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Shakira hospitalized in Peru and cancels concert

The Colombian singer was admitted to an emergency clinic in Lima, Peru, just hours before her concert at the National Stadium.

Latin Times

Drake to headline all three days of London's Wireless festival

Canadian rapper looks to bounce back from feud with dates at Finsbury Park

Evening Standard

Drake’s history-making Wireless announcement divides opinion as Kendrick feud rages on

‘Feels like a punishment,’ one person said

The Independent UK

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“I wasn’t with a known band, as opposed to Van Halen, who had a hit record, so he did it, and the world got to hear it”: Harvey Mandel was one of the pioneers of the two-handed tapping technique – yet he claims he was never properly credited for it

The technique reached new heights in the late '70s and early '80s thanks to Eddie Van Halen and his peers. However, Mandel was already using it several years earlier

Guitar World

Wafia was finally about to release her debut album. Then LA caught on fire

After a decade of rising acclaim, the alt-pop artist returns to tales of home: of family, Australia and growing up Muslim and queer. It’s also a beacon of optimism

The Guardian - AU

“She grew up in Russia and bootlegged banned Deep Purple and Scorpions albums. It’s one of the reason I married her”: Kansas’ Joe Deninzon left the USSR and built a musical world out of a surprising coincidence

Violinist discovered MTV and never looked back thanks to the influence of Yes, Rush, Zappa – and the band he’d later join

Louder

“That move from F to Ab is either a clever allusion… or it’s an accident!” He’s one of the most influential bassists of all time, but did Motown’s James Jamerson make a mistake on this 1969 hit record?

How Jamerson’s ‘mistake’ helped set the foundation for The Temptations’ No. 1 hit

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“Guitar World was putting together this CD... I thought, ‘Guitar players are gonna try to play the most mind-blowing shredding’… So I did an acoustic piece in DADGAD”: The Cars' Elliot Easton considers this lost gem to be one of his best performances

Walk On Walden stood out in comparison to Easton's previous work with the Cars, and especially in the context of the compilation in question. Not that this was an accident

Guitar World

“We jumped offstage and took our masks off and started swinging at people at the end of one song”: The wild story of Slipknot vs Mushroomhead, the masked band feud that lit up nu metal

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Metal Hammer

“Go down in a ball of flames, you deserve it!”: safe to say that Thom Yorke is not a huge Muse fan

The Radiohead man was being pretty chill when talking about acts who have been influenced by his band… and then he remembered the M word

Louder

Moving mountains, Sarah Blasko comes to the country

The acclaimed singer-songwriter hopes audiences will sit with her in life's highs and lows, as she tours a deeply personal album across country Australia.

AAP

I tried a Hi-Res Audio player for the first time –and it's a game-changer

The Activo P1 is an exciting option for those looking to get into audiophile listening – for a great price.

Post Malone joins reunited Nirvana at Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary concert

Adam Sandler introduced the group as ‘Post Nirvana’

The Independent UK

Quick! Positive Grid's huge $50 Riff audio interface discount ends today – here are 5 reasons it’s worth your money

Start recording your guitar playing for less with this amazing deal exclusively for Guitar World readers

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“I sold all my stuff. I even left my car out on the street!” When asked by Miles Davis to move to New York and play some shows, bass great Dave Holland didn’t blink

Dave Holland’s arrival in New York coincided with one of the most transformative periods for Miles Davis and his Lost Quintet

The Guardian - UK

Cyndi Lauper review – a freedom fighter’s swan song

Forty years after her feminist breakout hit, the New York singer bows out of live performance with a show rich in colourful pop and personal anecdotes, while never losing sight of women’s basic rights…

Louder

“Axl only wanted to play industrial and Pearl Jam-sounding crap”: the story of Slash’s Snakepit and how it marked the beginning of the end for Guns N’ Roses mark one

The guitarist’s solo debut It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere turns 30 this week but it could’ve been a GN’R album if he'd had his way

Metal Hammer

“We ended up hating Rick Rubin. He didn’t get what made this band happen”: The rollercoaster story of Wolfsbane, the British metal band who should have been superstars

Long before Blaze Bayley joined Iron Maiden, he was a member of British metal lunatics Wolfsbane

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“He told me it had a reverse headstock, but when we opened the case it turned out to be a left-handed King V”: A labor of love, Wes Borland's beloved custom Jackson King V began life as a factory floor reject

Rather than a top-of-the-line custom job involving the best of the company's best luthiers, Borland's favored King V was brought to his attention by Jackson because, not in spite of, the quirks that led to its initial rejection

Louder

“Paul McCartney was an unusually dour person and John Lennon was drunk and inanimate”: Todd Rundgren’s wild tales of The Beatles, New York Dolls, Grand Funk Railroad and more

Todd Rundgren clashed with Lennon, told RIngo Starr how to drum and helped shape the New York Dolls

Metal Hammer

Steven Tyler's recent live performance got Aerosmith fans' hopes up –but the vocalist will never tour again

Drummer Matt Sorum was thrilled to perform with Steven Tyler this month but says the singer can't get back on the road

Metal Hammer

Watch video for Billy Morrison's Gods of Rock N Roll featuring Ozzy Osbourne

Black Sabbath icon Ozzy and Billy Morrison join forces again on reimagined new single Gods of Rock N Roll

Latin Times

This is How Fans Reacted When They Learned Selena Gomez Lied About Retiring From Singing

After spending time focusing on acting and entrepreneurship, the Mexican-American superstar announced that she is making a new album.

AAP

Dad brings the country, daughter the indie-pop

Country star Troy Cassar-Daley has won a record 45 Golden Guitars, but his pop singer daughter Jem might soon be more famous.

The Independent UK

Drake accused of ripping off new album art from Freddie Gibbs

Gibbs has claimed that Drake’s new collaborative album with PARTYNEXTDOOR includes ‘stolen’ elements

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