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"Bringing a long-awaited rock 'n' roll flair to the world of soundbars": Marshall’s Heston 120 packs the latest tech into the style signature of its classic amp heads

It’s so retro that The Darkness have been resurrected to help roll it out

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“Playing four notes to the bar with your thumb... That changed everything for me, because that’s what I wanted to be able to do”: How Mark Knopfler grew up wanting to be Jimi Hendrix until he ditched the pick and went fingerstyle

Or how one lesson with a folk singer from the northeast of England (and a bunch of lost picks) changed the history of electric guitar

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"I was doing a ton of crack. And I took pills to try and calm down": The growing pains and artistic rebirth of Billy Idol

Twenty years on from Rebel Yell and 10 years after overdosing on crack, Billy came back in 2005 with a trademark sneer and an album that did what he does best

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“Some people act like that line is nonsense, and I just don't understand that”: How the Killers’ misunderstood classic drew on a struggle with faith - and an MTV presenter’s time with Iraq war veterans

The Killers’ most euphoric song was fuelled by spiritual uncertainty, a reach for U2-level stature and a late night bar chat with an MTV presenter

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Danity Kane singer Aubrey O’Day reveals she won’t testify in Diddy trial despite Homeland Security request

The singer was expected to provide testimony in New York next week

The Independent UK

“At that point in our life the party never stopped. It usually degenerated into a drunken brawl by the end of the night”: The wild story of Goo Goo Dolls’ A Boy Named Goo, the album that turned three punk kids into A-list stars

A Boy Named Goo and megahit Name turned Goo Goo Dolls in alt-rock superstars nearly 10 years into their career

Louder

"We got escorted out of town the next day because the big lawnmower went into the swimming pool": Grunge may have burst the big-hair bubble, but it saved Heart

The Wilson sisters look back on hit records, death threats and a career like no other

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Dara Birnbaum obituary

Pioneering American video, installation and media artist who used television as her enduring material

The Guardian - UK

Edith Bowman and her mother look back: ‘My Scottish accent got me professional knockbacks, but I’m so glad I didn’t have elocution lessons’

The broadcaster and her mum, Eleanor, on youthful misbehaviour, early ambition, and going to gigs together

The Guardian - UK

“Partly a tribute to a fallen bandmate, it’s as emotionally raw as thrash ever got”: 10 epic ballads that show thrash metal’s emotional side

There was more to thrash metal than speed

Metal Hammer

“The whole world of rap-metal is just pathetically ridiculous. It makes me wanna throw up. It’s a horrible place to be”: How Incubus fought back against nu metal with Morning View

Incubus may have risen at the same time as nu metal, but they wanted nothing to do with it

Metal Hammer

‘When I discovered alcohol and boys, I was feral’: Vicky Pattison looks back

The presenter, author and ex-Geordie Shore star on breaking her mum’s heart, her relationship with booze, and wanting to be as happy as she was as a little girl

The Guardian - UK

The outfit that defined a career

An exclusive excerpt from "I Got You Babe: A Celebration of Cher" tells the story of her most iconic look

Salon

Floribama Shore star Kirk Medas dies aged 33

Reality star has been remembered by co-stars as having a heart ‘bigger than this world’

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“I’ve always enjoyed working in an area where I feel out of control. I’m definitely more creative in that situation”: Thomas Dolby tells us about pushing himself in the studio - and inspiring the next generation

After 40 years at the cutting edge, Dolby is now prepping his students to take on the future

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“I remember thinking: ‘Wouldn’t it be great if I could ask Sting to sing that line?’ Suddenly someone said: ‘Sting’s here on holiday! He’s on the beach!’” How Mark Knopfler got lucky with Money For Nothing

It’s amazing who you can bump into in the Caribbean…

The Guardian - UK

Mark Knopfler on Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing: ‘I wrote it in the window display of a New York appliance store’

‘A big bonehead of a delivery guy was looking at all these TV screens tuned to MTV and the lines he was saying were too good to be true. So I borrowed a pen and paper, sat down and started writing’

Louder

"Dumb done well is lots of fun": Twisted Sister start their own party on You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll

Hated by their US record company, Twisted Sister's You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll was a mission statement and a launchpad

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Evening Standard

Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trial: Everything you need to know

Here’s everything we know about one of the music industry’s most high-profile cases to date

Reason

Are We Still Living in 1999?

A new book argues that late-20th-century lowbrow culture created the modern world.

WhatToWatch

Jersey Shore: Family Vacation season 8 — next episode info, teaser, cast and everything we know about the reality series

Jersey Shore: Family Vacation season 8 celebrates 15 years of GTL, fist-pumping and family dinners with the famous crew. Here's everything we know about it.

Evening Standard

Nick Grimshaw's London: drinks at Three Sheets, dinner at Primeur and Soho record-hunting

From his favourite cocktail spots to what he’d do if he was Mayor for the day, the broadcaster shares his guide to the capital

Marie Claire

Meet the Cast of 'Pulse'

We would trust the doctors at Maguire Medical Center with our lives.

The Independent UK

MTV Video Music Awards head to CBS for the first time

The MTV Video Music Awards have a new home

Guitar World

“A new drummer affects everyone in Dream Theater. We all play off the time keeper”:John Myung on how the return of Mike Portnoy has changed the band – and his bass playing

Parasomnia is Dream Theater's first new album with drummer Mike Portnoy for 16 years

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