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"You can't dance or clap along to it. When we play it live, you can always see the audience getting caught out": How Genesis wrote the career-changing song that confused their fans - and Peter Gabriel

Deceptively straightforward but with a rhythmic banana skin, Genesis's transformation from major cult band to stadium-filling hit-makers started here

Louder

Brandy apologises to fans and thanks Monica after leaving show mid-concert

The singer posted on social media that she left the stage in Chicago due to fears that she might faint.

Evening Standard

"The realisation that life is not for ever made me very sad": Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez on why songs become more personal with the passing of time

Self-described “slightly bizarre band“ Coheed & Cambria are currently on tour in the UK

Louder

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"Rest in Power": Anthony Jackson, six-string bass ace, dies aged 73

Jackson played for stars across the jazz-fusion-pop spectrum, including Buddy Rich, Al Di Meola, Madonna, Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack and more

MusicRadar

Nicola Roberts: ‘I have friends that didn’t manage to make it to 40 – it’s a privilege getting older’

The Girls Aloud star opens up about loss, social pressure and why she’s done with punishing her skin in the pursuit of youth.

The Independent UK

Mariah Carey Concert In Singapore Goes Viral For 'Zombie' Fans, Lacklustre Crowd Who Just Wanted To 'Sit' Through Performance

Mariah Carey's Singapore concert goes viral after fans clash over standing vs sitting, sparking debate about crowd energy and concert etiquette.

International Business Times UK

“I said, ‘If you want a great film, watch this.’ We watched it together on the tour bus, then our singer went out and bought the entire back catalogue!” Rush inspired a collective moment for an enduring Britrock band

Guitarist had always loved the Canadian trio, but his colleagues had barely heard of them until one night on the road in 2010

Metal Hammer

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‘Everyone seems to be on Zimmers’: after 70 years of hip-shaking thrills, is rock’n’roll dead?

It is now seven decades since Little Richard sang Tutti Frutti – and a rip-roaring new type of music burst out into the world. But is rock’n’roll about to die out? Our writer goes searching for signs of life

The Guardian - UK

After The Road’s First Country Singer Elimination, I See Why Keith Urban Is A ‘Force To Be Reckoned With’ On The Show

Based on what the Tour Manager told us, this was only the beginning of the showcase of Keith Urban.

Cinemablend

"He had this ability to pull this beautiful sadness out of the bass": Watch Fred Durst pay tribute to late Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers

Fred Durst releases video tribute to the "gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful" Sam Rivers

Metal Hammer

Taylor Swift Brought Back Chainmail Trend, And The Story Behind The Look Is Way More Complicated Than I Expected

A designer will make anything happen for Taylor Swift.

Cinemablend

Brandy reveals reason for abruptly leaving concert with Monica mid-performance

Two singers announced their reunion tour earlier this year

The Independent UK

Limp Bizkit's Sam Rivers Revealed He Had Liver Disease From Years of Drinking — Did This Lead to His Death?

Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers is dead at 48. His past battle with alcohol-induced liver disease raises questions about his unconfirmed cause of death.

International Business Times UK

“It’s something I say in one of the songs – ‘The separation starts here’”: How ‘the Radiohead of metal’ broke free from nu metal to blaze their own unique trail

The story of one of the 90s most pivotal albums

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This iconic jazz progression was played by countless guitar legends – and it can help you learn the chord secrets of Joe Pass, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery

Want to add sophistication to your chords? Master this essential chord progression as played by 5 guitar legends

The Guardian - UK

Huey Morgan looks back: ‘My father left when I was seven. Music was a way to derail those feelings of not being good enough’

The musician on dealing with PTSD, his angry TV outburst, and why one radio station refused to play anything by Fun Lovin’ Criminals

Metal Hammer

“It’s almost cooler that we never did release it. It’s become this mythical thing now”: The lost Nine Inch Nails supergroup that could have united two of rock’s most iconic singers

This early 2000s project could have been asbolutely huge

Guitar World

“I was just talking to Paul Reed Smith – and I don’t know if I should be telling you this – but he’s made a new guitar that’s a revolution”: John McLaughlin teases unreleased PRS that he calls the mysterious ‘Yellow Guitar’

The jazz legend has been testing one of two prototypes, and both big names have been blown away...

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"Sam Rivers wasn’t just our bass player – he was pure magic…" Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers has died, aged 48

Nu metal bassist Sam Rivers has died, Limp Bizkit confirm

Louder

“People have a hard time understanding how unsurprising Bohemian Rhapsody was to us”: These are the two early Queen songs that Brian May says paved the way for Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody didn’t appear out of nowhere

Guitar World

“It’s nasty and greasy and oozing funk. It’s a masterclass in funk bass”: Robert Wilson had his step-out performance on this Gap Band classic, which features two bass parts, both cut on a flatwound-strung P-Bass

The main riff is likely familiar to many via Victor Wooten’s song Bass Tribute

The Independent UK

Pink Floyd star David Gilmour says ‘no possible way’ for Roger Waters reunion

Former bandmates are embroiled in one of music’s most acrimonious feuds

The Independent UK

Sam Rivers death: Limp Bizkit bassist dies, aged 48

Nu metal group say Rivers was ‘pulse beneath every song’

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t really have sex to music, it’s a bit Tom Cruise’: Miles Kane’s honest playlist

The singer and Last Shadow Puppets frontman has come a long way from buying No Limit at Woolworths, but what song can make him cry?

MusicRadar

“You will lose out on generations of esoteric, risk-taking, creative, adventurous weirdos, rebels, agitators, and provocateurs. You’re gonna get white bread”: Shirley Manson takes aim at the music industry, Spotify and Ticketmaster

She expands on reasons behind Garbage’s decision to “curtail” touring

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