a stirring rendition of his signature tune, Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers

Morse follows the likes of Gary Clark Jr., Eric Clapton, John McLaughlin and Joe Bonamassa to perform one of Beck’s most well-known recordings in honor of the late guitar great

Guitar World

“He said very politely, ‘Can I get up on stage with you and use your guitar?’ It was very overwhelming to play with a Beatle”: That time Ritchie Blackmore and George Harrison jammed Little Richard at a Deep Purple concert

Harrison had decided to check out Deep Purple while in Australia in 1984, and ended up sharing the stage with Blackmore for an eight-minute jam of Lucille

The Guardian - AU

Sarah Blasko: ‘I’m still a recovering Christian. I had to remodel my brain to be here and enjoy life’

Twenty years since her haunting debut, the Australian singer-songwriter’s latest album explores her religious upbringing and seismic shifts in her life

MusicRadar

“These are very touch-sensitive and very dynamic”: Give your Tele a tone makeover fit for a blues superstar with the Seymour Duncan Joe Bonamassa 1950 Broadcaster pickup set

Demoing these Tele-friendly single-coils on a Squier is a power move from Bonamassa as he compares and contrasts with a vintage original from Nerdville

Evening Standard

Who has been nominated for the 2024 MTV EMAs? Full list of artists up for gongs at Manchester event

The full list of nominees for each category is now in, with a host of big names up for the mega gongs

Evening Standard

Oasis 2025 reunion: full tour dates and UK/Ireland support acts revealed

Indie legends will support the Gallagher brothers at their UK and Ireland gigs, which start in July

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