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Deacon Blue and Kaiser Chiefs to headline outdoor festival

DEACON Blue and the Kaiser Chiefs are just some of the big names who will play at an outdoor festival in Aberdeen this summer ...

The National (Scotland) · Mar 3, 2025

“On Footloose, and Love Will Follow, I also use it. I do my impersonation of a guitarist”: How session veteran Nathan East managed to make his bass sound like a guitar on these Kenny Loggins hits

East discloses the nifty technique that bassists can use in lieu of adding actual guitars to a track

Guitar World · Mar 3, 2025

“Some of the guys in the band are like, ‘**** that, we’ll never play it!’” Watch Slipknot play one of their deepest cuts for the first time ever in Melbourne on Friday night

Metal's resident nine-piece went deep into the rarities bin for their set at Knotfest Melbourne last week

Metal Hammer · Mar 3, 2025

“It’s such a good party trick – ‘So you think you’re heavy? Listen to this song from 1969!’” Enslaved’s Ivar Bjørnson argues King Crimson are the gateway from metal to prog

Norwegian multi-instrumentalist explains what the genres have in common, buying a synth just to learn one Pink Floyd song, and discovering musical airplane engines via his wife

Metal Hammer · Mar 3, 2025

Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg and Queen Latifah honor Quincy Jones at Oscars

Prolific musician, producer and film score composer died in November at age of 91

The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2025

Mick Jagger drops unexpected Bob Dylan revelation at Oscars

Rolling Stones frontman got candid while presenting award

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2025

Ariana Grande Teases a New Album Drop on Oscars Red Carpet: "Keep Your Eyes Peeled"

"The next step is...It means it must come out."

Marie Claire · Mar 3, 2025

"I'd like to think that everything people think about me is a misconception": An interview with the New York Dolls' David Johansen

Our 2011 interview with the late David Johansen finds him talking about Arthur Kane, Johnny Thunders and dancing backwards in high heels

Louder · Mar 2, 2025

Badfinger guitarist Joey Molland dead at 77

The death of Joey Molland, the last-surviving member of Badfinger's most famous lineup, has been confirmed

Louder · Mar 2, 2025

Jennifer Hudson, MC Hammer lead tributes for R&B singer Angie Stone

Fans are remembering R&B singer Angie Stone after her death at 63 in a weekend crash on a highway in Alabama while returning from a performance

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2025