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"It’s not to do with gear, it’s all to do with the way the brain sends signals to his fingers – that’s what makes Mark so special": the story of the classic Dire Straits song that's often imitated, but rarely mastered

Producer Muff Winwood on a masterful Mark Knopfler track

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Arturia MicroFreak v5 review

The eccentric digital synth gets some solid sampling capabilities. We go granular

MusicRadar

Myth-busting outtake photo from The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper shoot up for auction

Photo is part of a press release for the unreleased Beatles album ‘Sessions’ and could fetch up to £10,000

The Independent UK

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Billie Eilish clarifies relationship status with Jesse Rutherford after breakup

The ‘Bad Guy’ singer and the indie rock musician dated for less than a year

The Independent UK

‘Gina G makes me mince to the dancefloor’: Owain Wyn Evans’s honest playlist

The DJ, drummer and former weatherman on buying Gangsta’s Paradise on vinyl, killing it at karaoke, and the pop belter that was robbed at Eurovision

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s just not worth it’: is this the end of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll?

When Lizzo’s dancers accused her of misdeeds in an Amsterdam strip club, it caused outrage. So is the kind of on-tour debauchery made famous by bands like Led Zeppelin now passé?

The Guardian - UK

George Harrison’s mother ‘ashamed I was female’ after watching Beatles fans

Letters from Louise Harrison to teenager Janet Gray in the 1960s are being put up for sale.

The Independent UK

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Letters from George Harrison’s mum reveal her horror at Beatles fans

Louise Harrison wrote of her disgust at screaming fans in letters to be sold at annual Liverpool Beatles Auction

The Guardian - UK

Pink wows Wrigley Field sold-out crowd in colorful, carnival wild ride of a show

No one does what Pink does live, and the fearless gymnastic grace of her shows sets them apart as a dazzling display of physical strength and bravery. Not to mention the feat of being able to deliver her booming vocals while suspended upside-down.

Chicago Sun-Times

A Fan Pointed Out A New Hunger Games Movie And Taylor Swift Album Are Arriving This Fall, And We Can All Pretend It’s 2014 Again

A new Hunger Games movie and the release of Taylor Swift's 1989 are two of the better things that 2014 and 2023 have in common.

Cinemablend

“Will I be borrowing the Harley? Nah, they’ve given me a moped!": Richie Faulkner's Elegant Weapons are the supergroup trad metal needs in 2023

How emergency heart surgery, COVID and a love for trad metal led to Richie Faulkner's Elegant Weapons, featuring members of Judas Priest, Rainbow and Pantera

Metal Hammer

"I wish I'd had Rick on Cold Turkey – Clapton choked up": What happened when John Lennon hired Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen to play on Double Fantasy

Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen has never hidden his admiration for The Beatles, and in 1980 he got a call from John Lennon himself

Louder

“We’ve had a few Floyd moments… we got a giant ghetto blaster on a boat and parked it in the harbour… we closed down an airport for six hours!” The Orb were prog all along

Accidental albums with David Gilmour and Robert Fripp aren’t the only connections Alex Paterson’s psychedelic electronic group have with the progressive genre

Louder

Readers reply: why are human eyes different colours?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian - UK

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A beginner’s guide to doom metal in five essential albums

From Saint Vitus to Paradise Lost, this is the story of metal’s gloomiest genre distilled into just five albums

Salon

I don't love live shows & neither do you

I used to think I was the only one who detested attending concerts, but your actions show I'm not alone

The Guardian - UK

Limp Bizkit review – nu-metal elders can still rock the party like it’s 1999

Fred Durst and co – whose notoriety was recently restoked by a Netflix series about Woodstock ’99 – pound out their irresistibly aggro rebel anthems with cheerful abandon

The Independent UK

Father of Omagh bomb victim tells of sadness over Sinead O’Connor’s death

Michael Gallagher said he had not been aware that O’Connor had recorded a version of Abba’s Chiquitita to support the victims’ families.

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The Independent UK

Pink fan who went into labour during concert names newborn son after pop star

Mother names newborn son ‘Aycen Hart’ after the ‘Raise Your Glass’ singer

The Independent UK

Lucinda Chua: ‘I felt ready to make music without needing to ask permission’

The classically trained cellist and composer dreams up other worlds with her vast ambient pop. Following the release of her critically acclaimed debut, she speaks to Annabel Nugent about delving into her heritage, learning something new, and her “hardcore” Chinese cello teacher

The Independent UK

Jockstrap on keeping secrets and opening for Blur: ‘The audience is on our side and I’m not used to that’

The shapeshifting sensations cover everything from classical to techno, and were just shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. Duo Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye speak to Megan Graye about their idols, their process, and ‘surrendering’ to tour life

Cinemablend

The Summer I Turned Pretty's Author Went Viral On TikTok For Taking Conrad And Jeremiah To Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, And I Can't Stop Laughing

Jenny Han, the author of The Summer I Turned Pretty, took Conrad and Jeremiah to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, and it went viral on TikTok.

Radio France Internationale

How Sugar Man singer Sixto Rodriguez shot to unexpected fame in South Africa

The American singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez went from oblivion to a career renaissance after his music developed a cult following in South Africa. He passed away on Tuesday at the age of 81.

The Guardian - UK

Liam Gallagher review – when he does eventually smile, it’s perfect

The reliably aloof ex-Oasis frontman mixes old favourites and (Oasis-y-sounding) solo anthems – and fuels speculation about a reunion

MusicRadar

You’ve seen him on The Eras Tour, now watch Taylor Swift bassist Amos Heller get Justice for Jason Newsted in a fierce playthrough of Metallica’s Blackened

In an alternate timeline, maybe Heller swaps one blue-chip stadium act for another and is playing bass for the biggest of the Big Four. On this evidence, he sure has the chops

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