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Grapefruit were tipped to be the next Beatles – what happened to the band once loved by John Lennon?

PLAYBACK: If John Lennon and Paul McCartney were to be believed, Grapefruit were poised to be the next big thing in music, with one member even invited to sing on ‘Hey Jude’. Neve Dawson revisits the four-piece band that time forgot

The Independent UK

“We were working on Oranges And Lemons. I was putting on a bass part. You don’t want Chris Squire walking in, do you?” XTC’s Colin Moulding on meeting his hero, declining to join Pink Floyd, and working on Billy Sherwood’s Dark Side tribute

Jethro Tull and Atomic Rooster endured a difficult return from the breakup with Andy Partridge, but it led to a happy reunion with drummer Terry Chambers

Louder

Billie Marten: ‘Mostly, artists are in financial ruin no matter how successful they appear to be’

INTERVIEW: As the contemporary folk singer releases her fifth studio album, ‘Dog Eared’, she sits down with Helen Coffey to discuss her bold new sound, the mourning for lost childhood, and why our broken music industry means we all wind up paying Taylor Swift in the end

The Independent UK

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New k-pop band debuts with two North Korean defector members

Two North Korean defectors join members from the United States and Japan

The Independent UK

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are teasing something cryptic together and fans are getting very excited

The Fleetwood Mac legends are suddenly completing each other's sentences

Louder

8 bands divided by lawsuits: It's not just Jane's Addiction

Bands behaving badly

The Independent UK

Coldplay Concert Cameraman Catches Couple Cheating On Their Partners During Show

"A moment of silence for their families."

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Steve Miller Band cancels tour, saying extreme weather is a safety concern

The Steve Miller Band has canceled its U.S. tour, citing extreme weather as a safety concern for fans and crew

The Independent UK

“I’m waiting for the right player. I don’t want to break the chain of great guitarists coming through”: Scott Gorham on the future of Thin Lizzy – and how the late John Sykes gave them some thunder when they needed it most

Gorham remembers John Sykes, the player who stepped in and stepped up, breathing new life into Thin Lizzy with the super hard rock sound of his Les Paul Custom

Guitar World

Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy

The late star paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lows

The Guardian - US

Listen to the first Nine Inch Nails single in five years, As Alive As You Need Me To Be, from the soundtrack to Tron: Ares

Nine Inch Nails share first taste of their 24-track soundtrack to Tron: Ares

Metal Hammer

Not a joker! Steve Miller Band cancels all upcoming tour dates due to weather

‘Fly Like an Eagle’ rock band were expected to kick off their 2025 American tour next month

The Independent UK

“Film and TV music will often leave a dissonant chord hanging unresolved to underline the tension”: Learn 5 altered chords that can create or dissolve harmonic tension

Jimmy Page often employed dissonant chords with Led Zep and you can, too. You don't even need to know the name of the chord to use them

Guitar World

Leigh-Anne Pinnock joins star-studded crowd at intimate Burna Boy gig after teasing music comeback

Leomie Anderson and Nathalie Emmanuel were also spotted at the album launch gig in London

Evening Standard

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“I'm either wishing I had this back in the White Stripes or I am glad I didn't”: Jack White unveils a brand new custom guitar made by Eddie Van Halen's go-to master builder – and it’s “half bass, half guitar”

The off-kilter guitar – christened the ‘Ugly Stick’ – has been in the works for 30 plus years

Evening Standard

How Kpop Demon Hunters became a stealth smash hit for Netflix

Gonna be golden

MusicRadar

“He really didn’t like it the first time we played it”: The controversial Radiohead hit that launched two lawsuits and ended up being performed by Prince

"It was written during “a pretty strange period in my life” said Thom Yorke

Evening Standard

Connie Francis dead at 87: Pretty Little Baby singer dies after health battle

The news of her passing was confirmed on Thursday by her close friend Ron Roberts

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Evening Standard

Iconic rock band shockingly explodes in multi-million dollar brawl and lawsuits after onstage chaos

A new legal mess has shattered a legendary band, with claims of assault, emotional distress, and bullying after a viral onstage fight ended their reunion

International Business Times UK

Connie Francis Dies At 87: Singer Had Just Gone Viral Among Gen Z For Song 'Pretty Little Baby'

Legendary singer Connie Francis has passed away at age 87 after just recently going viral on TikTok for one of her songs from the 1960s.

Evening Standard

Who was Connie Francis? Pretty Little Baby singer dies at 87

Francis suffered from health complications weeks before her death

MusicRadar

“I said, ‘Eureka! ...You’ve found that elusive thing, a low-watt amp which reacts perfectly to a guitar”: Sundragon and Jimmy Page team up for the Nymph, a single-watt tube combo for nailing Led Zep tones at home

The Nymph is a one-watter with a 1/4-watt setting and a line out – and Page says he used his double neck to test it out

The Guardian - UK

Breakups, booty calls and bare-all balladry: SZA’s 20 best songs – ranked!

As her European tour with Kendrick Lamar continues in the UK, we rate the former Glastonbury headliner’s best tracks, from 2012’s debut to this year’s collaboration with Don Toliver

Metal Hammer

“Hardcore innovators, soulful rockers and, frankly, the best band in the world you’re not listening to”: Every Thrice album ranked from worst to best

From scrappy debut Identity Crisis to refined latest album Horizons/East, we rank the back-catalogue of one of the most underrated bands on the planet right now

The Independent UK

Star-crossed singer Connie Francis, whose hits included 'Pretty Little Baby' dead at 87

Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include “Pretty Little Baby” and who would later serve as an ironic title for a personal life filled with heartbreak and tragedy, has died at age 87

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