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Lionel Richie to return to the stage after ex-wife Brenda Harvey shared health update

Legendary crooner was forced to postpone two shows after becoming dizzy during a performance in Minnesota last week

The Independent UK

"It was a craving for something new." Meet The Scratch, the metal misfits who might just be the missing link between The Dubliners and Metallica

More than just a party band with a "weird little sound", The Scratch's third album Pull Like A Dog is out now

Louder

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Wedding Rumours Grow as Tim McGraw and Stevie Nicks Reportedly Set to Perform

Reports claim Tim McGraw and Stevie Nicks could perform at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding, adding fresh momentum to the speculation

International Business Times UK

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Behold, the coolest modern Apple iPod concept yet

This MacBook Neo-inspired design would surely be a hit.

Creative Bloq

"He grabbed me and said, I like you. You've got a lot of nerve": ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons on the night his teenage band supported Jimi Hendrix, and closed their set with Foxy Lady and Purple Haze

When The Moving Sidewalks were picked to support Jimi Hendrix in Texas in 1968, they had just about enough songs to play a full set, but two of those were Jimi Hendrix hits

Louder

"That riff is probably the very first heavy metal riff ever": The story of the Hendrix-inspired Cream classic their label boss thought was "psychedelic hogwash"

Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love was a slow-burning success, but it inspired a generation of future rockers

Louder

Bruce Springsteen praised for ‘beautiful’ funeral tribute to legendary music exec Clive Davis

Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow and Alicia Keys also spoke at the memorial service, which featured performances from Kenny G and Jennifer Hudson

The Independent UK

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“The label says, ‘We need five more Wait and Bleeds.’ I was like, ‘We're really not that band. You sell our records and we'll make them, okay?’”: Mick Thomson reflects on Slipknot's Wait and Bleed, label pressures – and sticking to their own guns

In a 2014 GW interview, Thomson revealed his disdain for melodic choruses, and how he fought hard for the band to maintain their artistic integrity post-Wait and Bleed

Guitar World

“My dad just wrote Walrus for Magical Mystery Tour. That’s one song in six months”: But Sean Ono Lennon is still amazed at the Beatles’ work rate

He puts it down to the fact the songwriting was shared

MusicRadar

"The record company was terrified of You Oughta Know. But every woman I knew was pissed." Alanis Morissette on the "patriarchal" criticism of her 33-million-selling album Jagged Little Pill, and harsh words from female artists she admired

"I had these fantasies that I would be snuggling up with Annie Lennox, and Joni [Mitchell] would be massaging my feet"

Louder

Can Telemundo's 'Operación Triunfo' Create Another David Bisbal or Aitana? Host Natalia Téllez Explains Why In the U.S. the Reality Show Could Be Bigger - INTERVIEW

Mexican star Natalia Téllez reveals in an interview all that Telemundo's 'Operación Triunfo' has to offer and why it will go beyond the magic of the Spanish original reality that launched the careers of David Bisbal, Aitana, Lola Índigo and more.

Latin Times

Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow and Stevie Wonder honour Clive Davis at funeral

The late American record executive and producer’s death was announced last week.

Evening Standard

The ultimate drop-tuning pedal? Solar Guitars reckons the Chug Capo can outdo DigiTech and Boss

The digital pitch-shifter promises low latency and ultimate tone quality preservation

Guitar World

“I’m a firm believer that if you put a truss rod in a guitar, it sucks the tone out of it”: Simon McBride has a hot tone take you’ve probably never heard before

The Deep Purple guitarist prefers guitars that forego truss rods – here's why

Guitar World

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Metal Hammer

“I remember them telling me, ‘You don’t play angry’”: Bassist in Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian’s pre-System Of A Down band was fired for not being “angry enough”

David Hakopyan was a member of Hollywood rockers Soil before they re-named themselves and dominated the nu metal era

Guitar World

“It was a nightmare. My only experience was playing in my room where I was alone”: Laura Cox on the challenges of transitioning from YouTube to the studio – and how to conquer them

The French guitarist made her name with classic rock videos on YouTube, but when it came to cutting her teeth in the studio, Cox admits it was another story altogether...

International Business Times UK

Harry Styles Literally Choked On His Own Whale Spit And Fell On The Floor At Wembley But Carried On Like A Champ

Harry Styles choked on water and collapsed mid‑song at Wembley during his 'Together, Together' residency, alarming fans before he recovered and finished the show.

Louder

The Who's Pete Townshend believes that Keith Moon once bought dinner in Seattle for a nine-year-old Kurt Cobain

Amazing if true, but...

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"The floor descends into an orgiastic frenzy of moshers, dancers and crowdsurfers while cups fly overhead offering relief from the clammy press." Cult heroes Acid Bath put on the hottest gig in metal as they make their UK debut

Acid Bath's first ever UK gig comes almost 30 years since the band split - and weeks before they play stadiums with System Of A Down

MusicRadar

“The promoter knew a dangerous storm was brewing but still had the crew set up the stage and told the band to get ready to perform”: B-52s criticise French promoter who they claim put band and crew at risk

Fred Schneider describes evening as a “total disaster”

Louder

“I’d look at this mysterious fog in the ceiling. It looked like God was up there in Heaven. The ‘fog’ was tobacco smoke”: Roy Harper’s son Nick on growing up around folk rock icons Pentangle

He recalls discovering what Bert Jansch was really like, leaving Danny Thompson on stage, and the band’s artistic connection to Jimi Hendrix

The Guardian - UK

Quincy Jones emailed saying, ‘Hey man, I need to have a word’: how Jacob Collier made In My Room

‘Stevie Wonder and Prince played all the instruments on their albums, but in recording studios. I did it all in a back room at home – and then it won two Grammys’

MusicRadar

“Let’s get clear: a lot of the white men in suits loved Jagged Little Pill and got excited about female artists for myriad reasons, one of them being ‘women make us money now’”: Alanis Morissette reflects on how the music industry has changed for women

“I was kind of crafting my own scaffolding the whole time, and it was cardboard and water,” she says

Louder

“Oh God, it’s hard to listen to.” The story behind Nirvana’s final song, You Know You’re Right

On January 30, 1994, Nirvana entered the studio for the last time. The song the trio taped that day would become the subject of a bitter legal battle

International Business Times UK

Taylor Swift Faces Nightmare Threat to Her Music Catalog Just Days Before Wedding to Travis Kelce

Taylor Swift's catalogue faces fresh scrutiny after a nine‑figure Max Martin deal, just as she plans a Madison Square Garden wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce.

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