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“Eddie’s musicianship blossomed when I joined the band”: Sammy Hagar on his musical dynamic with Eddie Van Halen – and why the virtuoso stopped releasing music in the 2000s

The former Van Halen frontman asserts that EVH flourished as a musician “because he got a singer that could say, ‘I can sing that’”

Guitar World

“I pulled this Moog bass forward… we were like, ‘OK, that feels kind of trashy’”: Lorde says that she needed to find “just the right amount of dirt” to finish her new single, What Was That

She was working on it with producer Jim-E Stack for almost a year

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“Whether you’re looking to liven up a dull snare or beef up a lacklustre bass sound, these plugins are extremely handy”: Our resident platinum award-winning mixer and producer shares 10 of his go-to plugins

Our picks of the modern virtual tools that will transform any self-sustaining producer’s workflow

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“I knew since I first listened to the music that it was gonna be big - because the music was incredible”: Charli XCX's Brat mastering engineer Idania Valencia on finalising a modern classic

The Mexican mastering engineer on working on Charli XCX's Grammy-winning behemoth and why she works entirely with software

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“That is called ‘playing the s**t out of the guitar!’”: Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt and Smokey Robinson join forces on their own rendition of a Motown classic at the 2025 American Music Honors

This year's honorees included guitarists Tom Morello, John Fogerty, Joe Ely and Emmylou Harris

Guitar World

Bob Geldof says another Live Aid event is ‘unlikely’ because of social media

The singer was speaking at a launch event at Wembley Stadium for Just For One Day, a musical about the charity event.

Evening Standard

Model/Actriz: Pirouette review – sweat-spattered New Yorkers are the stuff of adoring cult fandom

Inspired by Mariah and Kylie but full of jackhammer rhythms and noise, the quartet’s second album could attract a big following

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“Last time I saw my mother alive was at her own father’s funeral. It sounds almost too Irish": Bono shares trailer for his Apple TV+ documentary

Songs Of Surrender is a TV version of his 2023 one man show

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"A bunch of old guys having fun!" Jethro Tull announce The Curiosity Tour for April and May 2026

Ian Anderson also announces three Ian Anderson Presents Christmas With Jethro Tull dates for December

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Kanye West explains why Donda 2 album removed from streaming services hours after release

The controversial rapper was forced to take action after being hit with threats of legal action

Evening Standard

Lorde announces new album Virgin and confirms release date

Brat summer is about to become Virgin summer

Evening Standard

“If it’s not all samples, what did those people do to get that credit on the song?”: Diane Warren on the trend for hit songs having multiple writers, and why she prefers to work alone

"I’m like, Really? Wow. What did you guys do?”

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Ozzy Osbourne will only sing five solo songs at his final show this summer, support act Sammy Hagar reports

And one of them will be No More Tears

Metal Hammer

‘Ain’t Going Down Without a Fight’: Michael Bolton confirms he has incurable brain cancer

Singer says he is living with “a reality of mortality”

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“Some of the greatest musicianship right now is young and female... If you want to take a course in great songwriting, go study at the college of Taylor Swift”: Sheryl Crow heaps praise on Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan and Phoebe Bridgers

"These women are not just in the studio throwing in a lyric - they play,” she says

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UK Counter-terrorism Unit Probes Rappers Kneecap But Music Stars Back Band

British counter-terrorism police Thursday launched an investigation into online videos of Irish rappers Kneecap after the band denied supporting Hamas and Hezbollah or inciting violence against UK politicians.

The Independent UK

Rock band SpaceAcre to support Skunk Anansie at The Great Escape festival

Unsigned indie-rock duo are preparing to head out on their first UK headline tour

Metal Hammer

“I’ve been in the demo studio for the last three weeks”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has 18 songs ready for new solo album, will record it “early next year”

The Mandrake Project was Bruce’s first solo album in 19 years, and he seems to have no intention of taking that long again

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“Everybody said we couldn’t play like the American and English groups. We didn’t want to play like them”: Irmin Schmidt isn’t surprised that Can’s music has endured for so long

50 years after the release of Soon Over Babaluma, the founding keyboardist reflects on what he calls “the last of our best albums”

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‘Jazz isn’t about perfection’: drummer Billy Cobham on Miles Davis, Massive Attack and still learning at 80

After a grounding with genre greats, he fused jazz with rock to outrageously funky effect. Ahead of UK dates, he explains why two prosthetic hips aren’t slowing him down

Metal Hammer

4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

Meet "denture-core" maniacs Melted Bodies, marine biology-inspired post-black metallers Dawn Of Ouroboros, Lady Gaga-inspired industrial metallers Tayne and melodic hardcore heroes Bloom

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Kneecap row: police assessing ‘kill MP’ and ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’ footage

News comes as artists including Pulp, Paul Weller and Primal Scream defend Irish rap trio from criticism

Louder

"That's me, that's Ian Gillan, that's Ian Paice… Jesus, why is my name in there?!" Deep Purple guitarist Simon McBride picks the soundtrack of his life

Deep Purple guitarist and solo artist Simon McBride picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names a band that really should be bigger

Louder

"We had a deal one day and it was gone the next, but we still had the money in the bank": The dashed hopes and early trauma of White Lion

White Lion's second album Pride went double platinum, but debut Fight To Survive was a different story altogether

Metal Hammer

The five most metal Sleep Token songs

The detractors say, “Sleep Token aren’t metal” – these songs reply, “Yeah, right!”

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