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Dynamo, TV talent, video tutorials: magic is back with new tricks

Once upon a time revealing a magician’s secrets could get you blacklisted, now anyone can learn an illusion or two

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Memories of Wizbit, high hopes for Bill and Ted

Samuel Beckett’s writing the scripts for Keanu now, and even he couldn’t better the latest news from the Magic Circle

The Guardian - UK

Magician who tricked her way into men-only Magic Circle given membership 34 years after expulsion

Sophie Lloyd, pretending to be ‘Raymond Lloyd’, allowed to join elite society in 1991 – but later that year she revealed disguise when women started to be granted membership, only to then be expelled

The Independent UK

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Woman kicked out of Magic Circle for ‘amusing’ male disguise trick gets back in

Sophie Lloyd is being honoured by the organisation at a ceremony on Thursday night, after being thrown out 30 years ago.

Evening Standard

Magic Circle readmits magician who disguised herself as a man, 30 years later

Sophie Lloyd, who was expelled in 1991 when her deception was exposed, accepts belated apology from the society

The Guardian - UK

“PHS are a critical lifeline for pets impacted by the Los Angeles fires”: Sophie Lloyd is auctioning a signed and stage-played signature Kiesel in fundraiser for Pasadena Humane Society

The bidding is at $7,000+ for the shreddable collectible that Lloyd played at her Whisky-A-Go-Go LA debut, with 100 per cent of the funds raised going to the animal and wildlife charity

MusicRadar

“Things are changing very quickly, but at this time, we have decided to go forward with the show”: Sophie Lloyd confirms her debut U.S. show at Los Angeles' iconic Whisky a Go Go will go ahead

The guitarist shared that a portion of the merch proceeds, and $5 from each remaining ticket sold will be going to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation

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“Eruption was my phone alarm for a while – we have a love-hate relationship because it woke me up every morning”: Sophie Lloyd names 10 guitarists who shaped her sound

The Machine Gun Kelly guitarist and Kiesel signature artist reveals what she learned from which players – and the techniques she’s still working on

Guitar World

“I got to go backstage at the Whisky, and Joe Bonamassa knew who I was! I immediately took a picture and texted it to my dad”: Sophie Lloyd on the time she met Joe Bonamassa – her childhood guitar hero

Lloyd looks back on the time her dad would play Joe Bonamassa records while driving her to school

Guitar World

“Before studying his playing, I was doing a lot of ‘Look how fast I can play!’ There wasn’t that much feel behind my music”: Sophie Lloyd names the guitarist who overhauled her perspective on what makes a good solo

Lloyd may be known for her shredding playing style – but learning Comfortably Numb proved to be a revelation for her technique

Guitar World

"A dream turned reality": Those Damn Crows confirmed for headline slot at Steelhouse Festival

Welsh rockers Those Damn Crows will join W.A.S.P, The Wildhearts, Lita Ford and more at the 'festival up a mountain'

Louder

“I think a lot of this stuff is tailored towards big gearheads”: Sophie Lloyd shares her ambitions to make amp modelers “more accessible”

The guitarist is an avid proponent of amp modelers – and now has her sights set on a signature plugin

Guitar World

Magic Circle tries to track down first female member – who posed as a man

Sophie Lloyd was expelled in 1991 for ‘deliberate deception’ after being admitted while pretending to be a man

The Guardian - UK

"Perhaps just a little too perfunctory." Sophie Lloyd's debut headline show is entertaining in moments, but isn't quite the nostalgic party some may have hoped for

At her debut solo concert, shredder extraordinaire Sophie Lloyd largely eschews the hard rock covers that made her famous

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“We put so much work and love into the Imposter Syndrome album and we’re so excited to finally bring that to the stage”: Viral shredder Sophie Lloyd announces debut US concert, shares cover of Alice Cooper’s Poison

Guitar virtuoso Sophie Lloyd will play her first-ever US headliner at the Whisky A Go Go in January

Guitar World

“I’m so grateful for the strong American audience I’ve gained online. It’s about time I rock out with them in person”: Sophie Lloyd announces her debut solo US show – and marks the occasion with a shred reimagining of Alice Cooper’s Poison

After selling out her debut solo show in London in just five minutes earlier this year, the superstar shredder is now set to perform at LA’s legendary Whisky A Go Go

MusicRadar

“It’s especially special to be playing at The Whisky... where almost all of my guitar heroes have played”: Sophie Lloyd announces debut US headlining show at LA’s Whisky A Go Go and shares blazing shred cover of Alice Cooper’s Poison

Lloyd will follow up her UK headlining debut with visit to Sunset Strip on 16 January and celebrates the occasion with a typically audacious reworking of a shock rock classic

MusicRadar

“My finger is here to shred another day!”: Sophie Lloyd feared she was going to lost a finger after ending up in hospital following video shoot for new single

One minute you’re shooting a video with fellow YouTuber Cole Rolland, the next you are in the emergency room... Watch the video for Lost In A Memory – the video Lloyd will never forget

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“My finger started swelling and going numb”: Sophie Lloyd almost lost a finger during a recent video shoot

The Machine Gun Kelly guitarist and fellow YouTuber Cole Rolland recorded a flashy video for their new collaborative single – but it resulted in a trip to hospital

Guitar World

“I was not expecting that much demand!”: Sophie Lloyd announces her highly-anticipated first headline show – and sells it out in five minutes

After touring the world with Machine Gun Kelly, the fast-rising guitar star celebrates her debut album with a special London headline

Metal Hammer

"I can’t believe we actually managed to pull it off!" Guitar hero Sophie Lloyd has upgraded her debut live show after selling out the original venue in five minutes

YouTube sensation turned guitar hero Sophie Lloyd will now play a bigger venue in Camden in October

Guitar World

Sophie Lloyd's pyrotechnic style will banish six-string imposter syndrome and teach you to shredify any song, any time

Get warmed up and dialed in for a lesson that's going to whip your legato, tapping and sweep picking into shape

Metal Hammer

“Anyone who doesn’t talk to their pets is a psychopath!” We asked a bunch of metal stars to tell us about their pets on International Pet Day

Dogs, cats, ponies, goats, ducks – to mark International Pet Day, we asked members of Killswitch Engage, Amon Amarth, Green Lung and more to tell us about the animals they share their lives with

Metal Hammer

"I wanted to write an album for my 15-year-old self, growing up kind of lost, but just knowing I loved music": Sophie Lloyd on the origins of her Imposter Syndrome album

Thanks to her debut LP Imposter Syndrome, British YouTube sensation Sophie Lloyd is becoming a star away from the internet

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Sophie Lloyd: 10 records that changed my life

From Van Halen and Iron Maiden to Disturbed and Bring Me The Horizon, these are the bands that helped Sophie Lloyd become a shred goddess

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