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Brit Awards 2025: Charli XCX named Songwriter of the Year

Musician's first Brit award comes shortly after her three Grammy wins

The Independent UK

"We came out and started rocking and almost everybody in the club walked out": Nita Strauss remembers the worst gig of her life

At least her dad stuck around

Metal Hammer

Forget 'Reputation (Taylor's Version)' Because Taylor Swift Could Be Dropping a Whole New Album Soon

There's a lot going on at the moment.

Marie Claire

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Celine Dion pays tribute to Roberta Flack whose music ‘shaped generations’

The US singer was known for songs including Killing Me Softly With His Song and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

Evening Standard

Teddy Swims fans heartbroken after they were refused entry with fake tickets

‘This whole queue of people is not the queue for Teddy Swims, it’s the queue of all the people who have bought tickets on Viagogo who have now lost their money’

Evening Standard

“We may be witnessing a true future guitar hero in our midst”: Aussie teenager Taj Farrant officially blows Nuno Bettencourt’s mind as Extreme guitarist describes the blues-rock phenom as SRV meets EVH

Game recognises game...

MusicRadar

‘There’s no better feeling’: TikTok star Go-Jo to represent Australia at Eurovision 2025

Singer of viral hit Mrs Hollywood hopes his milkshakes bring everyone on board at Basel this year when he sings Milkshake Man, an ode to self-confidence

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Who is Benson Boone, the American Idol teen turned TikTok megastar?

His song was the global number one of 2024, yet no one of legal voting age seems to have heard of him. Who exactly is Benson Boone and how did he shoot to fame?

Evening Standard

Tony Kinsey obituary

Drummer, bandleader and composer who was a leading figure in the world of postwar British jazz

The Guardian - UK

“Lemmy gave me joy, confidence in myself, and energy – he’s an avatar of the original spirit and power of rock and roll”: Statue of Motörhead legend to be unveiled in his hometown this May

Lemmy's bronze tribute was sculpted by Andy Edwards – the artist behind the world-famous Beatles statue in Liverpool

Guitar World

“All who believe in freedom and sense the jeopardy we Europeans now find ourselves in are not sleeping easily on this, the third anniversary of the invasion”: U2 send message of support and music to President Zelenskyy and Ukraine

Bono reads out poem by Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko

MusicRadar

“Strap in for one of the most fun summer shows of your life!” Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive, I Prevail and Beartooth to co-headline ultra-stacked US metalcore tour

The Amity Affliction, The Devil Wears Prada and more will also populate the obscenely huge bill at the travelling Summer Of Loud festival

Metal Hammer

“I used different gadgets to make the guitar sound different. I used a few hammers – I don’t recommend that”: How Yasmin Williams is redefining the people’s music with kitchen implements and acoustic guitar

The acoustic folk virtuoso even used a frother from her parents’ kitchen to get a tone on new album Acadia, but, she tells us, the end justifies the means

Guitar World

George Harrison's amazing career as a guitarist, during and after the Beatles – only in the new Guitar World

Also starring Dhani Harrison, Dream Theater's John Petrucci, Spiritbox's Mike Stringer, Warren Haynes, Buck Dharma, X's Billy Zoom, Jinjer, Paul Gilbert, Cobra Kai's guitar guys, 60 years of Peavey and more

Guitar World

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“A meeting was arranged, but the guy took off and drove to Guadalajara”: It was used for one of the greatest guitar solos of all time, then “kidnapped” and driven to Mexico – the Hollywood-like story of one of George Harrison's most famous guitars

Clandestine meetings, dramatic TV pleas, ransom demands, hurried getaway drives across the Mexican border... it sounds like a thriller, but it all revolved around a very special Les Paul

Guitar World

“I got a text: ‘Paul wants to come over for tea.’ I sit up in the middle of the night and I’m like, ‘I have no lefty guitars – what happens if he wants to show me something?’” Andrew Watt on the time Paul McCartney gave him a guitar lesson over tea

The super-producer also relays a secret Macca revealed about recording a classic Beatles track

MusicRadar

"This riff was gonna be really intense, and probably pretty majestic as well, but quite intriguing”: How Jimmy Page created the Led Zeppelin classic Kashmir

"It kicked off with myself and John Bonham," he said

MusicRadar

“I went for a guitar commission with a carload of basses! I laid them all out on the floor, and he went, ‘Okay, let’s make a guitar’”: Ken Lawrence reveals how he became luthier to James Hetfield and made some of his coolest Metallica guitars

How did a specialist in custom-built bass guitars end up making some of the Metallica frontman's most-famous electrics? As it turns out, with a twist of fate and his Mesa/Boogie connection

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“I saw this big hand come over with loads of rings on it and just stop the record. That was like my stamp of approval”: Adam F on making '90s DnB classic Colours – and why he’s re-recording it for 2025

“We went to the Hit Factory in New York, which was 10 or 15 grand a day. I preferred the mixdowns that I did in my bedroom in Watford”

MusicRadar

“The lyrics talk about machines writing music, and that’s actually happened. All things considered, it was a very prophetic song”: The iconic track that sparked the MTV generation also predicted the entire future of music

This Trevor Horn-helmed classic documented a sea change in music consumption, and its vision of tomorrow was spookily accurate

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Roberta Flack: A Musical Legacy Beyond The Classics

Explore the diverse musical legacy of iconic artist Roberta Flack, from soulful hits to genre-defying innovation.

Guitar World

“I get the label as a blues rock artist a lot, and I hate that. That's not the type of music I make, nor is it the kind of music I listen to”: Grace Bowers on moving past the blues guitarist label – and where she’s headed next

Bowers’ blues chops were the gateway to her making a mark on the guitar scene, but her album and live performances show that she’s much more than just a one-genre player

Louder

Big Big Train announce new Scop EP as companion to upcoming Bard reissue

New companion EP Scop features previously unreleased demos from the original Bard sessions and more and will be released in March

Evening Standard

Fyre Festival returns for second instalment with tickets to cost up to $1 million

Despite the catastrophic failure of Fyre Festival, founder Billy McFarland has confirmed dates for the next event

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