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How U2 ticket u-turn put diplomats in ‘embarrassing situation’

U2’s team offered to include ‘key people’ on the guest list for a range of shows

The Independent UK

Why NewJeans' Danielle Was Axed From Group? Alleged Role In Provoking Conflict, Delaying Group Activities

ADOR confirmed talks with Minji, Hanni, and Danielle, but negotiations with the latter failed, and the group leader's status is not yet finalised.

International Business Times UK

What’s your pedalboard persona? Find out with my pick of stompboxes to match your player identity

16 awesome pedals for any type of guitar player, but what does your pedalboard say about you?

Guitar World

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“In the actual song you hear today, the guitars, the riff, the bass, the drums and all the vocals are from those initial takes I did in my bedroom”: Sombr on the making of viral hit Undressed, and his formula for creating "a legendary indie rock song"

“I remember playing the guitar riff and thinking, ‘OK, that is great.’ From there, the song just made sense, it flowed"

MusicRadar

Is Britney Spears Facing Total Ruin? Source Claims Money Is 'Flying Out the Door'

Britney Spears faces mounting financial concerns as insiders claim her fortune is rapidly dwindling, amid an IRS tax battle and alleged debts piling up after her conservatorship ended.

International Business Times UK

Taylor Swift Hands Out $600 to Chiefs Game Staff Working on Christmas Day

Taylor Swift's generosity is back in focus after a stadium worker claimed the singer personally handed out £470 ($600) cash gifts to staff working the Kansas City Chiefs' Christmas Day game.

International Business Times UK

How a disintegrating relationship and a Beatles obsession inspired Kurt Cobain to write his first love song, and to plot Nirvana's escape from punk rock prison

Nirvana's first love song offered the world the first real glimpse of Kurt Cobain's songwriting genius

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“Eddie told me, ‘Roth is driving me nuts. I can't take it. I gotta leave. I know you're looking for a lead guitar player. Do you want me in the band?’”: When Eddie Van Halen asked to join Kiss – and they turned him down!

MusicRadar

“I’d have to stop, gather myself, get through two lines, start crying, leave the room, come back in”: When Linkin Park exposed a different side of themselves with Breaking The Habit

Originally written by Mike Shinoda, this shining moment from 2003’s Meteora moved Chester Bennington to his core and helped Linkin Park break out of the nu metal bubble

Metal Hammer

Music technology gear of the year 2025: Our favourite new synths, drum machines, plugins and more

MusicRadar's Si Truss and Simon Arblaster pick the best music tech hardware and software of the past 12 months

MusicRadar

“In the ’80s,MTVbuttered our bread. But after Kurt Cobain wore his grandfather’s sweater in the video forSmells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place on MTV for bands like us and Mötley Crüe”: The life and death of the thinking person’s hair metal band

Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them

MusicRadar

"I interrupted the passage of this chalice to the great one!" The night that The Police's Stewart Copeland "mortally embarrassed" himself in front of a Beatles legend

The moral of the story is that you're never too cool to make a fool of yourself

Louder

“I had to go outside to the garbage bags and find the certificate because I’d thrown it away!” The Cult’s Charlie Jones didn’t know about his Grammy win for Please Read the Letter… because he didn’t read the letter

Irony is alive and well

Guitar World

“The publisher told us to forget it. But I didn’t give up so easily – I got his home number and called him”: How Emerson, Lake and Palmer charted with Aaron Copland’s Fanfare For The Common Man in the year of punk

Even cut down to a third of its length, the 1977 track became their biggest hit, and one of the most successful instrumental single of all time

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“I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song. It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable”: The story of the ballad that sparked the breakup of The Beatles

Featuring "atrocious" bass-playing by John Lennon

Evening Standard

Singer Chesney Hawkes hails son as ‘rock and roll’ ahead of their tour together

Hawkes said 20-year-old Indiana is a good guitar player.

International Business Times UK

Did Britney Spears Slam Her Family: See Troubled Pop Star's Bizarre Instagram Post for Christmas

Britney Spears sparked backlash and support with a sarcastic post-Christmas Instagram message that fans believe slammed her family amid ongoing holiday tensions.

Guitar World

“When we lost Jeff, his wife wrote to me and said, ‘I’m going to sell the guitars. They keep reminding me of him’”: John McLaughlin remembers gifting Jeff Beck the white Strat that featured on his seminal Wired record – and helped shape his guitar legacy

The iconic Strat was reportedly stolen at a later date

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“I toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan when he was sober and he was a freak of nature. I couldn’t relate to his playing”: The Outlaws' Henry Paul on opening for The Rolling Stones, finding fame thanks to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and his one-of-one red Gretsch Falcon

The Gibson loyalist who’s served three stints with the Outlaws has been there, done that – played to stadium crowds, seen rock's greatest guitar heroes up close and witnessed prime-era Keith Moon debauchery

The Guardian - UK

‘Seeing all the work that goes into DIY scenes changed my life’: the bitterly optimistic indie-rock of Prewn

Like her forebears Fiona Apple and Giant Drag, Izzy Hagerup puts a distinctly twisty take on indie-rock, and is unafraid of dark emotional truths

The Independent UK

2026 is set to be the Year of Geese

COMMENT: The Brooklyn indie-rockers have been dubbed ‘Gen Z’s first great rock band’ following their incessantly raved-about fourth album ‘Getting Killed’. Louis Chilton explains what all the honking is about

Metal Hammer

"This one song is worth more than most entire albums. Consider yourself lucky": Vinnie Vincent defends $200 price tag on new CD single

Former Kiss guitarist Vinnie Vincent lashes out at "emotionally disturbed trolls" who question his business model

Louder

"They're doing anything to try to destroy me": Graham Bonnet slams former bandmates over accusations of lip-synching

The Alcatrazz versus Alcatrazz debate continues to rage

Metal Hammer

“I didn’t expect him to get busted in that bathroom. But his misfortune actually helped us. We couldn’t have asked for more of a buzz!”: How an unexpected arrest accidentally gave Limp Bizkit their big break

MusicRadar

“We all adored BB, and he asked us to write something for him. But when we listened back to the demo we agreed we should keep it. Sorry, BB!”: The classic song that Whitesnake wrote for the King of the Blues – but didn’t give to him

And they later did the same thing with Tina Turner

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