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Eurovision comes to Australia in first world tour

Australia is the latest stop in Eurovision's first world tour, with 18 fan favourites set to feature in a three-hour live show.

AAP · Nov 13, 2024

Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? reissued as all-star mashup – including three generations of Bono

Fortieth-anniversary edition is spliced together by Trevor Horn from previous versions of the song, including snippets of George Michael, Ed Sheeran and more

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

Shawn Mendes: Shawn album review: reflective ballads signals the star’s Folklore era

3/5 The self-titled album finds the singer-songwriter in reflective mood but the album often steers away from a more inventive sound in favour of something generic

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024

The Countdown to the Latin Grammys Has Begun with Carlos Vives As the Guest of Honor

The ceremony will be divided into two parts and held on Thursday, November 14th, in Miami

Latin Times · Nov 12, 2024

“I was a Brian May obsessive. I had the Star Licks video and had learned it all by the time I was 14”: Hooked on “bombastic lead rock guitar” before catching the songwriting bug, Seb Wesson is on a search for songs with meaning

Wesson's full-length solo debut was made in collaboration with his Martin D-28 and a ’68 Fender Pro Reverb amprescued from the trash outside a London guitar shop, and features 10 tracks with a story to tell

Guitar World · Nov 12, 2024

Download festival announces more than 90 bands for 2025, including headliners Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn

Weezer, Bullet For My Valentine, Spiritbox and dozens more have also been confirmed for the Donington extravaganza, taking place in June

Metal Hammer · Nov 12, 2024

“That guy was hitting wrong notes with such authority that I just fell in love with it!”: Devin Townsend gives a troubled singer a much-needed boost

He also reckons that one famous guitarist was always out of tune

MusicRadar · Nov 12, 2024

My Chemical Romance announce stadium tour to play their classic album The Black Parade in full, with Alice Cooper, Devo, Evanescence, Pixies among special guests

Emo overlords MCR reveal plans for 2025 stadium tour, with video teaser referencing "a great Dictator" and "THE CONCRETE AGE”

Metal Hammer · Nov 12, 2024

Spitfire Audio’s Cells captures the beauty and unpredictability of Ólafur Arnalds' music in your DAW

This unique sample library doesn’t only provide stunning orchestral sounds - it simulates the sensation of having a string orchestra respond to your music in real time

MusicRadar · Nov 12, 2024

“Bruno would send me records, and I would send him records. Eventually, he asked, ‘Would you want to play on a song?’”: How Ella Feingold got working with Bruno Mars – and how it differed from her Prince audition

Feingold had already worked with Janet Jackson, Jay-Z, Erykah Badu and Queen Latifah when she got the call from Bruno Mars

Guitar World · Nov 12, 2024