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Shakira’s ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’ tour tickets go live ahead of Qatar concert: Here's their whopping starting price

Global music icon Shakira is set to make her Doha debut on April 1, 2026, at Stadium 974 as part of her record-breaking Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour. Tickets are now live, with demand surging as fans eagerly anticipate her performance of career-defining hits and new tracks.

The Times of India

“Every time it seems their direction is clear, the rug is swiftly pulled away”: Open your mind and embrace Biffy Clyro’s Infinity Land as a prog album

The trio’s 2004 release is driven by a bullish, bloody-minded determination to challenge the listener

Louder

“Prince told me, ‘You sound so great, man. Keep doing your thing – because when I hear it, it’s such a sound!’”: Cory Wong recalls his encounters with The Purple One – and names the Prince album that every funk guitarist should listen to

“It was by far the biggest compliment I’ve ever gotten”

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Golden songwriter confirms KPop Demon Hunters sequel ‘in process’

Sequel is expected to be released in 2029

The Independent UK

"We have the best fans in the world": Much-loved Brit rockers Little Angels announce first shows in over a decade

Little Angels' original lineup will play 11 dates later this year, with Luke Morley supporting

Louder

Four Artists Who Should Perform the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show After Bad Bunny’s Banger

Here are four artists we want to see perform the Super Bowl halftime show in 2027.

Sports Illustrated

“You could go to school on what Fred created so effortlessly”: Fred Smith, influential Television and former Blondie bassist, dies at 77

Smith helped define the proto-punk pioneers' sound, and had plans to return to the stage later this year

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show sparks global streaming surge, Apple Music data shows

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance has led to a massive surge in global listening

The Independent UK

“Set your preconceptions of the band and brand aside – this is a very capable bass”: Epiphone Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 review

A cult-classic Gibson bass gets a ressurection courtesy of Epiphone and Green Day's Mike Dirnt

Guitar World

“Green Day showing the world how to keep it loud!” Billie Joe Armstrong shows off mysterious new Marshall as Green Day rock the Super Bowl – could a signature amp finally be on the cards?

Eagle-eyed viewers have pointed to the top left corner of the amp, which has a label boasting a word that looks a heck of a lot like “Dookie”. An official take on Armstrong's “Dookie mod” Marshall, perhaps?

Guitar World

“Of course she wants to record that song - it’s the best song written by a human being”: James Taylor explains how he had to tell Carole King that he’d recorded one of her greatest songs without her knowing, and before she’d released her own version

“I was sure I knew the song already because it was such a classic immediately,” he says. “I literally ran to find my guitar so I could play it”

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“The recording was brutal. Daytime was Dragon's Kiss, nighttime was Jason Becker's Perpetual Burn. I was in the studio 16 to 18 hours a day”: Marty Friedman on leaving Megadeth, reconnecting with Dave Mustaine, and why he wasn't a good fit for Ozzy

Friedman recalls 18-hour days working on his solo debut alongside Jason Becker’s first album, how Kiss were the blueprint for his career, and why he’s avoiding making a follow-up to 2024’s Drama

Guitar World

“We honestly thought that it couldn’t harm us. How wrong we were.” One of the biggest albums of the 1970s would have carried a 'thank you' credit for the band's drug dealer if he hadn't been murdered before the record was released

"If there was a rule book, nobody gave me one"

Louder

“He told him to keep playing and never stop”: The heartwarming moment James Hetfield met a 10-year-old superfan

The Metallica icon spent time with the young fan, and had one important message for him

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“Every child deserves to feel they have a place where they belong, and music has this incredible ability to create that sense of connection”: Guy Chambers to help school kids write their own school anthem

Plus he guests on stage with Robbie Williams

Guitar World

“I have to give credit to him… I was telling him that I was in a quandary about what to do about the band”: How Don Henley got the Eagles back on track after Glenn Frey’s death – with some help from Bono

The guitarist’s passing sewed doubts over the band’s future, but the U2 frontman steered Henley in the right direction

The Independent UK

Jon Hamm continues his Bad Bunny worship at the Super Bowl

‘Mad Men’ star has attended at least five Bad Bunny concerts, recently confirming that he is indeed ‘a huge fan’

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“Forgets his lyrics during his song showing all the MAGA Far Right that he wasn’t even singing. What a complete and utter embarrassment”: Kid Rock lambasted for appearing to mime at ‘All American’ alternative Super Bowl half time show

Show was seen by a fraction of those who saw Bad Bunny and co

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The Guardian - UK

‘We recorded it in a kitchen!’ How China Crisis made Black Man Ray

‘Our producer was toasting sesame seeds in a pan. Coming from a working-class family, I’d never seen such a thing’

Evening Standard

K-Pop favourites BTS sets record attendance at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with 120,000 fans

The K-Pop are setting the world alight at the moment

Louder

The Black Crowes announce UK and Europe summer shows

The Black Crowes line up shows in the UK, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland

Louder

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: February 9, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Cold Stares, Norah Jones & Josh Homme, Tailgunner and more

MusicRadar

“I didn't even mean to release it - I was working on another song and came up with the riff and then I just started freestyling”: A decade on, we analyse the inner workings of one of Beck’s most potent bangers

Released over a year ahead of its effervescent parent album Colors, Wow demonstrated that Beck’s penchant for genre-blurring was still in rude health

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“One day, I said to myself, ‘I really want a song on this album that has a Kenny G solo.' But there was an issue. I don’t know Kenny G... but I had an idea”: How Charlie Puth used manifestation and Melodyne to get a sax legend on his new single

And in a further twist, they’ve just performed the US National Anthem together at the Super Bowl

The Guardian - UK

Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90

Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history

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