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Taylor Swift hands out bonuses totalling over $55m to everyone working on Eras Tour

Caterers, truck drivers, riggers, dancers and more all reportedly received bonuses

The Independent UK

“40 minutes of bass solos just ain’t going to work for me”: Meshell Ndgeocello on why she could never be as solo-orientated as Jaco Pastorius

Yes, she’s an A-list bass player, but for Meshell Ndgeocello the groove comes first

Guitar World

Bride cuts and dyes her wedding dress to wear to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour

Taylor Swift fan admits she was ‘nervous’ to cut and dye her gown

The Independent UK

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Taylor Swift urged to cancel LA shows in solidarity with striking hotel workers

California lieutenant governor among officials calling for postponement as thousands on strike demanding better pay and benefits

The Guardian - US

‘Sometimes I feel hunted by dogs on cocaine’: the demons of DJ Koze, summer anthem genius

Was he left in a forest? Does he compose in a monastery? Is he terrified of crowds? Our writer tries to sort fact from wild fiction in conversation with the elusive German bangermeister

The Guardian - UK

“I would definitely advise trying classical guitar – it’s really easy to translate classical chord shapes to pop music”: How NY duo The Lemon Twigs are leading the ’70s glam rock guitar revival

Power-pop enthusiast Brian D’Addario on his love of 12-strings, surprising guitar heroes, and how fingerstyle on a nylon-string can be the foundation for all songwriting on guitar

Guitar World

"Not many bands have played Summer’s End, ArcTanGent and with Hawkwind!" Welcome to the world of The Fierce And The Dead

Rushden quartet The Fierce And The Dead are prog's unlikely heroes who's latest album The Euphoric draws from a diverse selection of influences and sounds great

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How to play gospel blues guitar and make something original – and thrilling – out of electric guitar's oldest art form

This lesson draws from the playing of B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and John Mayer in its off-grid timing and unexpected blues trademarks

Guitar World

“We’ve always said genre’s a lie since day one”: Meet Hot Milk, the Manchester punk-rockers who love P-90 pickups and EDM in equal measure, and count Dave Grohl among their fans

Jim Shaw and Han Mee are tearing up the genre rulebook, and producing some of today's most vital guitar-led music as a result. The Manchester upstarts explain what drives their diverse DADGAD-tuned songcraft, and the advice Dave Grohl gave them when they shared a stadium bill with Foo Fighters

Guitar World

"A lot of people were saying that they didn’t even know this record existed": Steven Wilson says Richard Wright's reissued 1978 solo album Wet Dream is like "a long-lost 1970s Pink Floyd album"

Having remixed Richard Wright's debut solo album Wet Dream for reissue, Steven Wilson compares it to “a long-lost 1970s Pink Floyd album that you’ve never heard”

Louder

“I'd hear Dave Mustaine aimlessly riffing on the couch, and it's the riffs that ended up on the first two Megadeth – and, frankly, Metallica – records”: Megadeth's first lead guitarist Greg Handevidt on the birth of a metal institution

The first guitar player to stand toe-to-toe with Dave Mustaine in Megadeth looks back on his intense initial meeting with the metal icon, and his memories of the band's mythical demo tape – their equivalent of Metallica's No Life 'Til Leather

Guitar World

"It's such a complete record, that perfect balance of technique, songwriting, emotion and energy": Nita Strauss on the music that's soundtracked her life

Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance

Metal Hammer

The Emerald Dawn tease new album In Time

Cornish based proggers The Emerald Dawn will release new album In Time in September

Louder

Watch this rare footage of Slipknot playing a 1999 hometown show and see why The Nine got so huge so fast

A month before releasing their iconic debut album, Slipknot played a hometown show in Des Moines, Iowa, and levelled the place

Metal Hammer

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The Independent UK

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé fans speak out about sale of ‘obstructed’ and ‘no view’ tour tickets

Singers are currently on their ‘Eras’ and ‘Renaissance’ world tours

Metal Hammer

"Some Kind Of Monster? It was all a bit Spinal Tap." Bill Bailey on the rock and metal albums that have defined his life

From Mastodon and Opeth's prog metal majesty to Metallica going off the rails with St Anger, these are the albums that have sountracked Bill Bailey's life

MusicRadar

Quadral 3 is the $59 synth that claims to make film and game soundtracks easy for everyone

Layer your quadrants, mix your samples, automate your parameters and you might end up being the next Secret Invasion or Zelda composer

MusicRadar

"This is a song I wrote as a goodbye to my friend Chris Cornell" – Pearl Jam's Mike McCready performs rare live vocal performance with tribute song

Crying Moon is the guitarist's salute to his late Temple Of The Dog bandmate

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Evening Standard

The six acts to catch at Field Day 2023: from Moderat to Jayda G

Strap on your dancing shoes

Evening Standard

Lollapalooza 2023: Full line up and how to watch the performances online

Kendrick Lamar to headline the second day after action-packed set from Billie Eilish

MusicRadar

Georgia: “You can do so much with a computer, but I still love the aesthetic of my vintage gear”

From session drummer to Mercury Prize nominee, UK artist Georgia’s career continues its ascent. We took flight with her to chart the course of glorious new album Euphoric

The Guardian - UK

‘Our music didn’t build. We were anti-catharsis’: the glacial pleasures of slowcore

Long after their 90s heyday, bands such as Codeine and Duster are finding new audiences in thrall to their slow, sad vision of guitar music. Veterans explain the scene’s angst and idealism

MusicRadar

"Any jobs going?": Taylor Swift hands out $55 million in bonuses to tour crew

Truck drivers get $100k each and caterers, dancers and performers also get generous payouts

Guitar World

Mick Thomson confirms he is using Fishman Fluence pickups now, and we reckon a signature set won’t be far off – here’s why

The Slipknot guitar icon has embraced Fluence’s tech-savvy tonal approach. We’re excited to see what follows

Guitar World

Paul Gilbert thinks freeform guitar solos are “pretty dangerous” – but he’s brought them back for Mr. Big’s farewell tour anyway

Though the virtuoso has admitted he's “a bit rusty with the artform” of freeform soloing, there's little sign of it in the electrifying examples that have surfaced from the band's ongoing final tour

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