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“Feat. Thom Yorke…”: the ten best songs featuring guest vocals from the Radiohead frontman

From PJ Harvey to Burial to Portishead to Sparklehorse, the singer has been a keen collaborator over the years. Here’s ten must-hear songs he's leant his voice to.

Louder

“I said, ‘There’s a band called Iron Maiden? Who’s that?’”: Tom Araya didn’t listen to metal before joining Slayer

Despite being one of metal’s most revered frontmen, Tom Araya knew nothing about the genre until his Slayer bandmates clued him in

Metal Hammer

Watch Tobias Forge break down the story behind each of Ghost's iconic frontmen –including every Papa Emeritus, Cardinal Copia and every character leading up to Papa V Perpetua

Ghost mainman Tobias Forge gives inside scoop on aesthetic of the Papas, Cardinals and Nameless Ghouls of the Ghost clergy

Metal Hammer

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"My focus moving forward is on the re-release of Forever, and God willing, getting back out on the road." Jon Bon Jovi on what's next for Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi has his sights set on touring again as he recovers from surgery to repair his damaged vocal cord

Louder

Jack White review – rock’n’roll showman makes believers of us all

Touring his 2024 solo album No Name in a barnstorming gig, the former White Stripe plays fast and loose with the truth but is absolutely the real deal

The Guardian - UK

“The guitar was in horrible shape. The paint job was all flaked off, it didn’t have the original tailpiece... at one point, the headstock snapped off”: He's a hitmaker who owned Eric Clapton's “The Fool” SG, produced Meat Loaf, and played with Ringo Starr

Todd Rundgren has just about done it all, but he does regret missing out on the chance to produce the Talking Heads and the Who...

Guitar World

“White whale! Holy Grail!”: How the epic tale of Moby-Dick inspired Mastodon’s greatest album

“The story paralleled the lives of the four dudes in Mastodon"

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Rizzle Kicks look back: ‘Because of how fast it went, we became delusional about how easy it was to get successful’

Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sulé on their early success, breakup, and why good friendships are like the tide

The Guardian - UK

“We’d solidly work from two in the afternoon to until 10pm. Why did we knock off then? So, we could get to the pub!”: The chaotic story behind Motörhead’s Overkill, the album that turned three speed freaks into stars

Motörhead’s second album, Overkill, was the one that truly put them on the map

Metal Hammer

‘We joke about who’s getting their knees done’: the rock veterans still touring into their late 70s

Yoga and ice baths have replaced all-nighters, but musicians such as Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, Rick Wakeman and Elkie Brooks aren’t planning to retire any time soon

The Guardian - UK

Sex Pistols recall Vietnam vets with cattle prods hired to keep them in line on tour

The infamously fraught American tour concluded with John Lydon announcing the band’s break-up

The Independent UK

“You really can’t completely replicate what she does, which is a beautiful thing. She took it to her grave”: Sue Foley has spent 25 years researching the unsung female pioneers of guitar – these are the most important players she discovered

The Grammy-nominated blues guitarist has been researching unrecognized women of the guitar world since 2001. Her latest album, One Guitar Woman, is a tribute to some of the greatest

Guitar World

“It was a fantastic idea. I would have liked a ménage à trois with Brian Jones and his girlfriend”: The Kinks guitarist Dave Davies’ wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin and more

Partying with Keith Moon, jamming with Jerry Lee Lewis, getting into a ménage à trois with Brian Jones –Dave Davies has done it all

Louder

“The lyrics are quite nonsensical… I was hammered when I wrote it”: Noel Gallagher on the making of Some Might Say, the song that showed Oasis were set for the big time

The Britpop legends’ first Number One heralded the moment they turned from thrilling rock’n’roll band to cultural phenomenon. Here's how it came together.

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“The rustic feel of Songs From The Wood or Heavy Horses… a sense of urgency still surrounds the band”: Jethro Tull’s Curious Ruminant

Their 24th album echoes the renewed vigour of The Zealot Gene and RökFlöte, but takes a different path

Metal Hammer

“Had fans had mobile phones, they would have been climbing over old-age pensioners to take selfies”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is a big fan of Ghost banning phones from gigs

Talking to Metal Hammer last year, Iron Maiden’s frontman discussed attending Ghost’s 2023 Los Angeles shows and his joy over the absence of mobile phones

Metal Hammer

For a cool $12,495 you can be Kiss star Gene Simmons' roadie for a day

Gene Simmons is selling fans the chance to be his roadie for a day –and he'll throw in a bass guitar used during Kiss rehearsals

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Shape-shifting PJ Harvey brings theatre to Womadelaide

PJ Harvey headlined the opening night of the 2025 Womadelaide Festival with songs from her most recent album, I Inside the Old Year Dying.

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The Independent UK

D'Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, has died at 64

D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony

The Independent UK

D’Wayne Wiggins death: Tony! Toni! Toné! singer and guitarist dies aged 64

Wiggins founded the hit R&B group with his brother, Raphael Saadiq

Guitar World

“We’re deeply proud of and beyond grateful for the music and history we’ve shared, and we wish him nothing but success and happiness in his future endeavors”: Mastodon part ways with Brent Hinds

Hinds co-founded the band with guitarist Bill Kelliher, bassist Troy Sanders, and drummer Brann Dailor in 2000

Metal Hammer

"After 25 monumental years together, Mastodon and Brent Hinds have mutually decided to part ways." Mastodon announce shock departure of guitarist Brent Hinds

By mutual consent, Brent Hinds leaves Mastodon

Metal Hammer

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Ghost, Kittie and Volbeat lead this week's best new metal songs

MusicRadar

“I really like that you can sweep pick on this thing, so it gets you the nylon-string sound without the physical limitations”: Tosin Abasi issues update on Abasi Concepts' much-anticipated hybrid nylon-string

Abasi says Fishman is designing the pickup for what promises to be a groundbreaking acoustic electric. In other Abasi Concepts news, fresh Legion Series models in Deep Sage drop today

MusicRadar

“I used to play it in my apartment like a million times”: Lady Gaga says that the "electro-grunge" song on her new album, Mayhem, is inspired by a '90s track by The Cure

“After I made that song then I was like ‘we need to change all the production,’” Gaga recalls

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