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Mad Cool 2025 overcomes a freak injury and sound issues to deliver giddy, inclusive thrills

4/5 From Olivia Rodrigo to Iggy Pop, Spanish festival has something for everyone

The Independent UK

Bjorn Ulvaeus uncertain if Abba Voyage will continue if bandmate dies

Virtual versions of the Swedish band currently perform the band’s hits every night in London

The Independent UK

“Hundreds of couples have used The Winter Long as their wedding music. It’s been a wonderful ride”: Strawbs’ Dave Cousins and The Magic Of It All

Despite his best intentions, their 2023 album proved to be their last – and even though it involved a series of personal and business struggles, the release found the late bandleader in good humour and ready to fight another day

Louder

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"One of those shows that you will be thinking about for the rest of your life": Tedeschi Trucks Band announce live album of historic Mad Dogs & Englishmen show

Tedeschi Trucks Band's Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (Live At Lockin’) features Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Chris Robinson, Warren Haynes and more

Louder

‘Most amazing experience you’ll ever have’: Fans react as Trnsmt comes to an end

Gracie Abrams and Snow Patrol played out the three-day event in Glasgow that came during sweltering heat in the city.

Evening Standard

Bob Geldof says Live Aid still resonates today 40 years on from benefit concerts

Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert held on July 13 1985 that raised money for the famine in Ethiopia.

Evening Standard

Tom Walker: ‘Miracle’ I made it through my Trnsmt set

The Scottish singer said he had a ‘crazy’ journey from his Saturday night show in Ireland to his afternoon set in Scotland.

Evening Standard

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Bjorn Ulvaeus unsure if Abba Voyage will continue if a bandmate dies

The virtual concerts are held in an arena at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.

Evening Standard

Strawbs founder, singer and guitarist Dave Cousins has died, aged 85

Dave Cousins, who founded folk prog band Strawbs as The Strawberry Hill Boys in 1964, has died

Louder

“I sold it to Bob Rock for the same amount I paid for it. Just after that, the ‘Slasheffect’ happened… he sold it for 15times what he paid”: Billy Duffy on the Les Paul ’Burst he sold on the cheap – and why player-grade beats all-original every time

Think of Billy Duffy and it’s Gretsch White Falcons, Les Paul Customs or maybe an LP Junior. Here he explains why these three iconic six-strings have been the tools of his trade for over 40 years

Guitar World

All the essential new metal albums coming out in 2025 – and where to buy them

Metal, deathcore, goth, punk and a creepy dude with a balloon –these are the essential albums coming out between now and the end of the year

Metal Hammer

Stevie Wonder at BST Hyde Park was soulful, silly, and miraculously good

5/5 The music icon concluded his five-date UK tour with a performance at London’s Hyde Park, signing, sealing and delivering a night of ebullient highs

The Independent UK

‘Is Peter Gabriel in my vocal range? I don’t care. I’m singing it at karaoke’: Xzibit’s honest playlist

The rapper, actor and TV presenter wakes up to Run the Jewels and starts the party with Snoop Dogg, but which legendary hip hop anthem inspired him to be a musician?

The Guardian - UK

Liam Gallagher makes cryptic reference to social media controversy at second Oasis Heaton Park gig

The frontman made the comment when addressing why he was wearing sunglasses

The Independent UK

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“Tender and free-flowing… a potent, spontaneous moment in his career”: Jack Bruce’s Harmony Row, expanded to 4 discs

A fine revamp of one of his key post-Cream milestones, including two excellent TV concerts

Louder

10 brilliant songs from the 90s that bands were barmy to not put on a record

For your consideration: a list of B-sides and outtakes that deserved a slot in the spotlight

Evening Standard

Stevie Wonder closes off Love, Light and Song tour in heatwave Hyde Park

The 75-year-old musician played a two-hour set in front 65,000 people.

The National (Scotland)

Who is playing at TRNSMT today? See full line-up for Sunday, July 13

These are all the acts playing at TRNSMT 2025 on Sunday, July 13.

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Evening Standard

Drake hails London MCs as ‘the best lyricists in the world’ during Wireless set

Canadian superstar says UK rap scene is ‘the highest level’ as he brings out Dave, Central Cee and J Hus at sun-drenched Finsbury Park

The Guardian - AU

Missy Higgins: ‘Some people thought that line in The Special Two was about women syncing periods’

The singer on memorable lyric misinterpretations, the mind-blowing book changed her life, and the Grey’s Anatomy effect

Guitar World

“Cliff played guitar as well as bass – I picked up a few things from him that ended up on Master of Puppets”: Before Robert Trujillo and Jason Newsted, Cliff Burton set the musical bar for Metallica and established an indelible legacy

Cliff Burton’s playing style may have been an offbeat fit for the cutting-edge thrash of Metallica, but it worked perfectly

International Business Times

'A Legend': Bad Bunny Brings Puerto Rican Pride To Epic Show

Bad Bunny's sweeping first concert of his three-month Puerto Rico residency was a night of palpable emotion for the megastar whose latest smash artistic endeavor brings his global stardom back to his roots.

The Independent UK

A London music festival cancels its final night after ELO's Jeff Lynne pulls out

A two-week-long music festival in central London has cancelled its final night on Sunday after Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra pulled out of the headline slot

Evening Standard

Kooks urge ‘peace and love and sun cream’ at Trnsmt festival

The indie band spoke of their excitement to play the festival and an experience at Blue Lagoon in Glasgow.

Evening Standard

BST Hyde Park cancels final day after Jeff Lynne’s ELO pull out

Originally known as the Electric Light Orchestra, frontman Jeff Lynne renamed the group after it reformed in 2014

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