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Farewell to the car CD player, source of weirdly deep musical fandoms

Car manufacturers have stopped including CD players as most drivers use streaming – but with greater choice, are we losing something too?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Corey Taylor on the reactions to Dave Grohl's recent baby announcement: "If that’s the one thing that defines him, then what are we doing?"

Dave Grohl has made headlines for fathering a baby outside of marriage, and Corey Taylor has some thoughts on the whole thing

Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2024

James Blunt vows to change name to ‘whatever the public wants’ on one condition

They You’re Beautiful hit-maker insists that it’s ‘not an act of desperation’ and is ‘a genuine thing’

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2024

‘It was a really lonely time’: Alison Moyet and Dave Stewart on making Is This Love?

‘The lyrics reflect the fact that I was in quite a dark place – but subverting it all, in a GCSE English kind of way’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Oasis adds US, Canada and Mexico stops to 2025 tour

Oasis shocked fans by announcing a reunion tour last month, ending a 15-year hiatus

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2024

“I don’t normally enjoy co-writes, but when Billy Corgan says he wants to work on your stuff, you say yes”: Rosie Bones on her guitar chemistry with Carmen Vandenberg, Corgan collabs – and why Bones UK doesn’t need a bassist

Augmenting the rock with electronic elements, Bones UK are dragging it into the future, but as frontwoman Rosie explains, they have one foot in the past, with an old-school blues cat playing lead

Guitar World · Sep 30, 2024

“I would show him the lick. He's like, ‘Why don't you just play it? You sound just like me, anyway!’” Dweezil Zappa says he recorded Eddie Van Halen playing a “greatest hits guitar solo” at 5150 for an unreleased project – and had to give EVH pointers

The session was the result of an unreleased ‘audio movie’ concept of Zappa’s in which he envisioned solo contributions from Brian May and Angus Young

Guitar World · Sep 30, 2024

"You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along." Oasis announce North American tour for 2025

The biggest reunion on Planet Earth continues as Oasis confirm they will roll into North America next year

Louder · Sep 30, 2024

Godspeed You! Black Emperor review – urgent intimations of societal collapse

High drama unspools in thunderous waves from the Canadian cult favourites, but beauty and contemplation can be found amid the tumult

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Oasis North America tour: Tickets, dynamic pricing, venue, and everything else you need to know

‘America… Oasis is coming. You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along,’ band said in a statement

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2024