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“It’s capable of being terrifyingly loud. When we launched the LFR-412 at NAMM 2024 we couldn’t turn it up beyond 2”: How Laney brought volume and best-in-class tone for digital rigs with the world’s loudest active guitar cabinet

Developed with a little help from Devin Townsend and Guthrie Govan, the LFR-412 is the first active 4x12 for digital rigs, giving players old-school power and volume to make their amp modeler sing

Guitar World

Kanye West performs in China as fans surprised he passed country’s strict censors

China has previously banned artists Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, and Maroon 5 from performing

The Independent UK

"Nightwish sound heavier and livelier than they’ve been for years." Yesterwynde proves Nightwish remain the undisputed heavyweight champs of symphonic metal

Yesterwynde is as much a chance for Floor Jansen to spread her wings as it is a showcase of Nightwish's incredible ambition

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Miley Cyrus Faces Copyright Lawsuit: Did 'Flowers' Copy Bruno Mars' Hit?

Miley Cyrus is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Tempo Music Investments. The lawsuit alleges that her hit single, 'Flowers, ' plagiarizes significant parts of Bruno Mars' song, 'When I Was Your Man.'

Latin Times

“This is a punk move from us.” Benefits unveil new direction with new single Land Of The Tyrants, announce UK and European shows

Benefits deliver first new material since their debut album, Nails

Louder

“Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behaviour, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation”: Farrell apologises, but Jane’s tour cancelled and band take immediate hiatus

Perry Farrell apologises, but Jane's Addiction tour is cancelled and reunion appears to be over

MusicRadar

“Every time I hear it on the radio it’s like, ‘I’m glad they’re playing this instead of Crazy Train!’” Slayer’s Kerry King names his favourite Ozzy Osbourne song, and it’s one of his most obscure

When we asked Slayer’s guitarist to name the best Ozzy Osbourne track, he picked the deepest of deep cuts

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Coldplay announce massive UK stadium tour with a twist

Band have announced a generous initiative that could influence other stadium-sized acts

The Independent UK

Coldplay to donate 10% of band earnings from 2025 UK tour to Music Venue Trust

Charity says band are a perfect example of an act that rose through the grassroots circuit and their support ‘really will stop venues closing’

The Guardian - UK

Pixies share UK and European tour dates for 2025, unveil new single Motoroller

Boston's finest tease forthcoming The Night the Zombies Came album with single number four, Motoroller

Louder

Björk's best album is possibly my favourite test record ever – it should be yours, too

If you're still baffled as to our (my) love of Björk, Homogenic is the record to make you into a full-blown convert.

What Hi-Fi?

Miley Cyrus sued over Grammy-winning song Flowers for allegedly copying Bruno Mars hit

The singer won two Grammy Awards for the track earlier this year and if the lawsuit is successful, could be banned from ever performing it again

Evening Standard

“The gap wasn’t just a minor inconvenience – it was a fundamental disconnect between what was available and what I truly desired”: Balaguer is the progressive guitar expert leading the way in high-performance offsets

Born from Joe Balaguer's personal quest to plug a glaring gap in the guitar market, Balaguer has curated a high-end line of S-type, T-stype and offset instruments that were well ahead of their time

Guitar World

Rob Halford says another Judas Priest album is “inevitable”: “This band thrives on the metal that we make”

Mere months after Judas Priest released 19th album Invincible Shield, their frontman is already looking towards a followup

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Dave Navarro issues separate statement to Perry Farrell as Jane’s Addiction cancel tour

Band have cancelled the remaining dates of their tour after a shocking altercation between Navarro and Jane’s Addiction frontman Farrell

Evening Standard

How to get Coldplay tickets: Extra dates added for record Wembley concert run

Only European shows for 2025 have been announced by the band so far

The Independent UK

Miley Cyrus ‘sued for copyright infringement’ over hit single Flowers

Lawsuit apparently demands unspecified damages and for Cyrus to be barred from performing the song live

MusicRadar

“They’re entitled to f**k off. You don’t like the ticket pricing? Don’t buy a ticket”: Gene Simmons' message to Oasis fans

Gene Simmons says that Oasis fans are "entitled to fuck off" if they don't like dynamic pricing

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Artists reflect on David Bowie's life and lyrics for a War Child auction

Artists, including David Bowie's childhood friend and album art designer, George Underwood, have interpreted a David Bowie lyric for an upcoming War Child exhibition and auction

The Conversation

Tito Jackson was a lifelong musician, best remembered for his work with the Jackson 5

If you immediately start singing along to ABC, Blame It On The Boogie, I’ll Be There, Can You Feel It or Who’s Loving You you are a Jackson 5 fan – and for good reason.

The Independent UK

Bob Dylan was washed up and irrelevant – then one electrifying tour saved his career

Bob Dylan was teetering on Insignificance when he finally returned to the road in 1974 with The Band, who were in the throes of their own turmoil at the time. That tour saved both their careers, writes Stevie Chick, and cemented the Tambourine Man’s place in music history

Louder

"It's very important to me that I make people feel something": Meet Bywater Call, your new favourite Canadian jazz-trained blues-rock band

Bywater Call are purveyors of good ol'-fashioned Americana and southern blues rock – from Toronto, Canada

Louder

Fastball's Tony Scalzo used to work the graveyard shift at a bagel store: Now he's celebrating more than 30 years of "a certain degree of success"

Originally formed in the early 90s, Texan alt.rock band Fastball are back with album number nine

Metal Hammer

"I wanted to go back to being a cult band, which is what I had sought all along": After 35 years, Monster Magnet know exactly what they want

"It's all-energy. It's rock excitement, psychedelic glory and space-rock hooks" - Dave Wyndorf

Louder

Our tiny minds have just been blown by a man playing Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) on a whammy clavinet

Australian keyboardist Lachy "The Hendrix of the keyboard" Doley does things we've never seen done before

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