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Paloma Faith among 1,100 artists and cultural workers urging Eurovision boycott

Campaign group No Music For Genocide said Israel should be banned from participating in the contest because of the ongoing conflict with Palestine.

Evening Standard

Kraftwerk copyright battle rages on as CJEU delivers landmark ruling in sampling case

The Court of Justice of the EU's decision could have wide-ranging implications for artists that sample other artists' work

MusicRadar

“A lot of people say he sounds like Hendrix, but to me, he doesn’t really”: Prince’s long-time bassist on teaching guitar to the Purple Rain hitmaker – and why the Jimi Hendrix comparisons are inaccurate

In 1994, Prince changed his stage name to 'O(+>' due to contractual disputes with his label, and, amid the turbulence, he granted Guitar World access to his onstage inner sanctum

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Alan Osmond, eldest of the Osmonds family band, dies at 76

Alongside siblings Donny and Marie, the musician was a 1970s teen idol with family hits such as Crazy Horses

The Guardian - US

“I was so poor. I was pushing 50 years old. I thought, ‘I might have to get a job again’”: Guitar wizard Nels Cline was about to get a day job before Jeff Tweedy changed his life and asked him to join Wilco

Cline was about to look at alternative income streams before Tweedy came out of the blue and asked him to join Wilco

Guitar World

"Discharge meets GBH and Motörhead at an anti-Nazi demonstration after drinking cider all afternoon in a Hackney squat." Ten obscure and criminally under-rated UK punk albums

There's more to British punk rock than Never Mind The Bollocks and London Calling

Metal Hammer

Did Justin Bieber Break Coachella Rules? Coachella Fined $20k After Singer Went Over the 1 AM Curfew

Justin Bieber's headline set at Coachella's second weekend ran past the 1 a.m. curfew, triggering a $20,000 fine for promoter Goldenvoice as part of more than $40,000 in penalties issued by the city of Indio.

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“Prince invited us to Paisley Park studios to jam – and he’s playing guitar and piano at the same time! You can’t compete with that”: No Doubt were thrilled to work with Prince – but their first meeting with him was a humbling experience

“You don’t walk away going, ‘He’s a normal guy’”

MusicRadar

Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Paul Weller, Massive Attack, Sigur Rós, Mogwai and more sign open letter asking the European Broadcasting Union to ban Israel from participating in Eurovision 2026

"We refuse to be silent. We refuse to be complicit"

Louder

No rig? No problem – this website lets guitarists design amps and effects tones by text prompt

“How'd you get that great tone?” “Oh, I found it on a website... And it was free to use”

MusicRadar

“The features on this bad boy are very different”: Budget gear giant Harley Benton goes high-end for BassTheWorld signature bass

With Kloppman pickups, CTS pots, Gotoh hardware and premium tonewoods, this MV-4JB Plus an upscale J-style to challenge our preconceptions of Harley Benton as just an entry level brand

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“I have carried this song with me for so many years. To now hear his version, shared for the very first time, feels truly special”: Celine Dion reacts to the release of Prince’s version of With This Tear, the song he gave to her back in 1992

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Prince's death

MusicRadar

“I love this guitar so much – if something happened to it, I’d stop playing”: Fingerstyle phenom Laura Snowden on the guitar she can’t live without, how downtuning makes classical guitar “creepy” and what she learned from the great Julian Bream

The classical guitarist's solo debut, This Changing Sky, is a breathtaking work that finds her exploring altered tunings in search of drama

Guitar World

Jesy Nelson visits 10 Downing Street amid SMA campaign

The singer is raising awareness of SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) after her twins’ diagnoses.

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The Independent UK

Massive Attack, Kneecap and Brian Eno sign open letter calling on fans to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel

Campaign groups No Music for Genocide and BDS call for boycott unless the European Broadcasting Union kicks Israeli broadcaster KAN out of the contest

Evening Standard

The Osmonds star Alan Osmond dies age 76

The singer died on Monday surrounded by his wife and their eight children.

MusicRadar

"Don't play scales just to get faster. Speed is a happy by-product of playing more accurately": Beginner Guitar Lessons - nailing scales

The A major pentatonic, A minor pentatonic and Mixolydian are great places to start and we'll show you how

The Independent UK

Alan Osmond death: The Osmonds eldest member dies aged 76

Guitarist Alan was diagnosed with MS almost 40 years ago

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Ronnie Wood to play rare solo show in London this summer

‘I’m looking forward to kickin’ ass with my back catalogue and some new songs’ says Ronnie Wood

Guitar World

“I didn’t see it for 18 or 19 years. It disappeared, and it broke my heart”: Jerry Cantrell looks back on the guitar gift from Eddie Van Halen that went missing

Cantrell opens up on the nearly-two decade search to find his Van Halen Music Man

Louder

"I think he is a genius. He's the master of the middle eight." Big Big Train's Gregory Spawton picks the soundtrack of his life

Big Big Train co-founder Gregory Spawton picks his records, artistsand gigs of lasting significance

Louder

"Only a couple of us saw that it was giving a glimpse of the future." How Aerosmith changed the internet as we know it

In 1994 Aerosmith did something no other major band had ever done, and gave the world a glimpse of what was to come

The Independent UK

D4vd’s murder charge: A timeline of how the singer was arrested in the killing of a 14-year-old girl

From his debut single to a murder charge

Evening Standard

BBC Proms to celebrate American classical music

The line-up includes music from leading orchestras, conductors and soloists from the UK and around the world.

Louder

Sammy Hagar downsizes Best Of All Worlds UK tour to more "intimate" venues

"After waiting 30 years to come back, we really wanted to get this right"

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