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Music legends among winners at Jazz FM Awards 2026

The evening saw one of the most influential labels in jazz, Verve Records, receive the gold award during its 70th anniversary year.

Evening Standard

Man plans to plead guilty in killing of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay. 2 other men went to trial

Court records show one of three men charged in the killing of Jam Master Jay plans to plead guilty

The Independent UK

Tom Waits releases first original music in 15 years with Massive Attack

The 76-year-old features on the song Boots On The Ground.

Evening Standard

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"As a vocalist, every word I sing in the Van Halen songbook, I wrote. I wrote every line, every melody, every harmony stack. For better or worse, if you're singing it – Roth was bringing it": David Lee Roth has clarified his creative role in Van Halen

“Our stuff is like West Side Story,” he says of the Van Halen back catalogue

MusicRadar

“It was like, ‘Here’s what we need.’ They said, ‘But you have to use Fender parts.’ I said, ‘Alright, I’ll see you guys later’”: Steve Morse on why his ill-fated Fender signature guitar never got off the ground

Before partnering with Ernie Ball Music Man for his now-iconic signature, Morse was courted by Fender – but the project didn’t get far

Guitar World

Mixx Analog+

Mixx extends an olive branch in the vinyl vs CD format war by integrating them both in one affordable, never-before-seen design. Does it work?

What Hi-Fi?

“I said, ‘We gotta re-record this. This is terrible. I cannot allow this to happen’”: How Linda Perry saved 4 Non Blondes’ ’90s classic What's Up? from certain doom

Released in 1992 as the second single from their sole studio album, What's Up? became 4 Non Blondes' biggest and most enduring hit

Guitar World

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Kid Rock's MAGA-Themed Festival Tickets Slashed by 50% as Sales Struggle to Fill Seats

Kid Rock's 'Rock the Country' festival has reportedly cut ticket prices by up to 50% as organisers seek to boost sales across its 2026 US tour dates.

International Business Times UK

Moya Brennan obituary

Singer and musician who was a founder member of Clannad and lent an ethereal beauty to the theme of the TV series Harry’s Game

The Guardian - UK

DJ Shadow: ‘Kraftwerk are a touchstone for every phase of my career’

The hip-hop producer, remixer and crate-digger on staying fresh creatively, the influence of David Lynch and giving away his most valuable record

The Guardian - UK

"I jumped through a window and hit one. Someone started choking me; I was basically blue by the time I was rescued." Russian Nazis, emotional encounters with Dio and rumours about Tom Hanks: Shane Embury on almost 40 years of Napalm Death and beyond

Extreme metal legend Shane Embury shares some of the wildest stories from his life in Napalm Death and beyond

Metal Hammer

“I could go to a festival in a unicorn outfit and no one would bat an eyelid. Nobody cares”: From teenage rebellion to gatekeeping and mental health, we interviewed a therapist to try and understand how metalheads’ brains work

Why do some people love metal while others hate it? Why do metalheads gatekeep? And does heavy music make us more logical thinkers? We hit a practicing therapist with the big questions.

Metal Hammer

"I went looking for heroin in a subterranean club and approached some guys. I got a severe beating outside instead." Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan recalls the painful day that he told his bandmates he was struggling with addiction

"If you'd said my mother had died, I wouldn't have cared less"

Louder

Asha Bhosle obituary

One of the great Bollywood singers whose thousands of songs ranged from ghazals to dance tunes and pop

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“I was nervous enough, and that spring goes flying. I looked for about 15 minutes, and time was running out”: What it takes to tech and tour with Slash, according to a pro guitar technician

With over 30 years of experience, Doug Redler lifts the veil on the day-to-day experience of guitar tech’ing for the stars

Guitar World

“Chuck Schuldiner called me. The next thing I knew we’d rented a rehearsal room in Miami. I would just burn a joint and play”: Steve DiGiorgio’s life with Death – and why he wouldn’t trade Testament for Megadeth

The fretless metal bass pioneer recalls refusing to leave Testament, the homemade bass built out of necessity and Death’s determination to avoid the familiar

Guitar World

“George Clinton said, ‘You just can’t play guitar like that until your heart has been shattered to smithereens and you have lost all hope’”: Flea looks back on his life-changing jam with Parliament-Funkadelic guitar hero Eddie Hazel

Flea shared the stage with the P-Funk guitar icon during soundcheck at one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' earliest European gigs

International Business Times UK

Every Overpriced Concert Ticket You Ever Bought Just Got Validated by a Federal Jury — Live Nation Ruled an Illegal Monopoly

A federal jury ruled that Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as an illegal monopoly, marking a significant antitrust verdict in American music history. The decision may lead to a breakup.

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Louder

"This track is arriving in an atmosphere of chaos." Tom Waits and Massive Attack collaborate on haunting, politically-charged new single Boots On The Ground referencing "the militarisation of police forces fusing with neo-fascist politics"

Waits’ first new material since 2011 is a dark collaboration with Massive Attack

Metal Hammer

“I told her to write a poem about batteries that are dying that cannot be recharged”: Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan explains how Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia ended up on Look Outside Your Window

Scabbia, who was in a relationship with ’Knot guitarist Jim Root from 2004 to 2017, lends her voice to two songs on the long-delayed project

Louder

"There’s injustice, and so much hate and fear, and it’s such a drag." Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl says it's difficult not to feel angry and disillusioned about the state of America in 2026

Dave Grohl on his "deeply divided" homeland

The Independent UK

Liam Payne’s co-written songs were ‘undisguised cries for help’, says Ordinary Boys singer Preston

The indie frontman penned several tracks with Liam Payne in what became the final years of his life

International Business Times UK

'Jury's Verdict Is Not the Last Word': Live Nation Reacts to Monopoly Trial Loss

A jury ruled that Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as an illegal monopoly, overcharging customers. The verdict may lead to penalties, including a potential breakup of the companies.

The Guardian - UK

Massive Attack: Boots on the Ground (ft Tom Waits) review – first single in a decade is a dark hymn for our times

Unsettling breathing, arrhythmic clatter, gloomy piano and military snares underpin a Beefheartian portrayal of a boorish warmonger on the band’s ominous return

The Independent UK

Massive Attack and Tom Waits just released the most powerful protest song in years

IN FOCUS: The first new music in over a decade from both the Bristol trip-hop group and the US singer-songwriter is a potent anti-war statement, accompanied by visuals documenting the ongoing chaos, division and injustice in Trump’s America. Music editor Roisin O’Connor reports

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