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Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Spotify streams shoot up 430% after Super Bowl show

Pulitzer winner’s music saw overall jump of 175% streams after performance

The Independent UK

“I thought I’d have to sell my house. The manager suggested we got part-time jobs”: Marillion were facing oblivion. Then they made This Strange Engine and found a way forward

They still don’t agree over the contents of their make-or-break 1997 album – except on one thing they did wrong

Louder

‘Silence is key’: after Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl, how can Drake possibly come back?

Drake was humiliated on record, at the Grammys and now in a football stadium. But as a crisis expert attests, there’s a way he could still return to relevance

The Guardian - UK

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"Ten years ago I was a scientist in a lab coat and had never sung in front of anybody in my life": From microbiologist to musician - the unlikely rise of Stephen Wilson Jr

Inspired by his late father, songwriter-for-hire Stephen Wilson Jr is now telling his stories with his own voice

Louder

If you ever wanted to hear a schmaltzy country and western song about a girl wearing an old Guns N' Roses t-shirt, now's your chance

The Chris Goodwin Band's GN'R Tee is not about drinking or trucks

Louder

"Come along for a nightmare you won't forget!": Alice Cooper adds more dates to Too Close For Comfort tour

Another 23 shows have been added to Alice Cooper's ever-growing 2025 schedule

Metal Hammer

Kid Rock storms off stage after raging at audience for not clapping

The country star was in Nashville, performing as part of Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan’s birthday event

The Independent UK

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Nicki Nicole's Father Passes Away in the Middle of Her International Tour

The devastating news came while Nicki was touring the world with upcoming dates in Chile and Argentina.

Latin Times

Pink Floyd co-founder said journalist ‘cheerleading’ genocide, High Court told

Roger Waters is being sued by John Ware over comments made in a programme broadcast by news channel Al Jazeera.

Evening Standard

“I was also able to purchase boards that were cut from a Honduras mahogany so legendary it’s known as ‘The Tree’”: Meet Don Musser, the ‘Dumble of acoustic guitar’ who has made custom builds for Dylan, Eddie Van Halen and Neil Young

He’s built guitars for some of the very biggest names in the business and yet Don Musser remains a known unknown. We track him down to fill in the blanks

Guitar World

“The ‘industry’ strings you along with these empty accolades but labels paying you on time can keep your life from falling apart”: Beyoncé session guitarist Justus West says awards don't pay the bills – and labels need to take more accountability

West – who's also credited on Beyoncé's acclaimed Cowboy Carter – calls out the industry's double standards and it's crucial for labels to pay their artists on time

Guitar World

“There’s a lot of power to our band name… we weren’t part of any scene, so it was like, ‘Who are we? We are The Damn Truth’”: Meet the Canadian quartet bringing their raucous sound to the masses – with a little help from Bob Rock

Rooted in blues-rock but expanded by metal, folk, and country, The Damn Truth's catchy, riff-heavy tunes seem bound to conquer rock playlists, and stages, 'round the world

Guitar World

Kendrick Lamar Brings Viral Diss Track To Super Bowl Stage

Kendrick Lamar commanded one of the world's most high-profile stages Sunday as the Super Bowl's halftime headliner, yet another feather in the cap of the rap laureate who has ascended to new heights of pop stardom.

International Business Times

“I managed to stay behind at The Marquee when everyone had gone home. I asked him, ‘How do you get that sound?’ He said, ‘Well, it’s easy...’” In 1969, a young Brian May hid in a venue to speak to Rory Gallagher –and it led to his tonal breakthrough

The Irish blues rock legend gave May a tonal template that he says he’s never bettered

Guitar World

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MusicRadar

“I don’t make the rules. We’re trying to do the right thing. It is what it is, I’m the singer. Get off my case”: Liam Gallagher responds to fans who’ve had their Oasis tickets falsely cancelled

‘Nothing to do with me, guv’, essentially

The Independent UK

Kendrick Lamar and SZA to join forces for UK tour this summer

Announcement comes on the back of the pair’s successful Super Bowl performance

MusicRadar

“I think singers tend to be a little insecure!”: Iron Maiden leader Steve Harris recalls how he gambled everything by changing the band’s frontman

“It was exciting but worrying,” he says

Louder

"It is what it is. I’m the singer, get off my case." Oasis' Liam Gallagher isn't terribly bothered that thousands of Oasis fans are heartbroken having had their dreams of seeing the band shattered by Ticketmaster cancelling their reunion tour tickets

Looking back in anger at the news that your Oasis reunion tour tickets have been cancelled? Don't expect Liam Gallagher to care

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Evening Standard

How Kanye became uncancellable: incest claims, Hitler songs... and still 54m followers

In the month, Kanye West has released a song about incest and a song entitled ‘Heil Hitler’. How is the rapper still driving constant headlines in 2025 — and shouldn’t we be more concerned, asks Maddy Mussen

MusicRadar

“Even global stars must follow local rules - no permit, no performance”: Plug pulled on Ed Sheeran busking in India

He didn’t have the correct paperwork

Louder

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Mother Vulture, Sludge Mother, and six other acts whose names don't contain the word 'mother'

The Guardian - UK

‘Take That asked for our autographs!’ How Cola Boy made 7 Ways to Love

‘When we did Top of the Pops, I found the perfect dress – except it was too tight. If I’d moved, everyone would have had an eyeful’

Guitar World

“It's not a Marvel movie or a Vegas residency – it's rock and roll and it’s a living breathing organism”: Jack White responds to short sets criticism – and explains why you’ll never see him play for three hours

Recent shows have barely surpassed the hour mark, but White is refusing to bend to the wants of his naysayers

Metal Hammer

Sharon Osbourne explains how Black Sabbath’s original members reunited ahead of farewell show: “When they heard it was for charity, it was easy”

Ozzy Osbourne’s wife/manager says that it was The Prince Of Darkness himself spearheading efforts for the band’s classic lineup to play together again

The Independent UK

Duolingo and others pile mockery on Drake with savage reaction to Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl set

‘Not Like Us’ rapper performed chart-topping diss track during Sunday night’s halftime show

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