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Alex Warren’s hit song Ordinary named the UK’s Official Song of the Summer 2025

The 2025 Song Of the Summer chart also features hit songs by Ravyn Lenae, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan.

Evening Standard

“I felt the stage fright because the band just wasn’t good enough. I said, ‘This will be our last record.’ Then things began to take off”: Even lockdown couldn’t dampen The Pineapple Thief’s spirits when they released Versions Of The Truth

It may have been the 13th album by Bruce Soord’s band, but he regarded is as their third, after drummer Gavin Harrison’s arrival changed everything

Louder

"It's so broad a concept that it's impossible to answer objectively": We asked who the 'big four' of classic rock were and you did not hold back

The results are in, and a Mount Rushmore of classic rock is ready to be carved

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Alter Bridge launch first new song in over two years, announce US tour

Silent Divide comes from Alter Bridge's upcoming eighth album

Metal Hammer

Morrissey puts his business interests in the Smiths up for sale ‘to any interested party’

Musician says he has ‘no choice’ after being ‘burnt out by any and all connections’ to his former bandmates

The Guardian - UK

“Creating the tribute to Randy Rhoads with the polka dots back in 2009 was something special, so it’s nice to pay homage with this”: Jackson and Phil Demmel salute late Ozzy guitarist with limited edition Pro Series signature King V

Strapped with a pair of active EMGs, a recessed Floyd Rose 1000 Series, plus a mahogany body for "endless sustain", the thrash stalwart's new King V is unapologetically metal

MusicRadar

Radiohead Fans Crack the Code: Mystery Flyers, Viral TikTok Buzz and a Comeback Tour After 7 Years

Radiohead are back after seven years. Fans cracked cryptic flyers, TikTok sent their songs viral, and now the band has confirmed a major comeback tour across Europe. Here's how the mystery unfolded.

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"There's a vulnerability to the sound, but strength too, evoking a refusal to settle or submit." Slow Crush embark on an emotional journey with seductive third album Thirst

Belgian shoegaze quartet Slow Crush deliver captivating follow-up to 2021's Hush

Louder

Why the return of Radiohead will climax one of the greatest ever years for live music

Radiohead are playing four shows in London in November - can they steal the thunder of Oasis in a vintage year for gigs?

Evening Standard

Radiohead returns after 7 years, announce 20 new live dates

Move over, Oasis

The Independent UK

Revealed! (Some of) the lyrics to REM's It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

By none other than Michael Stipe

MusicRadar

“I plugged my guitar in, and it was just like instant feedback”: John McLaughlin on how his jam with Jimi Hendrix ended in “disaster”

McLaughlin has fond recollections of meeting Hendrix, even if his legendary 1969 Record Plant jam did not go to plan

MusicRadar

My petty gripe: bands naming themselves as puns on other bands – will it never end?

Weren’t the Dandy Warhols and Celibate Rifles enough? It’s time we left tribute names to tribute bands, says Andrew Stafford

The Guardian - AU

“There’s so much tasty guitar playing that’s also pretty achievable for a lot of people as well. I think it should be in everyone’s repertoire”: Mike Dawes on the one John Mayer hit that every guitarist should learn

Dawes recalls his John Mayer cover of Slow Dancing in a Burning Room that went mega viral – and what he'd tell Mayer if he had the chance to meet him

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Evening Standard

Radiohead set for four London dates in first tour in seven years

The band will play London’s O2 in November.

MusicRadar

“Who knows where this will all lead?”: Radiohead confirm five European residences for November and December

They will be band's first gigs since 2018

Metal Hammer

“I wanted to make a song I felt like a lot of women can relate to”: Scene Queen drops new single Platform Shoes one day before start of European tour

The bimbocore provocateur will hit the road from September 4

Louder

"I’m slowly building up towards a new album." David Gilmour hopes to have a new record out "within the next year or two."

David Gilmour fans might not have to wait too long for a follow-up to Luck and Strange

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"Who knows where this will all lead?" Radiohead announce first live dates for seven years

Radiohead will perform four consecutive nights at London's O2 Arena as part of European dates in November and December

MusicRadar

“Once you finish your arrangement, remove two elements from it. Be brutal”: Why imposing hard limitations could be the secret to finishing more music

We’re all struggling to fit in music-making between our other time consuming responsibilities. Optimise your process by cutting back on the options

The Guardian - UK

Radiohead announce first tour dates since 2018 – and face boycott from pro-Palestine campaigners

Activists have asked fans to spurn the gigs until the band ‘convincingly distances itself’ from guitarist Jonny Greenwood performing in Tel Aviv during the Gaza war

Guitar World

“It was a bit of a disaster. I plugged my guitar in, and it was instant feedback”: John McLaughlin remembers his nightmare jam session with Jimi Hendrix – when he was forced to play acoustic

He found himself in the right place at the right time to jam with one of the world’s greatest guitarists – but his gear let him down

MusicRadar

“The first run sold out quickly, leaving fans clamouring for another chance at those iconic tones”: Good news for Randy Rhoads fans – his MXR Distortion+ is back, and you have got to see its stunning special edition “Concorde” finish

All about the crazy train! This special edition reissue presents the late Ozzy guitarist's signature distortion in white with black pinstripes, gold knobs FTW...

Guitar World

"I've tested loads of pedals for reviews, and it’s not often I come across one that feels this inspiring": Hotone NC-200 Verbera reverb pedal review

Combining algorithmic and IR convolution reverbs to create lush soundscapes, this may be the most impressive reverb pedal of the year

Louder

“It was such a shame to leave A Secret Wish on its own. The band still had such great potential – it was unfinished business”: Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag couldn’t dump Propaganda and their prog roots in the past

Their 1985 contained tones of Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk and Supertramp. It took until 2022 for the singers and producer Stephen Lipson, as xPropaganda, to deliver The Heart Is Strange. But it was worth the wait

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