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Do I need a different guitar cable for studio, live, and practice?

We look at how your choice of guitar cable can affect your tone, and demystify the misinformation around cable lengths, capacitance, and tone suck

Guitar World

"I wanted to be able to do that because if he doesn't know who I am now, he will know who I am in the future" – While She Sleeps' Sean Long tells us about gifting Tom Morello his signature Charvel guitar

"It's probably in the bin" Sean jokes as we meet at Oslo's Tons Of Rock festival, but the moment at Download festival was a genuinely touching one between two creative guitarists

MusicRadar

Taylor Swift fan with stoma says she was 'treated with contempt' at Wembley gig

The fan, who goes by StomaBabe online, complained about the venue

Evening Standard

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The best concerts of 2024 so far: AP’s picks include Olivia Rodrigo, Bad Bunny, George Strait, SZA

As The Associated Press’ music writer, Maria Sherman has seen more than 40 concerts during the first half of 2024

The Independent UK

Watch Machine Head prove their might as festival headliners in this pro-shot video of their full Hellfest set

Oakland’s groove metal heroes played a stack of anthems amid fire and smoke in France last weekend

Metal Hammer

“Bad mics, in-ear monitor situations, drowned out vocals”: Who or what was to blame for the Glastonbury sound problems?

Glastonbury sound problems - who's to blame?

MusicRadar

Held By Trees team up with vocalist Martin Smith for new EP

Previously instrumental prog/post-rock outfit Held By Trees will release seven-track Held By Trees & Martin Smith EP in September

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“That song has a pretty epic solo. I remember scratching my head a bit trying to figure out the harmonizer effects he was using”: This is one of the hardest guitar songs you could attempt to cover, according to cover pro Lord Phobos

With a hefty repertoire of covers under his belt, TWRP guitarist Lord Phobos pinpoints the song that he admits was “quite a tough one” to learn

Guitar World

“I lost my footing with the guitar off the hook. I get up thinking, ‘I've broken the guitar.’ I couldn't believe it”: When he was 15, Jared James Nichols played a high-end Flying V at a guitar store – but it almost ended in total disaster

As a youngster, Nichols would frequent his local Guitar Center – and he wouldn't be afraid to try out the more expensive guitars on show...

Guitar World

"Lars smiled: 'What do you think?' 'You need more guitar solos, that’s for sure.'" How Metallica kickstarted thrash metal and changed the game forever with a "sloppy" little demo track called Hit The Lights

With Hit The Lights, Metallica found their first signature song and a track that'd have a profound effect on heavy metal's evolution

Metal Hammer

“As far as I was concerned, we were done and never going to play again”: Kerry King was as shocked as the rest of us when Slayer reunited

The Slayer guitarist has expressed his surprise at the thrash icons getting back together in a new interview

Metal Hammer

“I remember watching Foo Fighters footage and thinking, ‘I need a band like that!’ No click tracks orextras – just real amps, real drums, real everything”: Meet Lowlives’ Lee Downer,the British rocker who just needs a cranked amp –and 169 guitars...

You might know the name Lee Downer from The Defiled. Now relocated to sunny LA, working in Guitar Center, his new band is all about '90s alt-rock, no tricks, “meat and potatoes rock”

Guitar World

“All the new music felt like an ice dagger through a sleeping heart”: Doom metal mavens Swallow The Sun release evocative, melodic new track Innocence Was Long Forgotten

Listen to the bittersweet song and watch its powerful music video here

Metal Hammer

Kasabian rock out on their new album Happenings

The Streets and 10cc’s Graham Gouldman are also among those releasing new music this week.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Pixie Lott on being vulnerable on her new album: I hope going to those places can help people feel a bit less alone

The singer talks about delving deeper into her emotions for her first album in a decade, and how motherhood has changed her perspective on everything.

Louder

“It’s so nice having this youthful enthusiasm and energy. It isn’t just a bunch of grumpy old men – myself included!” How Derek Sherinian and Bumblefoot levelled up from Sons Of Apollo to Whom Gods Destroy

Collapse of their promising previous band left them with new songs but no one to play them… but younger musicians gave debut album Insanium an injection of new energy

Louder

"The world is on fire, and I can't get my ass out of bed": Deep Purple release chunky new single Lazy Sod

Lazy Sod comes from Deep Purple's upcoming 23rd studio album =1

The Guardian - UK

‘I try to avoid karaoke – I get too embarrassed’: Joss Stone’s honest playlist

The singer and songwriter on dancing with her three-year-old daughter, buying Spice Girls records and having ‘terrible taste in music’

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The Independent UK

Morgan Wallen is the biggest, most controversial country star in America – now he’s headlining BST

Wallen’s country songs about ice cold beers, Southern charm, and lovesick regrets routinely top the US charts. His inoffensive subjects, however, belie a career marked, or perhaps buoyed, by a string of controversies. As he prepares to make his BST debut, Annabel Nugent chronicles his ascent

Louder

Heart cancel remaining tour dates as Ann Wilson prepares to undergo preventive chemotherapy

Heart cancelled their European tour last month, and now their remaining US dates have been shelved

Louder

"Brian Jones picked me up and sat me on top of the fruit machine": Why I love Brian Jones, by Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman

Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman pays tribute to late Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones

Louder

“How VIP do we gotta get? We need another hit guys!” That time Paul McCartney, Taylor Hawkins, Beck and Woody Harrelson got refused entry to a music industry party in Hollywood

Indie-rock star Beck recalls how his plan to go dancing with Paul McCartney and friends post-Grammy Awards failed miserably due to an over-zealous club bouncer

The Independent UK

Heart cancels 2024 tour after Ann Wilson reveals cancer diagnosis

‘This is merely a pause. I have much more to sing,’ Wilson said

Guitar World

“Met my guitar hero last night”: Grace Bowers finally meets Slash – whose Welcome to the Jungle solo inspired her to pick up guitar

The encounter served as a full-circle moment for Bowers, who started playing guitar after wanting to emulate Slash's effortless cool

MusicRadar

“You can now have the sound of your favorite Nirvana record all in the computer without touching a single physical amp”: Kurt Cobain tone guru Aaron Rash releases The Utero Sessions IR Pack

After two years of extensive research, YouTuber and Nirvana tone expert Aaron Rash unveils his IR pack so you can nail the In Utero tones without losing your shirt on the vintage market

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