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Rock band Heart offer reward for ‘irreplaceable instruments’ stolen from venue

Guitarist Nancy Wilson said the band are ‘heartbroken’

The Independent UK

“It's something a guitar player wouldn't write, it stretches you as a player”: Dave Murray says Iron Maiden stuck out from the pack because because they have a bassist as the lead songwriter

The guitarist has opened up on Harris’ songwriting lead and why he’s happy taking a back seat in one of the biggest metal bands in the world

Guitar World

“I literally made the change that Eddie Van Halen was known for and was thinking about”: Larry DiMarzio says his revolutionary bridge tweak pre-empted Van Halen’s own mods

The guitar hero’s mods showed an intimate understanding of what makes a guitar sing, and they echoed thoughts DiMarzio was also having

Guitar World

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“It’s truly one of the most unique purpose-built instruments I’ve ever seen”: How David Lynch created a five-necked guitar that would make the most of his outlandish playing style – and Kurt Cobain’s luthier brought it to life

Alongside his famed 1997 Parker Fly, another instrument in Lynch's collection is the curiously spec’d, off-kilter five-necked guitar that the filmmaker himself designed and commissioned

Guitar World

“They were just asking for it”: When Kurt Cobain deliberately sabotaged Nirvana’s Top of the Pops appearance

Cobain later said his mock-baritone vocal was an attempt at imitating Morrissey

MusicRadar

“After I’d finished with the food mixer, I threw it over the balcony and it hit some kid on the head - he found me afterwards and said ‘can you sign this’”: How Aphex Twin almost knocked out a fan at his weirdest gig ever

Microphones in blenders, sandpaper on the decks and a potential lawsuit - it's just your average Aphex Twin show

MusicRadar

“The only gear I brought was a red Hamer prototype. That guitar is magical. I used it on Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love, David Lee Roth’s California Girls and with Mick Jagger”: Eddie Martinez explains how he helped Run-D.M.C. bring rock to hip hop

Armed with his legendary red Hamer, Martinez stepped into one of the most iconoclastic collaborations of the '80s as Run-D.M.C. became the first hip-hop act to bring the crunch of electric guitar into the rap game

Guitar World

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“It’s just not as fun, unfortunately”: Wolfgang Van Halen reveals he doesn’t listen to Van Halen anymore

Though Wolfgang was a member of Van Halen with his father Eddie and uncle Alex, he struggles to listen to the hard rock revolutionaries’ music nowadays

Metal Hammer

“I’m waiting for the right calibre of player. I can’t just pick somebody off the line”: Scott Gorham doesn’t rule out a future for Thin Lizzy – but he’s biding his time to find the perfect guitar foil

Lizzy’s most faithful guitarist, Scott Gorham, has left the door open for a potential return of the iconic band – but only under the right circumstances

Guitar World

Cynthia Erivo mines the depths of her soul for 'I Forgive You,' her 'honest, human' album

“Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo will release her sophomore solo album on Friday

The Independent UK

“This is the new rock ’n’ roll Metallica. The riffs are greasier, bluesier, dirtier”: How the heavy metal heroes shook things up with Load

"Nobody knew where this record was going to end up when we started it"

MusicRadar

The Best of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I, II & III tour announced for February and March 2026

Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I, II and III albums will be celebrated with a new live tour in Spring 2026

Louder

“Recovery is a long road”: Traffic co-founder and George Harrison session player Dave Mason cancels all of his 2025 tour dates after a health setback

The tour, which was supposed to take place last year, was postponed to this year – and subsequently canceled – as the guitarist continues to battle a serious heart condition

Guitar World

New issue of What Hi-Fi? out now: terrific turntables for all budgets

Vinyl special! The best decks whatever your budget, plus Bluetooth turntables, phono stages and more

What Hi-Fi?

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“Not just Wayne’s sound but Wayne's attitude, and the grit and the rawness of Detroit and of the MC5”: Two gain circuits, one knob, one punk legend – MXR launches limited edition Jail Guitar Doors Drive in memory of Wayne Kramer

Sales from this Reverb exclusive will support Kramer's charity supporting prisoner rehabilitation

Louder

"We have lift off." Oasis have started rehearsals for their world tour, and Liam Gallagher says it's "spiritual" playing with his brother Noel once again

It's finally happening: Liam and Noel Gallagher are playing together again at last

Metal Hammer

This Black Sabbath song has “one of the best riffs of all time”, according to Employed To Serve’s Sammy Urwin

Employed To Serve’s co-founder says a classic cut from Master Of Reality contains one of the best guitar parts ever written

Evening Standard

Beyonce to bring Cowboy Carter Tour to London for six nights

The 43-year-old will perform her first show in the run at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday.

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The Independent UK

Who will play Glastonbury’s secret sets? Fans speculate wildly over mystery band Patchwork

Mystery band are booked in a prime spot on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday evening, with Haim and Chappell Roan among the rumoured artists

Evening Standard

Noel Gallagher stuns London commuters as Oasis star spotted on the Tube heading to rehearsal

The 58-year-old Britpop legend, who is worth a reported £25 million, was spotted getting the District line

The Independent UK

Drake announces 2025 UK and Europe tour dates

Canadian rapper is performing in London, Birmingham and Manchester before heading to the continent

Louder

“We never ever wanted a hit, so it was irrelevant”: Quantum Jump didn’t write the longest prog single, but they took the longest word in the dictionary to Number 5 via their 1979 track The Lone Ranger

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The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Little Simz at her soul baring, electrifying best

The rapper gives a taster from her new album along with some old favourites. Plus: tension mounts on the low-budget race of a lifetime. Here’s what to watch this evening

Louder

A beginner's guide to 70s AOR in 10 essential albums

AOR might have come truly blossoming into platinum-tinged life in the 1980s, but the genre had been holding lighters aloft and weeping in its beer in the 1970s. These are the best albums

The Independent UK

Liam Gallagher says there’s ‘no time to get emotional’ as Oasis begin rehearsals

The long-awaited Oasis reunion tour kicks off in Cardiff next month

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