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UK festivals 2024: music events and line-ups this summer, from All Points East to Glastonbury

The sun is shining and summer plans are finally starting to come together

Evening Standard

“Unlike any guitar we’ve released before”: Ed Sheeran has unveiled his latest limited-edition Lowden signature acoustic – and it’s a thing of beauty

Created to celebrate the chart-smashing singer-songwriter’s latest album, the Autumn Variations guitar introduces some new specs to the Sheeran by Lowden range

Guitar World

"I said, 'we've added a double wiflocated sploshing flange.' John laughed and said 'let's flange again then'": George Martin and John Lennon thought they'd invented flanging but the whole debate has now taken an odd turn

We discussed whether John Lennon and George Martin really discovered flanging a few months ago. Now the story has taken a wiflocated twist…

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“One of my favorite memories”: Praise rolls in for Tom Morello’s 12-year-old son, Roman, as footage emerges of him nailing Killing in the Name during Rage Against The Machine soundcheck

The youngster, who can “shred circles around” his father, filled an empty arena with Whammy-laden lead lines back in 2022 in the latest example of his impressive soloing chops

Guitar World

"The contractors had to excavate half a sphere in the ground and blow up a massive circular balloon in it." We’d forgotten how gloriously crazy Vince Clarke’s dome-shaped recording studio was. Here’s what it is now.

He had huge hits with Depeche Mode, Erasure and Yazoo, so decided to build a Hobbit house and fill it with synths. We'd have done the same to be honest.

MusicRadar

‘It will change the way we think about their story’: mythical archive of ‘first Beatles historian’ comes to light

Mal Evans neglected his family life to go on tour with the Beatles, amassing a priceless trove of ephemera and diary entries. Long after his untimely death, a new book has finally uncovered it

The Guardian - UK

“It’s got all the autumnal inlay that you can imagine, a wonderful engraved bridge, and it sounds beautiful:” Sheeran By Lowden releases limited edition Autumn Variations acoustic

Compact, ergonomic, with Spanish cedar leaf inlays, and a tone rich and warm like a pumpkin spice latte, the Autumn Variations is launched to tie-in with Ed Sheeran’s new album

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“All this new stuff they call rock ’n’ roll, why, I’ve been playing that for years now”: How Sister Rosetta Tharpe kickstarted the British blues-rock explosion – in 1957

Though Muddy Waters is typically credited as the one who first brought snarling American blues-rock guitar to the UK, he was beaten to the punch by a year

Guitar World

‘We’re like a frat house’: meet Gob Nation, south London’s oddball music collective

Living in an old care home, recording in a disused police station and constantly playing in each other’s bands, could the likes of the Tubs, Ex-Vöid and Suep have stumbled upon a new model for struggling musicians?

The Guardian - UK

Weird and wonderful items left after UK gigs: including a signed Justin Bieber keytar

We hope the keytar, boiled eggs and prosthetic legs all made it back to their rightful homes

Evening Standard

"If you could just bear with us, we’re going to go and revive our drummer by punching him in the stomach. He’s out cold...": 5 crazy Keith Moon moments

They didn’t call The Who’s drummer Moon The Loon for nothing…

MusicRadar

Corey Taylor: My stories of Lemmy, Dimebag Darrell, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Björk and more

Slipknot's Corey Taylor heard the world’s dirtiest joke from Lemmy, hung out with Björk, battled Dave Grohl at table tennis, raided Metallica’s fridge, talked ‘weirdness’ with Mike Patton and almost joined Anthrax

Metal Hammer

"He threatened to take me apart piece by piece if I didn’t back off": How bubble-glam producer Mike Chapman turned Blondie from punks into pop stars

One Way Or Another provided the blueprint that turned Blondie into million-sellers and cemented Debbie Harry’s status as one of rock’s foremost badasses

Louder

Sean Martin, lead singer of Liverpool band The Night Cafe, dies aged 26

Announcing the news on social media on Monday, the band said they were ‘still struggling to process the news’

The Independent UK

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In late 1967 Pink Floyd stayed at Alice Cooper's house before appearing on American Bandstand: on both occasions Syd Barrett completely baffled his hosts

While in California to promote their Apples And Oranges single, Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett began to show signs of the behaviour that would lead to his departure from the band

The Independent UK

Backstage with the Fugees: Pras on his hip-hop legacy as he awaits sentencing in conspiracy case

Backstage at the second Los Angeles show of Lauryn Hill and the Fugees' anniversary tour, Pras Michel was optimistic

The Independent UK

Lauryn Hill defends famous lateness to her own concerts: ‘Y’all lucky I make it on this stage every night’

American rapper and singer-songwriter is currently on tour for the 25th anniversary of her debut album ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’

The Independent UK

Fans obsess over Joe Jonas’ exes having dinner together: ‘This is iconic’

‘Joe Jonas’ ex’s coming together like the Avengers,’ amused fan writes

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Marie Claire

Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and More Had a Very Stylish Girls’ Night Out

Talk about a powerhouse group.

Metal Hammer

"We reinvested in the band to the point where we probably shouldn't have. We made a lot of personal sacrifices": Kirk Hammett on how Metallica's "almost delusional" attitude to success ultimately paid off

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett talks about his band's self-belief and ambition, and how their risk and reward strategy paid off

The Independent UK

Music Review: Cat Power replicates Bob Dylan's infamous 1966 electric concert, without the boos

“Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert” is a faithful recreation of Bob Dylan’s infamous concert, from the tour where he played electric guitar for the first time

The Independent UK

Katy Perry’s daughter Daisy Dove makes first public appearance at final Las Vegas show

Perry and her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, welcomed daughter Daisy Dove in August 2020

Metal Hammer

Slayer's Kerry King drops major tease that we may finally be seeing his new band soon

This is the clearest sign yet that new music from Kerry King is on its way

Metal Hammer

“If you’ve got a boss, join a union. If you’re an anarchist, throw a brick. If you’re a soldier or a cop, follow your conscience not your orders": watch Tom Morello's speech as Rage Against The Machine are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Tom Morello tells RATM fans that it's time to change the world

Evening Standard

Fightstar return with 2024 London reunion show at Wembley: how to get tickets

Charlie Simpson announces London gig celebrating 20 years of the heavy metal band

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