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Bruno Mars' First Tour in a Decade Heads to the UK in 2026 as Ticket Details Emerge

Bruno Mars announces his first tour in nearly a decade, with Wembley shows confirmed and UK ticket prices and presale details emerging.

International Business Times UK

Who is Skye Newman? Meet the BBC Sound of 2026 winner

‘To think that Sound Of started the year I was born, 2003 and now I’m a winner,’ says the 22-year-old singer

The Independent UK

'Genuinely exciting acts': Elton John says Irish music is having a moment

The legendary singer-songwriter reveals his excitement about a new wave of Irish talent

Evening Standard

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David Bowie's childhood home in London is set to open to the public next year

David Bowie’s childhood home could soon become a tourist attraction

The Independent UK

Singer Skye Newman named BBC Radio 1’s Sound Of 2026

The 22-year-old has toured with Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi.

Evening Standard

“We were supposed to sign our contract, but we had so much champagne celebrating that we forgot”: The story of Human Waste Project, the lost nu metal band who should have been huge

Fronted by the magnetic Aimee Echo, the four-piece had a major record deal and were close friends with Korn. But their career was sadly short-lived.

Metal Hammer

“He was grateful just to play some music rather than just dwell on death”: When two members of Yes and one member of Led Zeppelin got together, anything could have happened. Sadly, very little did

The demise of the world’s biggest rock band coincided with two prog icons’ descent into bewilderment. The only evidence of their existence is four unreleased demos and a few other hints at what might have been

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“People were saying that the style we were playing would mean we never got signed”: Sounding nothing like anyone else, how System Of A Down overcame the odds and started their climb to dominance

1998 single Sugar brought the future nu metal superstars to the dance – and they were weird as hell

Metal Hammer

Stylistically radical, Ibanez’s multi-scale Alpha series might just be the 21st-century prog-metal player’s favourite new guitar – but do you get the 7-string or the 8?

The Alpha series has everything you'd need form a high-performance guitar, with stainless steel frets, Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers, locking tuners and more

MusicRadar

Bruno Mars ends decade-long wait for new album by dropping single and announcing stadium tour

Pop star will embark on a stadium tour in support of new album ‘The Romantic’, including two dates at London’s Wembley Stadium

The Independent UK

"Towering riffs come to them as easily as dreaming does to the rest of us": Alter Bridge are at their most Alter Bridge on the unwaveringly confident Alter Bridge

It's more of the same on Alter Bridge's self-titled seventh album, but who’s complaining when their same is this good?

Louder

“The first time I played it, I had such a connection with it. I thought, ‘This is it. This is the one’”: On his 26th birthday in 1970, Jimmy Page played his beloved Les Paul Custom ‘Black Beauty’ at the climax of a legendary Led Zeppelin show

And soon after, that famous guitar vanished

MusicRadar

"I was naked in the vocal booth. At first, I did it as an experiment to see if it would help, then it became a tradition": The story of the spandex-clad classic that launched its creators into the stratosphere

Recorded on 9/11 and once voted the Greatest Song Of The Twenty-first Century So Far, I Believe In A Thing Called Love could have been a hit in any decade

Louder

Let’s Eat Grandma’s Jenny Hollingworth: ‘My parents being boomers probably drilled all those Eighties synths into my head’

INTERVIEW : After overcoming personal tragedy, the 27-year-old, who achieved pop fame while still a teenager, was determined to have fun making music again. She talks to Patrick Smith about conquering stage fright, trauma, and why her friendship with her bandmate is so important

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“If you’re talking dazzling sleight of mind, radical ideas and a willingness to create shock-art for the masses, there was no one more brilliant”: Revisiting David Bowie’s career from a prog perspective

Beyond his work with Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Rick Wakeman and others, plus comparisons to Rush, ELP and krautrock, a commitment to audacious experimentation ran through the true icon’s entire life

The Independent UK

Will K-pop earn its first Grammy in 2026? Experts explain how the genre has hit the mainstream

K-pop is an inextricable force in global pop culture but it has long been under-celebrated at institutions like the Grammys

Guitar World

“Engineered from the ground up”: Ibanez issues its answer to Ernie Ball and Abasi Concepts with the Alpha Series – its most progressive guitar design to date

The shred and metal expert leans into the contemporary design trends currently dominating the prog guitar scene for a landmark launch

Louder

"Rich brought a spontaneity to the record that I can't describe, but it's the best s*** he's ever done": The Black Crowes announce new album - listen to the first two tracks now

A Pound Of Feathers is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Happiness Bastards - The singles Profane Prophecy and Pharmacy Chronicles are out now

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Guitar World

“It bothers me that there is a generation that has never plugged into a tube amp because they have a free one on their laptop”: EarthQuaker Devices and Dr. Z launch a tube-loaded preamp pedal – and it could be the missing piece of your digital rig puzzle

The ZEQD-Pre pedal has been described as the ultimate end-of-signal-chain tonal tool, giving authentic tube warmth to any setup

The Independent UK

Yet another musician cancels their Kennedy Center performance after Trump’s attempt at name change

The Mexican American artist was scheduled to give two concerts for young people on February 7

MusicRadar

"Where this guitar truly shines is under the fingers of a blues or folk picker": Epiphone Blues King Studio review

Epiphone takes a swing at a regal pint-sized parlour, but unfortunately, there are some QC issues

The Guardian - UK

David Bowie’s childhood home to open to public after 1960s restoration

South London house to feature never-before-seen archival items and creative workshops for young people

The Independent UK

David Bowie superfans can enjoy new ‘immersive experience’ at legendary singer’s childhood home

The house will be meticulously restored to its early 1960s appearance and feature a never-before-seen archive

Evening Standard

David Bowie’s ex-childhood home to open as ‘immersive experience’

The home in south-east London will be returned to its early 1960s appearance.

Guitar World

“He was a fireman, and he’s like, ‘I make guitars with my dad. I’ll make you anything you want.’ I was like, ‘How about a light-up guitar?’” John 5 on how he dreamed up an LED Telecaster – and coincidentally found the perfect partner to build it

John 5’s light-up and lava-lamp-inspired Telecasters are now part and parcel of his guitar arsenal – but how exactly did they come about?

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