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“When the Strat went, I couldn’t believe it. We went in to make our first album and the pickup went. I had to use the backup I kept on the side…” Tony Iommi was a Fender Stratocaster player before fate intervened – and he had to reach for his Gibson SG

Iommi went to the studio intent on recording Black Sabbath's debut album with his heavily modded Strat. Things didn't quite go according to plan...

Guitar World

“He came into the house, had this brand-new guitar in a case, and they said, ‘Ma, this is the new guitar player we just hired, Jimi Hendrix’”: Ernie Isley on growing up with Hendrix and witnessing his fast-developing guitar playing in his living room

Hendrix lived with the Isley family from the spring of '63 through Thanksgiving of '65 – a period that was pivotal in shaping young Ernie Isley's musical taste

Guitar World

“I would love to do another album and I may try to bully him on that": Pete Townshend on future Who plans and the possibility of new music

The Who will definitely "do something" in 2025, according to Townshend

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“We recorded that song in a toilet with quite a cheap microphone, a Shure SM58”: Phil Oakey lifts the lid on the birth of The Human League’s Don’t You Want Me

In 1981, the band were enjoying their first flush of commercial success

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Soccer Mommy's fourth album Evergreen is raw, relatable, and real – but lacks the musical innovation it needs to make it a true classic

Soccer Mommy – AKA Nashville songwriter Sophie Allison – has released her masterfully emotional fourth album Evergreen. But does its vulnerability strip away its ambition?

Louder

“It doesn’t wanna make us get out of bed”: Avenged Sevenfold won’t tour celebrating classic albums, says M. Shadows

If you were hoping for a City Of Evil 20th anniversary tour to happen next year, we have some bad news…

Metal Hammer

Mogwai to release new studio album The Bad Fire in January

Mogwai's The Bad Fired draws inspiration from a series of tough personal moments that the band have endured in recent years

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Play 'em like Noel! Learn 5 classic Oasis riffs (and 1 underrated riff)

From Cigarettes & Alcohol to a little-known banger

MusicRadar

Liam Payne collaborator hopes singer’s posthumous music ‘eclipses the negative’

Do No Wrong will be released on Friday.

Evening Standard

“Jimmy Page was meticulous. Hendrix was more free-form”: The genius of two visionary guitarists by the producer who worked with both

And producer Eddie Kramer says there is even more unreleased Hendrix material in the vaults

MusicRadar

Liam Payne’s first posthumous single to be released

Pop singer had been working on new music when he died

The Independent UK

Shawn Mendes says he’s ‘just figuring his sexuality out’ in heartfelt statement

‘Sexuality is such a beautifully complex thing, and it’s so hard to just put into boxes’ said the musician

The Independent UK

Ghost’s 2025 tour will be a “phone-free experience”

Ghost famously banned phones from their L.A. concerts last year, and it seems the practice is here to stay

Metal Hammer

Around 50,000 resold Oasis tickets to be cancelled ahead of UK tour

The band issued a warning to fans to avoid unauthorised resale sites

The Independent UK

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“Travis Scott sampled our song - that’s pretty cool!”: How a long-lost '80s rock track was finally heard by millions

A long-awaited victory for a band that could have been huge - if it wasn’t for the Pope!

Louder

“Their albums hadn’t accomplished much. I went to see them and liked them, especially the new songs… I then witnessed their break-up”: How manager Dave Margereson rebuilt Supertramp and helped them deliver a set of classic prog albums

With an approach based on belief and cameraderie, the self-described captain of the band’s pirate ship steered them from failing pop group to hit records including Crime Of The Century and Breakfast In America

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: inside Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s very public beef

Public Enemies looks into the rappers’ spat that nearly broke the internet. Plus: the bereaved people using AI to interact with lost loved ones. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation's oldest record maker plays a familiar tune

In its 75 years in operation, United Record Pressing in Nashville has survived 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, Napster, iPods and streaming services

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Louder

"I thought Free were from Alabama, because it sounded southern to me": The Cold Stares' seventh album is both a love letter to Kentucky and a call for unity in volatile times

Embracing their roots on record for the first time, The Cold Stares' seventh album The Southern shares a vision of the South you won't see from other musicians or the media

Louder

"It was terrifying being so vulnerable, but it was all or nothing": Louise Patricia Crane's album features three members of King Crimson and Jethro Tulls Ian Anderson – it's also a work of beauty and darkness

Informed by childhood memories, Louise Patricia Crane's new album is an intensely personal dark fantasia

Louder

ZZ Top announce Elevation Tour dates for 2025

The shows will hopefully give fans another chance to behold the majesty of Elwood Francis's 17-string bass

Louder

"We're now eager to make a noise and make a mess and make mistakes": Pete Townsend says The Who will work together again in 2025

Salon

What to know about Springsteen biopic

New images of "The Bear" star inhabiting Springsteen's "Nebraska" look have been released, and the jeans fit

Evening Standard

Oasis tour: Thousands of tickets sold on unofficial resale websites will be cancelled

Tour organisers say around 50,000 tickets could be cancelled after being sold on unofficial resale sites

Evening Standard

Words will never sum up what you mean to me: Adele after Celine Dion watched gig

The British singer shared an emotional embrace with the Canadian singer after seeing her in the crowd at her Las Vegas show.

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