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“His body of work is unparalleled in its quality and also in the incredibly varied number of musicians he worked with”: Danny Thompson, Pentangle bassist supreme, who played for Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Nick Drake, and more has died

Tributes have come in from Tony Visconti, Graham Coxon and others

MusicRadar

“I’m not thinking about the audience and what they want, to be honest”: Why David Gilmour never learned to play this iconic Pink Floyd guitar solo

Gilmour believes his audiences would prefer a “real and happening” solo instead of a carbon copy night-in, night-out

Guitar World

Mike Vennart records new vocals on unheard material for reissue of Oceansize's Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up

Oceansize's final album, 2010's Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up, to be reissued on triple vinyl in October

Louder

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“Like fine-tuned ‘sweet spot’ knobs, letting you drive your tubes hard while keeping the volume in check”: Why you need a power attenuator for your tube amp

We delve into the world of power attenuators, revealing how to push tube amps to their edge without the punishing volume. It might just keep your neighbours on speaking terms

Guitar World

Watch Sleep Token cover Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing In The Dark during sold-out American tour

Vessel performed The Boss’s 1984 hit by himself during his band’s show in Philadelphia on Wednesday

Metal Hammer

John Lennon ‘resented having to be a Beatle’, says son Sean Ono Lennon

The 49-year-old said his father ‘wanted to move on and be a radical artist and activist’.

Evening Standard

“Pentangle sold out the Royal Albert Hall and the next night I was playing in a jazz quartet for 40 quid”: From gigging in strip clubs to recording with John Martyn and Kate Bush, Danny Thompson walked a singular path in bass playing

Beginning with his early days amid London’s jazz and blues boom in the ’50s, to his famed partnership with singer-songwriter John Martyn, the late Danny Thompson excelled at everything he touched

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Ticketmaster forced to change pricing and sales tactics after Oasis row

Company must be clearer about what fans will pay and avoid ‘misleading’ labels about ticket quality, says CMA

The Guardian - UK

Guitar ‘smashed up’ by Liam Gallagher on the night Oasis split goes to auction

Noel Gallagher said the Gibson ES-355 was damaged on the night of the band’s backstage fight at Rock en Seine festival in Paris

The Independent UK

Review: Robert Plant continues to play musical hopscotch on Saving Grace's long-awaited debut, "a lovely melding of voices and an arresting sense of musical history"

Robert Plant, Suzi Dian and band breathe new life into a classic and contemporary catalogue

Louder

‘The label made 500 copies – we sold it in corner shops’: the story behind lost dance music classic Punjabi Disco

It was one of the first British Asian dancefloor records but poor distribution led to it vanishing for decades. Now, with a rerelease imminent, the original synth-folk sound of Kuljit Bhamra and his mother Mohinder is finally getting its due

The Guardian - UK

Guitar ‘smashed up’ by Liam Gallagher on night Oasis split up goes to auction

Red Gibson ES-355, damaged on night of 2009 Rock en Seine fight, being sold alongside acoustic used in Wonderwall

The Guardian - UK

“It’s weird when I look at the list. If you go folk or blues or jazz or rock, I’ve actually been there”: Danny Thompson covered more ground than even he thought possible in a career spanning seven decades

The revered double bassist worked with Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, John Martyn, Bert Jansch and countless others. On 2012 album Connected he assembled some of his proudest moments

Louder

Scottish Album of the Year Award nominees announced – see the full list

THE nominees for the 2025 iteration of Scotland’s national music award have been announced

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Brian May says Queen are "having conversations" about a residency at the Las Vegas Sphere

Queen guitarist May wants to put on a "stupendous" run at shows at the revolutionary venue in Nevada

Metal Hammer

"The doctor said that I probably wouldn't be on stage again": Vince Neil reveals he's suffered four strokes in recent years

The Mötley Crüe frontman was able to return to the stage in Las Vegas earlier this month

Louder

Watch footage from first live performance in eight years from Texan noise-rock legends Butthole Surfers

Last year the Butthole Surfers said they'd turned down "six-figure offers" to reunite

The Independent UK

The famous piece of Oasis memorabilia that could fetch £500,000 at auction

Liam Gallagher broken Noel’s 1960s red Gibson ES-355 on the night the band split

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The Guardian - UK

From Kate Bush to Pentangle to T-Rex, the late Danny Thompson’s musical brilliance knew no bounds

The bassist, who has died aged 86, was an extraordinary and wildly versatile presence in British music, bringing his personality into everything he played

Guitar World

“A force of nature. A player who served the song and who enriched the lives of every single person he met”: Danny Thompson, innovative bassist who played with Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Nick Drake, Pentangle, and countless others, dies at 86

Though he grew up with a love of jazz, it wasn't long before Thompson branched out stylistically, and embarked on a career of extraordinary musical breadth

MusicRadar

“He wanted all that at an undoable selling price”: Mesa/Boogie founder Randall Smith confirms rumours that it built James Hetfield a signature model – and it combined three iconic amps in one

A Diezel, a JC-120 and a Mark IIC+ all in one? That would have cost a whack – and it would have, which is why the Metallica frontman's prototype never got released

Louder

Pentangle and John Martyn bassist Danny Thompson has died, aged 86

Danny Thompson was a founding member of Pentangle and worked with John Martyn, Kate Bush, Nick Drake, Peter Gabriel, Talk Talk and more

MusicRadar

“Once we had done that, we were in the game”: 60 years of The Last Time – the Stones’ big breakthrough

It was the group’s first self-penned Number One

Evening Standard

Acoustic bass player Danny Thompson has died aged 86

The musician was a founding member of the British folk-rock band, Pentangle, and worked with the likes of Kate Bush, John Martyn and Roy Orbison.

Louder

“People really go ape*** for the dance tracks”: saluting New Order’s imperious 2015 album Music Complete as it turns 10

The synth-pop trailblazers’ most recent record came out a decade ago and increasingly looks like a fantastic and fitting farewell

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