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“To me, it's kind of milking a dead cow”: Beatles engineer Ken Scott on the release of Now and Then, the band’s final single, in 2023

“It's more to do with the fact that I know that George was not particularly fond of finishing it off back in the day,” he says

MusicRadar

Ziggy Stardust: how David Bowie developed the role that would bring him undying fame

In 1964, a bunch of mop-topped young men appeared on the BBC’s early evening Tonight programme, being interviewed by a mildly bemused, but not unfriendly, Cliff Michelmore to promote the “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men”. Their spokesman, making his first television appearance, was 17-year-old David Jones.

The Conversation

Eno review – stimulating and cerebral look at the high priest of art-tech experimentalism

Produced using software that means that the film is different every time it is shown, this presents the former Roxy Music man as a restlessly creative mind

The Guardian - UK

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“Seymour Duncan went to work. He dragged it through the grass. Put motor oil on it. Chipped it. Frank Zappa said, ‘If you wanted to ruin your guitar, Adrian, why didn’t you loan it to a friend?’” Adrian Belew’s number one Stratocaster has lived a life

Is this the first relic'ed guitar? Belew says so, and it's graced records by Zappa, Talking Heads, David Bowie and King Crimson. It has been on the cover of GW. It is still in service

Guitar World

I Was There by Alan Edwards review – the rock gods’ right-hand man

The ‘godfather of British music PR’ delivers a raw, warm and anecdote-packed account of sometimes bruising encounters with Bowie, McCartney, Jagger et al

The Guardian - UK

Euro 2024 is a party – but continent’s fractures are there for all to see

This Germany team could not emulate side of 2006 in a tournament intertwined with complicated nationalism

The Guardian - UK

“I had a ridiculously long, complex chord and key change solo section. And who comes to mind? Steve Vai!” How Billy Morrison assembled a guitar lineup that includes John 5, Steve Stevens and Steve Vai for his triumphant comeback solo album

Inspired by a basic signal chain and the “simplest guitar album on the planet”, Billy Idol’s right-hand man feels vindicated with the unplanned success of The Morrison Project

Guitar World

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Heroes, superheroes, and someone who lost to a lettuce – take the Thursday quiz

15 questions, plus a few jokes, every Thursday, regardless of whether there is an election or not. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

‘You get the sense that anything could happen’: Director Oliver Murray on the magic of Montreux Jazz Festival

Exclusive: Director behind the three-part 2023 documentary explains what draws so many musicians to the legendary Swiss festival, as the 2024 edition gets underway this weekend

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift to open her "personal archives" for new V&A exhibition that tells the story of her career

The Songbook Trail takes place in London this (cruel) summer

MusicRadar

Sleaford Mods, the 1975, Fred Again: the songs that sum up each year of Tory government

Dave’s lament for the Grenfell atrocity, Dua Lipa’s bedroom disco for a locked-down nation, Kneecap’s Badenoch-riling rap, Elbow’s hymn for asylum seekers … here are the tracks that defined 14 years of Conservative rule

The Guardian - UK

15 Cat-Modified Reproductions Of Famous Classical Paintings Created By This Professional Artist

Even though cats seem to rule the internet, I agree with Svetlana Petrova that we need more classical art with cats. The post 15 Cat-Modified Reproductions Of Famous Classical Paintings Created By This Professional Artist first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Editor Dylan Jones on opening up about his shocking trauma: ‘It’s not meant to make people feel sorry for me’

As the Evening Standard boss releases a memoir, Olivia Petter speaks to him about his glory days editing British GQ, why he doesn’t consider many celebrities his friends, and how his traumatic childhood shaped the person he is today

The Independent UK

"I need a girl who sounds like a shop girl to duet with me": How a retail assistant at Dorothy Perkins got to sing with David Bowie

Originally written at a clandestine recording session, Absolute Beginners was the start of a 10-year musical relationship

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Namedropping: is Mona’s latest exhibition its most annoying yet?

Framed as an exploration of why we prize fame, this sprawling, defensive exhibition is overshadowed by one man’s quest for status via his museum

Louder

The 13 most iconic Glastonbury Festival performances ever

As Glastonbury 2024 approaches, we run through the 13 sets that have defined the festival over its lifespan

Wallpaper

Remembering Rusty Egan's Blitz Club: a place to 'avoid the mob and the homophobes', where the New Romantics were born

As he releases new vinyl boxset, 'Blitzed!', Wallpaper* meets DJ Rusty Egan to talk about London's scene-building Blitz club – the antidote to the late 70s punk scene and a hot-bed of experimental fashion

The Guardian - UK

Shimmering fabrics and a sparkling legacy: Dries van Noten bids farewell

Swan song runway show for his eponymous label feels like a love letter to fashion from retiring designer

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Salon

Slay: The evolution of drag anthems

As we honor Pride, let's delve into the rich history of music that has uplifted he drag community over the decades

Guitar World

“He told me he was a fan the first time I met him in '97. And then I got the call from him a couple of years later”: Helmet’s Page Hamilton is one of heavy music’s most influential riffers – but he was once handpicked by David Bowie to be his guitarist

David Bowie was such a big Helmet fan that he recruited Page Hamilton as his touring guitarist

Total Film

One of the '80s most beloved fantasy films is getting a new comic adaptation

Jim Henson's Labyrinth is coming back to comics

Louder

The new issue of Classic Rock is an AC/DC 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition

Also in this issue: Heart, Black Country Communion, Allman Brothers, Ian Hunter, Manic Street Preachers, ELP, Black Crowes, Anvil, Marcus King, Lindisfarne, Lemon Twigs, Mitch Ryder and more

Evening Standard

AI-inspired exhibition features portraits of people who do not exist

An image of what David Bowie would look like now if he were still alive is included at the London exhibition

The Guardian - UK

Spicy noodles, seismic fans and falling stars – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

Guitar World

“Bowie drove me down to the audition to meet Tommy… I saw this guy with green and purple hair”: Glenn Hughes recalls meeting Tommy Bolin at his tense Deep Purple audition

Glenn Hughes might not be on the best of terms with Deep Purple, but he fondly remembers his friendship with guitarist Tommy Bolin

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