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Charli XCX hints at plans to quit music in shock career change

‘I’m definitely thinking about it,’ the singer said

The Independent UK

If You’re Looking for New Music from Adele Anytime Soon, Well—Don’t Hold Your Breath: “My Tank Is Quite Empty”

If You’re Looking for New Music from Adele Anytime Soon, Well—Don’t Hold Your Breath: “My Tank Is Quite Empty”

After her Las Vegas residency wraps later this year, she’s taking a “big break” to do “other creative things,” she said.

“You'll have to be a straight badass just to carry it let alone play it – I want to see what someone can do with it”: Jason Newsted is selling the 10-string Alembic bass used on Metallica’s Black Album tour – and more than 60 other instruments

“You'll have to be a straight badass just to carry it let alone play it – I want to see what someone can do with it”: Jason Newsted is selling the 10-string Alembic bass used on Metallica’s Black Album tour – and more than 60 other instruments

The musician has collected some rare, weird, and wonderful instruments over his 40-year career, now he’s teamed-up with Reverb to get them into the hands of new players

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A pre-Fairport Sandy Denny collection, Early Home Recordings, to be released

Sandy Denny's new Early Home Recordings collection will be released in September

Adele announces ‘big break’ from music

Speaking to German media ahead of Munich concert residency, singer says she ‘wants to do other creative things’ and has no plans for new material

The Guardian - UK

Gryphon Rue: “I can be impatient with gear that is too complicated and not fun - like the Octatrack MKII, which is breeding dust in my studio”

We sit down with the multi-disciplinary artist following the release of his enigmatic, synth-fuelled project 4n_Objx

“He goes, ‘This isn’t as good as the first album.’ The song became a bit like a baseball, but now it’s a favourite. It was a struggle for two or three months”: How Six By Six faced down their doubts for second record Beyond Shadowland

Acclaim for the self-titled debut from 3’s Robert Berry, Saga’s Ian Crichton and Saxon’s Nigel Glockler was so great that the supergroup worried about letting down their fans – and themselves – with the follow-up

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“There's one little lick which annoyed me for a long, long time”: Deep Purple’s Simon McBride on the Ritchie Blackmore lick he found most difficult to learn

“There's one little lick which annoyed me for a long, long time”: Deep Purple’s Simon McBride on the Ritchie Blackmore lick he found most difficult to learn

McBride has also discussed where he thinks Blackmore's compositional strength lies

“When we lost Taylor, it was very painful for me… I'll be honest, I didn’t pick up the guitar for about a year”: Dave Navarro finished an album with Taylor Hawkins – then he lost his friend, his band and his love of guitar playing

“When we lost Taylor, it was very painful for me… I'll be honest, I didn’t pick up the guitar for about a year”: Dave Navarro finished an album with Taylor Hawkins – then he lost his friend, his band and his love of guitar playing

The returning Jane's Addiction guitarist opens up on his struggles to play guitar after the tragic passing of his collaborator in supergroup NHC

Who’s laughing now? The gags that derailed comedy careers

Who’s laughing now? The gags that derailed comedy careers

Kyle Gass’s ill-judged Donald Trump assassination jibe has put Tenacious D on ice. Will he be for ever cancelled, or bounce back like Billy Connolly and Jo Brand?

The Guardian - UK

Adele reveals plans to take extended break from music as she admits 'tank is empty'

Adele reveals plans to take extended break from music as she admits 'tank is empty'

‘I don’t even sing at home at all. How strange is that?’ she said

Evening Standard

“If she had, like, 3 more hours in the day, she would just figure out what we do and she wouldn't need any of us”: What Max Martin said to Ryan Tedder about Taylor Swift and music production after they’d both won Grammys for working on her 1989 album

“If she had, like, 3 more hours in the day, she would just figure out what we do and she wouldn't need any of us”: What Max Martin said to Ryan Tedder about Taylor Swift and music production after they’d both won Grammys for working on her 1989 album

The OneRepublic frontman has also been discussing writing and producing songs with Adele and Beyoncé

"Musicians are being taken advantage of because we do it for the love of it": The cost of playing live is going up but grassroots artists say they're not being paid more

"Musicians are being taken advantage of because we do it for the love of it": The cost of playing live is going up but grassroots artists say they're not being paid more

In a new survey, a worrying 54% of live acts have reported no change in gig fees, while 29% reported a decrease

“I can’t think of any current guitar heroes that I have. All of my guitar heroes are into their seventies or no longer with us”: Towa Bird is one of Gen Z’s biggest guitar stars – and she built her own brand of energetic rock from classic influences

The viral star of TikTok and and late-night television makes her debut album with the stellar American Hero, an album steeped in rock history, but with one eye to the future

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Coldplay set for epic 10-night stint at Wembley Stadium in record-breaking move

The band’s plan would see them eclipse Michael Jackson’s historic 1988 residency

The Guardian - UK

LA punk legends X: ‘The violence didn’t bother me as much as the spitting!’

They chronicled 1980s Los Angeles as a nihilist nightmare and became a key voice in the city. Releasing their final album, they recall the wild parties – and rocky romances

“Be yourself and play what moves you. James Jamerson said it best: ‘If you don’t feel it, don’t play it’”: Parlor Greens’ Jimmy James is putting the soul back into guitar, groove by groove

With his inspired new trio, Seattle guitarist Jimmy James digs deep into Meters-style funk, rocking his Silvertone and making the world a better place

Signing a record contract? The 5 things that could be the difference between a successful music career and losing your vision and control

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Eminem, Glass Animals and Denzel Curry offer up new albums

There is also a new offering from GIUM and Ambrose Kenny-Smith.

“Every song has an element of odd. I like to push against our audience, ourselves, our producer… and see how far that can go before it breaks”: The prog credentials of Baroness

They may be rooted in the heavier end of the spectrum – but they deliver elaborate concepts, glorious artwork and mind-boggling musicianship. Mastermind John Baizley explains an MO developed via Camel, Mahavishnu Orchestra and others

"Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong": Praying Mantis once vied with Iron Maiden for attention, but setbacks and bad decisions took them on a very different journey

Praying Mantis ran alongside Iron Maiden in the early days of the NWOBHM race, but only Maiden shot to fame

"I knew we were going nowhere fast and I had to get out": Triumph were on the cusp of superstardom – then they let it all go

By the end of the 70s Triumph were living up to their name. Then came the falling-out, the split, and 20 years of toxicity before they shared a stage again

"They're not gonna get anybody heavier than me, are they?": In 1971 Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant was asked how he dealt with bootleggers

The BBC footage also shows Pink Floyd hearing one of their own bootlegs for the first time – and they're not happy

“The whole process was such an addictive musical buffet that I couldn't stop.” Frank Black to play North American, UK and European shows performing his second solo record, 1994's Teenager of the Year, in full

Frank Black to perform 14 special shows celebrating Teenager of the Year

Kesha's 'Joyride' Marks First Top 10 Hit On Billboard Charts

Kesha's triumphant return with 'Joyride' on multiple Billboard charts showcases her enduring talent and growing influence in dance and electronic music.

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