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“Our contribution to a 90-year-old tradition of breaking the sound of the guitar”: JHS unveils its first-ever original distortion pedal, the Hard Drive

The new unit is not a clone of any previous pedal, but offers a huge variety of recognizable modern distortion tones

Guitar World

“The crown jewel of my amplifier collection”: Joe Bonamassa has bought Lowell George’s Dumble Overdrive Special Reverb after a 15-year quest

The amp and its matching cab were last played on June 28, 1979 – the night before the Little Feat legend died at the age of 34

Guitar World

“These renditions will get pulses racing faster than the studio versions, even if not every note is perfectly in place”: Nightingale’s Nightfall Overture, remastered and extended

Updated version of Swedish prog metallers’ 2005 re-recordings comes with live extras that add significant value

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“The idea is to be felt and not seen. A lot of that came from when I was in Jethro Tull”: Jonathan Noyce on how playing with Martin Barre and Gary Moore honed his “stealth bass” approach – and his final days with the late Irish guitar legend

The Yamaha and Fender fan has made use of his “art school” education in Tull and his loud and free times with late icon Moore

Guitar World

Kanye West and Donna Summer estate reach settlement over unauthorised use of I Feel Love

Rapper – now known as Ye – used portions of Summer’s 1977 disco classic on his song Good (Don’t Die) with Ty Dolla $ign

The Guardian - UK

Sophie: Posthumous final album from avant-pop producer to be released in September

Album was ‘lovingly finalised by those who hold her closest’, a statement said

The Independent UK

“Among fair fists at the greatest ‘hits’ are extensive improvisations that repeatedly just don’t work”: Frank Zappa’s Live At The Whisky A Go Go, 1968

Seems like there’s a reason this live recording remained unreleased in his lifetime

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The Who’s Quadrophenia to be revived as a ballet

More than 50 years on from its release, the concept album has been reimagined in a collaboration with Sadler’s Wells and will tour in 2025

The Guardian - UK

"The biggest compliment ever is when someone says: 'I've just seen a stadium show in a club'": Meet the Karma Effect, classic rock revivalists with big ambition

Meet the Karma Effect, classic rock revivalists with big ambition

Louder

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats made a soundtrack for an Italian movie that doesn't exist: Then they got actors in to supply the dialogue

After six years without a new record, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats return with one inspired by 70s Italian murder-mystery cinema

Louder

Sophie: posthumous final album to be released in September

Self-titled album, to be released in September, was almost finished before the Grammy nominee died in 2021, aged 34

The Guardian - AU

Voice of Baceprot: Indonesia’s female metalheads get set for Glastonbury

The trio will be the first Indonesian band to play the renowned music festival, which gets under way this week.

Al Jazeera

Joe Bonamassa announces 2025 UK arena tour

Joe Bonamassa's new album Live At The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra is out now

Louder

Gigi Hadid Gifts Taylor Swift a Custom Ring Featuring the Sweetest Nod to Travis Kelce—and Her Cat

She commissioned the most personal ring for Taylor Swift.

Marie Claire

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Latin Times

New York's Carnegie Hall embraces Latin music in a festival with Dudamel, Ivy Queen and more

Carnegie Hall is celebrating the vibrant influence of Latin culture in the United States with the 2024-2025 edition of Nuestros Sonidos festival.

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift says she was ‘swooning’ over boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Eras Tour debut at Wembley Stadium

‘Never going to forget these shows,’ Swift writes

Evening Standard

Best moments from Taylor Swift's London Eras Tour shows including Florence Welch on stage appearance

The global superstar has turned 35 and wrapped up the Eras tour for good

Louder

"He did horrible things to people. He treated people so bad. He was a complete raving maniac." In 2016, Sammy Hagar talked candidly about his fears that Eddie Van Halen was going to die during Van Halen's 2004 reunion tour

"When I saw those demons take over him it was pitiful." Sammy Hagar revisited his darkest days in Van Halen in a 2016 interview newly uploaded online

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Android Central

YouTube Music on the web gets a redesign, but it's not winning everyone over

The web interface for YouTube Music's albums and playlists now matches the one introduced on the Android tablet app.

Marie Claire

Bartender Backs Up Justin Timberlake’s Claim That He Only Had “One Martini” Before DWI Arrest in the Hamptons

“If he was drinking more, it wasn’t here.”

Louder

“If it brings back memories and feelings for people, that’s the magic of music.” Watch ex-Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic perform the grunge gods' debut single Love Buzz in Kurt Cobain’s hometown

Krist Novoselic’s new band The Bona Fide Band rocked Aberdeen, Washington on June 21

Guitar World

“Stepping into the Slayer situation and learning 19 songs on the flight over to Europe made a good impression”: How Phil Demmel nailed one of the biggest gigs in metal – and became Kerry King’s six-string wingman

The former Machine Head guitarist on landing a gig with his hero, grappling with 6/8 and super-fast triplets as Kerry King picks up where Slayer left off in fire-breathing new solo project

Woman & Home

Prince George and Princess Charlotte's ‘nightmare’ before meeting Taylor Swift that caused some ‘stress and panic’

George and Charlotte met Taylor Swift at Wembley on Prince William's 42nd birthday but their schedule reportedly didn't quite go to plan

Guitar World

Scott LePage played an Ibanez Xiphos alongside Steve Vai – now he’s teased a potential signature version of the radical X-type

The Polyphia maestro has shared a clip of him ripping a guitar solo on an axe we’re hoping gets a production run in the near future

MusicRadar

"Eddie was doing these extended solos so Tony had to have a word with him about that": Geezer Butler remembers the ups and downs of Black Sabbath being upstaged by Van Halen, and his hopes for a final farewell show with Bill Ward

He also weighs in on what went wrong with the Rick Rubin-produced 13 album: "Tony was incredibly disappointed in him"

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