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"I was too drunk." Guns N' Roses man Duff McKagan on the "first and only" time he met Prince

Duff has some serious regrets about meeting the iconic Prince, but it seems he actually made a solid impression

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Heather Wood obituary

Singer with the 1960s folk group the Young Tradition, whose songs ranged from sea shanties to haunting treatments of traditional music

The Guardian - UK

James Hetfield on why Metallica use their influence to give back and help the less fortunate: "There's not really a better feeling in this world than helping someone else"

Metallica's frontman opens up on the bands charitable All Within My Hands foundation

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Phil Manzanera 11-disc box set 50 Years Of Music to be released in November

50 Years Of Music features every Phil Manzanra solo studio album, from 1975's Diamond Head through to 2015's Sound Of Blue

Louder

Latitude 2024 review: CMAT and Future Islands bring the electricity at sun-drenched festival

Chic, Keane and London Grammar also shine at family-friendly weekend in the Suffolk countryside

The Independent UK

Cambridge folk festival review – Robert Plant thrills, Peggy Seeger inspires and Oysterband rock

The Led Zeppelin frontman’s latest band, Saving Grace, riffs on country, folk, rock and blues, but the weekend belongs to female American singer-songwriters

The Guardian - UK

“It’s about coming to terms with being weirdos, having doors shut in our faces and being told we’re a little too strange”: Thank You Scientist on how to embrace being different

Despite the naysayers, the New Jersey alt-proggers went bigger and better on their shape-shifting second album

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"It really feels like we’re 18 again!" Dream Theater's John Petrucci is fired up for upcoming 40th anniversary tour

Dream Theater's 40th anniversary tour kicks off at London's O2 Arena on October 20

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"I remember getting offstage like, ‘I feel like Dave Grohl right now!'" From sweaty basement shows to Coachella, Madison Square Garden and Fred Durst: how Scowl became the most exciting new band in hardcore

Scowl could well be the next hardore band to break out of the scene

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Womad festival review – wildly entertaining treasure trove for adventurous music fans

Radically inclusive global lineup includes Sampa the Great’s feminist pizzazz, Young Fathers’ twisted genre-splicing and Bixiga 70’s full-tent conga

The Guardian - UK

“We were like ‘Oh my God, we can’t wait for Michael to hear it.’ And then Prince erased the whole thing”: Prince recorded his own version of Michael Jackson’s Bad and then immediately deleted it

Prince famously turned down the chance to duet on the song after hearing its opening line

MusicRadar

“Deified is a heavier, more medieval track”: Tony Iommi has dropped his first new single in three years – and it’s accompanied by a signature fragrance

Iommi's second single/fragrance combo release sees the heavy metal godfather return with a darker and heavier sound

Guitar World

Lady Gaga shares teaser of new album with fans in Paris

Pop star sent fans into a frenzy outside her hotel as she played music from a laptop

The Independent UK

Matteo Mancuso’s otherworldly technique has blown the minds of Al Di Meola, Steve Vai and Joe Bonamassa – in this exclusive video masterclass, he shares the secrets behind his breathtaking fingerstyle approach

Mancuso has lit up guitar since his arrival on the scene, with his debut album, The Journey, a modern classic. And he has nothing to hide; here he is showing us exactly how he does it

Guitar World

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Jeremy Allen White says Bruce Springsteen texts ‘like a boss’ ahead of biopic portrayal

‘The Bear’ star is set to play the ‘Dancing in the Dark’ singer in a new film about his life

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“I was playing with David Guetta on a lorry in Brazil, and he was whupping my ass because his CDJs were louder and didn’t jump every time we went over a pothole”: Fatboy Slim on making the transition from vinyl to CDJs

Norman Cook reminisces about his early days in a new fanzine from Pioneer DJ celebrating 30 years of the CDJ

MusicRadar

"I think with a lot of music these days, a lot of people go way too far with making everything too perfect": Mark Tremonti on why Creed's recording approach on their early albums made them special

"I'd rather see a band play those same songs live and hear them be a little looser, and feel a little freer"

The Independent UK

Martin Phillips death: ‘Genius’ frontman of New Zealand band The Chills dies aged 61

Musician founded the jangle-pop band the Chills in 1980 when he was 17

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“Can genuinely hold its own in any genre, with direct tones that stand up to market-leading amp modelers”: Mesa/Boogie Mark VII 1x12 Combo review

How can Mesa/Boogie possibly have improved on the Mark V so much that it skipped the Mark VI? Join us as we plug in and find out

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Post your questions for LL Cool J

As he prepares to release The Force, his first album in over a decade, the rapper and actor will take on your questions

Guitar World

If you can’t play syncopated rhythms, you can’t be a funk guitar player – and improving your groove will help your playing in all styles

Taking small chord shapes, single notes and 16th-note strums, we unpack the essentials for funk guitar and target those offbeats for rhythmic intrigue in your playing

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"Lars felt so sorry that he got us a slot on the main stage.” Apocalyptica's Eicca Toppinen on stoned soundguys, collaborating with Metallica and how they helped revolutionise both metal and classical music

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"The Prophet-6 is my most used synth. It’s got a nice balance of not trying to do too much, but doing enough to be flexible": In the studio with Max Cooper

The UK producer invites us into his studio for a tour of his hardware synths and creative stompboxes

The Independent UK

Celine Dion shares poignant throwback photo after emotional Paris Olympics performance

Canadian star sang an Edith Piaf classic as she made her hugely anticipated comeback at the opening ceremony

Evening Standard

Brat Summer, Hot Girl Summer, the Summer of Love – the summer trends throughout history

As some are pronouncing Charli XCX’s Brat Summer dead, we take a look at the cultural trends that have taken over summers throughout history. Emma Loffhagen reports

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