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From Smoke on the Water to Johnny B. Goode, double-stops feature in some of rock’s most iconic songs – get to grips with this cornerstone technique in our definitive double-stop lesson

Playing two notes together is an essential addition to any guitarist’s arsenal – and can be used in any kind of style

Guitar World

“I said, ‘What’s this – “Run For Home?’ He said, ‘Oh, that’s just shite’”: Lindisfarne’s biggest-selling hit, like so many, was a happy accident

If Back And Fourth producer Gus Dudgeon had arrived early, Ray Laidlaw wouldn’t have been looking through Alan Hull’s lyric book beside a piano

Louder

In 1970 The Who recorded Live At Leeds: 36 years later they returned to the scene and played again

What happened when The Who went back to Leeds

Louder

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Nicki Minaj apologises to fans and promises to make rescheduled Manchester gig ‘really special’

American rapper reschedules Pink Friday 2 Tour concert, cancelled on Saturday after arrest over possession of drugs in Amsterdam, to 3 June

The Independent UK

"He was so drunk, slurring and forgetting lyrics and everything": The story of the historic day heavy metal killed new wave

It's memorial weekend in 1983, and the US Festival is about to change the musical landscape forever, with a little help from Van Halen

Metal Hammer

My Dying Bride's Andrew Craighan says "personal problems" and other challenges mean the band can't confirm when they'll be able to tour again

English doom legends My Dying Bride have no tour dates lined up – and the band can't tell fans when that might change

Metal Hammer

Watch drum cam footage of Slipknot's Eloy Casagrande performing Disasterpiece

Slipknot's heavy-hitting new drummer has shared video of him making very loud noises at a recent show

Metal Hammer

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"I love No Doubt - It was the first time I’d ever heard a woman in a rock band." The songs that changed my life, by Dying Wish's Emma Boster

Emma Boster, vocalist of kickass metalcore crew Dying Wish, breaks down her life's mixtape

Metal Hammer

Ride the lightning! Watch Metallica get upstaged by a lightning strike during Master Of Puppets at the opening show on their latest tour

A lightning storm during Metallica’s show in Munich proves Mother Nature still has the best pyro display

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'World's rarest' million-dollar album on listening loan

Hip hop legends Wu-Tang Clan secretly recorded an album and then deleted the masters to leave only one copy. Find out where in Australia you can listen to it.

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Wendy Ritson obituary

Other lives: Violinist, teacher and psychotherapist who was a member of the 1970s prog rock band Centipede

The Guardian - UK

“People always want to go to extremes. And if you go to the edge, you must be prepared to fall off”: Phil Lynott’s 5 best basslines with Thin Lizzy and beyond

Six foot plus of leather and lust, Phil Lynott was the consummate rock bassist. These are his 5 best basslines

Guitar World

Taylor Swift shares moving love letter after Portugal shows

Pop star also shared an update about her Wembley shows in London this summer

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Bob Dylan are all fans of the rubber bridge guitar. I played one for a month to find out what the hype was about – and it wasn’t at all what I expected

It’s one of the biggest gear phenomenons of recent years, and now the $395 Orangewood Juniper has made the rubber bridge guitar more attainable than ever. What makes this plucky lo-fi creation so darn popular?

Guitar World

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The 20 greatest My Chemical Romance songs ever

From emo anthems to showstopping ballads, these are the essential My Chem songs every fan should know

Guitar World

“The coach of the Dallas Mavericks came up to me after the show and said, ‘What’s your dream guitar?’ I said a 1960 Fender Stratocaster. A few days later one showed up at my house”: Tyler Bryant on his remarkable Strat stories

He's one of the hottest young exponents of Texas blues. So of course he plays Strats…

Guitar World

“I dreamt I was listening to a live Allman Brothers album, and they were playing exactly what’s heard on the record. I woke up and thought, ‘That’s not an Allman Brothers song!’” Andy Aledort on creating his Satriani and Vai-endorsed blues album

The veteran guitarist’s new album, In a Dream, features US guitar great David Grissom, plus covers of Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Albert King

Louder

“I’ve spoken to him twice in the last 11 years”: Jon Bon Jovi shuts down talk of a reunion with Richie Sambora

Don’t your breath for a Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora reunion any time soon

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“I never want to be boastful – I don’t like being the center of attention. Even my guitar playing is like that”: Cameron Griffin has gone from construction worker to UCLA linebacker and, now, a multi-platinum producer and guitarist

The guitarist, songwriter and producer says the recognition is nice, but he’s keeping his focus

Louder

“There’s a virtuosic methodology you might associate with King Crimson, even if the results are very different”: Why Portishead’s Dummy qualifies as a prog album

Many progressive musicians would recognise and admire the attention to detail in the band’s 1994 debut

The Guardian - UK

Doug Ingle, frontman of rock band Iron Butterfly, dies aged 78

Singer and organist wrote 17-minute classic In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, taking the album of the same name to four million US sales

Louder

Simon Phillips signs up for the new Karmakanic album

Karmakanic's upcoming album Transmutation, due early next year, will be the band's first new music for nine year years!

The Independent UK

Olly Alexander confirms name change at Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival

Pop star also joked about his disappointing Eurovision result at the BBC festival in Luton

MusicRadar

“I’ve actually performed it with him, and I’m afraid to say that during the soundcheck, I broke down”: The story behind The Beach Boys’ timeless masterpiece God Only Knows, a Brian Wilson co-creation that had a profound emotional impact on Paul McCartney

How Brian Wilson hooked up with an LA advertising executive to pen one of the most majestic and moving pop songs ever created

The Independent UK

Bruce Springsteen postpones European concerts due to ‘vocal issues’

The musician's concerts in Marseille, Prague, and Milan have been called off and he has been told not to perform for the next 10 days

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