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Journey ‘rushed off stage’ after electrical fire breaks out mid-concert

Rock band’s co-founder and lead guitarist Neal Schon apologized to fans for the incident, saying he ‘felt terrible’

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025

Chappell Roan replaces herself at top of the charts with new single The Giver

Roan’s first foray into the county genre replaced her song Pink Pony Club as UK number one.

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2025

Everything's permissible now

Tony Hinchcliffe has a Netflix deal, Andrew Cuomo might be mayor and Mel Gibson may get his guns back. Why not?

Salon · Mar 16, 2025

“It’s difficult to hear bass playing in metal, but players like Geezer Butler stand out – they try to do something different with their parts. If they don’t, I usually find it a bit boring”: Opeth’s Martín Méndez names the 5 albums that shaped his sound

The low-end maestro for prog titans Opeth digs deep into fusion and soul as he names his favorite bass records

Guitar World · Mar 16, 2025

“Lonnie came into an Austin club where we were playing. I asked him if he would play, but Lonnie, the master of the Flying V, said he wouldn't touch anything but a Gibson”: When Stevie Ray Vaughan met his oft-overlooked, pioneering, V-wielding guitar hero

Though their respective brand and model loyalties stood in the way of them swapping licks on that particular evening, that show sparked a years-long musical relationship that would span the stage and studio

Guitar World · Mar 16, 2025

“Music is viewed as one of the highest art forms, if not the highest artform, because it is able to be spiritual and sacred”: How Sunn 0))) conjured good vibrations and dark magic with drone masterpiece Monoliths & Dimensions

Drone visionaries Sunn 0))) continued their journey into the heart of darkness with 2009’s Monoliths & Dimensions

Metal Hammer · Mar 16, 2025

“To listen now is to be dazzled by how many of its ideas were embraced and expanded by key artists… its ripples today dominate modern music”: Kraftwerk’s 50th anniversary edition of Autobahn

The less-is-more electronic music milestone returns with Ralf Hutter Atmos remix

Louder · Mar 16, 2025

Rush got emails "from all kinds of drummers" minutes after the death of Neil Peart

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson recalls being sickened by tasteless messages from people who wanted to audition for Peart's seat

Louder · Mar 15, 2025

“I can’t see us ever writing songs about boning strippers and doing cocaine in limousine jacuzzis”: How Alice In Chains came to terms with their dark past on The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

Alice In Chains’ unexpected comeback continued with 2013’s The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

Metal Hammer · Mar 15, 2025

Clairo at the Eventim Apollo: an ethereal masterclass in charming soft-rock

5/5 The Atlanta-born singer has long made introverted, introspective rock – but last night was centre stage in her lavish 70s dreamland

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2025