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“I don’t like brand-new guitars. I’ll see a new guitar and I’m like, ‘That’s gonna look good after I drag it across the driveway’”: Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy spills his tone (and drop tuning) secrets

Whatever you do, don’t lend Kennedy your brand-new 10 Top PRS, but do check out his new solo album, The Art of Letting Go, which he promises us is a “a rock ’n’ roll record – a lot of loud guitars”

Guitar World

“Allows guitarists to use drop tuning while maintaining the same exact feel and comfort of a standard scale guitar”: Reverend Billy Corgan Signature Drop Z review

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman's latest signature collab with Reverend is built for drop tunings. Is this the ultimate grunge machine?

Guitar World

“There are hardly any solos here… it has to feel like we have something new to say”: Why the Von Herzen Brothers dropped wizard-cloak synths but added sax to In Murmuration

Ninth album deals with two different concepts, as the Finnish group look forward to a future of total control over their catalogue

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War’s Lonnie Jordan: ‘We don’t shoot bullets; we shoot rhythms’

The frontman of one of the great groundbreaking rock-funk-soul acts of the 60s and 70s talks about politics, peace and their influence on rap music

The Guardian - UK

UK metalhead? This is your last chance to get some deals on tickets to Napalm Death, Bill Bailey, Biohazard/Life Of Agony and more

Ticketmaster have a few metalhead-friendly acts in their 2-4-1 Cyber Weekend offer - but you'll need to be quick to get them!

Metal Hammer

“When I pull up, Ed is standing there with the wah. He goes, ‘Why does John Frusciante want a piece of crap like this?’” Eddie Van Halen’s tech helped John Frusciante track down a rare wah pedal – but the guitar hero didn’t approve of his gear choice

Van Halen may not have been especially fond of the vintage wah, but he did take the opportunity to share some valuable guitar tech advice with Froosh’s camp during the handover

Guitar World

“It’s a great piece for your arsenal. I did some recording with mine and it worked great”: Joe Perry names his new favorite amp company

The firm may be relative newcomers on the scene, but the Aerosmith man says its amps are helping him get the most out of his pedals

Guitar World

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"I wasn’t ready for it to be over." Avril Lavigne announces new North American Greatest Hits tour

"Round two let’s fking gooooo!!"

Louder

“Steve Lillywhite deserves credit for forcing our hand on that one”: Bono on the huge U2 hit that they saved from the scrapheap

U2’s frontman says their producer forced the band to record it live, and he's glad he did

Louder

Ambitious and acid-powered, Olivia Tremor Control’s Will Cullen Hart was a genius of lo-fi

The US musician from the Elephant 6 collective, who has died aged 53, was adored for his LSD-spiked artistry – before an MS diagnosis and the death of his bandmate stalled a final album

The Guardian - UK

“If it scared you, good”: Knocked Loose singer responds to playing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! – and to the haters

“For a long time now our goal has been to see how far we could squeeze this band into places where we don’t fit and I think this may be the biggest one”

Metal Hammer

“We have no problem with sampling. If it hadn’t been for that you probably wouldn’t be interviewing us today”: Cymande bassist Steve Scipio on how the funk pioneers were almost buried before crate diggers like De La Soul and the Fugees brought them back

Ahead of a brand-new album, Scipio reveals what he’s kept and what he’s changed over 50 years of playing bass – and why he still only needs one pedal

Guitar World

“I will make sure Steve Vai sees this video”: Hungarian high schooler goes viral with flawless performance of For The Love of God at his prom

The guitarist was in full control of his Music Man Cutlass as he ripped through the gruelling fretboard workout

Guitar World

We said this virtual orchestra set 'a new standard', and you've got a limited time to pick it up for less this Cyber Monday

Grab this EastWest Hollywood Orchestra mega-suite for less outlay and elevate your compositions

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When the band formed, they could barely play their instruments – then their guitarist bought a delay pedal and changed the sound of electric guitar forever

The Edge bought a delay just to fill out the sound out in U2 – it ended up all but defining them. But there's a trick to how to use it in tandem with your playing and make it sound huge

Guitar World

“I depended on Mike – on how he maintained my guitars and amps show after show, and hour after hour in the studio”: Joe Satriani pays tribute to his long-time guitar tech with new instrumental track

Mike Manning was Satriani’s tech for over 30 years, and helped him both on the road and in the studio with his “flawless” work and “sunny personality”

Metal Hammer

Bagpipes and a metal breakdown?! It happened this weekend, when Bleed From Within debuted unreleased song In Place Of Your Halo live

The muscular track will come out later this week as the firebrands prepare to tour Europe with Slipknot

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“It’s a great honour, but it’s going to cost me a fortune to do it”: Rod Stewart spills the beans on the price of playing Glastonbury

$300,000 to bring his band over from America, he claims

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"It’s a sad day for every MCR fan. He was so pivotal to their sound for so long": Tributes paid to My Chemical Romance’s Bob Bryar

Drummer found dead in his Tennessee home, aged just 44

The Independent UK

Main Stage venue PJ Molloys in Dunfermline has ‘everything a touring band needs’

Director Calum Miller explains the venue’s eclectic approach to booking acts and the major hurdles they face as a grassroots music space

Louder

"Sure, that will be nice." Noel Gallagher reveals his mum Peggy's fabulously understated reaction to the news that Oasis have reformed

If you ever wondered who the coolest Gallagher is, it's Peggy, Liam and Noel's mum

Metal Hammer

Damnation festival announces first bands for 2025, including Perturbator, The Haunted, Pig Destroyer and Crippling Alcoholism

34 bands, including all of the Manchester weekender’s headliners, are still to be announced

Louder

“I can’t stop reading it, cos I’m a hypochondriac it affects me, makes me want to cut my nose off”: Kurt Cobain on the book he was obsessed with and how it inspired a Nirvana classic

The 1985 novel that rarely left the Nirvana frontman’s pocket and became the basis for one of In Utero’s heaviest tracks

Metal Hammer

“I was so looking forward to going as a fan and enjoying these amazing bands with you guys”: Sick New World festival will return despite 2025 cancellation, says System Of A Down drummer

The co-founder of Sick New World is the CEO of System Of A Down’s management company, making John Dolmayan something of an insider

Louder

The Black Keys announce summer 2025 UK and European tour

Ohio rock 'n' roll fundamentalists The Black Keys will cross the Atlantic for 15 shows in June/July.

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