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‘I hope you enjoy the show. I hope I’m not dead’: how Feelgood star Wilko never saw the play about his life

The musician lived a wild story of many acts: Jonathan Maitland turned it into a play and read it to him just a year before he died. This is how their encounter went …

The Guardian - UK

Tate McRae: ‘I find the Britney Spears comparisons so flattering and scary’

INTERVIEW: As the 21-year-old Canadian pop star releases her third album ‘So Close To What’, she speaks to Ellie Muir about fame, toxic relationships and making music with her rapper boyfriend Kid Laroi

The Independent UK

Rihanna Teases Highly Anticipated New Album After Eight-Year Wait

Rihanna shares insights on her highly anticipated upcoming album, emphasizing artistic growth and a commitment to delivering a meaningful project.

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"Kendrick, let's go ahead and shock the world." Disturbed's David Draiman wants to collaborate with superstar rapper Kendrick Lamar on this generation's Walk This Way

Disturbed would love to work with rap star Kendrick Lamar on a crossover track to rival Walk This Way and Bring The Noise

Metal Hammer

Rihanna teases ‘unexpected’ new music as Glastonbury rumours swirl

It’s been nearly a decade since the pop star put out new music

The Independent UK

“I played in 29 punk rock bands, but I loved Prince. 1999 became the soundtrack to my life”: How the Purple One’s classic album was life-changing for a Guns N’ Roses star

“That record gave me the courage to move to LA”

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The power of owning your name

Abel Tesfaye is leaving The Weeknd behind, which resonates with those who have struggled with cultural identity

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Kendrick Lamar earns first UK number one with Drake diss track

The song was reportedly streamed more than six million times in the past seven days

The Independent UK

Identity of Dave Grohl's love child's mother revealed after months of secrecy

The Foo Fighters frontman, 56, revealed in September that he had fathered a baby with another woman

Evening Standard

Joy Crookes review – an enthralling, intimate set from this rising London soul star

The twentysomething singer-songwriter brings classic Motown rhythms with a touch of hip-hop to a resounding set of anti-anxiety anthems

The Guardian - UK

Rihanna 'tipped for Glastonbury 2025 as she plans major London residency'

The Umbrella singer, 37, has yet to perform at the famous music festival despite years of speculation

Evening Standard

The late Gwen McCrae brought emotion to dance music like no one else

Spanning deep soul, disco and beyond, McCrae – who has died aged 81 – didn’t get the recognition she deserved for a discography charged with pain and wonder

The Guardian - UK

Phil Collins admits he’s ‘very sick’ following retirement announcement

‘I keep thinking I should go downstairs to the studio and see what happens but I'm not hungry for it anymore’

The Independent UK

“lan spotted that the relationship between high bass and low guitar was really interesting and unusual. My style of playing came from that”: Peter Hook’s ‘lead bass’ approach spawned a catalog of hits with Joy Division and New Order

One of the most influential bassists of the ‘80s, Peter Hook developed a style marked by open-string drones, and a dark, chorus-drenched tone

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Russell Watson looks back: ‘My success felt like a wave that kept rolling. Until it didn’t’

The classical singer on scrimping and saving for his first guitar, being diagnosed with two brain tumours and getting back to music

Evening Standard

Phil Collins says he's 'very sick' and not 'hungry' to make new music in devastating health update

The Grammy winner, 74, retired from performing in 2022 amid devastating complications from a spine injury that left him with mobility issues.

Guitar World

“Play like you don’t know how to play the guitar”: That time Miles Davis stopped his entire band to give John McLaughlin some unlikely advice

The famously blunt and temperamental jazz icon was determined to realize his boundary-pushing late-'60s creative vision, but nonetheless had great respect for the budding guitar virtuoso

Metal Hammer

“Religion never accepts the balance that exists in a human being. It’s just a one-way street. That’s always going to cause conflicts”: How Dimmu Borgir made an irreligious symphonic black metal classic with In Sorte Diaboli

Dimmu Borgir sealed their status as black metal’s biggest band with 2007’s In Sorte Diaboli

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“We were heartbroken. The world had lost a big talent. But as a band we had lost much more”: The rollercoaster story of AC/DC’s Back In Black, the 50-million selling album that emerged from tragedy

How AC/DC recovered from the death of iconic singer Bon Scott to make the biggest rock album ever

Louder

I’ve just discovered how many classic seventh records exist and it’s blown my mind

Are you aware of how many incredible seventh records there are? Introducing the magnificent seven...

Louder

“I always thought that Pink Floyd were a band for people who don’t like music or rock’n’roll”: Jack Bruce’s wild tales of Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Leslie West and more

From Ginger Baker’s genius to Leslie West’s food roadie, former Cream man Jack Bruce saw it all

The Guardian - UK

Jerry Butler, soul hitmaker and Illinois politician, dies aged 85

Singer and songwriter who had a longstanding partnership with Curtis Mayfield earned the nickname ‘Iceman’ for his cool demeanour

Evening Standard

Kendrick Lamar earns first number one UK single with diss track Not Like Us

He performed the track during his Super Bowl LIX half-time show.

MusicRadar

“Imagine not knowing Eric Johnson, Vai and Satriani and seeing this for the first time? It literally blows your mind”: Matteo Mancuso – 10 albums that changed my life

The Sicilian virtuoso salutes Jimmy Page's stylistic adventurism, the compositional genius of Pat Metheny and Al Di Meola, and declares Jaco Pastorius “the Jimi Hendrix of bass”

The Independent UK

Jerry 'Ice Man' Butler, soul singer whose hits included 'Only the Strong Survive,' dies at 85

Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer whose rich, steady baritone graced such hits as "For Your Precious Love," "Only the Strong Survive" and "Make It Easy On Yourself," has died at age 85

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