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You’re taking the mic! The ultimate guide to Eurovision 2025

From dominatrix divas to sauna bros and the ‘Viking Jedward’ – plus maybe even Céline Dion – there’s something for everyone at this year’s Eurovision. Bring on the innuendo!

The Guardian - UK

"It was like seeing the future." The band who took Sleep Token on their first US tour recall hearing them for the first time

It was clear Sleep Token were special on their first US tour - but not everybody understood them

Metal Hammer

Eurovision explained as the extravagant pop contest reaches its grand final

The 69th Eurovision Song Contest is approaching its grand final in the Swiss city of Basel

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“I love making bangers. Someone’s got to make them. I’m really proud when they come out of me”: Lorde reveals that she used the drums from Radiohead’s Reckoner while she was writing new single What Was That, and they probably weren’t too hard to find

The band released the stems of the In Rainbows song back in 2008

MusicRadar

YouTube is making playlist listening a bit more democratic

YouTube is starting to roll out a new feature that lets you vote on songs in playlists.

Android Central

“Johnny will sometimes come out with something and we’ll laugh at the bludgeoning nature of it”: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs on happy accidents with broken pedals, collabs with hip-hop royalty, and the riff that’s so heavy they can’t play it live

Death Hilarious finds Pigs x7 in full-on destroy everything mode, splitting the atom with low-end guitar. As Sam Grant and Adam Ian Sykes admit, this sonic maximalism is not without risk

Guitar World

“Ilike doing weird things like playing myphone through my pickups, and then looping that while playing over the top”: How Bonnie Trash’s Emmalia Bortolon-Vettor is reinventing guitar sounds with a $1 ring slide, a looper and her imagination

Meet the Canadian quartet twisting post-rock with gothic noise and avant-garde surrealism, whose freewheeling approach requires economical gear and a curious mind

Guitar World

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"We wrote a song based on a riff I had. The idea was to be Mahavishnu Orchestra with vocals": After Deep Purple decided not to hire him after Ritchie Blackmore's departure, Clem Clempson almost formed a wild supergroup with Glenn Hughes and David Bowie

The Colosseum and Humble Pie guitarist was in with a shot at joining the band –but says Tommy Bolin got the gig for one specific reason

Guitar World

Voices: For Eurovision’s sake, let’s keep politics out of the song contest

COMMENT: It’s a shame this year’s contest is bogged down in anti-Israel controversy, says Clair Woodward – the frivolous get-together should be all about the performances, not the real world

The Independent UK

“A rare and culturally critical guitar directly tied to the end of the Beatles and Cream”: A 1913 Gibson acoustic – played and owned by George Harrison and Eric Clapton – has been listed on Reverb

The historically significant guitar was featured on the final albums by the Beatles and Cream and helped launch the guitarists' solo careers

Guitar World

Roland puts 8 classic Boss effects pedals in a new plugin, and there are more to come... but they're only available with a Roland Cloud subscription

The Boss Effects Pedals plugin emulates classic stompboxes like the OD-1 OverDrive, PH-1 Phaser, and DS-1 Distortion

MusicRadar

Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran and Elton John among musicians named on Sunday Times Rich List for 2025

Only a handful of musicians were featured on the annual wealth ranking

The Independent UK

The legacy of Chris Squire remembered on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now

The brand new issue of Prog is on sale now! Featuring Robert Fripp, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Katatonia, Cosmograf, Savatage, Ghost Of The Machine, Black Country New Road and loads more...

Louder

“The first thing you need to do islisten to what the other instrumentalist isplaying and see if what you’re doing can enhance that”: Cory Wong on the secrets of collaboration and how to stack and blend guitar parts that complement the song

Looking for the perfect part to play with another guitarist? Wong says it's all about finding the compositional "hook" – and he has some practical examples to show us

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“If Bobby and Mickey want to do it, I want to do it”: Dead & Company’s Sphere residency is drawing to a close – but is new music from John Mayer and Bob Weir on the cards?

The band had originally formed as a live act, but the project could yet live on after the residency wraps this week

The Guardian - UK

Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation after sexual assault allegations

Los Angeles police open investigation after lawsuit filed against Motown singer alleging sexual assault of four former housekeepers over many years

Louder

"Ask any Quo fan and they’ll agree. The rawness was the reason they liked it": Status Quo's classic Live! gets a deluxe, multi-disc makeover

Status Quo's classic live 1976 double repackaged in an eight-CDset with three full show recordings

Louder

"We wanted to go straight to the source – into the room with people known for their songwriting": The Black Keys detail new album No Rain, No Flowers

Listen to the title track of the Black Keys' upcoming album now

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Kara-Lis Coverdale: From Where You Came review – quiet ecstasy from a composer without boundaries

Stirring motifs fill the spacious settings on the Montreal musician’s first album in eight years, building a blend of modern classical, jazz and new age

Louder

“A work of towering vitality, a raised fist and even a raised finger”: Gong’s 10th anniversary edition of I See You casts Daevid Allen’s final work in a new light

Subtle touches mark the full-circle moment when Allen – who still had plenty to say – put his band in the hands of Kavus Torabi, and the wheel moved on

Louder

"Pure manna for a fanbase denied any whiff of a reunion": Dire Straits' 30-million-selling Brothers In Arms celebrates its 40th birthday with energised extras

Mark Knopfler’s crowning achievement: mildly dated, largely evocative, expanded with live shows

Louder

"Driving in the middle of the night in North Ontario, someone flags us down. At that same moment, I smell smoke": Six things you didn't know about The Damn Truth

They were saved by the rock community, they’re produced byBob Rock and dug by Billy Gibbons. They're Canadian rockers The Damn Truth

The Guardian - UK

From early setbacks to a storming Springsteen show: Co-op Live, a year on

CEO of company behind arena in Manchester says he’s ‘proud of the bet we made’ as report details economic impact

The Independent UK

On Felt Better Alive, Pete Doherty surprises with a charming and chaotic picture of his newfound domesticity

4/5 A laidback family life in France is not what many Libertines fans would’ve imagined for the future of the famously troubled singer – but it’s where he finds himself on this creative new solo album

International Business Times UK

Gigi Hadid Allegedly Joins Taylor Swift in Cutting Ties With Blake Lively: What's Going On?

After ten years, Taylor Swift and Blake Lively's friendship ends due to legal conflicts involving personal texts and accusations of betrayal. Who else was caught in the crossfire?

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