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The Pineapple Thief's Bruce Soord chooses his favourite acoustic albums and talks guitar and field recording for his own new solo record: "Don’t feel guilty integrating it into a song – it creates a great atmosphere to the listener"

"I tried a blind test with some really expensive ‘industry standard’ mic alternatives but the Rode NT-5 came out top"

MusicRadar

Gigging guitarists spend the majority of time playing rhythm, not lead – so here are 21 ways to improve your rhythm guitar chops

Chords, picking, strumming, riffs, single-note accompaniments, timing: you can never practice rhythm playing enough, and this boot camp will hone your skills in all sorts of styles

Guitar World

Neville Garrick obituary

Graphic designer and friend of Bob Marley who created the sleeve artwork for many of the reggae star’s albums, including Exodus

The Guardian - UK

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“His playing speaks to my soul like no other guitarist”: Alex Lifeson joins Adam Jones onstage to help Tool perform Jambi – before gifting his hero one of his signature Epiphone Les Pauls

Having previously spoken about his affection for Jones' guitar playing, Lifeson joined Tool onstage to tackle the rhythmic riff rollercoaster – with some added Rush flair for good measure

Guitar World

The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history

Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.

Metal Hammer

K-pop stars Blackpink receive honourary MBEs from King

The pop superstars received their honours at a ceremony held on Wednesday morning in Buckingham Palace

Evening Standard

Watch Alex Lifeson join Tool on stage in Toronto

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson jams with US prog metallers Tool on A Passage To Bangkok and Jambi

Metal Hammer

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Coldplay concert in Malaysia 'will be stopped with kill switch if band misbehaves'

Malaysian Prime Minister rejected calls to ban the concert after the band showed support for Palestine.

Evening Standard

Why Swifties apparently mobilized to vote Harry Jowsey off Dancing With the Stars on Taylor Swift night

Don't doubt the Swifties.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Small-town America's never-ending struggle to maintain its values hasn't always been good for US democracy

For better and worse, the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, has come to represent the overlooked cultural divisions between urban and small-town America.

The Conversation

American Symphony review – Netflix’s Jon Batiste documentary doesn’t dig deep enough

Matthew Heineman’s look at the Grammy-winning musician and his wife has moving moments but keeps us at a distance

The Guardian - US

“I got my Telecaster in 2013 and it’s never been cleaned. It’s covered with blood. I like the idea of seeing the work I’ve done”: He’s guitarist for Iceland’s premier power trio The Vintage Caravan – and Óskar Logi Ágústsson’s rig lives up to the name

Inspired to pick up the guitar by School of Rock, classic rock acolyte Ágústsson has been leading The Vintage Caravan since he was 12 years old. He explains what makes fans liken his playing to Alvin Lee, how he wrings his tone from a collection of extremely loud vintage Marshalls…

Guitar World

“An out-of-this-world limited-edition Flying V”: Gibson’s latest Adam Jones signature guitar is here – and it’s a $20k Murphy Lab recreation of the Tool titan’s prized Flying V with a Futura-style headstock

Staying true to the guitarist's penchant for heavy instruments, the meticulously assembled limited-edition Custom Shop model arrives after Jones debuted a V designed with help from Kirk Hammett, Richie Faulkner and Jim Root in 2022

Guitar World

When is TRNSMT festival 2024? Headliners and how to get tickets

Scotland’s biggest live music event will return to its home of Glasgow Green over the weekend of July 12-14

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Metal Hammer

"Between burn-out and a looming crisis, Sabbath somehow hit their greatest high." Which is Black Sabbath's best album? Metal Hammer's writers argue it out

Paranoid? Sabbath Bloody Sabbath? Heaven And Hell? Hammer's top writers duel it out to declare Sabbath's best album ever

Guitar World

“It’s the most money I’ve ever paid for a guitar in my life: over $400,000. But what’s a Flying V worth? It’s worth what someone’s willing to pay for it”: Joe Bonamassa opens the gates to Nerdville and shows off the most prized guitars in his collection

Bonamassa welcomes us to Nerdville to share the stories behind some of his favorite guitars, including a mint ’58 Flying V, Tommy Bolin’s mythical 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard and a tuxedo ES-355 that might, just might, be the only one in existence

The Guardian - UK

Coldplay concert to go ahead in Malaysia amid opposition from conservative Muslims

‘Kill switch’ to cut power in case of an ‘unwanted incident’ was discussed, but the band’s support of Palestine has endeared them to prime minister

MusicRadar

Sammy Hagar shuts down talk of a shared Van Halen tribute tour with David Lee Roth, says he's not invited to the whole thing: "No f***ing way"

Update: As feared, the Van Halen vocalists are outta love again: "He can come out and sing a song on a show or two, if he can remember the words"

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The Independent UK

Malaysia threatens to stop Coldplay gig hours before showtime

Malaysia introduced ‘kill switch’ for live performances after The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy kissed male bandmate onstage

Louder

“Brian Eno has a very simple view on music - the more we clutter it up with things the more foggy the goodness gets”: Huey Morgan’s prog education

Former Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman traces a line from Nat King Cole and Frank SInatra to Talk Talk, Marillion, Jethro Tull and others

The Independent UK

Coldplay concert in Malaysia can be stopped by organizers if the band misbehaves, government says

A Malaysian minister said organizers of a Coldplay concert are able to stop Wednesday's show if the British rock band misbehaves

Marie Claire

Travis Kelce’s sweet words about Taylor Swift are going viral

The Independent UK

Who is Rich Paul? All you need to know about Adele’s husband as star ‘confirms’ marriage

‘Easy on Me’ singer has been dropping hints about her marital status for months

Louder

"George Harrison had set fire to an ashtray and was running around the studio with it above his head": the chaotic creation of The Beatles' wildest song

Rock’s most epic battle was always The Beatles versus the Rolling Stones, yet Helter Skelter was inspired by an imagined square-off with The Who

Chicago Sun-Times

Mars Williams, Psychedelic Furs and the Liquid Soul sax player from Chicago, dies at 68

Musician had been battling cancer.

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