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Shoegaze guitar has never been bigger – and these 5 pedals are a shortcut to its otherworldly tones

From do-it-all multi-effects to lush reverbs, glitchy delays, and a must-have My Bloody Valentine signature pedal, our guide to the ultimate shoegaze stomps

Guitar World

'I can't believe it': Singer's shock after five members of beloved band killed in plane crash

Five members of the beloved Caribbean band were killed in the plane crash in the Bahamas

Evening Standard

“It’s a piano chord, but I played it with my arse. I was singing and I just wanted a rest, and the piano lid was open. So I sat and I played that chord”: The Police’s classic breakthrough hit – with the ultimate bum note

“I went to my room, picked up the guitar and imagined this woman into life”

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“Kurt would always say, ‘I’m gonna get a Chet Atkins.’ But he never did. It wasn’t until he died that I went and looked at one”: Courtney Love refused to turn Celebrity Skin into “a grieving widow’s memoir” – but she paid tribute with the gear she played

With Celebrity Skin, Love shifted Hole's musical direction and created their final opus, in the midst of great tragedy

Guitar World

"Her voice was insanely gorgeous and powerful. I've got all her albums, live recordings, everything." Tarja picks the songs that have soundtracked her life

Former Nightwish singer and solo star Tarja picks her records,artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the music that terrifies her

Metal Hammer

"I was screaming inside, very intense, but not saying a word." The defiant story of Creedence Clearwater Revival's most understood song

Fortunate Son was a burning commentary on class and elitism, delivered against the sulphurous backdrop of the Vietnam War

Louder

Alice Cooper announces more Alice's Attic tour dates

Alice Cooper continues to have a busier year than almost anyone else in showbiz

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Guns N' Roses launch fundraising campaign in support of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Fans at every show on Guns N' Roses' North American tour will be able to donate money and be entered into a grand prize draw

Metal Hammer

A worthy new chapter for the Stones

Their new album finds the legends in inspired late-career form

Salon

"It streams more than double any other track we have weekly, yet a portion of the fanbase acts like it was a failure.” How Avenged Sevenfold's "funny little experiment" with Hail to the King yielded extraordinary results

The title track of Avenged Sevenfold's 2013 album has earned over 819.8 million streams to date

Metal Hammer

Mad Cool Festival 2026, review – Revellers worship our rock saviours Nick Cave, Lorde and Florence Welch

5/5 In sweltering Madrid, crowds genuflect before our Lorde and saviour, then congregate before charismatic, commanding performances from Cave and the Bad Seeds, Wolf Alice and Florence Welch

The Independent UK

"People that do this that don’t have huge egos have huge problems." Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger says that a life in rock and roll will "permanently damage" you psychologically

"You always hope that you’re a so-called normal person underneath"

Louder

“We’re thrilled we’ve got other members who are just over the moon to be in the band with us”: Mastodon share new single with Josh Homme – and add another member to the band

The band will release their ninth album, Marrow Deep, on August 28

Guitar World

"Did he ask me to write a song with him? I didn’t take that seriously. We’d had a few pints." The night Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder partied 'til dawn with Bob Dylan in an Irish bar

Peal Jam's Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready covered a Bob Dylan classic at one of the most star-studded concerts ever staged, then headed out to party with the folk-rock legend

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“We’ll see”: Could a Fleetwood Mac Sphere residency be on the cards? It appears that Lindsey Buckingham isn’t ruling it out

The possibility of playing there was raised while Buckingham was sharing his admiration for John Mayer

MusicRadar

Have the Stones played their final show? “Maybe I have!” says Mick Jagger. “You never really know, do you?”

“I could get run over by a bus”, singer says, not inaccurately

Louder

"He came into the kitchen, gave me a tape and said, 'Listen to this. It’s not just any tape'." How a mouthy teenage guitarist scored his band a record deal with Britain's coolest indie label, and kickstarted a musical revolution

How the career of one of Britain's most influential bands was launched in a London warehouse

Guitar World

“I always felt like Fender hit the sweet spot with those guitars. All my heroes – Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Knopfler, Buddy Guy – were playing them”: Philip Sayce on the greatest Strats, his tone secrets – and why he always has a Silver Sky in the mix

The tone gourmand talks new vs vintage Strats, hiring SRV's amp tech, and the guitar he calls Big Daddy

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Jay-Z's 12 AM Show Delay Leaves Fans Waiting Three Hours for Historic Yankee Stadium Finale

Jay-Z's final hometown concert at Yankee Stadium faced a three-hour delay due to crowd control issues, but fans were rewarded with surprise performances from Rihanna, Beyoncé, and more.

Louder

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 13, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Massive Wagons, Chris Barras Band, Alabama Shakes and more

The Independent UK

Jay-Z responds to backlash after three-hour delay at Yankee Stadium concert

Rapper’s New York show didn’t end until nearly 3am

Metal Hammer

"Thousands of fans with knees far less reliable than they were are bouncing around, screaming every word." Bring Me The Horizon's crushing Count Your Blessings show is a reminder of how ferociously heavy they can still be

Bring Me The Horizon roll back the years with their heaviest show in well over a decade

The Independent UK

Heritage Live cancels three festivals due to ‘far lower than average ticket sales’

The planned line-ups included Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Eric Clapton, Ricky Martin, and Lionel Richie

The Guardian - UK

Gracie Abrams: Daughter from Hell review – bloodless anthems hit like a faceful of icing sugar

Despite their goth-coded attempts at emotional turbulence, the saccharine songs of Abrams’ third album feel adolescent in their melodrama

MusicRadar

“I sat on that song for two decades. I knew that I got something special”: The powerful anthem by Five Finger Death Punch and the dramatic video that shook America

“When you have a piece that you know can be brilliant, everything matters. If you nail it, this is a legacy piece”

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