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Nine classic deep cuts Iron Maiden need to dust off for their 2026 Run For Your Lives shows

Iron Maiden are returning to Europe for the second stint of their 50th-anniversary tour next year. These are the obscure tracks we’d love them to play.

Metal Hammer

John Lennon branded a ‘bully’ by teacher after school uncovers Beatles frontman’s past

The former teacher added how staff did not want to acknowledge their link to pop history

The Independent UK

This classic Elvis Costello tune is a great hi-fi test track – but not for the reason you might expect

A tough test for an unexpected reason

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China, India and Belarus line up for Russia’s rival version of Eurovision

Intervision promises to be lighter on sequins and heavier on patriotic ballads than its European counterpart

The Guardian - UK

Take That are back: The band announce epic stadium tour Circus Live for summer 2026

17 years after the record-breaking original, Gary, Mark and Howard are bringing the legendary tour back

Evening Standard

“This guy comes up and I’m thinking, ‘He wants me to sign his guitar.’ He said, ‘I bought your Les Paul years ago. Would you like to buy it back?’” Bryan Adams sold his Summer of ’69 guitar in the ’80s – but it found its way back to him

Adams had a 1980s Gibson Les Paul during his career-defining Reckless era, which he managed to reunite with decades later

Guitar World

“The first time I heard the Smashing Pumpkins’ Cherub Rock, Ifell in love. He’s playing rhythm, but it’s about so much more than the rhythm”: Meet Phoneboy, the New Jersey indie rockers dialing up melody, artistry and singable guitar solos

New Jersey guitarists Wyn Barnum and Ricky Dana revisit their formative influences on new album, Heartbreak Designer

Guitar World

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Brett James dead: Grammy-winning songwriter dies aged 57 in plane crash near school

James, who wrote hit songs for country stars like Carrie Underwood and Billy Ray Cyrus, was one of three people who died in the crash

Evening Standard

Debate: Who is the greatest guitarist of all time?

From riff wranglers to fleet-fingered fretters, we need to know what you think

Louder

‘We’d play for a frozen burrito’: post-rockers Tortoise on the changing face of Chicago, Steve Albini and their new-gen fans

Informed by everything from jungle to Krautrock and musique concrète, Tortoise broke new ground 30 years ago. Returning after nine years away, ‘it’s a different world’, they say

The Guardian - UK

Two years into the post-space age, Hawkwind continue to explore music's deeper reaches on Hall Of The Mountain Grill

What's that? A nine-disc reissue of Hawkwind's classic 1974 album, with live sets and Blu-ray? Step right this way!

Louder

“Lemmy couldn’t compute the concept of ‘subtle.’ It adds to a multifaceted, if superficially flawed, gem”: Hawkwind’s Hall Of The Mountain Grill returns in 9-disc edition

Box set contains studio and live bonuses along with fresh remaster of the 1974 album

Louder

The Darkness' Justin Hawkins responds to backlash over his criticism of Yungblud's Ozzy tribute

Justin Hawkins and brother Dan said some things about Yungblud that angered fans – but The Darkness frontman is doubling down

Metal Hammer

We Talked To Spinal Tap II's Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer And Co. About Ringo Starr Declining, The Condition Of The Latest Drummer, And So Much More

A conversation with the legendary band.

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The Guardian - UK

Stephen Luscombe obituary

Keyboardist and songwriter for idiosyncratic synth-pop duo Blancmange, who enjoyed UK chart success in the early 80s

Guitar World

“I wanted to continue along that journey of heavily effected psychedelic guitars, but I wanted to streamline my songwriting”: How Kylesa guitarist Laura Pleasants went from drop-tuned sludge to “skeletal” guitars for post-punk solo project The Discussion

All the Pretty Flowers presents a different side to Pleasants’ playing, stripping back her tones for trippy but sinewy post-punk

Tom’s Guide

I test all my new headphones with these 7 tracks - my testing playlist may be embarassing but here's why it works

I test headphones a lot here at Tom's Guide — and what better way to test them than some of the coolest tracks around?

MusicRadar

“The Life of a Showgirl takes center stage”: An exclusive paid-for download version of Taylor Swift’s new album has sparked a high-kicking, unexpected iTunes revival

But don’t worry - she’s not ‘doing a U2’...

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Fans Pointed Out Taylor Swift Teased Her Orange Era Before It Happened, But Why Orange?

Well, Taylor Swift answered that question.

MusicRadar

“I don’t know what he was thinking, but he went into the little kitchen behind the control room and returned with a carving knife”: How David Byrne, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz created a sinister new wave classic

With some help from a carving knife

Guitar World

“When I went to the all-digital realm, I took on a world of pain that I was not expecting”: Why Stephen Carpenter has returned to tube amps for Deftones’ latest tour

The Deftones guitarist was an early champion of amp modelers, but has re-embraced a more hybrid, amp-dependent setup

Metal Hammer

“This is the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world!”: Iron Maiden are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer. And it comes with three exclusive gifts!

The new issue features exclusive interviews with Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris – plus a 50th-birthday patch, keyring and art print

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift to return to Graham Norton Show to discuss new album

It’ll be the first time the singer has appeared on the BBC show since 2022

Guitar World

“I look at tapping in two different ways. There’s Eruption, and there’s Hot For Teacher”: Wolfgang Van Halen explains the variations in EVH’s trademark technique – and shows you how to play them

The multi-instrumentalist delivered a Mammoth tapping masterclass as he demonstrated how to play one of his new singles, The End

The Guardian - UK

Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil: ‘We took Slayer’s Dave Lombardo to Todmorden for a curry and a pint’

With the band’s 10th album out this week, their frontman answers your questions on Matt Cardle’s version of Many of Horror, playing a German swimming pool – and getting carried away over Richard Ashcroft

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