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Kanye West’s lost album Donda 2 removed from streaming services hours after release

Some of the record’s producers are apparently threatening the controversial rapper with legal action over his failure to pay them

The Independent UK

Lorde reveals long-awaited new album title and release date

Lorde’s highly anticipated fourth record will be released in June

The Independent UK

Michael Bolton’s daughter says he was ‘singing within minutes’ of brain surgery

The singer said he appreciated life more following the operation.

Evening Standard

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“I craved my father’s attention, so I sang louder and louder.” Watch the trailer for Bono: Stories of Surrender, a new documentary based on U2 frontman Bono's one-man show

Bono: Stories of Surrender will premiere globally on May 30 on Apple TV+

Louder

Wizz Jones obituary

Guitarist, singer and songwriter who performed with John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and Ralph McTell

The Guardian - UK

Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour ticket sales slump: is Diddy to blame?

Hours before the singer’s first show in Los Angeles, tickets had reportedly dropped to as low as $57.50 — and thousands of seats seemed to be available through resale markets

Evening Standard

Bastl Instruments' Kastle 2 Wave Bard is a cute, patchable and experimental groovebox that fits in your pocket

Get hands-on and let the Wave Bard’s pattern-generating brain take the creative strain

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“I emailed Brian Ball. I was like, ‘Hey, can you just slap six strings on there and a humbucker and send me one?’ He’s like, ‘No, I can’t’”: Cory Wong was on a quest for the perfect humbucker guitar – when an iconic bass design sparked a collaboration

The StingRay II – which was unveiled at this year's NAMM – is the six-string, humbucker-laden twist on the iconic StingRay bass design

Guitar World

“Dime is in there. I have a big Eddie Van Halen influence. The same goes for Eric Clapton. It all channels back to the blues”: Mark Morton explains why he’s jamming with Grace Bowers and Jason Isbell on his solo album – and those Gibson signature rumors

His second solo album, Without The Pain, features Troy Sanders, Jason Isbell, Jared James Nichols, Grace Bowers and a stack of guitars from his frighteningly valuable collection

Guitar World

Kendrick Lamar and SZA review – powerhouse duo make their mark in Atlanta

The record-breaking Grand National tour brings together two stylistically opposed stars and continues an internet-breaking feud

The Guardian - US

“He mostly played bass. I had a ’64 Strat that I got for $200. Tom didn’t really have a good electric, so I let him use that one”: How Mike Campbell and Tom Petty developed their Heartbreakers sound – with the help of some choice early gear picks

Though Petty was in need of a decent electric, the two Heartbreakers quickly landed on a sound that would define their guitar partnership

Guitar World

“An additive chorus effect that plays well as an ‘always-on’ tonal thickener with a twist”: Don’t sleep on Catalinbread’s Wake if you’re looking for dream pop tones on your pedalboard

Wake is a chorus with a blendable clean sub-octave effect that can help you dream a little bigger and make one guitar sound huge

MusicRadar

“If I’m going to write a song with an artist, I’m probably going to end up doing most of the work anyway, to be honest”: Super-songwriter Diane Warren on why she prefers to work alone, and can't understand it when "maybe an OK song" has "eight writers"

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

MusicRadar

Rockers Amyl and the Sniffers win APRA Song of the Year

Song of the Year has gone to punk rock powerhouse Amyl and the Sniffers at the APRA music awards.

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Ed Sheeran exposes Taylor Swift's 'iconic' swipe at Kanye West with old photo

The Thinking Out Loud singer delighted fans by sharing Swift’s dig in a present she gifted him

The Independent UK

Barbra Streisand’s star-studded new duets album to feature some of pop’s biggest names

The 11-track collection features both originals and cover songs

MusicRadar

“When you want a boring sound to sound rhythmic and exciting - reach for the delay”: How to understand and use delay effectively in your productions

It's one of the most widely used effects forproducers, synthesists and guitarists alike, but how does it work?

MusicRadar

Neuzeit Instruments drops Drop, a snapshot-based MIDI and CV controller that's designed for... drops

A master controller for all your live performance gear, Drop can schedule snapshot changes to trigger at the end of predetermined cycles, making it easy to perform dramatic build-ups and impactful transitions

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“He stopped writing, I think, because he just ran out. He had used that guitar neck up. He did everything and anything that neck could do”: Sammy Hagar explains Eddie Van Halen's lost years

“When I joined the band, everyone says, ‘Oh man, they started playing keyboards"

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift's savage dig at Kanye West just surfaced thanks to Ed Sheeran

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Louder

Cult US proggers Happy The Man's first two albums to be remastered and reissued

US prog rock band Happy The Man's self-titled debut and second album Crafty Hands will be reissued in July

Guitar World

“I was auditioning guitar players. One guy comes in with that turquoise guitar. I looked at it and I thought, ‘That’s my guitar’”: Lita Ford had her prized B.C. Rich Mockingbird stolen – but crossed paths with it in the most bizarre circumstances

Ford was briefly reacquainted with her beloved Mockingbird when an auditionee rocked up to her studio with her stolen guitar

Louder

Tangerine Dream announce new From Virgin To Quantum Years: Coventry Cathedral 22 live album

German electronic prog pioneers Tangerine Dream also announce further live dates for 2025

The Guardian - UK

‘A human piñata’: Katy Perry reflects on online abuse following Blue Origin flight and latest tour

Pop singer’s tour has been mocked online and she was criticised for taking commercial spaceflight, but she tells fans ‘please know I am OK’

MusicRadar

“Get the ideas out - and then look back with different ears or different eyes in a few months. Then the really good ones will stand out to you”: Tourist shares his music production wisdom

We visited the electronic artist in the studio ahead of the release of his fifth album to learn his hard-won lessons for artists starting out

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