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“The Beyoncé effect is, in fact, real. I got a lot of traffic just from people checking the liner notes”: With three Grammy wins and plaudits from John Mayer, Justus West is one of modern session guitar’s MVPs – but it hasn’t been an easy ride

One of John Mayer’s favorite guitarists reveals the challenges of making a living from music, what modern studio sessions are like and why he uses plugins even though he prefers real amps

Guitar World

One to One: John & Yoko – documentary shows how Lennon and Ono shaped protest music, pop culture and each other

The new documentary One to One: John & Yoko offers an illuminating look into John Lennon’s post-Beatles activism with his partner Yoko Ono. It captures an early 1970s climate that was charged with political unrest and media saturation.

The Conversation

"They'd throw shrapnel at us - coins. I collected enough to buy a beer." Burton C. Bell recalls the trials of supporting Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath in the 90s

The former Fear Factory frontman did meet Brian May though, so it wasn't all bad

Metal Hammer

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Father John Misty at the Royal Albert Hall review: was this a career peak performance?

5/5 Josh Tillman chose celebration over cynicism on this grand London stage

Evening Standard

How to weave crosspicking and Carter picking into your acoustic guitar playing

In this lesson inspired by Molly Tuttle, Trey Hensley and the O.G. of acoustic folk playing Maybelle Carter, we'll make one guitar sound like two with arrangements alive with rhythm and melody

Guitar World

The Who axe legendary member from group after on-stage 'fall out' with Roger Daltrey and bandmates

An insider said the fallout is ‘a little acrimonious to say the least’

Evening Standard

“You might laugh a little. The post office shipped your guitar to Jim Root”: This metal fan ordered a new guitar from Sweetwater – but it ended up with the Slipknot guitarist

Root randomly received a new Jackson that was destined for another player, after it went missing for a number of weeks

Guitar World

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“The hotshot guitar player at our gig said, ‘Your guitar sounds terrible. You should leave that thing on.’ So I turned on the Big Muff…” How a heckler helped J Mascis unlock his Dinosaur Jr. guitar tone

Mascis first started playing guitar as a means to write and perform with Dinosaur Jr., but his tonal awakening came mid-gig thanks to a rather critical listener

Guitar World

The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey after Royal Albert Hall performance

Move described as ‘a collective decision’ follows reports that Roger Daltrey was unhappy with ‘drums going boom, boom, boom’ at recent gig

The Guardian - UK

How Lollapalooza helped lay the foundations for a cultural revolution, via alternative rock, heroin, pierced penises, stomach bile cocktails and a shotgun

Eye-popping and wildly entertaining oral history of Perry Farrell's groundbreaking travelling circus (and freak show)

Louder

“FORMAL CHARGES OF OVERPLAYING": Zak Starkey has been sacked from The Who

“The lead singer and principal songwriter of the group, was unhappy with Zak the drummer’s performance at the Albert Hall a few weeks ago”

MusicRadar

Country star Thomas Rhett leaves concert in a wheelchair after being invited onstage to perform

‘Told me to pull up and I left in a wheelchair,’ the country star joked after injuring himself

The Independent UK

The Who fire longtime drummer Zak Starkey after Roger Daltrey complaints

Musician appeared to pre-empt the band’s decision in a social media post earlier this week

The Independent UK

“The lyrics just blew my mind. That song changed the way I write. I think Steven Wilson is really poetic”: Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach loves Porcupine Tree

Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach chooses his favourite Porcupine Tree song, and gives some love to Pink Floyd and Mikael Åkerfeldt

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$500 for the nosebleeds? Lady Gaga fans furious over ticket prices for Australian shows

The Mayhem tour’s ticketing agencies deny dynamic pricing has been implemented, but fans have complained prices are high and inconsistent

Metal Hammer

“I needed to cleanse my soul from stupidity”: Tobias Forge “shied away” from the media when writing new Ghost album Skeletá

The Ghost mastermind hoped for the band’s new album to not continue the political themes of 2022’s Impera

Louder

ZZ Top add yet more dates to ever-expanding Elevation tour as Frank Beard continues to miss shows

46 shows already played on ZZ Top's mammoth Elevation tour, 63 more to go

Metal Hammer

Alice Cooper and Judas Priest announce co-headline tour

Guillotines and motorbikes, together at last

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Ghost have played the first show of their Skeletour World Tour - setlist details now online

The eagerly-awaited Skeletour tour finds Ghost mixing new tracks with classics – and some surprises

MusicRadar

“Chinese Democracy was a boring record. But calling it Guns N' Roses was not honest. It was totally a solo record”: GN’R’s ex manager takes aim at Axl Rose

He claims frontman made band “miserable” every day

Evening Standard

Jessie J declares “it’s my f**king moment” as she plots powerful comeback two years after dropping label

The British hitmaker announced in 2023 that she had amicably parted ways from her record label, Republica Records after 17 years

Guitar World

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Simple Minds, Megadeth, the Cult and the class of 1985 – only in the new Guitar World

Also starring Jimmie Vaughan, GA-20, Kiki Wong, Dead Kennedys, the Smithereens' Jim Babjak, Cracker's Johnny Hickman, King Diamond, Third Man Hardware, Sue Foley's new GW column, Money for Nothing and more

Louder

“Clever flurries of musical activity keeping multiple balls in the air. Then it all goes, against expectations, a bit King Crimson”: A prog band won last year’s Mercury Prize. Did you notice?

English Teacher might sound like another cookie-cutter post-punk NME-frendly group, but debut album This Could Be Texas proves they’re about as progressive as it gets

The Guardian - UK

The love that dare not speak its name: why I’m coming out as a gay man who loves Taylor Swift

She is tragically mainstream, allergic to ‘serving’ on the red carpet and certainly hasn’t thrived against the odds. It’s the antithesis of gay culture – so why do I love her?

MusicRadar

“For some reason, the post office shipped your guitar to Jim Root of Slipknot”: Sweetwater mailed a metal fan's Jackson guitar to a metal legend

He received a flight case but no guitar

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