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Louder Than Life festival cancels entire day – including Slayer headline slot – due to extreme weather in Kentucky

Slayer, Anthrax and more were due to perform at day two of Louder Than Life before Hurricane Helene rolled by

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"Different enough to make you think, respectful enough to have the whole crowd swaying": David Gilmour opens his world tour in Rome's Circus Maximus

Global Luck and Strange jaunt kicks off in epic surroundings with Pink Floyd-heave set

MusicRadar

“They would tell us directly to our faces, ‘You’re not going to last’”: Other bands hated Slipknot on their first Ozzfest tour – but Sharon Osbourne saved them

Jealous bands would “shit talk” Slipknot when they made their breakout appearance on the 1999 Ozzfest

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‘No money can make me come back’: rapper Nines on grief, ghostwriting and why he’s retiring at 34

Despite legal troubles and personal tragedy, the north-west London rapper has topped the album charts and has a huge date at the O2 lined up for the autumn. So why is he giving it all up?

The Guardian - UK

One to watch: Frankie Archer

The folk singer reimagines traditional ballads with an electronic twist, layering atmosphere into her arrangements with synths and distortion

The Guardian - UK

Oasis tickets: 'Live album and documentary' on the cards for Liam and Noel Gallagher reunion

The band is reportedly considering offers for a behind-the-scenes documentary

Evening Standard

“Pete was an open, innocent person. He suffered a lot in his life, but everybody loved him”: Michael Schenker’s new album features a tribute to late UFO bandmate Pete Way

Michael Schenker’s new album features a cover of UFO’s Too Hot To Handle – and it’s dedicated to late bandmates Pete Way and Paul Raymond

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Pixie Lott fears being typecast: 'I’d love to do things that are less expected'

EXCLUSIVE The Bromley-born singer and actress is back with a new sound for her first album in 10 years and setting her sights on making ‘big Hollywood blockbusters’

Evening Standard

"His kid goes to our kid’s school, he's a lovely guy": how Metallica's Robert Trujillo and James singer Tim Booth became unexpected lunch buddies

The James frontman has been hanging out with the Metallica man in LA

Louder

10 iconic albums from 1984 celebrating their 40th anniversary this year

1984 was a big deal for music, hence we're celebrating the 40th birthday of some of the year's stellar records.

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“We were thrilled to be in England. I was discovering the joy of a pint of bitter”: R.E.M.’s Mike Mills looks back on the band’s first ever UK show

The Athens, Georgia quartet made their British bow in Camden, with Lemmy and Phil Lynott there to witness it

Louder

Van Morrison is a hypnotically weird man – if only his music was still interesting

After his reputation was shaken by his controversial views on Covid policy, the Irish singer has put aside politics for his new record. It’s not particularly good – but that’s no surprise. Louis Chilton looks at the strange decline of one of music’s all-time greats

The Independent UK

David Gilmour dazzles on the opening night of his tour in Rome: the first review!

David Gilmour unleashes Pink Floyd-heavy set to get the ball rolling on his Luck And Strange world tour at Rome's Circo Massimo

Metal Hammer

Stevie Nicks new feminist "anthem"

The former "Fleetwood Mac" singer said she wrote "The Lighthouse" the day after the landmark decision was flipped

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“Nobody knows any of this stuff, but it got pretty heated”: Jane’s Addiction guitar tech believes band “is no more” as he reveals months of tensions before onstage altercation and tour cancellation

Dan Cleary details the simmering disagreements that led to the fight at Boston, and alleges that Farrell even quit the band before their first US show in Las Vegas

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"Tell me how this works then?": Coldplay cause Ticketmaster meltdown, leaving fans furious again following Oasis dynamic pricing fiasco

Tickets for the band’s Wembley-battering summer 2025 dates went on sale this morning. And the scalpers are in Paradise…

The Guardian - US

Chappell Roan cancels US festival appearance: ‘Things have gotten really overwhelming’

Rising star pulls out of All Things Go festival in DC and New York City this weekend citing need to prioritise her health

Guitar World

“Tailored for his percussive playing and highly technical style”: Ibanez finally honors prog guitar hero Manuel Gardner Fernandes with his first signature model – and it’s a radical reimagining of the firm’s most daring design

The percussive fingerstyle heavyweight has swapped AZ Superstrats for the ergonomics of the Quest range, resulting in Ibanez's finest headless guitar yet

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“It was one of the best experiences of my life”: Ian Gillan talks performing naked in a see-through poncho

The Deep Purple frontman went the extra mile to save the day at a rain-soaked gig

Guitar World

“He'd be like, ‘Yeah, when you're sitting in, you can just use mine.’ I was like, ‘I can?!’” Larkin Poe's Rebecca Lovell on the time Elvis Costello let her borrow his famed Fender Jazzmaster

Lovell went from being an Elvis Costello fan and buying a Jazzmaster to playing his actual guitar

The Independent UK

After 20 years and a move to Berlin, Xiu Xiu is still making music for outsiders

Since its inception more than two decades ago, the experimental rock band Xiu Xiu has danced between extremes

Evening Standard

OPINION - Reunion gigs have never been hotter or more lucrative, but have we already hit the peak?

The big comeback is making a big comeback. Having owned the culture section news cycle — and your gobby uncle’s wallet — for weeks, the Oasis reunion is now expanding into North America, Asia, Australia and South America, en route to a rumoured £400 million rake-in. Meanwhile, rap metal titans…

Evening Standard

Singer-songwriter James Bay's Favourite Things

We spoke to the soulful songbird about his signature look, style evolution and his new album

Evening Standard

The eight best Coldplay songs, ranked: from Fix You to Paradise

There’s a lot to choose from

Evening Standard

Oasis tickets: Further chance for fans to see Gallaghers with world tour dates to be announced

Band set to anounce dates for North and South America

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