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“When you need merciless metal tone and speed for days…”: Jackson adds Warrior, King V and Concert Bass to its limited edition Pro Plus Pure Metal range

Metal up your G.A.S. and take a look at these stripped-down single-pickup shred (and low-end) machines

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“A spontaneous and what I thought would be a fun thing”: Chrissie Hynde to release a new album of duets featuring Debbie Harry, Dave Gahan and Rufus Wainwright

Brandon Flowers, Shirley Manson and Julian Lennon have also joined her in the vocal booth

MusicRadar

“It’s impossible to make a record if you’re having to clear a horse noise”: How The Avalanches assembled their surreal monument of weird, Frontier Psychiatrist, from a huge range of samples

Tighten your buttocks and pour juice on your chin as we unpack The Avalanches’ sample-constructed maelstrom

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"Have a Rotten Christmas and New Year". Public Image Limited announce December/January UK shows

John Lydon's band extend their This Is Not The Last Tour run

Louder

Should Swifties Have Seen The New Taylor Swift Album Announcement Coming? Eagle-Eyed Fans Spotted Easter Egg That May Have Teased It

She's quite the mastermind.

Cinemablend

They can go for that: Hall & Oates appear to have reached a settlement in their legal dispute

Arbitration has worked for the blue-eyed soul duo

MusicRadar

Netflix Just Achieved A Historic First In The Craziest Way Possible

'KPop Demon Hunters' is a worldwide phenomenon, conquering even the Billboard charts.

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60s rock icon reveals reason he’s skipping Hall of Fame induction after 40 years of eligibility

Grammy-winning artist Chubby Checker is among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2025 Inductees

The Independent UK

“They kicked me out of the band for embarrassing them for being who I am”: Brent Hinds says he was forced out of Mastodon – despite claims his departure was amicable

Hinds has seemingly shed more light on his surprise Mastodon departure in a recent comment on social media

Guitar World

“It’s hilarious because that one thing you pour your heart into is just going to be completely covered by an explosion”: Yvette Young on what it was like to record guitar for James Gunn's Superman

The virtuoso has recently been leaning into more soundtrack-adjacent work, with her guitar chops on full display in the soundtrack of the new DC Universe movie

Guitar World

“Its authenticity is beguiling, as is its playability”: Rhodes Wurli review

If you prefer the sound of a Wurlitzer to a Rhodes, you’re in luck, because Rhodes now bring us a Wurli, in plugin form. Confused? We’ll explain!

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Drake lawyers allege Universal head Lucian Grainge ‘personally involved’ in Kendrick Lamar diss track

Lawyers for Universal Music Group deny that British chief exec had any ‘meaningful involvement’ in the promotion of allegedly defamatory track Not Like Us

The Guardian - UK

Yungblud: ‘Ozzy Osbourne stood for being yourself, without compromise’

Late Black Sabbath frontman was the singer’s ‘North Star for everything’, he said, as he attended the premiere of his new documentary

The Independent UK

Bobby Whitlock obituary

Rock musician who formed the band Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton and also worked with George Harrison

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“He was a very untraditional player, even though he had learned the traditional approach to blues to start with”: Carlos Santana on what made Jeff Beck a guitar great, and why he had to get into character to cover Michael Jackson

“Jeff Beck took guitar way beyond. His approach was like letting the hamster out of the cage,” he says

Evening Standard

Chrissie Hynde announces star-studded duets album featuring Rufus Wainwright, Debbie Harry and Brandon Flowers

The record will feature 13 tracks reimagined in stripped-back arrangements

MusicRadar

“Back of headstock reveals:#1 Edward Van Halen Model”: Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Kramer – also owned by Mick Mars – heads to the auction block. Is this the next multi-million dollar guitar?

Dressed up to look like Frankie, a precursor to the 5150, this transitional Kramer was stage-played by Eddie Van Halen and appeared on Mötley Crüe's Dr Feelgood

Louder

Militarie Gun announce new album God Save the Gun, share first single B A D I D E A

Los Angeles punks Militarie Gun announce follow up to 2023's Life Under The Gun

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Evening Standard

Oasis tipped for Knebworth return as 2026 offers flood in after reunion tour triumph

The band stunned fans last year when they announced they would play their first concerts in 15 years

The Independent UK

Demi Lovato says Jonas Brothers reunion for Camp Rock songs was ‘healing’

Pop star was reunited with her ‘Camp Rock’ bandmates in a surprise appearance in New Jersey

Metal Hammer

“To make up for lost time, we thought it would be cool to do something extra special." Alter Bridge are hosting their own music festival - and it's happening at a castle in Wales

Alter Bridge will host their own festival at Cardiff Castle in Wales next year

Guitar World

“We love exciting experimental, electronic music that doesn’t even really allow guitars. The rock thing is something we’re trying to fit in”: The Wants’ Madison Velding-VanDam is reimagining jagged post-punk guitar over a genre-spanning sonic landscape

NYC’s the Wants return with Bastard, a sophomore album that transforms personal tragedy – and yeah, some additional bad luck – into a groundbreaking sonic landscape

Guitar World

“Checking or asking for the weight of a guitar isn’t for cork-sniffers only”: What’s the optimum weight for a Les Paul? And is there such a thing as too heavy?

Weight is one of the thorniest issues in guitar. We all have our preferences – but should there be a limit?

Metal Hammer

We asked this metal vocalist what Meat Loaf wouldn’t have done for love, and it turns out he actually knows the answer

Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach answers the question that’s bothered rock fans for more than 30 years

Marie Claire

The Surprising Easter Eggs You Probably Missed in Taylor Swift’s Album Announcement

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