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"Looking at these things gave me some feelings I wasn't sure about. So I took these things outside and I burned all of them." Why Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan destroyed his past

Rival Sons’ frontman Jay Buchanan on his solo album, songwriting, the call of the wild, storytellers, falling in love and more

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Choir of survivors, relatives and witnesses marks 10th anniversary of Paris terrorist attacks with poignant Rival Sons song

France remembers the 130 victims of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris

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Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan releases debut solo single - complete with video filmed in abandoned coal mine

Jay Buchanan's debut solo album, Weapons Of Beauty, was written in a windowless, underground bunker deep in the Mojave Desert

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"It was a huge honour to be cast in this film:" Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan to appear in upcoming Hollywood movie

The Rival Sons frontman announces acting role ahead of Weapons Of Beauty solo shows

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“Hearing the crowd sing the War Pigs solo gave me chills”: Back to the Beginning was Ozzy Osbourne’s night – but it was also a tribute to Tony Iommi’s singular impact on guitar music

Iommi’s world-altering riffs led to some of the all-star farewell show’s biggest singalongs – no wonder the supporting cast of guitar heroes had so much fun playing them

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Watch Ozzy Osbourne's good friend Yungblud absolutely nail a cover of Black Sabbath's Changes with a one-off supergroup featuring members of Sleep Token, Extreme and Anthrax, at Sabbath's last ever show

Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning mega-gig, currently taking place at Villa Park, Birmingham, has already thrown up some unforgettable performances

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“I watched Tony a lot. We became friends. It was emotional – not in a ‘pinch me!’ sense, but realizing how on-point he was – and how much he was not phoning in that performance”: Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday on what it’s like to open a Black Sabbath show

Supporting Sabbath throughout The End Tour, Rival Sons got a better view of metal's godfathers than anyone – and will pay tribute to them at their final show. What will they play? Holiday's sworn to secrecy

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Tool, Guns N' Roses and Rival Sons added to Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning final show line-up

New bands have been added to Black Sabbath's all-day festival in July

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"We played to more than 350,000 fans in stadiums": Those Damn Crows are used to big crowds, but their next show is another step up

Welsh rockers Those Damn Crows are going from strength to strength – we check in ahead of the biggest show of their lives

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Guns N’ Roses are hitting the road in 2025 – and they’re bringing punk and hip-hop legends with them

Having last played live in 2023, Guns N’ Roses will play stadiums around the world – incorporating a number of countries the band have never played in before

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Guns N' Roses announce 2025 stadium tour

Guns N' Roses will play the Middle East, Europe and the UK as part of the 24-date jaunt.

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Guns N' Roses announce 2025 tour dates including first-ever show in Saudi Arabia

Guns N' Roses will play 24 shows across the Middle East and Europe next summer

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"If the world was a fair place, everyone's Greta Van Fleet records would spontaneously turn into Great Western Valkyrie": Rival Sons' fourth album finds them on top of their game

After turning heads with Pressure & Time in 2011, Rival Sons returned to the studio with a new bassist and a fistful of big ideas

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"It was so intense. It felt like lightning when I heard it as a kid": Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan picks the 10 albums that changed his life

Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan picks ten records that inspired his career in rock

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Black Stone Cherry announce European headline tour

Kentucky rockers Black Stone Cherry will play a series of shows with Skillet and Ayron Jones later this year

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Clutch and Rival Sons announce Two Headed Beast tour with Fu Manchu and Black Stone Cherry

The riff will be strong on this tour

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NAMM 2024: “Angular, cubist and aggressive”: Kauer’s divisive Gripen guitar does away with all curvature for an early contender for ‘boldest guitar of 2024’

The pointed-twin of its flagship Banshee model, Kauer has created an origami Explorer of sorts that boasts crown shaped inlays and a choice of three humbucker combinations

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“Eric Clapton played with a stately authority. It’s missing in guitar today. It seems every great player has to play very fast. It can be distasteful, honestly”: Scott Holiday says Slowhand’s slow hand is still the gold standard for expressive playing

Clapton remains an ever-present force in the Rival Sons star’s own sound – here’s why Holiday views his hero as one of the most influential guitarists of all time

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French indie pop “Blowsom” on upcoming album, Madonna in Paris and Dolly Parton goes rock

This week on Arts24, Marjorie Hache speaks to up and coming French pop artist Blowsom who has independently released two EPs and garnered millions of streams. We also catch up with American rock band Rival Sons who have released two albums this year and take a look at Queen Of…

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Rival Sons confirm Lightbringer album details, launch new single Sweet Life

"It has all of the early elements of what Rival Sons is and was" - Jay Buchanan on new Rival Sons single Sweet Life

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Every Rival Sons album ranked from worst to best

LA livewires Rival Sons are the standbearers for 21st century rock’n’roll. Here’s how to get into their seven album back catalogue

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A beginner's guide to Earache records in five essential albums

From forward-thinking grindcore to retro rock ’n’ roll, Nottingham label Earache’s had one hell of a journey. Here’s its history in five must-hear releases.

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"I'm really starting to get the itch. I want to headline arenas" - Rival Sons on the album that should take them to the next level

After six albums in 15 years and touring alongside a raft of A-listers, new album Darkfighter finds Rival Sons ready to take it to the next level

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Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday: “I don’t need to play all the notes at a very high speed. I can appreciate that in players, but I’m looking for texture and color”

As the Californian rockers return with Darkfighter, Holiday invites us into his guitar room to talk mad-scientist fuzz pedals, his adventurous new doubleneck, and why he mods no more

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Rival Sons are sharper, deeper and more intense than ever on seventh album Darkfighter

American rock’n’rollers Rival Sons return with renewed focus on Darkfighter, the first of two albums this year

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