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The end is near: Megadeth to release final album and embark on farewell tour

Call it a symphony for dissolution

The Independent UK

"This is a perfect time for us to tell you that it's our last album." Megadeth to retire, announce final album and farewell tour to come in 2026

Thrash metal legends Megadeth are officially calling it a day

Metal Hammer

Megadeth announce retirement with final album and farewell tour

Influential metal band was formed in 1983

The Independent UK

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“We started a musical style, we started a revolution, we changed the guitar world and how it’s played”: Dave Mustaine announces Megadeth’s final album and farewell tour

Next year will see the release of the final Megadeth studio album before Mustaine and co ride off into the sunset – and there will be a tell-all memoir coming too

MusicRadar

“We were very proud but there was a taste left in our mouths, it was a dark time in so many ways”: Radiohead release surprise new live album

Hail To The Thief (Live Recordings 2003 – 2009) is out now

MusicRadar

“He had his own vocabulary. He had his own way of constructing chords. His own understanding of how they go on the neck”: Steve Vai on why Allan Holdsworth – the fusion virtuoso who wrote his own rules – was the GOAT

Most players Vai can work out where they were coming from. Holdsworth, he admits, was something different entirely

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“It came from how much timber had been taken off the neck, almost to Ibanez levels of thinness”: What's the secret behind the tone of Jimmy Page's legendary “Number One” Les Paul? Bare Knuckle founder Tim Mills had the chance to examine it and found out

Mills had the opportunity to analyze the highly-coveted guitar after Page sent the guitar to his workshop just before the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion

Guitar World

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Taylor Swift's economic pull makes orange the new green for big brands

Taylor Swift’s upcoming album release and her love of all things orange isn’t lost on her fans - or businesses clamoring for a piece of the action

The Independent UK

“I said to him, ‘I want to be as proud of an album as I am of the Eras Tour.’ And he was like, ‘Do you understand what kind of pressure that is?’”: Taylor Swift on how she threw down the creative gauntlet to Max Martin for new album The Life Of A Showgirl

She says that making the whole record with Martin and Shellback "felt like catching lightning in a bottle”

MusicRadar

“We changed the guitar world and how it's played. The bands I played in have influenced the world. Thank you for everything”: Dave Mustaine announces new Megadeth album will be his last

The band's final record will be followed by a global farewell tour next year

Guitar World

“A classic Stage Rhodes, which plays like a dream and sounds every bit as classy as its timeless heritage would suggest”: Rhodes Stage 61 review

Owning a brand new Rhodes electric piano just became a viable alternative to the used market. We find out more, as we head for the Stage!

MusicRadar

Taylor Swift's new album has everyone seeing orange: An exploration of the color

Taylor Swift's new album announcement has everybody seeing orange

The Independent UK

“As soon as I heard the news, I turned to my roommate and said, ‘That's my gig.’ The next day, Dave rings”: Steve Vai on how he joined David Lee Roth’s band – and Roth’s desire to “beat Van Halen”

In 1985, Vai was recruited to join Roth's post-Van Halen band – and the singer had lofty ambitions for his new project

Guitar World

Aerosmith’s Joe Perry claims Steven Tyler ‘doesn’t want to tour’ as band’s future in doubt

Rock band retired from touring last year after frontman permanently damaged his larynx in 2023

The Independent UK

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“I just don’t see them as, ‘Oh, a nice guitar,’ or ‘a nice pedal.’ I see the hours behind them. I see, ‘Wow, somebody really committed hours and energy and their soul’”: Seal is a secret tonehound – and he has great taste in gear

The Kiss from a Rose hitmaker reveals his penchant for boutique pedals and unique philosophy toward guitar gear

Louder

"There’s a lot of money in music, it’s creating billionaires. But it doesn't pay fairly." The Black Keys on the "insane racket" that is the music industry in 2025

The Black Keys: not huge fans of the music business

Guitar World

“No decisions have been made”: Staff at Ed Sheeran guitar builder Lowden Guitars reportedly slated for redundancy following “the natural end of the acoustic boom experienced during the Covid-19 period”

According to reports by the Belfast Telegraph and sources close to the staff, the Sheeran-endorsed brand is experiencing “ongoing losses due to a decline in demand”

The Independent UK

When Debbie Harry met Alice Cooper’s pet snake, Julius Squeezer

Exclusive: Photographer Martyn Goddard recalls the week he spent with Blondie, as a new exhibition of his work with the band opens in London

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How Much Did Taylor Swift Pay for Her Masters and What is Her Net Worth in 2025: What You Need to Know

Discover how Taylor Swift's 2025 net worth skyrocketed after reclaiming her masters. Learn the details behind her billion-dollar empire and music industry dominance.

Metal Hammer

"Nine Inch Nails made me quit my day job." Zeal & Ardor's Manuel Gagneux picks the 10 songs that changed his life

From discovering black metal through Darkthrone to being inspired by Mike Patton for Stranger Fruit, these are the 10 songs that have shaped Zeal & Ardor's Manuel Gagneux

Louder

"His persona of this bat-eating maniac had nothing to do with the truth at all." Deep Purple's Ian Paice on the Ozzy Osbourne he knew, and Ozzy's idea for the greatest rock tour of all time

Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice shares his memories of the Prince of Darkness

Evening Standard

Susan Boyle thanks Liam Gallagher in the best way possible after Oasis dedicate song to her at Edinburgh show

The love-in looks set to continue with the opera singer saying she hopes to catch the band at Wembley in September for ‘a wee bit of Poznań’ — the arms-linked bounce popular with football fans

The Guardian - UK

Slow jams, smash hits and Popeye samples: Carly Rae Jepsen’s 20 best songs – ranked!

As her landmark pop album Emotion turns 10, we run down the funky, feverish and feral of the Canadian star’s greatest hits

MusicRadar

“The installation mirrors the song’s structure, step by step, turning lyrics and melody into a visual path”: Wembley Stadium unveils an all yellow Coldplay-related artwork to mark the band’s residency

Look at the steps, look how they shine for you

Louder

Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and Chris Maitland reunite for new album

Jon Durant, Colin Edwin and Chris Maitland will release The Baldock Transmission in November

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