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“All my life I’ve carried with me this guilt and feeling of, ‘Jeez, if only I could have stayed in the band and yet done all these other things’”: Steven Van Zandt reflects on leaving Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band just before their breakthrough

During his initial tenure in the E Street band, Van Zandt was partially responsible for the iconic Born to Run guitar riff

Guitar World

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are 'very serious' about each other, FYI

They want to be endgame

Marie Claire

"Live 12.1 puts real-time pitch correction within reach for anyone working with vocals": Ableton update brings a new vocal tuner and drum sampler to Live

Live 12.1 also features improved MIDI editing, automatic sample tagging and updated Limiter and Saturator devices

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“I sourced all the original microphones that were used on the record”: This Nirvana tone chaser has spent years learning how to nail Kurt Cobain's guitar sound – now he’s released his research in the form of The Utero Sessions IR Pack

The no-expenses-spared pack lets players harness the sound of Cobain's famed In Utero tone “without touching a single physical amp”

Guitar World

“A comprehensive celebration of a band central to the rebirth of prog… impressively extensive”: Pallas’ Eyes In The Night – The Recordings 1981-1986

Must-have seven-disc set documents the Scottish neo-proggers’ struggle for survival and excellence

Louder

Order your limited edition Kittie bundle – featuring an exclusive T-shirt

There are only 300 available, so get yours now!

Metal Hammer

BST Hyde Park 2024: Who is playing and how to get tickets

Festival season is truly among us and BST Hyde Park is in full swing – but it’s not too late to get tickets

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Alt-pop megastar Aurora wants to make a metal album: “My heart wouldn’t be complete without it”

The Norwegian singer/songwriter recently collaborated with Bring Me The Horizon on their Post Human: Nex Gen project

Metal Hammer

“A really core thing for me that my dad always instilled”: Wolfgang Van Halen still lives by this crucial guitar solo lesson he got from his father

The Mammoth WVH guitarist also named another player who similarly subscribes to the Eddie Van Halen school of soloing

Guitar World

Do I need a different guitar cable for studio, live, and practice?

We look at how your choice of guitar cable can affect your tone, and demystify the misinformation around cable lengths, capacitance, and tone suck

Guitar World

"I wanted to be able to do that because if he doesn't know who I am now, he will know who I am in the future" – While She Sleeps' Sean Long tells us about gifting Tom Morello his signature Charvel guitar

"It's probably in the bin" Sean jokes as we meet at Oslo's Tons Of Rock festival, but the moment at Download festival was a genuinely touching one between two creative guitarists

MusicRadar

Taylor Swift fan with stoma says she was 'treated with contempt' at Wembley gig

The fan, who goes by StomaBabe online, complained about the venue

Evening Standard

The best concerts of 2024 so far: AP’s picks include Olivia Rodrigo, Bad Bunny, George Strait, SZA

As The Associated Press’ music writer, Maria Sherman has seen more than 40 concerts during the first half of 2024

The Independent UK

Watch Machine Head prove their might as festival headliners in this pro-shot video of their full Hellfest set

Oakland’s groove metal heroes played a stack of anthems amid fire and smoke in France last weekend

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“Bad mics, in-ear monitor situations, drowned out vocals”: Who or what was to blame for the Glastonbury sound problems?

Glastonbury sound problems - who's to blame?

Louder

Held By Trees team up with vocalist Martin Smith for new EP

Previously instrumental prog/post-rock outfit Held By Trees will release seven-track Held By Trees & Martin Smith EP in September

Guitar World

“That song has a pretty epic solo. I remember scratching my head a bit trying to figure out the harmonizer effects he was using”: This is one of the hardest guitar songs you could attempt to cover, according to cover pro Lord Phobos

With a hefty repertoire of covers under his belt, TWRP guitarist Lord Phobos pinpoints the song that he admits was “quite a tough one” to learn

Guitar World

“I lost my footing with the guitar off the hook. I get up thinking, ‘I've broken the guitar.’ I couldn't believe it”: When he was 15, Jared James Nichols played a high-end Flying V at a guitar store – but it almost ended in total disaster

As a youngster, Nichols would frequent his local Guitar Center – and he wouldn't be afraid to try out the more expensive guitars on show...

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"Lars smiled: 'What do you think?' 'You need more guitar solos, that’s for sure.'" How Metallica kickstarted thrash metal and changed the game forever with a "sloppy" little demo track called Hit The Lights

With Hit The Lights, Metallica found their first signature song and a track that'd have a profound effect on heavy metal's evolution

Metal Hammer

“As far as I was concerned, we were done and never going to play again”: Kerry King was as shocked as the rest of us when Slayer reunited

The Slayer guitarist has expressed his surprise at the thrash icons getting back together in a new interview

Guitar World

“I remember watching Foo Fighters footage and thinking, ‘I need a band like that!’ No click tracks orextras – just real amps, real drums, real everything”: Meet Lowlives’ Lee Downer,the British rocker who just needs a cranked amp –and 169 guitars...

You might know the name Lee Downer from The Defiled. Now relocated to sunny LA, working in Guitar Center, his new band is all about '90s alt-rock, no tricks, “meat and potatoes rock”

Metal Hammer

“All the new music felt like an ice dagger through a sleeping heart”: Doom metal mavens Swallow The Sun release evocative, melodic new track Innocence Was Long Forgotten

Listen to the bittersweet song and watch its powerful music video here

The Independent UK

Kasabian rock out on their new album Happenings

The Streets and 10cc’s Graham Gouldman are also among those releasing new music this week.

The Independent UK

Pixie Lott on being vulnerable on her new album: I hope going to those places can help people feel a bit less alone

The singer talks about delving deeper into her emotions for her first album in a decade, and how motherhood has changed her perspective on everything.

Louder

“It’s so nice having this youthful enthusiasm and energy. It isn’t just a bunch of grumpy old men – myself included!” How Derek Sherinian and Bumblefoot levelled up from Sons Of Apollo to Whom Gods Destroy

Collapse of their promising previous band left them with new songs but no one to play them… but younger musicians gave debut album Insanium an injection of new energy

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