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Imagine Dragons fans concerned by ‘crazy’ band post after drummer announces departure

Musician confirmed his departure after going on hiatus from the band last year

The Independent UK

“Tchaikovsky was a sort of mentor; if it was good, ABBA or whatever, we didn’t shut anything out”: When Gentle Giant revisited seventh album Free Hand

The reissue, complete with Steven Wilson remixes, was the band’s chance to look back on what the band had liked about 1975 release, and what they hadn’t

Louder

Taylor Swift's Wembley gigs see surge in Tube journeys as mayor hails 'spectacular summer' of music

Sadiq Khan said the hundreds of thousands who saw Swift at Wembley this summer proved ‘London is truly the music capital of the world’

Evening Standard

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Taylor Swift breaks silence over foiled Vienna terror attack: ‘Let me be very clear’

Singer’s shows in the Austrian capital were cancelled due to a foiled terror attack

The Independent UK

"Rock music is so dominated by all-male bands so it feels cool to have a super-pregnant lead singer on the cover": Blues Pills have finally made exactly the album they wanted

Ten years, four albums and some huge changes on from their breakout debut, Blues Pills have ditched the self-imposed constraints

Louder

"I'm doing a two-hour show with a six-and-a-half-minute bass solo": Glam icon Suzi Quatro is not resting on her laurels

Suzi Quatro on paving the way for other women in rock, social media, age and working hard

Louder

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

Metal Hammer

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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.

International Business Times

“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

MusicRadar

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

Guitar World

“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

MusicRadar

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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

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - AU

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 - UK

‘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

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“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

Metal Hammer

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

MusicRadar

“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"

MusicRadar

“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

Metal Hammer

“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

MusicRadar

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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