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“He wrote some of the best parts of Hotel California and Desperado. He wrote some pivotal lines that I wouldn’t have thought of in a million years”: Don Henley’s praise for his Eagles bandmate Glenn Frey

“We wrote the soundtrack to a lot of people’s lives”

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Harry Styles scores biggest global debut of his career with new album

Pop star achieved a rare chart double with his single ‘American Girls’, while also landing the biggest first-week vinyl sales for any UK artist this century

The Independent UK

“I urge them to reconsider and step up to help the next generation of talent”: Minister’s message to Live Nation’s dawdling over £1 arena and stadium levy

Otherwise, the government will legislate, says Ian Murray

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“Some fans preferred it to Genesis… I had record labels asking for my next album, and half a band forbidding me from doing it”: The unexpected consequences of Steve Hackett’s Voyage Of The Acolyte

Guitarist believes his solo debut proved Genesis had a future after Peter Gabriel’s departure – but it also led to two years of soul-searching

Louder

Guy Garvey says Elbow are working on new album ahead of Teenage Cancer Trust gig

The band have started writing their 11th studio album, as they prepare to perform a concert in aid of the charity at the Royal Albert Hall next week.

Evening Standard

"You can hide behind it, but all my favourites play guitar and I wanna be the whole package." James Bruner was drawn into rock by the greats: Now he's ready to become one

James Bruner grew up listening to Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, then dropped out of university to throw everything into his craft

Louder

“When the song was done, I turned to everybody and said, ‘I think this song is going to be massive’”: Don't Stop Believin' is Journey's signature song – now, the guitar that was used to record it has been sold for over a quarter of a million dollars

Neal Schon's 1977 Gibson Les Paul Pro Deluxe was part of the historic Jim Irsay auction

Guitar World

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“People never believe me that Kraftwerk created Atomic Kitten”: OMD’s Andy McCluskey says that it was an electronic music legend who advised him to form the ‘00s girlband who would hit number 1 with Whole Again

“He took me by surprise that he actually did it!,” said the Kraftwerk member in 2022

MusicRadar

Mike Vernon obituary

Producer, musician and record label executive who worked with artists such as John Mayall, Eric Clapton and Fleetwood Mac

The Guardian - UK

The Taylor Swift effect: US vinyl sales top $1bn for the first time since 1983

Swift leads the 2025 vinyl charts with 1.6m sales of The Life of a Showgirl while Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar round out the top three

The Guardian - US

"I don’t know Katy Perry the diva. I know Katy Perry the tomboy who came in picking her nose." How a future pop megastar ended up as a singer for a famous Christian nu metal band

In 2006, years before she became one of the biggest stars on the planet, Katy Perry found herself a gig with nu metal favourites P.O.D.

Metal Hammer

“When you plugged in a guitar it would overdrive like crazy – it was incredible!” How a Radio Shack pedal and a fiery Fall Out Boy guest spot helped Filth is Eternal live up to their name

After finding inspiration in an old Radio Shack analog reverb, guitarist Brian McClelland’s tonal experimentation has exploded – and it’s added more bite to the band's new release, Impossible World

Guitar World

“Was Courtney impossible, difficult, a drug addict, terrifying, and even mean sometimes? Yes, she was. But it took me one second to understand that she was also a survivor”: Melissa Auf der Maur on her time in Hole and why she’s “proud” of Courtney Love

She has a memoir out this week

MusicRadar

"I was like, 'Wow, I'm about the same size as this huge animal!'" How a close encounter with wolves, a rough break-up and a Spider-Man director helped Evanescence produce one of their most important singles

Needing a follow-up to one of the biggest albums of the 2000s, Amy Lee wrote some brutally honest lyrics and a classic song to soundtrack them

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“At least three albums with people who are a few of my favourite artists of all time... I’d say 95 percent of the work I’ve done was unpaid”: James Blake on the hit and miss nature of his production work

“You’re throwing stuff at a wall and seeing what sticks” he says

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"I picked up the acoustic guitar and noodled around, and Bruno was freestyling and singing along. That started the whole idea, and we were like, 'OK, this is where we go'": Why Bruno Mars' new single Risk It All could have ended up sounding very different

“Most of the other versions were more up-tempo," says co-writer/producer D'Mile

The Guardian - UK

‘We kicked Bono’s arse’: how we made Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again (with a little help from Kraftwerk)

‘Kerry’s spoken verse needed 39 takes spread over several months because she’d had her tonsils out’

MusicRadar

“There’s plenty of output to use the pedal as a conventional boost with tonal options. And there’s a whole area of dirt to be explored”: JHS Pedals 424 Gain Stage review

The latest from JHS Pedals captures the sound of plugging your guitar into the input stages of a vintage multi-track recorder, aka, the mk.gee approach

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The Independent UK

K-Pop Demon Hunters star responds after Oscars speech was cut off during historic win

Netflix film’s hit track won Best Original Song at the Academy Awards

Louder

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 16, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Lemon Twigs, Devon Townsend, All Them Witches and more

Guitar World

“After the set, Hendrix came knocking on the dressing room door and said, ‘I want you to come on tour with me’”: Chicago bassist Peter Cetera reflects on signing for Columbia Records, opening for Jimi Hendrix and why Paul McCartney changed everything

The newly named Chicago were invited to open for The Experience on several dates during their 1969 US tour

The Guardian - UK

‘We did Disneyland on mind-altering substances’: Primus frontman Les Claypool on being rock’s great joker – and why Metallica rejected him

After going platinum in the 90s and writing the South Park theme, bassist extraordinaire Claypool discusses the AI-themed concept album he’s made with Sean Ono Lennon

Evening Standard

Louis Tomlinson opens up on 'terrifying' reality of touring

Singer reflects on his ‘tough’ first shows following his time in One Direction

Guitar World

“The wood was underwater for thousands of years. It’s shocking it works as well as it does”: Jason Isbell on the acoustic that was eons in the making and how a stolen guitar brought him into the Martin lineup

Country star Jason Isbell has played Martins ever since he was bailed out by the company after his van was looted… And now he presents new signature models based on his rare pre-war 0-17

Guitar World

“We knew that if Tiger went somewhere else, it was most likely going to be left behind glass”: Derek Trucks plays Jerry Garcia’s ‘Tiger’ guitar on stage just hours after it sold for $12 million

The second most expensive guitar of all time is already playing out its new owner’s promise of an active second life

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