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Chris Martin divides fans after thanking India for 'forgiving' British colonialism at Coldplay show in Mumbai

Some critics called out Martin’s on stage comments as ‘white guilt’ and ‘virtue signalling’

Evening Standard

“This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next 15 years”: How a song intended to be an album track would leave a massive mark on music’s future

When Brian Eno first heard it, he could sense its potential to revolutionise the way pop would be made

MusicRadar

Rod Stewart parties with Penny Lancaster and Ronnie Wood as he celebrates 80th birthday

Rocker turned 80 ahead of his Glastonbury performance this summer, when he will play the Legends Slot on the Pyramid Stage

The Independent UK

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“I was wrestling with whether I was going to keep doing music… and then I got the call from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss”: JD McPherson nearly abandoned his surf noir opus. But playing Zeppelin with Plant and Marc Ribot gave him a shot in the arm

McPherson's new LP, Nite Owls, was nearly over before it began, but an invitation to open for Alison Krauss and Robert Plant brought it back to life. The result is a work of “surf noir”… with a little bit of Depeche Mode in there, too

Guitar World

The gig economy: ticket inflation is getting worse, so where does all the money go?

Taylor Swift’s Eras tour and the Gallaghers’ ill-fated dabble with dynamic pricing have put the spotlight on how much we’re willing to pay for live music. But, on the other side of the equation, the costs can be exorbitant and the risks are eye-watering

The Guardian - UK

JADE completes all-female headline lineup for Mighty Hoopla 2025

Exclusive: Pop star will join Ciara, Kesha and Loreen at the music festival in London this summer

The Independent UK

"It’s a break from touring, it’s not a permanent stop." Floor Jansen on Nightwish, Yesterwynde and what comes next

Nightwish might not have been on the road in 2024, but they still put out one of the year's best albums

Metal Hammer

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$"The Boston Symphony hasn't changed its name, so why should Foreigner?": Mick Jones looks back on 50 often fractious years with one of rock's most successful bands$

"The Boston Symphony hasn't changed its name, so why should Foreigner?": Mick Jones looks back on 50 often fractious years with one of rock's most successful bands

Mick Jones steered Foreigner to instant success, but with a self-confessed "bit of a control freak" at the helm it was often far from plain sailing

Louder

"Jean-Michel Jarre said he loved my music, but that I was too acoustic for him. That got me thinking": Urged on by fans, Mike Oldfield’s final album was a look back to his early years

Return To Ommadawn was a fresh exploration of the ideas on his third album – complete with a vinyl gatefold sleeve offering “hours of enjoyment”

Louder

Coldplay’s Chris Martin thanks Indian fans for forgiving British colonialism at Mumbai concert

Band is in India for Asia leg of their highly anticipated Music of Spheres world tour

The Independent UK

Ringo Starr’s son Zak Starkey: I felt carried by the music playing Beatles venue

Starkey joined fellow former Oasis drummer Chris Sharrock for a session alongside the Cavern Club’s Beatles tribute band.

Evening Standard

Rihanna Makes Her Recording Studio Comeback in a Fur Coat, Puma Sneakers, and Louis Vuitton Bag

Is new music finally on the way?

Marie Claire

Jingle jangle: Draft lyrics to 'Mr. Tambourine Man' sell for $508K at US auction

The draft lyrics to Bob Dylan’s song “Mr. Tambourine Man” went for over a half-million dollars at a weekend auction for dozens of items related to the iconic American singer-songwriter

The Independent UK

“This song is nuts! It’s a very violent, angry call for being a champion of all who deserve it”: Matt Heafy on the classic Trivium song inspired by Muse

How a sci-fi obsessed British rock group influenced a key track on Trivium’s breakthrough Ascendancy album

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Guitar World

“I rediscovered the glorious bottom-end of the Fender… I feel far more fluid playing the Jazz Bass than I ever did on the Rickenbacker”: Geddy Lee went on a tonal quest and broke all the bass rules to make Rush sound huge

The Rush frontman charts his experiments in bass tone, and why he'd sometimes tackle the instrument like a lead guitarist

The Guardian - UK

Madison Cunningham review – complex new tunes from a folk singer with a knack for a twist

The Los Angeles musician is developing a heavier, rockier sound than before, but her astonishing voice and intuitive melodies are as strong as ever

Guitar World

“I only used the back pickup. Ozzy hates the sound of the front pickup. He calls it the ‘cow tone’”: Bursting with ideas but deferential to Ozzy Osbourne, a young Zakk Wylde had interesting guitar instructions upon joining the legendary frontman's band

Though not a guitarist himself, the Prince of Darkness had some very specific pet peeves that he related to Wylde when the guitarist was a newly-hired young gun

The Guardian - UK

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: ‘With music, we give ourselves up. It’s when we’re allowed to be ourselves’

Revered American musician Will Oldham on recording his new album with some of Nashville’s finest, helping Johnny Cash sing I See a Darkness, and his dismay at US politics

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The Independent UK

Bob Dylan draft lyrics for Mr Tambourine Man sell for over £400k

Lyric notes were mong 60 items up for sale in the auction dedicated to the celebrated musician

MusicRadar

Streaming, live performance, and direct-to-fan sales are on the rise: How to make money from music in 2025

There may be few surprises at the top of 2024’s most-streamed charts, but new stats open up interesting avenues for the year ahead

Latin Times

Introducing Ramón Fernández: Vicente Fernández's Grandson Making Waves as a Latin Country Star

He is getting ready to release his EP with six new songs about life and love.

Metal Hammer

“The producer was saying, ‘You guys suck! You can’t play!’ I don’t know if that was a tactic to get us to perform better!”: How Cathedral reinvented doom metal for a new generation

MusicRadar

“I was doing a gig, I dropped the pick, and I was drunk. I was afraid if I bent over to pick it up, I'd fall. So I played the rest of the show without the pick and started to really like it’”: What Jeff Beck told his friend Joe Perry

Beck’s guitars are up for auction this week

Louder

“At my level Spotify would be like a turkey voting for Christmas”: Billy Sherwood, Big Big Train,and other artists who pay it forward helped John Holden return to prog after he’d abandoned his ambitions

Launching his career in middle-age, he found a huge range of kindred spirits like John Hackett, Sally Minnear and Oliver Wakeman – who understand he doesn’t need to make money, but doesn’t want to lose it either

Louder

“I become a Colossus of Maroussi, I can do anything!”: Michael Stipe on the period when R.E.M. became a stadium band and he embraced his inner showman

It’s 30 years since the Athens, Georgia legends began a huge tour to support Monster and frontman Stipe had no choice but to up the flamboyance in his frontman game

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