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“I went to the label and said, ‘This song sucks. This is not the song I wrote.’ They said it sounded fine. I did not agree”: When a songwriter went to war with her producer and record company over the track that became a ’90s anthem

An idiosyncratic and insanely catchy rock-pop classic

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“I use my pick-hand index finger in a Jimi Hendrix-like way”: Jared James Nichols explains how to use open strings and Drop D tuning to bulk-up your blues fingerstyle

Park your electric guitar in Drop D. Throw your pick in the trash. It's time for some muscular fingerstyle with the purveyor of blues power himself

Guitar World

Farewell to music on MTV: it's the end of an era (even if that era really finished a long time ago)

MTV will cease broadcasting its music channels after this year. For generations of rock fans, this is a sad moment

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"We are blown away!" Rush share new video as they add 17 more US and Canadian cities to Fifty Something tour

Rush will play their first live shows in eleven years in 2026 on their Fifty Something tour

Louder

Taylor Swift Attempted To Stay Out Of The Spotlight At The Chiefs Game (But Showed Off Her Cute Outfit Later)

She pledged allegiance to Travis Kelce's team.

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Is Dolly Parton on Deathbed? Songstress 'Stressed Out' By Sister Freida's Dramatic Call for Prayers

Legendary country icon Dolly Parton dismisses death-bed rumours after her sister's prayer plea sparked panic — the truth behind her health update and how the family is reacting.

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“I went up to Sam after the show and said, ‘You're unbelievable. I’ve got this idea for a band.’ He looked at me and said, ‘I’m in. Let's do it’”: Fred Durst pays tribute to Sam Rivers – and explains why Limp Bizkit couldn't have happened without him

Durst looks back on his first meeting with the late bass icon – who helped make Limp Bizkit a reality

Guitar World

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“We hit it off right away. He saw me playing my '63 P-Bass and said, ‘That's a Bootsy bass, right?’” How a chance meeting between Pino Palladino and D’Angelo helped create the sound of the late neo-soul legend's Voodoo album

The A-list bassist sheds some light on the late R&B legend's beguiling behind-the-beat hip-hop grooves

Guitar World

Post your questions for Mavis Staples

As the 86-year-old music legend prepares to release a new album, she will take on your questions

The Guardian - UK

“I was pissed off at Steve Thompson – he was sitting on the chair there, razzing me. So I said, ‘Let me just practice it once.’ He rolled it, and I was just in his face”: How Frank Hannon accidentally wrote one of Tesla’s most iconic guitar solos

Wielding a Gibson EDS-1275, Hannon helped define this quintessentially ’80s power ballad with a very last-minute solo

Guitar World

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: October 20, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Orianthi, Sugar, Heavy Pettin and more

Louder

"It’s about an ex-girlfriend who'd moved to Ecuador. I tried to be level-headed about her leaving...I was completely ****ed off." How one cosy but spiteful ballad helped fast-track the rise of the world's biggest punk band

Many thought this song was written with warmth and goodwill towards its subject. They were wrong

Louder

“There is no possible way that I would do that”: David Gilmour shuts door on idea of ever performing with Roger Waters again

Plus his wife Polly Samson reveals why she condemned Waters as “anti-Semitic” on X

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"That means start jumping and singing. It doesn’t mean start burning the place down. That’s not what I meant." How a smash hit from some nu metal icons became intertwined with the most controversial music festival of the 90s

A classic of the nu metal era, this hit is also woven into the story of an infamous weekend of live music

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“Being able to go into a sacred space like that and start the process was a dream come true”: Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti on recording at the studio that Eddie Van Halen built – and the 5150 amp that gave them their fire-breathing tone

“It was literally, the minute we walked in the door, it was very Wayne’s World. ‘We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!’”

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“I would come into the studio with my guitar and notepad and people didn’t want to listen to me. They tried to just give me songs – and I hated that”: Avril Lavigne’s fight to create the smash hit that would inspire Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish

It also kick-started the career of production team The Matrix

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13 Questions I Need Answered Now That We're Finally Getting A Taylor Swift Eras Tour Documentary

I need to know more about the life of this showgirl.

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“Anything I could spit out of my mouth - ‘Try this! Do this!’ – Sam could do it and do it a thousand times better than I could hear it in my head”: Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst hails the "magical" powers of late bassist Sam Rivers

“Such a gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful person"

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“One of the most visionary and influential bassists in the history of our instrument”: Anthony Jackson, low-end legend who pioneered the concept of the modern six-string bass, dies aged 73

Al Di Meola has led the tributes to a session icon who took the instrument to new frontiers

The Independent UK

Lily Allen announces first new album in seven years: ‘I’m nervous’

‘West End Girl’ will detail the singer’s relocation to New York with now ex-husband David Harbour

Evening Standard

Lily Allen announces first album in seven years

The new music follows her split from husband David Harbour.

Louder

"You can't dance or clap along to it. When we play it live, you can always see the audience getting caught out": How Genesis wrote the career-changing song that confused their fans - and Peter Gabriel

Deceptively straightforward but with a rhythmic banana skin, Genesis's transformation from major cult band to stadium-filling hit-makers started here

Evening Standard

Brandy apologises to fans and thanks Monica after leaving show mid-concert

The singer posted on social media that she left the stage in Chicago due to fears that she might faint.

Louder

"The realisation that life is not for ever made me very sad": Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez on why songs become more personal with the passing of time

Self-described “slightly bizarre band“ Coheed & Cambria are currently on tour in the UK

MusicRadar

"Rest in Power": Anthony Jackson, six-string bass ace, dies aged 73

Jackson played for stars across the jazz-fusion-pop spectrum, including Buddy Rich, Al Di Meola, Madonna, Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack and more

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