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Taylor Swift Has Officially Dropped the Details From Travis Kelce's Proposal

Marie Claire

"They might just be the most essential live show in metal right now." We're not entirely sure we can do justice to just how epic Parkway Drive's Wembley show was

Surely a Download Festival headline set is on the cards after this?!

Metal Hammer

The Kooks review – a triumphant and touching mass singalong

Playing to the biggest crowds of the careers, the 00s indie stalwarts perform like they’re loving every minute – although there is also raw emotion in Manchester on the night after the synagogue attack

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Eric Clapton in planning row with millionaire neighbours in Surrey

The musician claims a planned terrace would cause an ‘unacceptable invasion’ of his privacy

Evening Standard

“My objective is to find a purposeful role for each guitar part”: How to layer guitar parts like a pro (with a little help from Cory Wong)

In this exclusive video and tab lesson, the funk maestro serves up a big ol' slice of rhythm layer cake that reimagines the guitar as keyboard, bass, as everything in the band

Guitar World

“I don’t know too many people that could have handled that pressure coming at you at such speed. It can be a deadly thing”: How grunge’s ‘worst’ band wrote the hit song that silenced the critics

It was written on a $25 guitar and became one of the biggest hits of 1994

Metal Hammer

“Some riffs just have that big swing to them. You can definitely hear that in the first Van Halen album”: How Wolfgang Van Halen created a new song with echoes of classic VH – and Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer

"It’s very much the kind of idea that mixes heaviness with funkiness”

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Taylor Swift reveals she surprised her record label with ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

Pop star said keeping the album a secret was possible thanks to her close friends who ‘do not snitch’

The Independent UK

“If you strip away the images you could put us beside King Crimson. The musicality and ambition would fit. But for us it’s 50 per cent about music, 50 per cent about hair”: Sparks’ commitment to silliness is very prog indeed

Ron Mael (the operatic one) and Russell Mael (the staring one) never discussed being different; but as LA brothers inspired by British prog and glam, they always were. They only rule they made was: “Shake up the universe”

Louder

One Direction Fans Are In Their Feelings After Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson’s Netflix Series Is Announced

Cue “History” by 1D.

Cinemablend

Taylor Swift hails ‘phenomenal’ Welsh fans saying they are ‘on another level’

The 35-year-old was speaking after the release of her 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl on Friday.

Evening Standard

Robbie Williams cancels his final show of world tour due to ‘public safety’

Williams began the tour in May, performing in cities including London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Helsinki and Athens

The Independent UK

"While this chapter has come to a close, this is by no means the end of my path as a musician." Modern metal heavyweights Trivium abruptly part ways with drummer Alex Bent

Drummer of 9 years splits with Trivium hours before Aftershock Festival show – Sepultura's Greyson Nekrutman steps in

Metal Hammer

Robbie Williams cancels final show of tour in the 'interests of public safety'

Robbie Williams, 51, was scheduled to perform at Istanbul’s Ataköy Marina on Tuesday, October 7

Evening Standard

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Robbie Williams cancels final show of tour ‘in the interests of public safety’

Williams was due to perform at Atakoy Marina in Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday.

Cinemablend

Taylor Swift Explained The Meaning Behind Her Song ‘Opalite’ And How It Connects To Her Fiancé

"Now the sky is opalite."

Bored Panda

“Not Really A Showgirl”: Disappointed Fans Say Taylor Swift’s New Album Doesn’t Live Up To Expectations

“Taylor Swift is popping right now."

Guitar World

“I couldn't afford a real bass guitar, so I just tuned the strings down on a Telecaster”: How Geezer Butler went from playing bass on a guitar to the ominous riff that defined one of Black Sabbath’s darkest moments

Geezer Butler’s iconic bassline announces this tune from the classic 1970 LP Paranoid

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I Spotted A Few Travis Kelce-Related Easter Eggs In Taylor Swift’s Life Of A Showgirl Release Party, And I Need To Talk About Them

"Keep it 100 on the land, the sea, the sky."

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift's 'Release Party of a Showgirl' Gucci Shirt Has a Low-Key Travis Kelce Connection

The shirt is a deep pull from Swift's closet that she first wore to a 'Reputation Tour' meet and greet in 2018.

Louder

“Let me just put this record on and clear the room! Or play it to a girlfriend and then wonder why she threw herself out the window”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson on the cult prog rock mavericks who inspired him – but were too out-there to be successful

They played a gig at Bruce Dickinson’s school when he was 15 years old

Guitar World

“John Bonham and I would push the tempo and play it ridiculously fast for minutes on end while Page wailed away on the guitar”: John Paul Jones wasn't married to a single bass technique, but for these Led Zeppelin classics, one finger was all he needed

Using just the index finger may not seem like the most “efficient” way to play, the low-end legend wrote in his GW column, but he loved the consistent attack and dynamic control that he got from using one finger

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift’s New Album Has Just Sparked a Surprising Travel Trend

MusicRadar

“If the labels don’t start taking care of songwriters, there won’t be any anymore... I’m very, very scared for this next generation of writers”: Justin Tranter fires warning shot over the plight of songwriters

He says songwriters have lost out at the expense of streaming platforms

MusicRadar

“Every time I would play it for somebody, they’d be like ‘Wow.’ It’s one of his classics”: Mariah Carey is miffed that her Michael Jackson duet is still unreleased

“There is an issue with his estate,” she says

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