“The Les Paul approach, where you play everything yourself and you’re bouncing tracks around”: How Lindsey Buckingham reinvented Fleetwood Mac The ex-Mac guitarist sheds new light on the Tusk album MusicRadar · Oct 16, 2024
“Jeff Beck gave me his gold J Rockett Archer, based on the Klon. That can never leave”: Featuring a Joe Bonamassa wah and an overdrive gifted by Beck himself, Carmen Vandenberg’s pedalboard is a tour de force of tone The Bones UK and Morrissey guitarist is one of the most exacting tone connoisseurs in the game, with some quietly radical picks and some familiar favorites Guitar World · Oct 16, 2024
“I felt connected to my Strat in a way I hadn’t in a long time”: I’ve spent years searching for the perfect Stratocaster strings – and after playing John Mayer’s Silver Slinky set for three months, I think I’ve finally found them Mayer's promise of a string set that offered an ideal in-between gauge, great tone, and uncompromising nimble bends spoke directly to my own trials and tribulations as a Strat player. Fortunately, it wasn't too good to be true Guitar World · Oct 16, 2024
“Chris was in a very fragile part of his life. He started playing bass… He got so into it he started bleeding. I said, ‘This is the man you want.’ And then he died”: Alex Van Halen reveals his and Eddie’s secret jams with Chris Cornell Eddie Van Halen and his brother tried out the Soundgarden singer shortly before his death – and at one stage, an Ozzy Osbourne-fronted Van Halen album was also on the cards Guitar World · Oct 16, 2024
"I didn’t know how to work any of it. It felt like being at the controls of a spacecraft: a spacecraft that I had absolutely no idea how to fly": Elton John says he’s never got over his Hammond organ “phobia” “I was a piano player trying to play the organ like a piano, and it just doesn’t work that way - it’s a completely different technique, one I couldn’t master” MusicRadar · Oct 16, 2024
“It’s a task that most of us can’t be bothered with, but it’ll pay off in the long run”: Never cleaned your synths? Here's how – and why – to do it properly Follow these top tips to keep your 'boards clean, in tune and ready to play, whatever the day MusicRadar · Oct 16, 2024
“The moment I said we gotta acknowledge Ed, Dave popped a fuse… The vitriol that came out was unbelievable”: Alex Van Halen reveals the real reason why the Van Halen tribute didn’t happen – and the advice Brian May gave him about the tour Van Halen says that David Lee Roth's refusal to pay tribute to Eddie during the proposed tour was the straw that “broke the camel's back” Guitar World · Oct 16, 2024
"You know how Fleetwood Mac almost dedicated Rumours to their cocaine dealer? I think we should dedicate this album to all the booze we bought at Tesco": Lambrini Girls announce debut album Who Let The Dogs Out Brighton punk duo Lambrini Girls drop the new track Big D*** Energy, share details of their debut album Who Let The Dogs Out Louder · Oct 16, 2024
Poppy shows her genre-smashing range with two new singles, Crystallized and The Cost Of Giving Up Both tracks will appear on the Metal Hammer cover star’s new album Negative Spaces next month Metal Hammer · Oct 16, 2024
“Nirvana was an honest expression of not being ashamed to put your angst on the front page”: Run DMC rapper talks about how he relates to Kurt Cobain Like Kurt, Darryl McDaniels has struggled with his mental health MusicRadar · Oct 16, 2024
Oasis UK and Ireland tour support acts 'revealed' as fellow 90s icons It is reported the two acts have with long-standing ties to the Gallagher brothers Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2024
The 10 bands that defined Aftershock festival 2024 From metal legends to rising stars, Aftershock was stacked with amazing moments Metal Hammer · Oct 16, 2024
Keir Starmer faces fresh questions after PM's office admits he met Taylor Swift backstage at Wembley gig No10 has rejected suggestion Government ministers got free tickets to singer’s gig as ‘thank you’ for intervening in her security arrangements Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2024
Sir Elton John to receive 'gravity defying' figure at Madame Tussauds Sir Elton John’s was the first talking wax work at Madame Tussauds in the 1970s Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2024 Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands review – the joy and the fury This documentary about pioneering female musicians is brilliant – yes, there’s misogyny and betrayal but mainly it’s the sheer elation of being in a gang
Louder · Oct 16, 2024 “Every time my parents went out, Supper’s Ready went on the turntable so I could listen uninterrupted”: Long before Gary Kemp joined Nick Mason’s band, he ensured prog infiltrated Spandau Ballet Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd were the guitarist’s early purchases – making more sense of his presence in Saucerful Of Secrets than it may have seemed
Metal Hammer · Oct 16, 2024 "Music is like the cuisines of the world – there's too much good food out there; we can't just stick to curry": Royal Republic are planning a musical feast - and you're invited Livewire, turbo-harmonised, disco-rocking Swedes Royal Republic are getting ready for upgraded UK and Europe dates
Metal Hammer · Oct 16, 2024 "Phil started going mental cos he's got these two bass drums and he doesn't know what to do with them!" How the delivery of a new drum kit gave Motörhead's Overkill to the world 'Fast' Eddie Clarke: "Once we'd cracked the formula of how to work together on Overkill, that's when we really started to take off"
Louder · Oct 16, 2024 "These are far superior to all the other versions of these tracks”: A rare tape of unknown studio versions of several Jimi Hendrix classics is coming up for auction The rare Jimi Hendrix tape, recorded in 1968, is expected to fetch up to £200,000 next month
Louder · Oct 15, 2024 Oasis have added another date to their Australian tour after selling out four stadium shows in 90 minutes With UK and US dates sold out across the board, Oasis are busy padding their wallets further down under
Metal Hammer · Oct 15, 2024 Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell announces North American headline tour With I Want Blood, his new solo album, set for release later this week, Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell reveals his early 2025 tour plans
Salon · Oct 15, 2024 Halsey as “The Great Impersonator" For her album, “The Great Impersonator,” Halsey transforms into Kate Bush, Dolly Parton, Stevie Nicks and others
Metal Hammer · Oct 15, 2024 “Greig Nori, if you think I’m a liar, there’s only one way to settle this. Under oath, in front of a judge.” Deryck Whibley posts emotional video to call out former manager who denies allegations that he sexually abused and groomed Sum 41's frontman Sum 41's Deryck Whibley is angry that his former mentor and manager Greig Nori is calling him a liar over allegations made in Whibley's memoir Walking Disaster. Watch his emotional video
The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024 Keir Starmer met Taylor Swift at London gig as questions continue over her blue-light escort No 10 rejects claims the prime minister was given tickets as a ‘thank-you’ for taxpayer-funded police escort
Metal Hammer · Oct 15, 2024 Metallica and Linkin Park to headline Sick New World 2025, with Evanescence, Queens Of The Stone Age, Gojira, AFI, Mastodon, Sisters of Mercy, Kittie, Arch Enemy, Testament and more on insanely stacked bill The line-up for Sick New World 2025 has been revealed, and it's ridiculously great, tbh