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Helmet cancel US tour over financial concerns and poor ticket sales

New York noise-rock heroes Helmet have pulled the plug on 14-date US tour due to kick off next month

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Taylor Swift says she felt ‘tremendous guilt’ after Vienna shows cancelled over terror threat

Singer shares ‘rollercoaster of emotions’ at end of European leg of Eras tour, saying she is grateful ‘we were grieving concerts and not lives’

The Guardian - AU

House Used For Early Beatles Gigs Becomes Holiday Rental

A Liverpool house famous for hosting some of The Beatles' first gigs in the basement has been given a new lease of life listed on Airbnb.

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“Superstar Guitars showcases the most famous six-strings in the history of music, in exquisite detail”: Hendrix’s Woodstock Strat, Kurt Cobain’s Mustang, the Exile On Mainstream Burst and more iconic guitars to feature in stunning new book

Eleanor Jane has photographed the world's greatest guitarists and their instruments, and her new book collects her images of the guitars that changed pop culture and the stories behind them

MusicRadar

“We were told to stop making pop music and sent dance music playlists on Spotify and told ‘your music has to sit on here’”: How Clean Bandit fell out with Atlantic Records

How Clean Bandit fell out with their record company

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Liverpool venue that hosted some of the Beatles’ earliest gigs turned into Airbnb

Fans can stay at the Casbah Coffee Club where the Quarrymen, the precursor band to the Beatles, had a residency

The Guardian - UK

“I played it to him on an acoustic guitar and he went, ‘That sounds kinda French… let me write some lyrics’”: Gary Moore on how Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott helped shaped one of his most iconic guitar tracks

The two were regularly at loggerheads over personal and creative differences, but they did collaborate on Moore’s 1978 solo album Back on the Streets

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“I think she is one of the most singular, inspiring, powerful artists I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting”: Chappell Roan graduates from support act to guest star as Olivia Rodrigo invites her on stage to duet on Hot To Go

Roan had previously opened for Rodrigo on the Guts World Tour

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“I felt like I was cheating on my guitars that were on life support in the hospital, and I'm looking at dating sites”: Keith Urban reflects on rebuilding his entire guitar collection after Nashville's devastating 2010 flood

The country guitar icon had to scramble to buy new guitars just days before he was scheduled to record a new album

Guitar World

James Taylor explains why he didn’t perform at DNC despite ‘terrific’ rehearsal: ‘Sorry to disappoint’

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was expected to perform during the opening night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention

The Independent UK

Critic’s pick: X Club, the hard and fast DJ duo raving around the world

Since breaking out in the early pandemic, the Brisbane pair have captured dancers globally craving raucous, strobing techno. They’ll leave you breathless

The Guardian - AU

‘Steam will come out of readers’ ears!’: Joe Boyd on his epic, enraging history of global music

At over 900 pages, the countercultural icon’s new book covers everything from fifth-century Roma music to Miriam Makeba. But, he argues, the drum machine marked the end of history

The Guardian - UK

“I get to make music with one of my best friends in the world”: Taylor Swift brings on collaborator Jack Antonoff and Florence Welch at Wembley

Taylor Swift brings on collaborator Jack Antonoff and Florence Welch at Wembley

MusicRadar

Cammie Beverly shines on Oceans Of Slumber's epic new single The Given Dream

US prog metallers Oceans Of Slumber will release album six, Where Gods Fear To Speak, in September

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“It became clear, as the evening unfolded, that there wouldn’t be time for You’ve Got a Friend with cello and voices”: James Taylor apologises to fans after his performance is cut from DNC

James Taylor has apologised to his fans after he was cut from the DNC due to "wild response"

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“For players who want more – more pickups, more speed, and more in-your-face Kramer attitude”: Kramer delivers the face-melting shred candy with six refreshed electrics, complete with US-made pickups

Meet the newly upgraded Kramer 84, Assault, Assault Figured, Pacer Carrera, Jersey Star and Nite-V, available in loud and louder finishes – with some eye-popping online exclusives

Guitar World

“Ian broke his wrist. We took him to the hospital and he got a cast put on. And we knew the session was coming up…” Up close with the 1974 Les Paul Custom that Ian Bairnson used to play the solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights – with his arm in a cast

When he tracked Wuthering Heights, Bairnson had a broken wrist, his arm in plaster, but as Pilot bandmate David Paton says, that wouldn't stop a man like him

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“It wasn’t really till we got out and played live that we realised it was a couple of things”: Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris admits there was “maybe an issue or two” with Blaze Bayley’s voice at shows

Harris does however credit Bayley with helping “keep the band alive” in the mid-90s

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Melodic resonators, tube saturators and distortion-laced reverbs: 5 of the coolest free plugins we discovered this month

The latest and greatest freebies that we deem worthy of adorning your channel strips and clogging up your hard drives

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What do the finest blues guitarists of the past 60 years have in common? From B.B. King to Eric Gales, these are the technique secrets behind 30 of the most iconic players

Starting from ’50s electric blues pioneers, we're bending the blues scale into different shapes, with 30 licks taking us up to the present day as the art form continues to evolve and thrive

The Independent UK

‘I cried when I heard it’: The story behind Abba’s immortal pop hit ‘Dancing Queen’

New book details the inspirations behind the song and the strong reactions it stirred from bandmembers

Guitar World

“The Go-Go’s asked if I could play bass. ‘Sure,’ I said. I had never been the bass player in a band, but I figured how hard could it be?” Kathy Valentine switched away from guitar for The Go-Go’s –until her solo skills were called upon again

The Hall of Famer on not being allowed to contribute as much as she wanted, why the band may not return, and working with Ace Frehley and Gilby Clark

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“I got one minute to try something I’ve always wanted to try”: Paramore’s Hayley Williams channels Freddie Mercury at Live Aid with call-and-response vocal routine at Wembley during Taylor Swift Eras Tour show

“Ayyyyyyyy-ohhhhhhhhhhh!”

Louder

Listen to lairy new Pendulum single Napalm, featuring Joey Valance & Brae

The drum 'n' bass icons have teamed up with rising hip hop duo Joey Valance & Brae for a grubby new banger

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Watch Tool bassist Justin Chancellor dress as Willy Wonka to prank support band onstage

Tool’s bassist mindf*cked Night Verses during the bands’ recent European tour

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