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“When I'm 90, I'll still be the Material Girl!”: Madonna’s signature song was released 40 years ago today

“God forbid irony should be understood,” she said

MusicRadar

The guitar on the cover of Jeff Beck's Blow By Blow album has just sold for over a million pounds

Beck's touring Stratocaster also sold for over £1 million - and some of the money will help baby animals

Louder

Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has enormous resonance – but doesn’t break with gender stereotypes

In 1961, aged 19, Bob Dylan left home in Minnesota for New York City and never looked back. Unknown when he arrived, he would later be widely described as the voice of a generation.

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Tedeschi Trucks Band announce mammoth live schedule with Gov't Mule and Whiskey Myers

The tour will feature guest appearances from Steve Winwood, Buddy Guy, Little Feat, Duane Betts and more

Louder

Billy Ray Cyrus says ‘you just had to be there’ in defense of ‘epic disaster’ performance

The country singer’s performance had been described as an ‘epic disaster’ on social media

The Independent UK

"The tone these amps produce is classic Orange": Orange Baby 100 Series review

Orange's Tour Baby, Gain Baby and Dual Baby squeeze its tonal flavour into a portable, lightweight 100-watt head

Guitar World

“It was a very strange experience. It was like there was two people inside of him.” U2's Bono on the night he met Joy Division's “beautiful soul” Ian Curtis

“This band had at its very core a contradiction…”

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“His thumbprint is an indelible part of the Whitesnake record he did. The fatness of that record and the rock integrity it had was all him”: Steve Vai followed John Sykes in Whitesnake – and he quickly decided what not to do when playing his parts

Of course, it wasn't a chops issue so much as it was the late guitarist's unique six-string footprint

Guitar World

Shakira's Warm Welcome in Mexico: "You're One Of Us Now!"

The Colombian superstar has made the Mexican capital her new home ahead of her highly-anticipated "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran" tour.

Latin Times

“I’m not playing the Eagles, so this is probably not the guitar for that. But it’s perfect forme”: Tetrarch’s Diamond Rowe went against conventions to create her Jackson signature model, and it all comes back to being a guitarist with a presence

A single-cut with a 25.5-inch scale length, EMG pickups rather than popular-in-metal Fishmans, and a brand-new headstock shape, Rowe's signature Jackson is as striking as her all-powerful playing

Guitar World

One of the most savage screamers in modern metal is unexpectedly showing off his singing voice in the brilliant new, Office-homaging video by UK metalcore heroes, Employed To Serve

Will Ramos of Lorna Shore can be seen screaming his guts up and, in a real rarity, singing his heart out in the video for Employed To Serve's excellent new single, Atonement

Metal Hammer

Green Day swap lyrics of hit song to mock Elon Musk in his home country

Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong once again distanced his band from the ‘Elon agenda’

The Independent UK

Metallica released their first music video 35 years ago. This is how it ruined my life.

A Metal Hammer writer looks back on the scarring effects of the video for Metallica’s One, which debuted on January 22, 1989

Metal Hammer

The Very Best Of Talk Talk to be reissued on double vinyl and CD in March

New version of post-rock legends Talk Talk's Best Of has been re-ordered to run chronologically

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“We cared so much about the music that we’d have these confrontational group therapy sessions… And then the switch went off”: Spirit didn’t know they were a prog band, but were always proud of their fearless diversity

Original bassist Mark Andes embraces what they achieved – but regrets they weren’t able to offer the support that “keystone” member Randy California needed

Metal Hammer

Nine Inch Nails announce long-rumoured world tour with UK, Europe and North American dates

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have confirmed they’ll be trotting across the globe from June to September

The Guardian - UK

‘You have to get behind the song’: singer Sam Amidon on fronting Bon Iver, schooling Paul Mescal and the new folk revival

Bon Iver asked him to cover his new material and he’s teaching Mescal and Josh O’Connor to sing. But the interpreter is more interested in songs than stardom

Top News

Taylor Swift And Morgan Wallen Lead Iheartradio Nominations

2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards to honor top artists, support wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles. Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead nominations.

Latin Times

Premio Lo Nuestro 2025: All the Nominees

Becky G and Carín León lead the pack with an impressive 10 nominations each. This year, PLN has 44 categories.

Latin Times

Premio Lo Nuestro 2025 nominations are out: Becky G and Carin León lead with 10 nods each

The award ceremony on February 20 at the Kaseya Center in downtown Miami, there are six new categories.

The Independent UK

Sting cancels two concerts on doctor’s advice due to illness

Former Police frontman sent ‘sincere apologies’ to fans over rescheduled dates

Guitar World

“I heard the chorus... Then we took it into the studio. I'll never forget it – for me, it was like I wasn't playing the song”: Veteran bassist Nathan East on recording one of Eric Clapton's most personal – and well-loved – songs

East reflects on the deeply emotional behind-the-scenes moments of the Tears in Heaven recording sessions

The Guardian - UK

Lloyd Cole review – still causing a gentle commotion

The singer-songwriter’s voice has got even better with age – a shame, then, that the crowd just want to hear his 80s hits

Louder

“This could be the last show we everplay!”Bad Nerves prove why they're Billie Joe Armstrong's favourite new band

Pure punkoid speed: Bad Nerves at London's Electric Ballroom

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