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Behringer’s Daft Punk-approved, cult-classic MIDI controller has been reborn as the BCR32 – and now it’s a hardware sequencer too

More than two decades on from the BCR2000, the super-affordable controller returns with ZAQ Audio's formerly unofficial firmware built in – and it's now available for preorder

MusicRadar · Aug 18

Kanye West to become biggest western star to play in Russia since invasion of Ukraine

The rapper has seen numerous tour dates cancelled following controversy over his previous antisemitic remarks

The Independent UK · Aug 18

The night Stevie Ray Vaughan walked out of his own show to go watch his blues hero: “I got on the mic and said, ‘I’m gonna go see Albert King. If you got any brains, you will, too.’ And I picked up and went”

SRV was playing a ‘pass-the-hat’ gig at one of Austin’s most notorious dive bars – until he found out Albert King was playing across town

Guitar World · Aug 18

Carlos Alomar’s hazy first encounter with Paul McCartney: “Paul turned his back to me to get something. What emerged was a perfectly rolled ganja joint”

The session veteran provided some finishing tracks on Press to Play after a rather indulgent first encounter bonding with the Beatle

Guitar World · Aug 18

“That was a classic example of hiding the meaning of the song in a whole glorious backdrop of crazy arrangements and cutting-edge synthesizers”: Roland Orzabal on the hidden depths of Tears for Fears’ first hit

It's one of the most affecting songs in the Tears for Fears songbook, but many missed Mad World’s emotional undercurrents when hearing it on the radio back in 1982

MusicRadar · Aug 18

King Gizzard’s Tiny Amp Destroyer is a $399 pedal that makes your rig sound like a $29 practice amp on the verge of blowing up: “It makes your massive amp sound tiny. It’s way better”

The oddball Aussies take rig shrinking to a whole new level with new Stu Mackenzie x JAM Pedals collab

Guitar World · Aug 18

Fancy recording an EP at the world-famous Real World Studios?: “Our goal is to find talent and provide the facilities and support to let them flourish in a way they wouldn't be able to otherwise”

You have to be over 16 and based in the South West

MusicRadar · Aug 18

“People often crack jokes about that album. We had that dreadful picture on the cover with the three of us looking like the Bee Gees, and I’m thinking, ‘This is wrong’”: Carl Palmer on the disastrous album that led ELP to break up

Keith Emerson called it “an embarrassment against everything I’ve worked for”

MusicRadar · Aug 18

Deep Purple guitarist Simon McBride on sharing the stage with Ritchie Blackmore: “If I can play that well when I’m that age, I’ll be happy. People should look at it for what it was – a magical night”

Deep Purple’s current guitar player was caught off-guard when the band got the call from Blackmore. But as he tells Guitar World, he was very happy to be his rhythm guitarist that night

Guitar World · Aug 18

Zara Larsson says she’ll push for cheaper ticket tiers on her next tour after Bangkok prices spark backlash

Zara Larsson has agreed her Bangkok ticket prices are “very expensive” and says she plans to take a hands‑on role in future tour pricing to make shows more affordable for fans.

BANG Premier · Aug 18