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Billy Idol on his first album in over a decade, surviving addiction, the Rock Hall and more

Punk rock icon Billy Idol released his first new album in 11 years on Friday

The Independent UK

These are the 12 new metal songs you need to check out this week

Linkin Park, Sleep Token, Ghost, Sabaton and more have spoiled us with excellent songs this week. Hear them all and vote for your favourite here.

Metal Hammer

“This was 100% a communication from the beyond": Listen to the song that Sammy Hagar claims to have written with Eddie Van Halen in a dream

And he’s got Joe Satriani playing on it

MusicRadar

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“I’m imagining it was a very dry, kind of arid, close sound”: Steven Wilson on the challenges of mixing Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII, how the movie captures a band in transition, and why it is “pure Floyd”

Wilson was in conversation with former Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason at a special BFI IMAX screening of Adrian Maben's recently restored and rereleased concert movie

MusicRadar

“It was the first and last time I've ever argued with Brian May. He was so adamant about us not doing it”: Nuno Bettencourt recalls Extreme’s rebellious Queen medley at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

All bands were banned from playing Queen songs, but Bettencourt wanted to pay tribute to “one the greatest composers of all time” in his own way

Guitar World

“Thank God I was French and my voice was terrible, so I couldn’t write songs - otherwise I would be like any other musician”: Air's Nicolas Godin reflects on the success of Moon Safari

As Vegyn releases a remix album of the 1998 chillout classic, the pair join producer Nigel Godrich for a wide-ranging conversation that digs deep into Moon Safari's history

MusicRadar

“I was playing stuff I don’t think James Brown understood. He told me, ‘You have to play the one – you’re playing too much’”: Six years after he quit touring, Bootsy Collins reflects on James Brown and George Clinton, and what he gets out of playing today

One of the world’s greatest bassists talks switching from guitar, how LSD helped him become a songwriter and why he’s finally embracing five-string bass

Guitar World

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“He brought something out of me that just ain't the same without him”: The song Sammy Hagar wrote with Joe Satriani after dreaming about Eddie Van Halen is here – and as promised, it features some stellar guitar work

The singer says the song is meant as a “thank you” to the late virtuoso

Guitar World

Matt Goss releases charity single commemorating 80th anniversary of VE Day

Not Forgotten is a tribute to those who have served the country.

Evening Standard

The top 10 underrated ABBA songs you might not know

ABBA are one of the most successful pop groups in the world, but some of their songs remain lesser-known gems compared to hits such as ‘Waterloo’ and ‘Dancing Queen’. Freya Ingram runs through the 10 you need to listen to

The Independent UK

Machine Head's Unatoned has so many crushing riffs that it should come with a health and safety certificate. This is a band back in peak condition

Machine Head's epic bounce back continues with the brilliant Unatoned

Metal Hammer

Pop band Five reveal sneaky Simon Cowell habit during their heyday

‘He had it down to a fine art,’ said the singers

The Independent UK

"It could have been the end, but it became a new beginning": Fleetwood Mac and the game-changing arrival of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Joe Walsh, Don Airey, Those Damn Crows, Pete Townshend, Lollapalooza 92, Luke Spiller, Mike Campbell, Yngwie Malmsteen, Samantha Fish and more

Louder

“Its superpower is punching your guitar tone with presence, thickened gain and sustain”: SoloDallas SVDS Boost review

Angus Young's secret tone weapon in a mini-pedal format

Guitar World

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“91% believe dynamic pricing should be outlawed”: Music fans have spoken: The Music Fans Voice survey has just released its results

The survey gave UK music fans the chance to help change government policy. Here’s what you said

Evening Standard

Brian McFadden says Louis Walsh came across ‘a bit bad’ in Boyzone documentary

McFadden found fame with boyband Westlife, which was managed by Walsh.

Louder

"Everybody tells me that it's a happier experience": Daryl Hall on life without former "business partner" John Oates

The former half of hugely successful duo Hall & Oates plays five solo UK shows in May, with US dates to follow

The Guardian - UK

Zoé Basha: Gamble review – confident debut of a deft new voice in folk

The Dublin-based French-American singer and guitarist’s heart is in the Appalachian mountains – but her songs swim from country to blues and French chanson

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"Since you’ve been gone, it’s not the same": Listen to the song Sammy Hagar finished after being visited by Eddie Van Halen in a dream

The release of Sammy Hagar's Encore, Thank You, Goodnight comes ahead of his upcoming Best Of All Worlds residency in Las Vegas

Louder

"Stereophonics are clearly past their best now": Kelly Jones & Co. fail to strike a chord quite like the early days on Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait

Some notable numbers on a record that leaves you feeling short-changed

Louder

“The unreleased material is every bit the equal of what made the final cut, confirming its brilliance”: Tangerine Dream’s 50th anniversary edition of Phaedra

Six-disc box set, including their UK debut concert and Steven Wilson remixes, shines new light on the creation of an electronic landmark

Louder

Leather lungs? Swishing hair? A one-band fight against modern trends? H.E.A.T tighten their grip on the modern melodic rock crown on Welcome To The Future

Swedish kings H.E.A.T brilliantly buck fashions on seventh studio album Welcome To The Future

The Independent UK

Self Esteem’s third album A Complicated Woman adds theatre to literate lyrical snark

3/5 Rebecca Lucy Taylor returns with a fiery new album exploring fame, dependent partners and empowerment

Metal Hammer

Sleep Token invite listeners to "confront what lies beneath the mask" on exultant new single Damocles

Vessel and co. will release their new album Even In Arcadia next month

Louder

"Drenched in glue-sniffing, safety-pinned punk nostalgia": Billy Idol reflects on the good, the bad and the ugly sides of his life on Dream Into It

The UK punk who conquered the US looks back on his life and the scene that made him on ninth solo album

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