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New to vinyl? Avoid making this common mistake with your first turntable system

Vinyl systems don't just require a record player, amplifier and speakers to work. There is one obscure but crucial extra ingredient...

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“Eccentric characters at the centre of songs was all the rage… maybe it was all the acid!” Steve Howe’s bandmate, a tragic grocer and an unfinished concept album – was Excerpt From A Teenage Opera the strangest prog hit single ever?

Tomorrow singer Keith West found himself at No. 2 in the Top 40 in 1967 with a song he’d never been meant to sing

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Classic Rock magazine's best rock albums of 2024

The Black Crowes' comeback album Happiness Bastards has been voted the album of the year in Classic Rock magazine's annual end-of-year writer's poll

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The best albums, the biggest shows, and the megastars who rocked our world - only in Classic Rock's Best Of 2024 special edition

Also in this issue: AC/DC, David Gilmour, Foreigner, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Ghost Bruce Dickinson, Hawkwind, the Black Crowes and more - and three exclusive gifts

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K-pop idol Rosé of Blackpink fame grew up in Australia – but she could never have made it big here

Asian Australian musicians are finding massive success overseas but receive little acclaim or recognition back home. Why?

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Specially minted Paul McCartney UK coins to go on sale as part of legends collection

Beatles legend Paul McCartney is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection The Royal Mint, which has struck the coins of monarchs from Alfred the Great in the ninth century through to King Charles III, revealed Friday that it is launching a McCartney coin collection for collectors to…

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"Filled with ghosts from rock'n'soul’s illustrious past": True believers DeWolff express their love of music on Muscle Shoals

Soul power: Dutch rockersDeWolff tap into the musical ley lines on tenth studio album

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Fight erupts in crowd during Mariah Carey Christmas concert

The pop star was performing ‘All I Want for Christmas’ when a couple of crowd members got into a physical argument

The Independent UK

Chappell Roan, Hozier and Travis Scott to headline Reading and Leeds for first time

Bring Me the Horizon, the Sheffield metal band who headlined the festival in 2022, complete the lineup

The Guardian - UK

Chappell Roan and Travis Scott among Reading and Leeds headliners for 2025

Other artists slated to perform include The Kooks, Wallows, AJ Tracey, Suki Waterhouse, and Amyl And The Sniffers.

Evening Standard

"We are going to bring hands down the greatest show of our careers." Bring Me The Horizon will be headlining Reading and Leeds as their only UK shows in 2025

Travis Scott, Enter Shikari, Amyl & The Sniffers, Chappell Roan, Hozier, among other main attractions for the twin town festival, to be held on August 21-24, 2025

Metal Hammer

“The lyrics come from articles about near-death experiences. They all follow a similar thread… they read like a metaphor for discovering true meaning and purpose”: Stuckfish’s fourth album contains a collection of firsts

Inspired by hold music, movie scenes, Sarah Bernhardt, Carry On Wayward Son and more, the Northumberland-based proggers have a new line-up and a new energy to go with their new music

Louder

Sabrina Carpenter’s pop hit Espresso crowned biggest song of 2024 by BBC Radio 1

The UK had 54 acts in the top 100, compared with 43 from the US.

Evening Standard

“I didn’t have a bass guitar, so I had to make one. Unknown to me at the time, I built the first fretless bass, about five years before they came out”: Before the Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman needed a good bass guitar – so he created his own

It's a tale as old as time: three guitarists, a need for a bass player, and no one wants the job. Eventually, Wyman took it on, and built himself a proto-fretless model in the process

Guitar World

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“They’re both rock ‘n’ rollers in my opinion. And that’s kind of why I gravitated towards them as a ‘band member’: I just love their rock ‘n’ roll spirit": Dan Nigro on why he’s more than just a producer for Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan

"I just think that nowadays, there’s room for producers to play the role of the band”

Guitar World

“I got a chance to play the guitar that David Gilmour owned with serial number 0001 – and I was actually disappointed”: Why one of David Gilmour’s most iconic Strats underwhelmed Fender’s CEO – who tried to buy it at auction

Andy Mooney had already attempted to convince the Pink Floyd legend to let Fender reissue his legendary 0001 Strat, not long after he joined the company

Guitar World

“If there was ever a time to get off the rollercoaster, it was going to be at the top”: Being in a band is tough – just ask bassist Dirk Lance, who left Incubus at the peak of their powers

Dirk Lance’s in-your-face bass style made him one of the most emulated bassists of a generation

The Independent UK

AP's top songs of 2024: 'Texas Hold 'Em,' 'Not Like Us,' 'Igual Que Un Ángel' and more

Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best songs of 2024

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AP's top albums of 2024: Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Mk.gee and more

Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best albums of 2024

The Independent UK

End of the Road 2025 lineup confirmed including four headliners

Typically eclectic lineup is revealed for the annual festival in Dorset

Metal Hammer

Hear folk metal heroes Eluveitie’s first new single in two years, Premonition

The song will be on the Swiss outfit’s next album, expected in 2025, and they’ll probably play it on their impending European tour with Arch Enemy, too

The Guardian - UK

Tall tales, campfire singalongs and Oldham slang: the White Stripes’ 20 best songs – ranked!

As Meg White turns 50, we select the ‘sibling’ duo’s finest tracks, from garage rockers to childlike rhymes and de facto sports anthems

The Guardian - AU

I’m seeing the Killers play for the 10th time. How did it end up like this?

Little did I know when Hot Fuss came out in 2004 that I’d be obsessed with this band for the next 20 years, and they’d soundtrack my life

The Conversation

The end of Taylor Swift’s Era’s tour will be a loss for many – here’s how to handle it, according to experts and fellow fans

After 149 shows across 53 cities in 21 months, Taylor Swift’s Eras tour is finally coming to a close in Vancouver, Canada, on December 8 2024.

The Independent UK

Samantha Lawrence death: Wee Papa Girl Rappers star dies aged 55

Singer enjoyed a top 10 hit with ‘Wee Rule’ with her sister, Sandra, in 1988

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