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Pressure mounts on Kanye West to be pulled from his headline role at a summer festival in London

Pressure is mounting for the American rapper Kanye West to be pulled from his headline role at a London music festival this summer

The Independent UK

‘It’s dark in here – you can cry’: Mitski hosts intimate residency at LA high school

The artist performed songs from her new album in a five-night residency at Hollywood high school’s auditorium

The Guardian - US

James review – special band still filling arenas with anthems of warmth and humanity

A talismanic Tim Booth is the pied-piper through a set that covers the five decades of this unique band’s beloved back catalogue alongside some fresh bangers

The Guardian - UK

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Kai Cenat calls Kanye West’s Bully a “banger” despite being dragged into his rollout drama months earlier

Kai Cenat praised Bully, calling it a “banger” despite his earlier confusion during Kanye West’s rollout. Once caught in unexpected drama, Cenat now shows clear support for the project. His reaction highlights a shift from tension to appreciation, as he acknowledges the album’s balanced sound and signals that their brief…

The Times of India

'What Matters the Most is the Music': Kanye West Fans Defend LA Concert Attendance Despite Nazi Controversies

Kanye West's LA concerts drew massive crowds, with fans returning despite his antisemitic remarks and Nazi imagery, saying it's the music that matters.

International Business Times UK

Busted star James Bourne reveals he is having 'major surgery' to 'extend his life' as he shares worrying health update

In a concerning update, James Bourne, 42, said he hoped the surgery would ‘extend my life’

Evening Standard

Pepsi drops Wireless sponsorship amid criticism of Kanye West booking

Sponsor pulls out after Keir Starmer calls decision to book rapper who wrote song titled Heil Hitler ‘deeply concerning’

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“I am 10 times the player when I hold a guitar pick the ‘wrong’ way”: A blues guitar hero showed me how he held his pick – and it changed the way I played guitar

Some sage advice has shaped my entire playing journey – and anyone can give it a go for immediate results

Guitar World

“I’ve never met Noel Gallagher, but I’ve heard he liked Strange Times”: The unsung 1986 album that inspired the ’90s Britpop boom

The big-name fans. The studio where the Smiths tracked The Queen Is Dead. The bird that got caught in the control room. This is the story of the Chameleons’ Stranger Times

Guitar World

Keir Starmer blasts ‘deeply concerning’ Kanye West festival headline plans

The rapper has drawn widespread criticism in recent years after he began voicing his admiration of Adolf Hitler, and made antisemitic remarks.

Evening Standard

“Rick had a lot of pain in him and it came out in his more cynical songs, while the hurting and questioning in The Logical Song came from me”: How Roger Hodgson and Supertramp fought their way to the top – and how the multi-million-selling band imploded

“Breakfast In America took eight months to finish – some people would call us anal!”

MusicRadar

SampleRadar: 142 free yacht rock samples

Channel your inner Christopher Cross with this seaworthy pack of smooth yacht rock licks

MusicRadar

"They refused it and told me, either change the beat, change the tempo, take the talking out, take the whistling out, or we won't release it”: How Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo had to fight to release their 1983 classic

Love Is a Battlefield introduced the Linn Drum into mainstream rock

MusicRadar

Ye attempts a comeback with sold-out LA-area concert, support from Lauryn Hill

The artist formerly and possibly again known as Kanye West reveled in support from one of his musical idols, Lauryn Hill, as he staged a sold-out Southern California concert meant to mark a comeback from years of controversy

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“He asked, ‘Who owns the rights to your albums?’ I was like, ‘We should.’ He said, ‘How about I buy them for you?’” It took nearly 50 years for Happy The Man to hear their music the way they’d intended

Tripped up by record company machinations, the American pioneers – who nearly became Peter Gabriel’s backing band – didn’t think their first two records would ever sound like they had in the studio

Guitar World

“It was a lot of trial and error with Dave – a lot of just trying to find out what worked, fine-tune it and then do it again”: Jimmie Vaughan on the Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Top 40 hit that got Al Bundy – and Hollywood’s – seal of approval

The year was 1986, London was calling for Jimmie Vaughan, where album sessions alongside Dave Edmunds led to a classic LP, and this is how it all went down

Marie Claire

From the Wedding Dress to the Bachelorette Party, Every Taylor Swift Bridal Era Detail We Know (So Far)

The wedding of the year is almost here.

Guitar World

“He rolled up with his guitar on his back and his Fender Deluxe in his right hand”: Mark Lettieri on his jams with John Mayer, and how they ended up working together on one of the biggest PRS shows in history

Three guitar greats needed a band, and Lettieri came to their rescue

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The Independent UK

Goo Goo Dolls cancel third show in a row amid concern for singer’s health

Lead singer John Rzeznik has been diagnosed with pneumonia

Guitar World

“They’re 16 bars, and that’s it. There’s no extended solos”: Adrian Smith on why making music outside of Iron Maiden lets him stretch his soloing wings

In Smith/Kotzen, he’s relishing the chance to improvise and color outside of his usual lines, but admits that keeping up with Kotzen isn’t easy

Guitar World

Philip Sayce: The 5 techniques that define my sound

Turbocharge your fretting hand stretches, screaming bends and blues-rock intensity with the core techniques that shaped Philip Sayce’s signature sound

Louder

Voyage 35 share their first music with a cover of Porcupine Tree's The Nostalgia Factory

Former Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and John Wesley will tour as Voyage 35, performing early Porcupine Tree material, in September

Metal Hammer

"I started chemo and got in touch with my Native American roots." How Testament's Chuck Billy survived cancer (and grunge) to become a thrash metal legend

Testament, Marvel's What If...?, an upcoming biography: Chuck Billy is a man of many talents

Louder

Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Plini, Chimpan A, William Gilmour & John McGuigan, Playgrounded and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Ace new prog from Oh Hiroshima, Telepathy, The Prominent Citizens and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

MusicRadar

“Anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic. But because it is sugarcoated, it is accepted”: The song John Lennon called “the best I've ever written” – and Yoko Ono’s uncredited contribution

“A lot of it – the lyric and the concept – came from Yoko”

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