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“Someone once gave me an old Danelectro guitar they bought at a garage sale for $10. I still have it and used it on a bunch of my records”: Shred hero Vinnie Moore reveals his greatest gear hits and misses – and why the best guitars are free

Though he’s most associated with all things ’80s shred, some of the UFO guitarist’s gear choices might just surprise you…

Guitar World

“It took me a long time to feel confident about being the only guitar on stage. I always felt like I needed a rhythm guitar”: Brian May fought to add a rhythm guitarist to Queen in their early years – and several players would eventually grant his wish

While May got into the habit of playing lead and rhythm at the same time, he did sometimes get the extra helping hand he had envisioned – including from Freddie Mercury himself

Guitar World

“When you’re watching a horror film and you get that tingling sensation when something frightens you – I wanted to create that in music”: How Black Sabbath became the scariest band on Earth

Sabbath’s debut album is 55 years old today

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Jonas Brothers thank fans for 20 years’ support and tease new music and movie

The last record from the brothers, who got together in 2005, was in 2023 and they are set to have a 20th anniversary tour this year.

Evening Standard

"We all appeared on stage wearing robes and holding candles:" Joe Satriani on G3 pranking, handling Yngwie Malmsteen and the Halloween costume he'd rather forget

After three decades of changing line-ups, the original G3 – Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson – returned to the stage

Louder

"I don’t want to be part of anything that mentally disturbed": Here are all of the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees

And with everyone from Oasis to Billy Idol on board you need vote to make sure your fave makes the grade

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“Things come more difficult to him than to anyone I’ve ever met…he doesn’t con himself into thinking he knows what he’s doing”: Peter Gabriel, in the words of his collaborators and admirers

Robert Fripp, Ian Anderson, Steven Wilson, Martin Scorsese, Mike Portnoy, Tom Morello, Trevor Rabin and many others share their thoughts on the Progfather

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Drake changes lyrics to 2021 song after Kendrick Lamar’s brutal Super Bowl halftime show

Canadian rapper is currently performing in Australia on his Anita Max Win tour

The Independent UK

Have Shakira and Carlos Vives Reconciled?

Evidence of the two Colombian artists ending the bad blood between them has surfaced.

Latin Times

Soundgarden, Oasis, The White Stripes, Joy Division/New Order among new nominees for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Billy Idol and Mariah Carey are also on the longlist of artists nominated for the Rock Hall in 2025

Louder

“I think this is all happening out of necessity. The boys and I have expressed our need to play music again.” Letlive announce 2025 reunion tour with US, UK, Europe and Australia dates

The post-hardcore favourites will play their first shows since January 2017 from June to November

Metal Hammer

Federal appeals court upholds singer R. Kelly's convictions and 30-year prison term

A federal appeals court has upheld singer R. Kelly's racketeering convictions and a 30-year prison sentence, finding he exploited his fame for over a quarter century to sexually abuse girls and young women

The Independent UK

“We always have one song, on every album, that doesn’t quite click. And we thought that Tom Sawyer was going to be the one”: How Rush finally nailed their most famous song

“We were going for this dry sound with that unique tone,” Geddy Lee said

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“‘Let me see,’ I said. I didn’t want to see the movie. I just wanted to get eyes on it to make sure it was what she said it was. It was”: Sly Stone says he once acquired some very intimate footage of Jimi Hendrix

“I didn’t think it was right to have it out there in the world like that, where it could appear suddenly and do him harm”

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Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter tour: How to get tickets to her London shows

Pop superstar is touring in support of her latest album ‘Cowboy Carter’

Metal Hammer

"It was the ‘giggle grass’, so everything struck me as hysterically funny for about three hours." Grand Magus frontman J.B. Christofferson on laughing fits, Beowulf and heavy metal's next generation

With a stable line-up since the beginning, Sweden's Grand Magus have been staunch defenders of the faith for over 25 years

Guitar World

“Exceeds in playability, looks, and affordability”: Cort promises the pinnacle of affordable acoustic guitars with its $449 Essence series

Grand Auditorium and OM Cutaway models feature in the all-new vintage-modern electric-acoustic designs

The Guardian - US

‘Give me a Beatles scream’: inside Paul McCartney’s surprise New York show

A last-minute gig at the Bowery Ballroom saw the star play to a smaller crowd than usual, with stories interspersed among classic Beatles and Wings hits

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“Charts, shmarts, man. Who measures that? Her album’s cool”: After being beaten by Sabrina Carpenter, Travis Scott is totally down for a collab

Likewise Scott wants to get musical with Taylor Swift too. “I have some Ill ideas…”

Guitar World

“I auditioned for a guitar commission with a carload of basses! I laid them all out on the floor, and he went, ‘OK, let's make a guitar’”: James Hetfield's luthier on how he went from crafting basses to becoming the Metallica guitarist's go-to axe maker

And why we have Doug West from Mesa/Boogie to thank for Ken Lawrence and Papa Het's now-iconic link-up

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Psst… Paul McCartney MIGHT be playing a secret gig tonight

Are you in New York right now? Know where the Bowery Ballroom is? Keep an eye on Macca’s Instagram…

The Independent UK

Kendrick Lamar, Drake and the most devastating diss track ever

COMMENT: A major Grammy haul and a juggernaut Super Bowl performance have left Lamar standing over his rap rival like a triumphant heavyweight. In the history of music feuds, there’s never been anything quite like this, writes Louis Chilton

Guitar World

“There’s nothing more Spinal Tap than going to one of the epicenters of the blues and drawing zero people”: Joe Bonamassa reflects on the worst show of his career

Today, he’s one of the most celebrated blues guitarists in the game, but JoBo faced a harsh reality when he embarked on his first headline tour

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"My disability restricted me so much." How Alt Blk Era beat the odds to become Britain's most exciting new alternative band

From collaborating with Wheatus to getting the seal of approval from members of Halestorm, The Prodigy, Skindred and more, Alt Blk Era are breakout stars of the nu gen

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“None of my albums have ever been on any chart. I'm personally deeply proud of this”: Jacob Collier says he’s jazzed to be the only non-charting artist to be twice-nominated for the Grammy Album of the Year

“I mean, there's no such thing as Album of the Year,” he says. “This is made up. Someone made that up”

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