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“A lot of people came with their backs up... it was kind of scary.” Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones reflects on his band's infamous, “chaotic” first US tour, and promises that the punk legends will be back this year

America, the Sex Pistols are coming for you, again

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“For me, it’s not enough to play an idea once and then move on. I’d rather develop my initial phrase and then morph it into 10 different, thematically connected ones”: Jared James Nichols shows you how to use call-and-response blues phrasing

This Blues Power-up for your playing will help your solos speak to the audience

Guitar World

“Phoebe Bridgers got this intimate performance – I’d have put in a million layers of fuzz guitar before singing!” Jasmine.4.t on being produced by all three members of boygenius, borrowing their baritone – and why you should try writing in DADGAD

The first British artist signed to Bridgers’ label explains how she used her Dano ‘63 Baritone to escape her previous life and turn horror into triumph on You Are the Morning

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"If he hadn’t been around, we’d have had to get some fat old geezer who’d be telling us about how he played with Clapton in ’76." Noel Gallagher on how Johnny Depp ended up playing on an Oasis album

How Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp wound up featuring on Oasis' first blues song

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“I was intimidated by teaching it to him. I was intimidated from playing it myself. He wasn’t intimidated. He just did it”: Timothée Chalamet’s guitar tutor was surprised when the Complete Unknown star tackled one of Bob Dylan’s trickiest songs with ease

Tutor to the stars and session pro Larry Saltzman shares what it was like to teach Chalamet the nuances of Dylan's playing, which the actor recently showcased on Saturday Night Live

Guitar World

“It was two days after Chris Cornell passed. Steve said, ‘I know you lost your friend – it's too soon now, but the time will come where you think of him, and it'll be happy memories’”: Once just a hero and mentor, Steve Vai is now Pete Thorn's bandmate

“Here, I'd lost a close friend and collaborator; and a hero of mine, from the time I was 11 years old or so, took the time to console me,” the newly appointed SatchVai Band guitarist tells GW

Guitar World

Women received one in five Grammy nominations and wins over eight years – report

No women have won in some categories, including Producer of the Year (non-classical) and Songwriter of the Year (non-classical).

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What really went on between Boyzone and Louis Walsh? Their relationship explained

There’s been plenty of bad blood over the years

Evening Standard

“Lionisation is too late when you’re dead… I’ve often thought of faking my own death and watching the record companies drum up all the stuff they can”: A fight, a show then a drink with John Martyn

All the evidence you need to be convinced the hard-living singer-songwriter was as progressive as they come

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"I made an incredible deal with Spotify when it was two weeks old": Toto songs are now played three million times a day on Spotify and Steve Lukather seems pretty happy with that

Steve Lukather on the band's younger audience, the continued success of Africa, and that weird art installation in the Namibian desert

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Beyonce And The Grammys: A Tense Relationship Again At A Head

Beyonce is the most decorated artist in Grammys history, and her album releases have both triggered cultural earthquakes and reshaped music industry norms.

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Zayn Malik Announces His First Solo Concert in Mexico 10 Years After His Departure from One Direction

The British singer will perform in the Mexican capital as Latin American fans beg for more dates in the region.

Latin Times

Def Leppard update fans about Vivian Campbell's health, share footage from show played without him

Vivian Campbell missed Def Leppard's recent show in Leon, Mexico, as he recuperated from a bone marrow transplant

Louder

Rush share unboxing video for new Rush 50 box set

Rush 50 celebrates the band's half-century in a variety of formats featuring seven previously unreleased tracks, out in March

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‘It was carnage – in the best way!’ Manic Street Preachers, Sleaford Mods, KT Tunstall and more pick their favourite small gig venues

The drinks are thrown, the crowds are feral – and the bands are right in your face. On independent venue week, musicians talk about their most cherished concert sweatboxes

Evening Standard

Lady Gaga on possibility of children: I would want them to be their own people

On Monday, the 38-year-old announced her next studio album – Mayhem.

MusicRadar

“I always say, especially when working with a lot of male producers, I always say ‘it needs more…’”: FKA Twigs has a very specific way of describing the “feminine touch” she wants her music to have

“I want more, like ephemeral soft edges. More all-encompassing kind of beautifulness,” she explains

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John Sykes obituary

Guitarist and songwriter who worked with Tygers of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake

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Ozzy Osbourne ‘shocked’ as Birmingham votes to honour Black Sabbath

‘Proud Brummie’ singer excited as city decides he and band members should be given Freedom of Birmingham

Marie Claire

Miley Cyrus responds to family drama after Billy Ray's inauguration performance

She's distancing herself from it

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“Being on a trip was stimulating… you weren’t covered in blood, but you’d experience it as if you were”: Of their many mistakes, The Pretty Things know which one derailed S.F. Sorrow, the first rock opera

Burdened with debt, ignored by their label and used as a sweetener in a hush-hush deal, the band delivered one of the most progressive records of all time to no avail – but always believed it was an artistic success

Metal Hammer

I’ve listened to every single King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard album and I can tell you that these are their five very best

Want to get into Australian psych-wizards King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard but intimidated by their 26 album-strong catalogue? Fear not, we've whittled down the lot to their finest five for your listening pleasure in this definitive list

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How to buy Luke Bryan The Country Came on Tour 2025 concert tickets

Get your tickets to the Luke Bryan show near you this summer during his 33 stop tour. Tickets are available for pre-sale on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 8 a.m.

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“We are in the golden age of guitar manufacturing right now”: Harley Benton’s expands YouTube star Maxxxwell Carlisle’s signature line with three super-versatile, shred-friendly S-styles

2025 brings us three sweet new finish options for the MAX Fusion plus the option of a Floyd Rose 1000 Series vibrato or a hard-tail bridge

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“I guess they want to go out and see what guys who actually play without Pro Tools sound like”: Steve Lukather on why Toto have built up such a huge Gen Z audience

“It’s a demented thought but at the same time it’s kinda cool to think that people around the world like our music that we wrote in North Hollywood when we were much younger,” he says

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