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‘A place where music fills the air’: Bangkok to host Eurovision’s first Asia song contest

Spin-off launched with 10 nations, as original event remains mired in protests and boycotts over Israel’s involvement

The Guardian - UK

“We can’t let anything happen to it”: Ziggy Marley on the whereabouts of Bob Marley’s iconic Les Paul Special – and why he prefers a Strat now

Marley Senior’s legendary Les Paul was his prime stage and studio guitar

Guitar World

“Grab your hairspray and slip into your spandex”: Harley Benton takes on the high-performance heavyweights with a $400 S-style with a Floyd Rose 1000 Series trem refreshed in six “unapologetically ‘80s” Sparkle Burst finishes

Super-affordable, built for shred, and now available in an array of new colours – and with single and dual-humbucker versions of each

MusicRadar

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“I believe with all my heart that it will translate to something good”: Lindsey Buckingham teases reunion with Stevie Nicks following renewed interest in their pre-Fleetwood Mac album

The two publicly fell out in 2018 and Buckingham subsequently left Fleetwood Mac

Guitar World

Are Taylor Swift & Olivia Rodrigo Officially Friends Again? Reunion at Paul McCartney Concert Sparks Hope

Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo were seen together at a Paul McCartney concert, sparking speculation about their relationship status.

International Business Times UK

'Paris, I'm ready': Céline Dion announces comeback concerts in Eiffel Tower message

Quebec-born star Céline Dion took over the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday evening with the broadcast of a special message to announce her comeback to the stage following a six-year break. The mega star said she would perfom ten concerts exclusively in France to celebrate her 58th birthday in…

Radio France Internationale

“I was never a huge Beatles fan. But I learned recently that John Lennon said that it’s the one song he wished he would have written”: The disco classic that sold 11 million copies and influenced famous songs by Lennon and ABBA

How the leader of KC And The Sunshine Band created a perfect floor-filler

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Fainting in front of Michael Jackson and feuding with Monica: inside Brandy’s jaw-dropping memoir

The R&B singer’s must-read autobiography candidly describes a life of heady highs and horrific lows

The Guardian - US

Eurovision expands to Asia with brand new song contest set to launch this year

Bangkok will host the inaugural final on November 14

Evening Standard

“David didn’t seem happy about it.I told him he could come with us but he declined”: Tony Visconti reveals Bowie's reaction to Holy Holy, the supergroup that would be performing his songs

Visconti joins us to talk Holy Holy's farewell tour, working with Paul McCartney and why AI is "clogging the arteries" of the music business

MusicRadar

What is Stiff Person Syndrome? As Céline Dion announces comeback concert

The singer has announced her first full-length concert tour since she went public with her diagnosis

Evening Standard

Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley to perform at band’s blockbuster Knebworth festival in July, playing songs from The X Factor, Virtual XI and The Best Of The Beast

The vocalist, who fronted the heavy metal titans from 1994 to 1999, will headline the Friday night of the two-day event

Metal Hammer

"We talked a lot about Neil – about his view on music and drumming." New Rush drummer Anika Nilles looks back on her first rehearsal with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson

Anika Nilles, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock

Louder

BBC says Scott Mills axed from Eurovision Song Contest coverage after sacking as Sara Cox ‘to replace’ him

BBC spokesperson says DJ is no longer contracted to any upcoming projects with the corporation

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"Parents come up to me and instead of going, ‘Oh you’re not a good role model because you talk about sex’, they say the opposite!" How Halestorm's breakthrough anthem smashed some silly taboos in rock 'n' roll

Believe it or not, a lot of modern mainstream rock had become a little prudish by around 2009. Halestorm helped change that

MusicRadar

“If I can’t run, I’ll walk. If I can’t walk, I’ll crawl”: Céline Dion to return to the stage this autumn

Singer has been fighting ‘stiff person’ syndrome for years

Evening Standard

Eurovision to launch first ever Asian song contest this year

Bangkok in Thailand will be the final’s first host city with confirmed participants including Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nepal, South Korea and Vietnam.

Guitar World

“He had a knife to my groin. I was petrified. He went for my guitar”: Mikael Åkerfeldt on nearly losing his prized PRS on the way to record a landmark Opeth album – and why he doesn’t deserve a signature model (even though he’s got one)

The Opeth mastermind on being robbed as they made Blackwater Park, what he hated about Kurt Cobain’s ’53 Martin D-18 and loved about Hank Williams’ ’40s D-18, the ’90s band he still adores and the ’70s guitarist he still worships

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The Independent UK

Montreux Jazz Festival reveals spectacular 60th edition programme

RAYE returns for a landmark third consecutive show, while legends including Deep Purple and The Roots will also grace the festival’s stages

Evening Standard

When will Kanye West perform at Wireless? Rapper's London return after health battle and antisemitism apology

The 48-year-old rapper sparked global outcry with his antisemitic posts and by wearing swastika and ‘White Lives Matter’ T-shirts

Guitar World

“After mine was stolen, I didn’t have time to go to the factory, so they just handed me this 10-string”: The 10-string oddity that became one of Joe Perry’s most iconic guitars – even though he hardly played it in Aerosmith

Perry and B.C. Rich go way back. The Aerosmith guitarist looks back on the most outlandish guitar the brand ever made him, the ’70s Bich 10 Supreme

MusicRadar

“I'm, like, sobbing… in tears, because it was so… I mean, he's a poet”: Flea talks collabs and a new Chili Peppers album

He admits he cried when he heard Nick Cave’s vocal on his solo album

Louder

"You can borrow the luggage of the past, you can amalgamate it with things that you've conceived could be in the future, and you can set it in the now." How David Bowie conquered time to write the song that gave him an audience

How a young David Bowie’s artistic manifesto was capturedin three and a half perfect minutes

Louder

"There's no denying that Gong has changed me." Kavus Torabi on the new adventures of psychedelic rock, jazz, space-rock and more collective Gong

Since being handed the role of Gong gatekeeper by late founder Daevid Allen, Kavus Torabi has guided the band through a trilogy of albums

The Independent UK

Bruce Springsteen starts new tour in Minneapolis honoring city’s ICE protests

The Boss and the E Street Band are expected to perform the song as they kick off the ‘Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour’

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