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D'Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, has died at 64

D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony

The Independent UK

D’Wayne Wiggins death: Tony! Toni! Toné! singer and guitarist dies aged 64

Wiggins founded the hit R&B group with his brother, Raphael Saadiq

The Independent UK

“We’re deeply proud of and beyond grateful for the music and history we’ve shared, and we wish him nothing but success and happiness in his future endeavors”: Mastodon part ways with Brent Hinds

Hinds co-founded the band with guitarist Bill Kelliher, bassist Troy Sanders, and drummer Brann Dailor in 2000

Guitar World

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"After 25 monumental years together, Mastodon and Brent Hinds have mutually decided to part ways." Mastodon announce shock departure of guitarist Brent Hinds

By mutual consent, Brent Hinds leaves Mastodon

Metal Hammer

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Ghost, Kittie and Volbeat lead this week's best new metal songs

Metal Hammer

“I really like that you can sweep pick on this thing, so it gets you the nylon-string sound without the physical limitations”: Tosin Abasi issues update on Abasi Concepts' much-anticipated hybrid nylon-string

Abasi says Fishman is designing the pickup for what promises to be a groundbreaking acoustic electric. In other Abasi Concepts news, fresh Legion Series models in Deep Sage drop today

MusicRadar

“I used to play it in my apartment like a million times”: Lady Gaga says that the "electro-grunge" song on her new album, Mayhem, is inspired by a '90s track by The Cure

“After I made that song then I was like ‘we need to change all the production,’” Gaga recalls

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"Ozzy is the real life Iron Man." Ozzy Osbourne's producer Andrew Watt gives an update on the singer's health as the countdown to his final show continues

Good news for those who managed to score tickets for Ozzy and Black Sabbath's farewell bow in Birmingham

Metal Hammer

"There was absolutely nothing you could do to that record to stop it. It was an unstoppable force. Even I couldn’t mess that record up”: Edwyn Collins ponders his career, Orange Juice's break-ups and today's popstars being too nice

As the source of one the UK’s best-known but misnomered ‘one-hit wonders’ an Edwyn Collins return is always welcome

MusicRadar

The Guide #181: TV has given up on live music – but social media won’t let it die

In this week’s newsletter: The days of Top of the Pops every week and MTV Unplugged are long gone, but a slew of archive gold is now coursing through the internet

The Guardian - UK

“The Culprit, designed by Dimebag Darrell”: We finally have our first official look at the first Dime Guitarz model – and it revives a rare design masterminded by the Pantera great

The Dime Guitarz project has been teased for years, but the arrival of the new firm’s debut model seems imminent

Guitar World

“You’re the boss of the tone because you’re the one playing it, and you’re the one hitting the note”: Steve Vai has some advice for players who are unhappy with their tone

Before swapping out your amp or guitar, pay close attention to how you are playing. Vai says a complete rethink of his picking style helped him find his tone in the '80s

MusicRadar

What To Know About 'Remember Monday' And 'What The Hell Just Happened' For Eurovision 2025

Remember Monday will represent the UK at Eurovision 2025 with their energetic track 'What The Hell Just Happened?', aiming to break the nation's losing streak in Basel, Switzerland.

International Business Times UK

‘You can call me the milkshake man’: Eurovision 2025 contestants promise weird and wonderful

Eurovision is back after a chaotic competition last year, with some brand new artists

The Independent UK

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“An ode to the litany of wankers we all have to deal with every day”: The Wildhearts prove once again they’re one of the UK’s greatest bands with The Satanic Rites Of…

Cult UK rock heroes The Wildhearts deliver another masterpiece with their 11th album

The Guardian - UK

Everybody Loves the Sunshine is just one point of perfection in Roy Ayers’ astonishing catalogue

Ayers’ genre-bending jazz-funk sound produced one fantastic album after another – and then found a new lease of life in hip-hop sampling

Salon

King Charles launches Apple radio show

"The King’s Music Room," recorded at Buckingham, includes anecdotes from Charles about his encounters with artists

The Guardian - UK

Roy Ayers obituary

Jazz-soul vibraphonist and band leader best known for his laid-back summer track Everybody Loves the Sunshine

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“I remember sitting with Gene and him saying, ‘You need to start growing your hair again.’ That was the discussion!” The moment Tommy Thayer knew he would be officially joining Kiss

The band’s longest-serving Spaceman opens up on his history with the glam rock legends – and the moment he became their official guitarist

Louder

“The audience was throwing everything from bottles to rats to pig’s ears at the stage." The Sex Pistols look back on their wild, dangerously out-of-control and ultimately doomed first US tour

"We were thrown into the lion’s den and it was a pretty dark time."

MusicRadar

“The Edge is multiple echoes and jangling guitars… I’m not convinced… I don’t want to burst the Edge’s bubble”: Midge Ure talks The Edge missing Band Aid and his Thin Lizzy baptism of fire

Plus nearly joining the Sex Pistols and why Lizzy didn’t play Live Aid

The National (Scotland)

UK’s Eurovision Song Contest artist for 2025 revealed - who is it? See song

UK’s Eurovision Song Contest artist for 2025, Remember Monday, has been announced on Scott Mills' BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show

MusicRadar

“TheMagical Mystery Tour and the White Album, this guy is the perfect tool to recreate those tones”: Aclam unveils Go Rocky Go, a Vox Conqueror in a pedal for nailing late '60s Beatles tones

Aclam promises a super-accurate replica of the solid-state Vox amp's sounds but with some added extras

The Guardian - AU

The Wiggles on singing with Dolly Parton in their starry country era: ‘We are friends of Dorothy!’

From collaborating with Parton and Orville Peck to viral TikToks and, of course, the Tree of Wisdom: for their 63rd album (yes really), the Wiggles mean big business

Evening Standard

Glastonbury fans sound alarm over 'dangerous' Charli xcx’s clash with Neil Young in 60,000-strong crowd risk

As the pop sensation prepares to headline Saturday night on Other Stage, fears grow over potential ‘safety risk’

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