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“He told me he was a fan the first time I met him in '97. And then I got the call from him a couple of years later”: Helmet’s Page Hamilton is one of heavy music’s most influential riffers – but he was once handpicked by David Bowie to be his guitarist

David Bowie was such a big Helmet fan that he recruited Page Hamilton as his touring guitarist

Guitar World

“I got home, called Stevie and said, ‘I’m so sorry, but I’ve just been offered a job with Bob Marley’”: Junior Marvin recalls landing gigs with Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley on the same day – and how he was forced to make a life-changing decision

Although Wonder was offering a decade-long contract, Marley's camp had their eye on Marvin for over a year before the initial meeting was made

Guitar World

Justin Timberlake 'business as usual' as he continues Forget Tomorrow world tour after DWI arrest

The 43-year-old singer was arrested on Tuesday in Sag Harbor

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How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour makeup stays in place all night

As Taylor Swift lands in London, here’s how to recreate the star’s glam stage look for a fraction of the price.

The Independent UK

“St. Vincent is one of the best players in the world right now… she has that Jeff Buckley thing going on”: Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr names 10 guitarists who shaped his bass sound

The Royal Blood frontman explains why guitarists have influenced him more than bassists as he marks the 10th anniversary of the duo’s debut album

Guitar World

Pure Reason Revolution announce new album Coming Up To Consciousness

New-look UK prog quartet will be playing live throughout Europe in Spetember and October

Louder

The new issue of Classic Rock is an AC/DC 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition

Also in this issue: Heart, Black Country Communion, Allman Brothers, Ian Hunter, Manic Street Preachers, ELP, Black Crowes, Anvil, Marcus King, Lindisfarne, Lemon Twigs, Mitch Ryder and more

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“People use them for fashion and shock factor. Your guitar is your workhorse, but on stage, it’s also your prop”: Phoebe Bridgers is playing B.C. Rich. Willow and Pete Townshend are picking up Jacksons. Have metal guitars gone mainstream?

When indie stars are grabbing pointy six-strings while metal musicians are eyeing up offsets, you know there’s something afoot in the guitar world. We explore the trend inverting the industry and why it’s good to shred outside the box

Guitar World

“We just met Zakk Wylde so we're gonna ask him and give him a three-minute long session and let him rip”: Polyphia start lining up album Number Five

Polyphila start lining up guests for next album

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“They did it to get some kind of reaction from Jason”: Metallica producer explains why there’s no bass on …And Justice For All

Flemming Rasmussen offers his theory on why Metallica didn’t have any audible low end in 1988

Metal Hammer

Lzzy Hale says new Halestorm album will be “weightier”, “heavier” and “different”

The US hard rockers are currently working on the followup to 2022’s Back From The Dead

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Taylor Swift Tube map released in honour of singer as London hosts Wembley shows

London Underground map recreated with 11 lines representing 11 studio albums as Eras tour fever grips the capital

Evening Standard

How to play Hotel California on guitar – with the Eagles’ Don Felder

The man who cowrote one of classic rock’s all-time greatest songs shows you its iconic chord progression and solo licks

Guitar World

Beyoncé says something motivates her far more than mere ‘charts and sales’

‘That is exactly what motivates me’

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Foo Fighters at London Stadium review: still the undisputed kings of stadium rock

The veterans of urgent rock moved from rowdiness to tenderness in this pummelling 150 minute show

Metal Hammer

“Enjoy life, embrace it and do everything in your power to make life better”: Listen to surprise new Ghost song The Future Is A Foreign Land

The “1969-era” track is taken from the metal pontiffs’ new theatrical film, Rite Here Rite Now

Evening Standard

Swifties camp outside Wembley Stadium overnight as Taylor Swift fever hits London

Fans have travelled from all over the world for Friday’s performance, many dressed in costumes from characters in her videos

Metal Hammer

"Think Maiden’s Death On The Road or Metallica’s Quebec Magnetic as opposed to Live After Death or S&M." Within Temptation reaffirm their arena-conquering status on new live album Worlds Collide Tour: Live In Amsterdam

Recorded during Within Temptation's co-headline tour with Evanescence, Worlds Collide shows a band at the apex of their powers

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The Independent UK

Blink-182 upsets fans by selling ‘disappointing’ Travis Barker upgrade for $1,000

The optional add-on includes a ‘flash’ tattoo and polaroid picture – but not a ticket

Louder

The story of Marillion's Marbles is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Yes, Steven Wilson, Richard Thompson, ELO, AIrbag, Moody Blues, Nordic Giants, Marjana Semkina and loads more...

The Independent UK

James Morrison’s ex-partner cause of death disclosed by coroner

Gill Catchpole, with whom the musician shares two young daughters, was found at her home in Gloucester earlier this year

The Independent UK

UK fans wonder if Taylor Swift will say 'So long, London' after Eras Tour

Taylor Swift fans enjoy parsing the singer-songwriter’s lyrics for references to her romantic life and insights into her state of her mind

Louder

"Such lavish reupholstering is what genius deserves": The beautifully presented Asylum Albums 1976-1980 finds Joni Mitchell inhabiting the art department

Joni loves jazz

The Guardian - UK

‘He’d turned into a weird old grandpa’: how Johnny Cash resurrected his career – and became an icon

In the early 90s, the Man in Black was unsigned, uncool and barely out of addiction. Releasing lost songs from those years that rank among Cash’s best, his son and bandmates explain how he came back around

Salon

Justin Timberlake DWI unites internet

The singer's recent arrest in the Hamptons has thrown his public image and past treatment of women in the spotlight

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