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“I was supposed to play guitar on Sweet Leaf, then it was Changes”: Wolfgang Van Halen remembers meeting Ozzy Osbourne and reveals his original plan for Back To The Beginning

The singer/multi-instrumentalist dropped out of Ozzy’s final show due to a schedule change, but he got to meet the Black Sabbath frontman at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the year before

Metal Hammer

"I'm trying to put a little bit of love and just realness into rock music": De'Wayne's been working for 10 years, but people are finally paying attention

Listening to De'Wayne's genre-flipping new album, it’sclear Taco Bell’s loss is very much rock’s gain

Louder

“I’m not a massive fan of all things prog. But I must have listened to the Tarkus album a million times down the years”: Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French wants Emerson, Lake and Palmer to be remembered for ever

Glam metal guitar slinger had been a fan of The Nice but hadn’t even heard of Carl Palmer when the super-talented supergroup blew him away live

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"It's karaoke time and I understand that": Graham Bonnet on the "berserk" response to Rainbow's Since You've Been Gone

Just about to tour MSG's Assault Attack in full, Graham Bonnet is still singing songs by his old bands, having fun and not taking things too seriously

Louder

“I hoped we could go somewhere, with all of us making a living. I don’t have that hope any more”: Stubbornness, repurposed Kansas songs and letting a long-held ambition go helped Spock’s Beard make Noise Floor

By the time they delivered their 13th album in 2018, they’d already outlived many of their expectations. With line-up issues returning and the market having changed, they decided to focus on artistic achievement

Louder

Lewis Capaldi confirmed to headline BST Hyde Park and Roundhay Festival after emotional comeback

Lewis Capaldi has made a strong comeback after taking time out of music to focus on his mental health

The Independent UK

Lewis Capaldi set for triumphant BST Hyde Park headline show after comeback

The Scottish singer will return to the stage next summer for a landmark performance at London’s iconic festival

Evening Standard

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Nikki Sixx says Mick Mars' claims that Motley Crue don't play live are a "betrayal to the band who saved his life"

Mick Mars' bitter feud with Motley Crue rumbles on as bassist Nikki Sixx dismisses backing track accusations

Metal Hammer

Legendary songwriter who created some of The Monkees’ biggest hits dead

Bobby Hart created hits such as Last Train to Clarksville and I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone

The Independent UK

“Imagine if Paul McCartney dies and there’s early 16-year-old Beatles recordings, and then right up to the 10 best of his entire career”: Ed Sheeran reveals that plans for posthumous album are already in his will

He’s got it all planned out

MusicRadar

“They had an 8-track demo for Livin’ On A Prayer. When the producer came in, we both agreed we had to come up with a better bassline”: How Hugh McDonald became Bon Jovi’s uncredited recording bassist

Hugh McDonald was at New York’s Power Station when he was asked to lay down a bass part for the band’s 1986 working-class anthem

Guitar World

“An excellent, extremely easy-to-use pedal that’s not just for double-tracking but also for spacious stereo modulation”: KMA Geminus Stereo True Double Tracker review

Deliver a studio trick live on stage with Geminus, a thickener and widener that can deliver the feel of two guitars from just one

Guitar World

“Drug dealers and freaks and crazy people left over from the 60s – all defiant and distorted”: The story behind the Rolling Stones’ iconic Exile On Main Street album cover

How a guy with balls in his mouth became an unlikely Stones cover star

Louder

Coldplay’s Chris Martin asks crowd to ‘send love’ to family of Charlie Kirk

‘You can send it to people you disagree with, but you send them love anyway,’ Martin told the Wembley audience

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Evening Standard

Coldplay fans boo as Chris Martin asks crowd to ‘send love’ to Charlie Kirk’s family

Chris Martin has been criticised for giving a shoutout to the late right-wing activist during a concert at Wembley

Louder

“I thought, ‘What would people do if they only had five months to live?’ One song is called Shagathon…” Arjen Lucassen decided to be an egomaniac, and the result is Songs No One Will Hear

Ayreon mastermind’s third solo album mixes humour and tragedy as he explores the countdown to an extinction-level event

Louder

Half the world away: what ex-members of Oasis are up to whilst their former group embarks on their triumphant comeback tour without them

It's been an all-conquering summer for Noel and Liam, but what about the guys they left behind?

Louder

“There’s inevitably repeated songs from Asia, King Crimson and UK, but plenty of variations in arrangement – and he’s in fine voice throughout”: John Wetton’s Concentus II is 10 discs of sumptuous live performance

Ongoing retrospective series revisits his solo era of the 90s

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“I remember looking up at this big billboard that said, ‘God loves you all.’ I thought, ‘He sure as hell doesn’t like me right now!’”: The prophetic Slayer song that marked the end of one of thrash metal’s greatest songwriting partnerships

Released on 9/11, this Slayer classic could not have been more timely

Louder

“God? Maybe he’s gone senile”: Lemmy was once asked what he thought about God and religion, and he didn’t hold back

The late Motörhead frontman liked a lot of things, but religion wasn’t one of them

Latin Times

Watch Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé be moved by the music of Juan Gabriel

Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé, were captivated while listening to Juan Gabriel's "Amor Eterno." Their faces said it all.

Guitar World

“I came upon the V, but I didn’t think much of it because of the weird shape. I didn’t think it was very playable”: Dave Mustaine first discovered the Flying V when he joined Metallica and wasn’t a fan – this is what changed his mind

Mustaine is undoubtedly one of the Flying V’s main poster boys, with several signature models under his belt

The Guardian - US

‘America, are we dating?’: Oasis finally win over the US with triumphant tour

As the British rock band played the final stop of their sold-out reunion tour near LA, it was clear: Liam and Noel Gallagher have become icons stateside

Guitar World

“Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it”: How Radiohead’s debut changed the way they thought about recording guitars – and set them up for two landmark albums

The game-changing band has just announced its first tour in seven years, alongside the release of a live album

Marie Claire

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