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Watch ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted cover Bob Seger’s Turn The Page at North American tour kickoff this week

Metallica put their stamp on the classic track with 1998’s Garage, Inc. album

Metal Hammer

Madonna returns to form with fifteenth album 'Confessions II'

Pop icon Madonna released the fifteenth album of her decades-long career on Friday, "Confessions II", ahead of a performance to promote her new tracks at the half-time show of the Football World Cup final on July 19.

France 24

"The only thing that sounded good was the real Morse code from the mayday on the Titanic – the SOS signal": James Blake reveals the unexpected samples heard on Death of Love

A highlight from recent album Trying Times, the track also features a rare Leonard Cohen sample approved by the artist's son

MusicRadar

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Add to playlist: the high-camp Irish trad of SexyTadhg and the week’s best new tracks

The Irish fiddler brings pop exuberance to traditional songs that range from disco to haunting a cappella with a fearless sense of genre fluidity

The Guardian - UK

"It’s musically exquisite and complex, this never-ending onion where you discover something new about it and about yourself every time you listen to it." The Pretty Reckless' Taylor Momsen on her love for Chris Cornell and Soundgarden

"All of Chris Cornell’s work speaks to me on a level that nothing else does"

Louder

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts review – rip-roaring rock history, but why is she playing Gary Glitter?

In her first UK headline show in 16 years, Jett has a terrific knack for a cover version, though she’s a touch nonchalant – and there’s a real misstep

The Guardian - UK

Stars assemble in New York City amid preparations for Taylor Swift 4 July wedding

Singer and fiance Travis Kelce have been coy but festivities are getting under way at Madison Square Garden

The Guardian - US

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Is Manon Bannerman Returning to KATSEYE? Sophia Laforteza Breaks Silence on Hiatus Ahead of Global Tour

KATSEYE's Sophia Laforteza addresses Manon Bannerman's hiatus, saying "the door is always open" as fan speculation grows ahead of the global tour

International Business Times UK

Madonna sings about perils of fame in duet with daughter on Confessions II

Their song is called The Test.

Evening Standard

"I listened to the opening track on repeat for about six months." Beabadoobee on the cult classic album that changed her life

"i'm obsessed with the whole album"

Louder

“People hated us, bullied us, threw stuff at us and even threatened to beat us up. But they didn’t leave”: The strange guitar journey of Devo’s Bob Mothersbaugh

Why the Akron, OH, new wave legends are like the band on the Titanic – and totally OK with playing until they drop

Guitar World

“The argument about string gauges is the silliest thing a guitarist can engage in”: John Mayer on what really matters when choosing the guitar strings you use

Mayer once had his say on the ‘thicker strings equals thicker tone’ debate

Guitar World

Victor Willis Dies Aged 74: How Village People's 'YMCA' Star Embraced the Song's Unlikely Political Revival

Victor Willis, lead singer of Village People and co-writer of YMCA, has died aged 74 after illness, leaving behind a global disco and cultural legacy

International Business Times UK

“We’ve got a new drummer, his name is Dave, he’s the best drummer in the world!”: How Dave Grohl delivered the incredible Smells Like Teen Spirit drum track

The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released back in 1991

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The Guardian - UK

2K88, Lauren Duffus, Rainy Miller & Bianca Scout: Everything Always Changes, for We’re Truly Here review – UK-Poland clan create murky beauty

The festival-formed quartet conjures an album of glacial sound design and elegiac grandeur, though it can get too moody for its own good

Louder

"I cherish the band, but I don’t expect anyone else to." It's 10 years since Radiohead last released an album and I accidentally got the only interview for it

How a night on the tiles in Paris with Radiohead in 2016 turned into something more special

Guitar World

“I said to Andy, ‘Is he gonna be into this? Because it’s a punk tune and I want overdriven bass. It’s gonna be simple, no mucking about’”: Mick Jagger on recruiting Paul McCartney to play bass on the Rolling Stones' upcoming album

The Beatles bassist lent his chops to Covered in You, a track featured on the Stones' forthcoming twenty-fifth studio album, Foreign Tongues

The Guardian - UK

Forty-one members and counting! Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band, the gigantic Leeds jazz group embracing ‘chaos, imperfection and all that’

With a punkish, antifascist take on the trad jazz sound of Duke Ellington, this noisy outfit are epic in every way. But how on earth do they make a living?

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“Altered tunings obliterated my knowledge of the fretboard. I just put my hands on the guitar, started playing, and found I was using only my ear. It was liberating”: Bentley Anderson is imagining a strange new future for guitar music

The underground NYC guitarist leans into his strengths on new album Valence – and those strengths involve making a whole lotta glorious, trance-inducing noise

The Guardian - UK

Talk is of newlywed Taylor Swift taking a break from music. Did I take a nap and wake up in the 1950s?

After exchanging vows with Travis Kelce, the workaholic pop star probably won’t be staying home to admire the wedding silverware, says Laura Snapes, the Guardian’s deputy music editor

International Business Times UK

Taylor Swift Net Worth Explained: Will the 'Opalite' Singer and Travis Kelce Sign a Prenup?

As Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding approaches, speculation grows over whether they will sign a prenuptial agreement, given their significant wealth disparity.

Louder

It looks like a beer bong and sounds like a robot: the story of Joe Walsh's Rocky Mountain Way

Rocky Mountain Way came to Joe Walsh as he mowed his lawn, much to the detriment of his furious neighbour's rose bushes

Louder

"Neil is the only one who would be a big fan of the band and then get rid of Eddie." How Pearl Jam and Neil Young came together to make Mirror Ball

The grunge superstars learned a lot when they teamed up with the rock veteran to make his 1995 album, but they regret not putting their name on it

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce set to tie the knot at Madison Square Garden

The pop star and NFL player, both 36, are set to wed in New York with two days of celebrations.

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donate $26 million to 20 charities ahead of MSG wedding

The A-list couple donated to food banks, children’s hospitals and after-school programs

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