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“I had no idea that song would become what it became. There was nothing on the radio like that. And the recording is so raw, it’s ridiculous!”: The hard-rocking Lenny Kravitz hit that’s full of surprises

“I’m singing ‘I am the chosen, I’m the one’, but it’s not about me – it’s about Christ”

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“I kept it as quiet as I could”: Eric Gales tried to keep his guitar playing a secret – but Carlos Santana spoiled the surprise

The blues great wanted to keep his chops hidden, but one talk show interview changed everything

Guitar World

“It was the best career move I ever made”: Why Marty Friedman has no regrets leaving Megadeth

Friedman says he's flourished in his time away from the group

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"I go onstage, I battle death, I die and I come back to life." From sword-waving rat queens to alpha bro-baiting metal singers, the new issue of Metal Hammer has four exclusive covers: Castle Rat, Sleep Theory, President and Paleface Swiss

The New Heavy 2026 has arrived, and it's starring four of the most exciting young bands in metal today

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"If there was another way around this, I would swallow my pride and say, 'I was able to find some miracle cure.'" Heavy metal legend and Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine on why now is the right time to say goodbye

Dave would love to continue Megadeth even longer, but it just isn't on the cards

Metal Hammer

"We are watching people be pushed out of their homes here in America, in Palestine, in Sudan, in Iran, everywhere." Turnstile reflect on their historic Grammy Awards triumph and vow to keep making music in solidarity with "voices that are buried"

Turnstile reaffirm their commitment to calling out injustice "in a time of heightened state violence"

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'All We Really Want Is To Feel Connected.' Britney Spears Opens Up About 'Yearning' To Belong While In The Throes Of Family Drama

She's being brutally honest, here...

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Erika Kirk On Charlie And That Alternate Halftime Show: ‘He Wanted To Be In The Forefront Of The Culture War'

There will be two halftime shows this weekend.

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"Queen's music doesn't belong to Freddie. It doesn't even belong to Queen any more." Writer/comedian Ben Elton reveals why Robert DeNiro's dream of making a musical about Freddie Mercury's life was vetoed by Brian May and Roger Taylor

The story behind the Queen musical that never saw the light of day

Louder

“More than the return of an iconic instrument”: Mosrite Guitars – the underdog firm loved by Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, and Johnny Ramone – is back

The small but beloved firm shaped the sound of punk and surf rock, and now it’s been revived by a firm rooted in the Nashville scene

Guitar World

"I was being bombarded with Madonna's image on TV." How a beloved rock band took aim at a pop megastar, sampled Simon & Garfunkel and ushered in a genre-mashing masterpiece with a 90s classic

This Faith No More song is so catchy, Disturbed covered it on two separate occasions

Metal Hammer

Ronnie Scott's unveils new upstairs revamp and future members' club plans

Ronnie Scott’s has this week launched its swanky new upstairs refurbishment as part of exciting developments at the iconic music venue

Evening Standard

“I was nervous playing in front of my mom and dad. I would avoid playing live at all costs”: How Sophie Lloyd got over her performance anxiety – thanks to an arena show with mgk

The British shredder enjoyed a meteoric rise as she went from YouTuber to mgk’s guitarist – and it helped her tackle her anxiety

Guitar World

Controversial Kid Rock song resurfaces ahead of protest Super Bowl show

So-called ‘All-American Halftime Show’ will take place same night Bad Bunny will play NFL event’s halftime concert

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"I think it helps to not have too much music theory. Taking inspiration from different genres and being open-minded is important”: Dimmu Borgir’s Silenoz on playing a guitar inspired by a shark – and why you can be black metal and still love the blues

The symphonic black metal trailblazer offers us a tour of his signature Okkultist, expresses a deep appreciation of W.A.S.P. and stakes out the limits of a musical education

Sports Illustrated

Predicting Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Setlist

The Puerto Rican rapper is bringing the Caribbean to Santa Clara—this is what we think he'll play.

The Guardian - UK

Mandy, Indiana: Urgh review – grimy, thrashing, purgative attack on injustice is the year’s first great album

The Manchester/Berlin band’s second album refines their industrial-club sound, as physical and hyper-detailed as being dragged under by a wave and admiring the flotsam

Evening Standard

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on 25 years of rock 'n' roll mayhem

Robert Been on the rise and fall and rise again of one of the most legendary (and legendarily chaotic) rock ‘n’ roll bands of this century

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Guitar World

“Every modern guitarist from Joe Bonamassa to Jared James Nichols gets the same haters who say, ‘Everything you play is pentatonic’”: Meet Eric Steckel, the high-gain firebrand painting a new shade of blues guitar

The Knaggs signature artist has grown an international profile by importing heavy distortion into the blues and bending it to his will

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“I’d have to smoke a big joint to be able to listen to all of it, and I haven’t done that in a long, long time!”: Why Fleetwood Mac legend Lindsey Buckingham would prefer to forget some of his own albums

“Roy Thomas Baker spent most of the time just barking orders”

Guitar World

“We’ve been guilty of doing a lot of the Meshuggah, machine-riff stuff. You gotta throw something else in there”: Car Bomb’s Greg Kubacki is exploring new heavy frontiers – with help from Gojira’s Joe Duplantier

Technical wizardry plus atmospheric brutality equals explosive results according to the Vernon Reid-approved riff mathematician

The Independent UK

Harry Styles announces surprise gig at the Co-Op Live arena in Manchester – with tickets for £20

Pop star will celebrate the release of his new album ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’ by playing it in full

Louder

"It was this dream song that just turned up as I was waking up one morning. It came to me fully formed." The story of the cinematic classic that kick-started Bob Mould's second life

Bob Mould spent much of 1991 on punishing tours in a bid to salvage his ailing career - then came the song that showed him the way forward

The Independent UK

Bad Bunny to discuss Super Bowl halftime performance fresh off big Grammy win

Bad Bunny is expected to perform solely in Spanish during the Super Bowl halftime show, highlighting Latin identity at America’s most-watched event

The Independent UK

Barry Manilow postpones Las Vegas shows to ‘stay focused on healing’ after cancer surgery

Singer was diagnosed with lung cancer in December

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