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“I didn’t want James Hetfield to smell the alcohol on me”: Robert Trujillo stayed up drinking until 5am before his Metallica audition

The day before auditioning for the biggest band in metal, Trujillo was up partying all night with Lars Ulrich

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Herbie Flowers, bassist on Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side, dies aged 86

Flowers also featured on other rock hits, including for David Bowie, T Rex, Bryan Ferry and Elton John

The Guardian - UK

“The crowd was booing us and spitting on us, the entire set”: Trivium’s Matt Heafy remembers being bullied by his heavy metal idols

Some veteran bands were extremely jealous as Trivium blew up in the mid-2000s

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“Over the years I’ve realized I thrive most when I’m actively working with my bandmates behind the scenes”: Linkin Park’s Brad Delson steps back from live lineup

Delson will be replaced onstage by Alex Feder for the foreseeable future

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Liam Gallagher tells Oasis fan that a new album is ‘in the bag’

The band’s last album was in 2008

The Independent UK

“I wrote that bassline when I was 16. I saw this dude slapping the hell out of a bass at a music store – the tumblers clicked in my head. I took a bus home, picked up my bass, and I was doing it!” Fishbone’s Norwood Fisher names his 10 best basslines

The most iconic bass riffs in Fishbone’s catalog, according to Norwood Fisher himself

Guitar World

“Our producer played the intro to Nevermore and I was just blown away”: How U.K. became Witherfall guitarist Jake Dreyer’s prog heroes

Astonished by the world of Allan Holdsworth and Bill Bruford in particular, he’s happy to explain how you’ll hear the supergroup in his own band’s material

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Oasis fans are angry but dynamic pricing benefits consumers too

The price mechanism is an effective if brutal route to cheap flights abroad and, Labour hopes, affordable housing

The Guardian - UK

When did Oasis last play Wembley Stadium?

A new question has been sent to Oasis fans hoping to get tickets for two extra Wembley Stadium shows

The Independent UK

“It’s never a closed chapter. I helped start the band.” David Ellefson doesn’t rule out Megadeth return

Ellefson was dismissed from Megadeth in 2021 following a sex scandal, but seems open to rejoining the thrash icons

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The 10 best cover versions by Smashing Pumpkins

Billy Corgan and crew's renditions of hits by U2, Hole, Fleetwood Mac, Depeche Mode, The Cure and, umm, Natalie Imbruglia

Louder

“For all its flights of fancy it’s not ironic; it finds him rooting for hard-grafting, often veteran grapplers”: The prog credentials of Luke Haines’ 9 1/2 Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling

The former Auteurs mastermind went further off-piste than ever with his 2011 album, which only runs to 30 minutes but delivers a real experience

Louder

South London band Fat Dog: ‘Fans are getting tattoos of us now. My mum said, “They’re not mentally well”’

After tearing up the live music scene, buzzy electro-punk outfit Fat Dog have released their first record. Louis Chilton talks to frontman Joe Love and synth player Chris Hughes about disastrous gigs, obsessed fans, and an encounter with a UFO

The Independent UK

UK music industry presses government to solve post-Brexit limits on touring

As documents reveal EU ‘not prepared’ to change, Keir Starmer is reminded of Labour’s manifesto pledge

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Linkin Park tickets for LA and New York shows sell out fast as vocalist Emily Armstrong addresses criticism over previous support of actor later convicted of rape

Ticket sales for Linkin Park comeback get off to a flying start as new singer speaks out under fire

Marie Claire

Megan Thee Stallion Says She Wants to Work With Taylor Swift "One Day"

"She's a tall girl. I love that. We would be so cute next to each other."

Guitar World

“Someone told me you can’t play slap bass on a fretless, but when Prince picked up my bass he slapped the heck out of it!” Esperanza Spalding on jamming with Prince, and her stunning Justin Bieber upset

A support slot with Prince set the stage for Esperanza Spalding’s 2011 Grammy win and a whole new level of recognition

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“It only took a few weeks to construct it, so it wouldn't be hard to take it down and put it up again in an entirely different city”: For hire: one stadium. Good price. One lady owner

Adele's bespoke stadium to be reused

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Girl in Red review – buoyant arena show marks a new chapter

Charismatic, scatty and ever fan-friendly, Norwegian pop-punk queen Marie Ulven turns a corner with her mainstream-facing second album

Guitar World

“We end up drinking until 5 in the morning. I wake up with the worst hangover of my life, and now I’ve got to play with Metallica”: How a late-night drinking session with Lars Ulrich almost ruined Robert Trujillo’s Metallica audition

Robert Trujillo was announced as Metallica's new bassist on February 24, 2003, following a two-day try-out for the metal giants

Louder

“I’m not very good at ignoring people who slag us off”: the story of Radiohead’s My Iron Lung, the song that changed everything for Thom Yorke & co.

The Oxford band were determined to show there was more to them than Creep, and they wrote just the song to do so

Louder

“The great albums were not made under a microscope. They were made by living, breathing people who were excited by what they were doing”: How Kiss fought back against the music industry with Sonic Boom

In 2009, Kiss released Sonic Boom, an album that called back to past glories

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: festival season climaxes with Sting, the Manics and Sugababes live

All the action from the Radio 2 weekender in Preston. Plus - French drama Sambre: Anatomy of a Crime continues to grip and disturb. Here’s what to watch this evening

Louder

The 10 best Britpop B-sides, featuring Oasis, Supergrass, Ash, Elastica, Blur and more

It wasn’t all about Parklife, Alright and Live Forever, you know. Here’s some Britpop magic you might have missed…

The Independent UK

New Linkin Park singer Emily Armstrong addresses Danny Masterson support after backlash

‘I always try to see the good in people and I misjudged him,’ Chester Bennington’s replacement said

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