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“I can visualise sitting at the lovely black Steinway piano. I was playing on it one day, and this song came to me”: How Paul McCartney created his greatest post-Beatles song

“He did the whole thing, start to finish, every instrument, everything, in a day”

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“I was just jamming to the track, and Michael came down with Brooke Shields. I asked, ‘Is this cool?’ He said, ‘Anything you want, Slash’”: The surreal beginning to Slash’s musical relationship with Michael Jackson

The two would go on to become frequent collaborators, with the top-hatted guitar great contributing to every subsequent album Jackson released during his lifetime

Guitar World

Madonna takes over Times Square for surprise Pride concert

The event, which was streamed on YouTube, was in anticipation of Madonna’s new album ‘Confessions II’

The Independent UK

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Giddy up! Taylor Swift fans go buck wild for her return to country on Toy Story 5 song

Pop superstar revisits her Nashville roots on new track

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift: I Knew It, I Knew You review – giddy up! Song for Toy Story cowgirl Jessie is Swift’s best in years

Full of handcrafted care and the rootsy soul of her country origins, this gently elated song is a reminder of what fans love about Swift … and the film series

The Guardian - UK

“It’s boring to know what you’re doing in the studio – once you know what you’re doing, the magic leaves”: Jack Antonoff on why music production "expertise" is overrated

The three-time Producer of the Year winner argues that the less you know, the better

MusicRadar

"Are you a guitarist too?" The day that rock legends Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Brian May and Jeff Beck met Queen Elizabeth II

"It doesn’t matter at all that she did not know who we are"

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Rosalía postpones three Florida concerts due to ‘family emergency’

The Spanish singer was set to perform in Miami and Orland as part of her Lux tour

The Independent UK

Blur bassist Alex James to host London music events during World Cup

The 57-year-old musician will host three events in Trafalgar Square ahead of England’s big games

Evening Standard

Blur bassist Alex James to host three London music events ahead of World Cup

The 57-year-old musician will take over a pop-up space in Trafalgar Square this June.

Evening Standard

"I was introverted and just wanted to hide in my bedroom." Laura Cox learned everything by copying others on YouTube - but now she's writing her own script

French blues-rock star Laura Cox wants to create something people can identify with

Louder

Harry Styles Wembley setlists: What songs will he be playing?

Pop star’s Amsterdam dates give fans a strong clue as to what the Wembley show setlists will look like

Evening Standard

Rosalia postpones three concerts due to ‘family emergency’

The Spanish singer is currently undertaking her Lux Tour and had been due to perform in Florida this week.

Evening Standard

“If I’d been sacked, or left over musical differences, I’d have felt a right flunker”: Genesis ex Anthony Phillips on why he really quit – and why he’s not their version of The Beatles’ Pete Best

Amiable co-founder of the prog giants reflects on leaving before the band became huge, and explains why he wishes he’d met his replacement Steve Hackett sooner

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Watch the video for Deep Purple's frisky new single Diablo

Diablo comes from Deep Purple's new album Splat!, out next month

The Independent UK

Lizzo, Bitch review: The poster girl for empowerment sounds lost on her new album

2/5 The former queen of confident pop anthems delivers an anonymous record that’s full of mixed messages

The Guardian - UK

Lizzo: Bitch review – a spirited star who just can’t rediscover her groove

After scrapping an album and starting anew, Lizzo still sounds lost amid these weak genre-hopping songs. Perhaps the zeitgeist has simply left her behind

Louder

"I finished the melody in five minutes, but I was so jacked I couldn’t stop playing." The story of the Neil Young classic written on a piece of newspaper in the back of a car

Written while Neil Young was high and unable to sing, Like A Hurricane has gone on to become one of his most durable creations

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The Guardian - US

Girl, Interrupted review – mental health memoir reborn as patchy Aimee Mann-soundtracked musical

Susanna Kaysen’s retelling of her time in a psychiatric hospital in the 60s became an Oscar-winning movie in the 90s and now it’s an elegant, if limited, play

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"I would rather cut my hands off than be that miserable again." Ginger Wildheart responds to CJ Wildheart's reunion olive branch

Ginger says he's extremely happy with the current lineup of The Wildhearts and that a reunion with his old bandmates is "never, ever gonna happen"

Cinemablend

7 Taylor Swift Songs That Sound Like They Belong On A Toy Story Soundtrack

As a Swiftie and a Toy Story fan, I couldn't help myself!

Salon

One fan made Global Beatles Day reality

Global Beatles Day founder Faith Cohen sees a dream decades in the making come true

The Guardian - UK

Original Abba members celebrate expansion of London education programme

Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad appeared at performance of Abba Voyage for schoolchildren

MusicRadar

“I just love them and they inspire me to be weirder and more myself”: Olivia Rodrigo names her current favourite band and says that their divisive 1996 record is “the only album I listen to these days”

“I was so lucky to get to perform with them at Lollapalooza last year,” she adds

The Independent UK

Spice Girls ‘talking about’ 30th anniversary reunion

The quintet dominated music charts with hits like “Who Do You Think You Are?” and “Viva Forever”

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