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Lorde announces new album Virgin and confirms release date

Brat summer is about to become Virgin summer

Evening Standard

“If it’s not all samples, what did those people do to get that credit on the song?”: Diane Warren on the trend for hit songs having multiple writers, and why she prefers to work alone

"I’m like, Really? Wow. What did you guys do?”

MusicRadar

Ozzy Osbourne will only sing five solo songs at his final show this summer, support act Sammy Hagar reports

And one of them will be No More Tears

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‘Ain’t Going Down Without a Fight’: Michael Bolton confirms he has incurable brain cancer

Singer says he is living with “a reality of mortality”

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“Some of the greatest musicianship right now is young and female... If you want to take a course in great songwriting, go study at the college of Taylor Swift”: Sheryl Crow heaps praise on Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan and Phoebe Bridgers

"These women are not just in the studio throwing in a lyric - they play,” she says

MusicRadar

UK Counter-terrorism Unit Probes Rappers Kneecap But Music Stars Back Band

British counter-terrorism police Thursday launched an investigation into online videos of Irish rappers Kneecap after the band denied supporting Hamas and Hezbollah or inciting violence against UK politicians.

International Business Times

Rock band SpaceAcre to support Skunk Anansie at The Great Escape festival

Unsigned indie-rock duo are preparing to head out on their first UK headline tour

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“I’ve been in the demo studio for the last three weeks”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has 18 songs ready for new solo album, will record it “early next year”

The Mandrake Project was Bruce’s first solo album in 19 years, and he seems to have no intention of taking that long again

Metal Hammer

“Everybody said we couldn’t play like the American and English groups. We didn’t want to play like them”: Irmin Schmidt isn’t surprised that Can’s music has endured for so long

50 years after the release of Soon Over Babaluma, the founding keyboardist reflects on what he calls “the last of our best albums”

Louder

‘Jazz isn’t about perfection’: drummer Billy Cobham on Miles Davis, Massive Attack and still learning at 80

After a grounding with genre greats, he fused jazz with rock to outrageously funky effect. Ahead of UK dates, he explains why two prosthetic hips aren’t slowing him down

The Guardian - UK

4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

Meet "denture-core" maniacs Melted Bodies, marine biology-inspired post-black metallers Dawn Of Ouroboros, Lady Gaga-inspired industrial metallers Tayne and melodic hardcore heroes Bloom

Metal Hammer

Kneecap row: police assessing ‘kill MP’ and ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’ footage

News comes as artists including Pulp, Paul Weller and Primal Scream defend Irish rap trio from criticism

The Guardian - UK

"That's me, that's Ian Gillan, that's Ian Paice… Jesus, why is my name in there?!" Deep Purple guitarist Simon McBride picks the soundtrack of his life

Deep Purple guitarist and solo artist Simon McBride picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names a band that really should be bigger

Louder

"We had a deal one day and it was gone the next, but we still had the money in the bank": The dashed hopes and early trauma of White Lion

White Lion's second album Pride went double platinum, but debut Fight To Survive was a different story altogether

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The five most metal Sleep Token songs

The detractors say, “Sleep Token aren’t metal” – these songs reply, “Yeah, right!”

Louder

“Fans were tetchy about the future. When they heard these twisting rhythms and proggy sounds, all fears were allayed”: 11 great Rush songs from the 90s and beyond

The cream of the Canadian trio Rush's later years

Evening Standard

Engelbert Humperdinck says karaoke kept his music alive ahead of 89th birthday

The singer will perform more than 60 shows around the world in his 89th year.

Louder

"We have achieved what we set out to achieve": Aussie rock legends Rose Tattoo will play their final ever show next year

Led by Angry Anderson, Rose Tattoo formed in Sydney in 1976

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Guitar World

“Dylan asked, ‘What’s the least amount of notes you can play?’ I said, ‘I could play one.’ He goes, ‘Do that’”: Fred Tackett compares his gigs with Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and Bob Seger, and recalls his friendship with Lowell George

The veteran session Strat-slinger who restarted Little Feat in the ‘80s discusses how he developed an essential studio skill, why brass is his main inspiration, and the best advice he ever heard

MusicRadar

“It's rare to encounter a song from the last 70 years that doesn’t involve it in some way”: Why reverb is one of the most reliable effects in a producer's arsenal

“When used correctly, a good reverb can lift a song into the stratosphere”

The National (Scotland)

Scots react as Australian pop star covers Proclaimers song wearing Hibs top

AN Australian pop star surprised Scottish fans with an acoustic cover of The Proclaimers posted on TikTok ...

MusicRadar

“All the albums I did with Metallica were recorded on 24-track analogue tape. There’s not a computer in sight”: How Flemming Rasmussen produced Metallica’s classic Master Of Puppets

“I rate James as the best rhythm guitar player on the planet," the producer said

Guitar World

“Alternative metal reimagined for solo acoustic? The results are quite mesmerizing”: April 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks

From Turnstile’s transformation from hardcore caterpillar to psychedelic New Wave butterfly, to a show-stopping Joanne Shaw Taylor solo, an emo slam dunk from Slow Joy, and a slice of acoustic wizardry from Salif Keita, this month had a bounty of guitar brilliance

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“Unhinged And Unhealed”: Katy Perry Lashes Out At Critics Of Her Blue Origin Space Flight

Katy Perry calls out "unhinged critics" that are trying to make her "a human pinata" in new comment.

The Guardian - UK

Mike Peters obituary

Frontman and songwriter of the Alarm, the Welsh rock group with devoted fans around the world

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