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The Black Crowes announce The Happiness Bastards Tour (The Reprise)

The new dates will kick off in September, filling gaps in the band's Aerosmith schedule

Louder · Jul 17, 2024

Helmet announce US tour, plus UK and European dates celebrating the 30th anniversary of Betty

"We’re stoked to get back to Europe to perform the entire Betty album for the last time" says Page Hamilton

Metal Hammer · Jul 17, 2024

“We mixed and mastered it, and then we lost Taylor. It was actually very painful for me to pick up the guitar after that.” Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro on the 'lost' album he recorded with Taylor Hawkins and a member of AC/DC

Dave Navarro mourns the loss of his dear friend Taylor Hawkins

Louder · Jul 17, 2024

“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

Guitar World · Jul 17, 2024

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

Louder · Jul 17, 2024

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 · Jul 17, 2024

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

MusicRadar · Jul 17, 2024

“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

Louder · Jul 17, 2024

“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

Guitar World · Jul 17, 2024

“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

Guitar World · Jul 17, 2024