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“We didn’t even have time to run over the performance thoroughly”: Earth Wind & Fire reveal that they had just 24 hours to prepare for their Lollapalooza guest slot with Sabrina Carpenter

Disco legends played Let’s Groove and September

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“He took us to 5150, and it still had all the tapes up there. There was Jump, the old analog tapes, everything marked”: Lzzy Hale on why Wolfgang Van Halen is well positioned to “save rock ‘n’ roll”

Hale and the rest of Halestorm were invited to Eddie Van Halen's iconic home studio

Guitar World

“Somebody had stolen some equipment from the opening act and we got blamed for it. The crowd went crazy”: Ricky Byrd on the disastrous Joan Jett gig where they were wrongly accused of stealing gear – and the audience turned on them

Byrd and Jett were on the road with Scorpions at the time – and it’s not a gig that brings back fond memories

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“You could argue that the pickups are the most important thing. But in the end, there’s nothing more important on the guitar than this”: Paul Reed Smith on a guitar's most crucial feature – and how it dictates your tone

Forget pickups and the weight of a guitar – this is where tone really starts, according to Smith

Guitar World

“It kind of spoils it a bit for me": Here's why Paul Weller won’t be going to any of the Oasis reunion shows

"I just don’t like big gigs," says Weller

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New Creeper single Blood Magick (It's A Ritual) is a cross between Belinda Carlisle's Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Ozzy Osbourne's The Ultimate Sin, and Laibach, and if that doesn't get you excited for new album Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death we give up

Creeper preview new album Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death with a conjuring from 1987

Metal Hammer

“They are officially on our investigative team right now”: They found Paul McCartney’s missing Höfner 500/1 violin bass – can the Lost Bass Project find Marty McFly’s Gibson ES-345 from Back To The Future?

Gibson puts investigative journalists Scott and Naomi Jones on the Lost To The Future case. Despite thousands of tips the trail of the guitar – missing since '85 – remains cold

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Jin at the O2 review: Worldwide Handsome is keeping the BTS love alive

4/5 With a gameshow section and stellar crowd work, Jin turned his solo tour into a love-in for dedicated BTS fans

Evening Standard

“Ghost Guitar is a beam of light coming in through a window and illuminating a big empty space”: Rafiq Bhatia breaks down the experimental techniques that earned him an Oscar nomination for his scores – and why it all stems from Jimi Hendrix

The Son Lux guitarist, composer and producer explains his return to improvisation after a decade of studio-based constructs, the pedal he won’t tour without and seeking out the same luthier as Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon

Guitar World

"A high point in the FZ catalogue!" Frank Zappa's One Size Fits All gets lavish 50th anniversary reissue

Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention's 1975 album One Size Fits All has been resized, reupholstered and remastered for its 50th anniversary

Louder

"We had an artistic success, but not a financial one… but that’s another story.” Peter Gabriel's 1982 WOMAD set to be released this Friday

Peter Gabriel's live set from the very first WOMAD Festival in 1982, featuring material from the then-unreleased Peter Gabriel 4 album, is released digitally this Friday

Louder

“She's got that thing that I could never do – I have to cheat”: Billy Corgan reveals the technique Kiki Wong can do on guitar that’s beyond him

Wong was handpicked by Corgan and co. from over 10,000 applicants to join the Smashing Pumpkins, and it's safe to say she's been a powerhouse addition to the lineup

Guitar World

Jack Osbourne expresses ‘sorrow and gratitude’ after death of father Ozzy

The Osbourne family joined fans in laying flowers at the Black Sabbath bench in Ozzy’s home city of Birmingham last week.

Evening Standard

“I know I’m being judged right now. I read comments saying, ‘You’ve got nothing on Brent.’ I’m not worrying. I feel free”: How Nick Johnston went from instrumental virtuoso du jour to joining Mastodon and playing Ozzy Osbourne’s final show

The Canadian instrumentalist has taken the leap from small clinics to festival stages in his stride, and thanks to his 10-year relationship with Schecter, he’s got a custom Silverburst to match his new bandmates

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“It’s a team of terrifying quality – but the result is no face-melting noodle-fest. Everything stems from musical ideas”: Gavin Harrison and Nick Johnston’s Early Mercy

King Crimson and Porcupine Tree drummer and new Mastodon guitarist deliver strange, beautiful music with help from Allan Holdsworth bassist Evan Marien

Guitar World

“The ego is quite useless in a writing situation. I just ask myself, ‘What does this song want?’” Deacon Blue’s polymath guitar genius Gregor Philps dissects his six-string approach, and reveals his favorite Strat (clue: it isn’t a Fender)

The venerable Scottish pop-rock institution returns with another immaculately crafted album, taking us down The Great Western Road

Guitar World

“A classic fuzz with two distinct flavors makes a welcome return”: Shaftesbury Duo Fuzz Heritage Edition review

Rose-Morris resurrects a long-gone brand in conjunction with ThorpyFX for a reissue of a vintage fuzz pedal

Louder

“It wasn’t pure hatred all the time”: Pink Floyd’s The Wall movie and its feuds, falling-outs and friction

Bob Geldof ruthlessly baited Roger Waters, Gerald Scarfe feared he’d created a new skinhead movement and the media hated the morbidity – but the third part of the multimedia trilogy was a triumph

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The National (Scotland)

Oasis reunion to deliver £136.6m boost to Edinburgh, analysis forecasts

OASIS fans are forecast to bring £136.6 million cash injection Edinburgh when visiting the city for the band's reunion shows

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimée adds special detail to rocker’s death certificate

Singer and actor honoured her father’s legacy on the death certificate that also revealed the rock legend’s cause of death

Louder

"It just sort of happened": Meet the men who prompted R.E.M. to reunite

Actor Michael Shannon and musician Jason Narducy are currently on the road celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.'s 1985 album, Fables of the Reconstruction

Louder

"What matters is that we get the message to younger generations": H.E.A.T's Kenny Leckremo on the state of rock and why Swedes write songs in the dark

Kenny Leckremo talks Erik Grönwall, big hair, ice hockey and the brilliance of cheese

The Guardian - UK

K Mak at the Planetarium review – cosmic trip into the void

Performed amid psychedelic projections, the Australian singer’s gig has an otherworldly beauty yet fails to take off

The Guardian - UK

Chuck Mangione obituary

Musician who helped to create ‘smooth jazz’, an easy-listening sound that won him two Grammy awards

The Guardian - UK

Father pays tribute to ‘hard-working family man’ who died at Oasis concert

Lee Claydon, who died after reportedly falling from upper tier at Wembley Stadium, remembered as ‘lovely bloke’

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