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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

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“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

Metal Hammer

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

MusicRadar

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

Guitar World

‘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

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“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

Guitar World

“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!”

MusicRadar

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

Louder

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

Metal Hammer

Wednesday at Scala review: a ready-made perfect rock storm

Perfectly in tune with the zeitgeist, the Asheville band’s gnarled take on country and grunge is powerfully evolved

Evening Standard

So Long, London: Taylor Swift makes Wembley history at last UK show on tour

The pop superstar performed the last of a five-night run at Wembley Stadium to end the European leg of her tour.

Evening Standard

A moment that changed me: I had a drunken idea to start a music festival – so I sold my house

I left school at 14 and became a builder, but I had always wanted to work in the music industry. Setting up the festival proved harder and more rewarding than I ever expected

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The Independent UK

Sabrina Carpenter: How the Espresso singer rode frothy, flirty fun to Gen Z pop stardom

The singer’s two latest singles have amassed more than 1.6 billion streams between them. Ahead of the release of Sabrina Carpenter’s hugely anticipated sixth album, Annabel Nugent chronicles her decades-long ride to the top from Disney alum to Gen Z pop star

Louder

"We're taught to be ashamed of our accent and where we're from": Meet Big Special, the Black Country duo blending the blues, hip-hop and rock with beautiful fury

With Free "a huge influence" and pithy lyrics, Big Special might soon live up to their name

Louder

Nathaniel Rateliff on hanging around with Robert Plant, getting high with Willie Nelson, and the struggles behind the new Night Sweats album

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats might not be party animals any more, but there's no shortage of energy when it comes to their music

Louder

"Nobody wants a reggae or a hip-hop record from us": How Blackberry Smoke keep moving forwards

Still dealing with the sad loss of their drummer, southern rockers Blackberry Smoke are gearing up for a European tour

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Beyoncé announces American whiskey line in partnership with Moët Hennessy

The pop star says she was ‘predestined’ to launch whiskey line, SirDavis

Louder

Listen to Foreigner's previously unreleased Turning Back The Time featuring Lou Gramm

Turning Back The Time comes from an upcoming, career-spanning Foreigner collection of the same name

USA Today Sports Media Group

The 7 best behind-the-scenes shots from Taylor Swift’s I Can Do It With a Broken Heart video

We finally know the secret of the cleaning cart.

The Independent UK

Who is performing on day two of the Democratic convention?

Patti LaBelle and Common seen rehearsing, while The View’s Ana Navarro is expected to host

Louder

The Black Crowes announce additional Happiness Bastards dates following Aerosmith tour cancellation

14 new dates have been added to the Black Crowes' schedule following Aerosmith's unexpected retirement from the road

USA Today Sports Media Group

Fans think Travis Kelce inspired a lyric change in Taylor Swift’s surprise song performance of So Long, London

That subtle change seemed deliberate.

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift performs ‘So Long London’ live for the first time

Pop singer performed the last of her eight sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium this week

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