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Sex Pistols announce Anarchy in the UK tour to celebrate 50 years of punk

It marks five decades since their seminal track’s release

The Independent UK

The Sex Pistols announce UK and Ireland tour

The rock band will be joined by musician Frank Carter in their The Anarchy In The UK tour later this year with dates in London, Edinburgh and Dublin.

Evening Standard

“Knowing that I had the other one, Eric starts calling me and asking if I would sell it. He was offering me £200 for it, more than twice what I’d paid for it”: The history and mysteries of Eric Clapton’s Cream guitars

The history of Eric Clapton’s guitars during Cream’s brief but influential existence – from Fresh Cream to Goodbye – reveals an intriguing mixofinstruments but also offers up a mystery or two

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Wes McGhee obituary

Other lives: British musician whose songwriting made an impact among country and folk music lovers in Texas

The Guardian - UK

Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith brought a mega-famous friend to guest on a classic Maiden anthem at a gig in London last night

Watch Bruce DIckinson join Smith/Kotzen for a live version of Iron Maiden’s Wasted Years

Metal Hammer

“Those old players had nothing to hide behind. Just their hands, their feel and the truth coming through the speakers”: 5 modern blues guitar heroes on the impossible task of imitating the blues greats

Blues and rock is still being shaped by the British blues boom of the ’60s – and the O.G. bluesmen who influenced them. But how can today’s players nail their tone and sound? Marcus King, Samantha Fish, Zach Persons, Philip Sayce and Jared James Nichols have their say

Guitar World

“That’ll still smoke most rigs these days too, by the way”: Aaron Marshall of Intervals says the rig he played Blink-182 and Slipknot on as a teenager could more than hold its own today

Boss distortion, Fender amp, cheap Strat? Yeah, that checks out

Guitar World

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‘What do I play at a party? Oasis’s Wonderwall goes down a storm’: Alex James’s honest playlist

The Blur bassist loves his Britpop rivals, weeps over Radiohead’s Creep and finds Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sexy. But which Beatles hit did he get sick of?

The Guardian - UK

Willie Colón, architect of urban salsa music, dies at 75

Willie Colón, a key creator of urban salsa and a longtime social activist, has died

The Independent UK

‘One of the legends’: Bad Bunny joins tributes to US salsa pioneer Willie Colón

Puerto Rican rapper speaks at concert of Colón’s influence after trombonist, vocalist and composer dies aged 75

The Guardian - UK

“I tried to talk him out of it... He was too good a writer to have that be his calling card”: The band's guitarist felt the song was beneath its writer, but it became one of the biggest singalong guitar-pop hits of the 2000s

Though critically beloved, Fountains of Wayne are known to most only as the band behind Stacy's Mom, the cheeky and irrepressible smash hit that remains a staple of 2000s nostalgia playlists – and that's exactly what guitarist Chris Collingwood was afraid of

Guitar World

‘Steve Bruce was getting stuck into the moshpit at an Oasis gig – that’s when someone put a bucket hat on him’ Phil Bardsley on a Gallagher brothers-inspired Manchester United reunion

It wasn’t just Noel and Liam who got back together last summer...

FourFourTwo

Willie Colón, salsa singer and musician, dies aged 75

The musician’s family announced his death in a post on Facebook

The Independent UK

Barry Manilow reschedules more concerts to recover from cancer surgery

Manilow called his recent visit to the surgeon ‘very depressing’

The Independent UK

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K-Pop fans defend Belfast tribute concert amid complaints over ‘horrendous’ show

Fans of the genre pointed out that the event was never advertised as a ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ specific concert

Guitar World

“Even with their sub-$500 tickets, these guitars have been built with some degree of care and expertise”: Epiphone J-45 Studio and J-200 Studio review

A brace of familiar Gibson acoustic designs bearing the Epiphone brand name and a price tag of around one tenth of an original

Guitar World

“My tech said, ‘This bass looks tiny on you.’ I lowered the strap so it would look cooler. You have to throw your whole body into it”: Bought from grunge icons and stolen before Soundgarden reunited – the story of Ben Shepherd’s 1972 Fender Jazz Bass

Shepherd was robbed of all his music gear in 2008 just as he was about to mix his first solo album

Evening Standard

Katseye’s Manon Bannerman taking ‘temporary hiatus’ to focus on wellbeing

The six-member girl group, known for songs such as Touch and Gnarly, was formed in 2023 on the rigorous competition show The Debut: Dream Academy.

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“I just had decidedly hated Stratocasters, Les Pauls, any of the common instruments that you see everybody use”: How Jack White found his own voice by seeking out a different kind of guitar

Silvertone, Airline, Kay... Jack White's formative tastes in electric guitars gave him a sound that he wouldn't have found if he'd chosen a more orthodox instrument

Guitar World

“This could be one of the biggest steps forward in passive pickup design in years”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the most metal Jackson yet

A full-circle signature for Gary Clark Jr., as well as a potentially game-changing innovation from 3rd Power, headline this week's round-up

Tom’s Guide

I'm Gen Z and I'm ready to leave Spotify for this modern CD player

I've got three reasons why CDs beat music streaming, although I'll admit, it's not for everyone.

Louder

“I think I have 11 counts of breaking and entering on my criminal record": How Nickelback's nostalgic Photograph spawned a flood of memes and the unwanted attention from a soon-to-be-impeached American President

This 2005 Nickelback hit single just won't go away, so you may as well read about it

The Independent UK

Emmylou Harris: ‘It’s a lot harder, isn’t it, to just live a long life?’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: As the country music titan prepares for her final European performances, she speaks to Louis Chilton about life, mortality, and being part of the ‘greatest era’ of music

Louder

“I completely understand why people would hope for that. The music we created together means a great deal to me too”: Journey fans think legendary singer Steve Perry is going to rejoin his former band on their farewell tour – but he’s having none of it

Steve Perry responds to rumours that he’ll be rejoining Journey for their final tour

The Independent UK

Steve Perry debunks rumors of rejoining Journey

The ‘Don't Stop Believin’’ singer says he’s ‘continuing to explore new creative work’

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