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Paul McCartney joins Andrew Watt and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith to perform Beatles and Neil Young classics at tiny show

The Beatles legend also revealed that he has written an as-yet-unreleased song with Watt

Guitar World

“Rory Gallagher’s a saint in my house. There’s even a saintly painting of him above where I hang my guitar”: Meet Louise Patricia Crane, the solo-loving songwriter, seeking new prog sounds with King Crimson’s Jakko Jakszyk

Netherworld is the sound of Crane and producer Jakszyk testing the boundaries of where guitar can go, in the company of special guests Tony Levin, Gary Husband and Ian Anderson

Guitar World

“It’s like you’re hearing a song within a song”: How to turn a guitar solo into a mini composition

Ibanez signature artist Andy Timmons shows you how writing a solo is like writing a song, and why you should apply the same dynamics

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Mercury Prize 2024 announces winner reveal date and ceremony details

Charli XCX, Ghetts, Barry Can’t Swim and Corinne Bailey Rae are behind some of this year’s shortlisted albums

The Independent UK

Noah Kahan at the O2 review: soulful, witty nostalgia for the dance-crazy crowd

London has heard the gospel of the US folk-pop star, and it’s been converted

Evening Standard

“The special sauce is the Enhance facility, which mimics the input stage of tube amps”: Blackstar Polar 2 review

Blackstar presents a USB audio interface that it proudly proclaims has been “designed by guitarists for guitarists”

Guitar World

The Sheepdogs drop Paradise Alone EP led by "dumb rock song" Take Me For A Ride

Paradise Alone is the first release by The Sheepdogs on their own Right On Records label

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"Unravels the horrors and joys of the world through a rouge-tinted pair of spectacles. The results are epic." Simone Simons soars on solo debut Vermillion

After 22 years and eight studio albums with Epica, vocalist Simone Simons is spreading her wings as a solo artist

Metal Hammer

Imagine Dragons fans concerned by ‘crazy’ band post after drummer announces departure

Musician confirmed his departure after going on hiatus from the band last year

The Independent UK

“Tchaikovsky was a sort of mentor; if it was good, ABBA or whatever, we didn’t shut anything out”: When Gentle Giant revisited seventh album Free Hand

The reissue, complete with Steven Wilson remixes, was the band’s chance to look back on what the band had liked about 1975 release, and what they hadn’t

Louder

Taylor Swift's Wembley gigs see surge in Tube journeys as mayor hails 'spectacular summer' of music

Sadiq Khan said the hundreds of thousands who saw Swift at Wembley this summer proved ‘London is truly the music capital of the world’

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift breaks silence over foiled Vienna terror attack: ‘Let me be very clear’

Singer’s shows in the Austrian capital were cancelled due to a foiled terror attack

The Independent UK

"Rock music is so dominated by all-male bands so it feels cool to have a super-pregnant lead singer on the cover": Blues Pills have finally made exactly the album they wanted

Ten years, four albums and some huge changes on from their breakout debut, Blues Pills have ditched the self-imposed constraints

Louder

"I'm doing a two-hour show with a six-and-a-half-minute bass solo": Glam icon Suzi Quatro is not resting on her laurels

Suzi Quatro on paving the way for other women in rock, social media, age and working hard

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Helmet cancel US tour over financial concerns and poor ticket sales

New York noise-rock heroes Helmet have pulled the plug on 14-date US tour due to kick off next month

The Guardian - AU

Taylor Swift says she felt ‘tremendous guilt’ after Vienna shows cancelled over terror threat

Singer shares ‘rollercoaster of emotions’ at end of European leg of Eras tour, saying she is grateful ‘we were grieving concerts and not lives’

International Business Times

House Used For Early Beatles Gigs Becomes Holiday Rental

A Liverpool house famous for hosting some of The Beatles' first gigs in the basement has been given a new lease of life listed on Airbnb.

MusicRadar

“Superstar Guitars showcases the most famous six-strings in the history of music, in exquisite detail”: Hendrix’s Woodstock Strat, Kurt Cobain’s Mustang, the Exile On Mainstream Burst and more iconic guitars to feature in stunning new book

Eleanor Jane has photographed the world's greatest guitarists and their instruments, and her new book collects her images of the guitars that changed pop culture and the stories behind them

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“We were told to stop making pop music and sent dance music playlists on Spotify and told ‘your music has to sit on here’”: How Clean Bandit fell out with Atlantic Records

How Clean Bandit fell out with their record company

The Guardian - UK

Liverpool venue that hosted some of the Beatles’ earliest gigs turned into Airbnb

Fans can stay at the Casbah Coffee Club where the Quarrymen, the precursor band to the Beatles, had a residency

Guitar World

“I played it to him on an acoustic guitar and he went, ‘That sounds kinda French… let me write some lyrics’”: Gary Moore on how Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott helped shaped one of his most iconic guitar tracks

The two were regularly at loggerheads over personal and creative differences, but they did collaborate on Moore’s 1978 solo album Back on the Streets

MusicRadar

“I think she is one of the most singular, inspiring, powerful artists I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting”: Chappell Roan graduates from support act to guest star as Olivia Rodrigo invites her on stage to duet on Hot To Go

Roan had previously opened for Rodrigo on the Guts World Tour

Guitar World

“I felt like I was cheating on my guitars that were on life support in the hospital, and I'm looking at dating sites”: Keith Urban reflects on rebuilding his entire guitar collection after Nashville's devastating 2010 flood

The country guitar icon had to scramble to buy new guitars just days before he was scheduled to record a new album

The Independent UK

James Taylor explains why he didn’t perform at DNC despite ‘terrific’ rehearsal: ‘Sorry to disappoint’

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was expected to perform during the opening night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention

The Guardian - AU

Critic’s pick: X Club, the hard and fast DJ duo raving around the world

Since breaking out in the early pandemic, the Brisbane pair have captured dancers globally craving raucous, strobing techno. They’ll leave you breathless

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