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Sabrina Carpenter fans ‘appalled’ by ‘greedy’ ticket prices for 2025 tour

‘Anyone who pays those prices is an absolute mug,’ one person fumed

The Independent UK

“It was going to be thrown out… Sting says, ‘Go on then, make it your own.’ I did it in one take”: The Police were set to ditch Every Breath You Take before Andy Summers added his riff – now the original demo has surfaced after 42 years, you can hear why

The surfacing of the now classic song’s early demo is a testament to the old adage ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’

Guitar World

“You will never find exactly this shape. It’s unique”: Jackson breaks the mould for Roman Ibramkhalilov’s highly anticipated MDK HT6 Baritone signature – a guitar built for “unparalleled depth and heaviness”

The Jinjer guitarist's baritone has gone through a years-long evolutionary process and with a 27" scale and Gotoh hardtail it has everything you need for metal riffs, nothing you don't

MusicRadar

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“I’d never played a Strat before. But when Audioslave was forming, I was looking for a new guitar. I went into a Guitar Center and found this Strat on the wall. It spoke to me deeply”: Tom Morello on the origins and mods of his Soul Power Strat

The Soul Power was the instrument of new beginnings for Tom Morello, a stock, off-the-wall Guitar Center purchase that was soon to be customized, soon to be iconic in Audioslave. This is its story

Guitar World

TesseracT announce next phase of War Of Being world tour

TesseracT announce new European and UK dates for January and February 2025

Metal Hammer

Interpol grateful they said yes to their song being used in Friends

‘It was a pretty hardcore moment,’ says band of the scene that used their music

The Independent UK

5 easy ways to make open chords more interesting

Players such as David Bowie and Joni Mitchell have deployed alternate voicings to great effect in their songwriting, and they can be a powerful songwriting tool to have under your belt

Guitar World

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“Joyous, energetic, and with the sensation of exciting things to come.” Ghost’s Rite Here Rite Now soundtrack is “that Friday feeling” in musical form

Despite being recorded across two nights in The City Of Angels, Ghost’s new soundtrack/live album is a devilishly good time

Metal Hammer

“Nothing was even mic'd up through the P.A. – they just listened to our amps and the two vocal mics. Sometimes we'd just play rubbish”: The Beatles on their struggles to be heard over the screams of Beatlemania – and the toll it took on their performances

Technology has advanced light years in the six decades since the frenzy of Beatlemania, and the world of onstage guitar amplification is no exception

Guitar World

Bruce Springsteen at Wembley Stadium review: hits galore from a master of his craft

At 74 years young, the Boss served up one of the best nights the audience had ever experienced

Evening Standard

Bruce Springsteen review, Wembley Stadium: Rock legend’s curfew-defying set bends a whole stadium to his will

The 74-year-old music veteran proves once again that time is impotent in the face of Gramps Power

The Independent UK

Crack Cloud: Red Mile review – aggressively tuneful rock about life’s big questions

The Canadian indie-garage-rockers take the mickey out of pop, punk and the stories we tell ourselves, but strong feeling outweighs the cynicism

The Guardian - UK

Ice Spice: Y2K! review – wilfully trashy wordplay from wily new rap star

The US star’s subject matter is lightweight and this debut album only lasts 23 minutes, but funny, snotty lines abound and the music is often viscerally exciting

The Guardian - UK

Ice Spice review, Y2K!: Wickedly infectious energy, wit and filth

Following a wave of overlong albums, the cool, TikTokable concision of Ice Spice’s first full-length record feels effortlessly in control

The Independent UK

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Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, Aya Nakamura: Set For Olympics Opening Ceremony?

World-famous stars are in line to perform at Friday's opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, which will take place along the Seine river.

Metal Hammer

"I'm in for playing some of everyone's old favourites. I'd love to play them one last time": Bill Ward confirms he'd love to play one final show with Black Sabbath

So, that's everyone in agreement, yes?

Louder

10 awesome independent UK festivals still to come in summer 2024

Think festival season is nearing its end? Pfft, it's just beginning

Guitar World

“He reminds me of Joe when Joe was a young man”: This 12-year-old guitar prodigy is destined to be a blues great – and he just jammed with Joe Bonamassa (and Lowell George’s Dumble)

Saxon Weiss' latest appearance on the Norman's Rare Guitars YouTube channel sees the aspiring player go toe-to-toe with JoBo for a four-minute funk blues jam

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The Independent UK

Taylor Swift praises Ice Spice for being ‘the driver of her own career’ as rapper addresses Matty Healy row

Rapper opened up about feuds, collaborations and her career to date

MusicRadar

“Really great surprise to be part of the 12 Mercury albums of the year, something I never expected”: Beth Gibbons, Corinne Bailey Rae, Last Dinner Party all nominated for the Mercury Prize

The Mercury Prize nominations are announced

Guitar World

“I was inspired by one of my favorite players – you may recognize some of his signature licks”: Matteo Mancuso, one of the hottest guitar players on the planet right now, has written a virtuosic tribute track to Paul Gilbert… on baritone

Mancuso uses his mesmerizing fingerstyle technique – and a peachy Bacci baritone – to honor one of his biggest guitar influences on Paul Position

Evening Standard

Coldplay's reported 10-night Wembley Stadium residency: everything you need to know

Could the British indie rockers be set to outdo Michael Jackdon’s record 1988 residency at the north London football venue?

Evening Standard

Billy Ray Cyrus confirms expletive-filled audio is him berating ex-wife Firerose and daughter Miley

The Achy Breaky Heart singer confirms the audio is him and repeatedly blames estranged wife

The Guardian - UK

Interpol: ‘I’m very glad we said yes to putting a song in Friends – it was a pretty hardcore moment’

As they gear up for a 20th anniversary tour, Daniel Kessler and Paul Banks answer your questions on getting stuck for two days in snow, playing Glastonbury in the mud and which Killers song they would cover

MusicRadar

"Andy went, 'Guys, hello? We're a guitar band?'": Sting's solo demo for The Police's Every Breath You Take officially revealed after 42 years

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