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In Memoriam: A tribute to the musicians we lost in 2025

Musicians who travelled up to the great gig in the sky in 2025 include Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, Ace Frehley, Sly Stone, Marianne Faithfull and many more

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Stevie sings, Flea slaps and Beck blows on his harmonica: Sly Stone got an all-star tribute at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony

Questlove, Jennifer Hudson and Maxwell were also involved

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Jack White shares parable about God as White Stripes are inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Meg White did not attend the ceremony in Los Angeles, which also saw Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden and Warren Zevon inducted

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Sir Elton John pays tribute to Brian Wilson

Sir Elton John paid a heartfelt tribute to his late friend Brian Wilson at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday (08.11.25) night.

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D’Angelo was far more than the shirtless sex symbol he was painted as

The late singer’s iconic music video for Untitled (How Does It Feel) had him unfairly pigeonholed for much of his career

The Guardian - US

Ronnie Wood came through his 'druggy years pretty unscathed'

Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood believes he came through his "druggy, drinking years pretty unscathed" because he's still able to play music and paint.

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“I will be honored to do the honors!”: Lucy Dacus is offering to marry fans on her upcoming tour

Singer-songwriter is now an official wedding celebrant

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Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty on recriminations,revivals and reunions: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Brian Wilson, Electric Light Orchestra, Halestorm, Bush, Rick Derringer, The Black Keys, Volbeat, Steve Harley, Joe Bonamassa & Joanne Shaw Taylor, Orianthi, Wytch Hazel and more

Louder

Public Enemy’s Chuck D: ‘Bob Vylan ain’t got no tanks... You can’t really kill nobody with a guitar or a microphone’

INTERVIEW: The leader of hip-hop’s first great radical band talks to Sarfraz Manzoor about the ‘fight for peace and love by any means necessary’, why he won't refer to the US president by name, Elvis Presley, and ageism in hip-hop

The Independent UK

Sex, sinners and stepsisters: Here are the best movies of 2025... So far

How many have you seen? And do you agree with our first-half of 2025 ranking?

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Sly Stone turned isolation into inspiration, forging a path for a generation of music-makers

In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the band’s mainstream success, fans expected more feel-good funk from the ensemble.

The Conversation

LCD Soundsystem honour Brian Wilson and Sly Stone at residency’s opening night

The New York group played at London’s Brixton Academy.

Evening Standard

Paul McCartney says ‘musical genius’ Brian Wilson was ‘bright shining light’

The 82-year-old Beatles bass player has previously cited Wilson’s work as an inspiration for his own.

Evening Standard

“There is really only one chord in the whole song. E… something”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Sly & The Family Stone's Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

Following Sly Stone's passing, we explore how one of the funk icon's most enduring grooves turns minimal harmony into maximum impact

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The Independent UK

Two musical revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, leave life's stage nearly simultaneously

Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries

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Surviving Beach Boys pay tribute to ‘genius’ Brian Wilson

Singer Mike Love said Wilson’s ‘musical gifts were unmatched’ after his cousin’s death aged 82.

Evening Standard

Elton John hails Brian Wilson as the 'biggest influence on my songwriting ever' as tributes to Beach Boys genius pour in

Posting on Instagram, Sir Elton said Wilson was ‘always so kind to me’ and ‘the biggest influence on my songwriting ever’

The Independent UK

Brian Wilson: the Beach Boys visionary who changed music forever

TRIBUTE: The troubled musician was a genius whose work was the envy of generations of fellow artists. Fiona Sturges pays tribute, and recalls her encounter with Wilson where he told her about his fear of failure, his abusive father, and the voices in his head

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Evening Standard

Rolling Stones members pay tribute following death of Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson

Keith Richard and Ronnie Wood are among the stars who have praised the singer, bass player, songwriter and producer after his death at 82.

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Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood leads tributes to Brian Wilson: 'My world is in mourning...'

Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood has led the tributes to Beach Boys star Brian Wilson, who died on Wednesday (11.06.25) at the age of 82.

Louder

Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson dead at 82

The death of Brian Wilson, founding member and primary songwriter of the Beach Boys, has been announced by his family

The Guardian - UK

‘Send me some money!’ My unforgettable encounters with the legendary Sly Stone

He went from the towering highs of the 60s and 70s, where he changed the face of music, to the shambolic lows of a decades-long addiction. But interviewing the music genius over the years showed me a man who was awed, revered and strangely shy

The Conversation

Sly Stone: influential funk pioneer who embodied the contradictions at the heart of American life

There’s immense variety in popular music careers, even beyond the extremes of one-hit wonders and the long-haulers touring stadiums into their dotage. There are those who embody a specific era, burning briefly and brightly, and those whose legacy spans decades.

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American funk pioneer Sly Stone dies aged 82

American funk legend Sly Stone, founder of the trailblazing group Sly and the Family Stone, whose songs drove a civil rights-inflected soul explosion in the 1960s, has died at the age of 82.

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"From the moment his music reached me in the early 1970s, it became a part of my soul": Music stars align to pay homage to Sly Stone who died yesterday, aged 82

Music stars align to pay homage to Sly Stone who died yesterday, aged 82

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