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“At one time, it even had a flame thrower on the headstock”: Marty Friedman's rare 1985 Jackson Kelly San Dimas has gone up for sale – and it could go for as much as $125,000

Friedman's Megadeth-era guitar is also reportedly one of the first 500 guitars Jackson ever built, and was used to record Rust in Peace

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“He doesn't get a writer's credit for Melissa, but Berry was an integral part of the band's chemistry”: Cut down in his prime, bassist Berry Oakley was behind some of the Allman Brothers Band’s most groove-savvy movements

Berry Oakley employed a heavily modified ’62 Jazz Bass to help bind together this Southern rock classic by the Allman Brothers

Guitar World

Billie Eilish And Charli XCX Top Three Billboard Charts

Billie Eilish's collaboration with Charli XCX on 'Guess' remix tops three Billboard charts, solidifying her dominance in the music industry.

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Taylor Swift fans rush for prime positions in queue for London shows as police say concert safety top priority

London is ready to welcome back the American superstar and fans are bursting with excitement – and friendship bracelets

The Independent UK

Maurice Williams obituary

Singer and founder of the Zodiacs, whose songs were covered by the Hollies and Jackson Browne, and featured in Dirty Dancing and American Graffiti

The Guardian - UK

“There’s no denying that the thought of Robben Ford playing on a Kiss album is weird”: A brief history of Kiss’s session guitarists – featuring Bob Kulick, Dick Wagner, Rick Derringer and more...

We take a head count of the Creatures of the night that were released into the wild the next morning as the Kiss rock juggernaut rolled on and on

Guitar World

Fans Converge On Wembley As Taylor Swift Returns To Stage

Fans flocked to London's Wembley Stadium on Thursday ahead of Taylor Swift's return to the stage a week after her Vienna concerts were cancelled due to a foiled suicide attack plot.

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“This super-playable, stage-ready electro is hard to put down”: Martin X Series GPC X2E review

A cutaway above the rest? This ‘Remastered’ crowd-pleaser presents high-end finesse at high street prices

Guitar World

"I had a remarkable cast of musicians to help me tell this story": Emmylou Harris, Noah Kahan and the Lumineers pay tribute to Springsteen’s Nebraska in new PBS documentary

New documentary to be aired on PBS about Springsteen's Nebraska

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"I don’t wanna call it therapeutic, but there was some catharsis in making this album." The Black Dahlia Murder's new album honours fallen frontman Trevor Strnad

The Black Dahlia Murder guitarist Brian Eschbach took over vocals after the tragic 2022 passing of singer Trevor Strnad

Metal Hammer

Taylor Swift plans to put on 'best show of her life' on return to Wembley after Southport stabbings

The superstar is set to round off the European leg of her Eras tour in London

Evening Standard

“I get some people don’t like relic guitars, but to talk trash on a really, really good relic job is just ridiculous!”: Zach Myers’ tech Drew Foppe posts pic of Shinedown guitarist’s relic’d John Mayer Silver Sky and internet loses its mind

Spare thought for Foppe. He just wants to keep Myer's heavy relic'd pink Silver Sky setup, in tune and ready for action each night. It's not even his guitar! And yet people still write in...

MusicRadar

I wanna be top-rated: Ramones’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Fifty years on from their first gig at New York’s CBGB, we rate the best work by the punk pioneers – even the hidden 1980s gems. Let’s go!

The Guardian - UK

“The neighbors said, ‘Don’t let Nancy play guitar, it’ll ruin her fingernails.’ They were right, but I didn’t care about fingernails”: Nancy Wilson on ignoring the people that tried to stop her becoming a guitarist

Wilson talks about how crucial her parents' support was for her to make headway in her music career.

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Is Charli XCX about to release an official mashup of 360 and Fleetwood Mac's Dreams?

Charli XCX hints that there's still one more Brat remix to come

Guitar World

“I hear bad intonation from some bassists, and that bothers me. I have no intention of being out of tune”: How Chick Corea bassist Avishai Cohen landed one of the most coveted gigs in jazz

Born in Israel and raised in St. Louis, Avishai Cohen followed the path of many bass players – electric to acoustic – and ended up landing in the hottest seat in the jazz circuit

Louder

“For a supposed prog band they put their musicianship through the pop grinder and come out on top”: Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe’s passion for Rush

Hooked when he heard Tom Sawyer on local radio, the metal singer remains amazed at the trio’s ability to make a story engaging – even if you don’t understand it

Metal Hammer

“We’re lucky to be alive!” Nightwish are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer – and it comes with two exclusive gifts

The new issue of Metal Hammer comes with a special Nightwish keyring and an art print of Floor Jansen

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The Independent UK

Robbie Williams complains about how his new teeth have robbed him of ‘joy’

Star said he had been forced into getting the dental work after years of using cocaine and drinking espressos

The Independent UK

Noel Gallagher’s guitars used on the Oasis classic Definitely Maybe to go under the hammer

Definitely Maybe is widely considered a masterpiece of British rock music

The Guardian - UK

Fontaines DC: Romance review – arenas await, but on the band’s own strange terms

On their most approachable album the Irish rockers add pop melodies, nu-metal touches and lush orchestration – while their troubled view of the world remains

MusicRadar

“Supercharged to meet the needs of the world’s most demanding players”: Jackson expands American Series with the Virtuoso HT – a high-performance bolt-on electric with a Hipshot hardtail bridge and Seymour Duncan humbuckers

This hardtail presents aready-to-shred platform that's a no-brainer for metal but super versatile thanks to its five-way pickup switching, and it makes for a more accessibly priced US Jackson

Evening Standard

Swifties fly from Texas to London to watch Taylor Swift at Wembley amid shocking US ticket prices

Fans camped overnight as Taylor Swift kicks off the final shows of the European leg of her Eras tour

The Independent UK

Rizzle kicks announce reunion nine years after split

Hip-hop duo’s last single came out in 2015

Guitar World

Using the CAGED system in conjunction with pentatonic scales can open up the fretboard – and offer an escape route from cliched blues licks

Breaking these well-known chord shapes down into single notes or triads creates a road map for experimentation, improvisation and an escape route from cliched licks

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