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Paul McCartney reunited with missing Hofner bass after more than 50 years

Former Beatles member says ‘incredibly grateful to all those involved’ after search to find instrument stolen in 1972.

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Gwen Stefani receives stunning emerald ring from Blake Shelton

Gwen Stefani received a stunning Valentine's Day gift from husband Blake Shelton and shared exciting news about her son's performance. Their collaboration ...

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Billy Joel explains why he wouldn’t ask Paul McCartney to be in his supergroup, but says he would call Sting, Don Henley and John Mayer

The Piano Man also reveals that he has a lot of time for Ringo Starr and Jimmy Page, and that, during the We Are The World recording, Cyndi Lauper told him that she thought the song sounded “like a Pepsi commercial”

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Apple Music reinstates Kanye West's controversial new album 'Vultures 1" after briefly removing it due to the artist's distributor disagreements

Kanye West has become embroiled in problems again, although this time it's because he used automated systems to upload his latest album to Apple Music.

iMore

"We have asked WWBBD? (What would Bad Brains do?) many times": Dave Grohl has recorded a Bad Brains cover with Anthrax's Scott Ian and Charlie Benante for a seven inch Record Store Day single

G.B.I.'s cover of The Regulator will be released on Record Store Day to raise money for Bad Brains' frontman HR's healthcare

Metal Hammer

“I knew the pre-choruses would be a challenge with all the percussive bits”: Mike Dawes plays every part of Foo Fighters’ Everlong on one guitar – transforming the Dave Grohl anthem into a breathtaking acoustic fingerstyle masterclass

It was one of the first songs Dawes ever learned on guitar. Now, he’s returned to his roots to give the classic track the percussive acoustic treatment

Guitar World

"The verse melody is subtly strange, and it took me a while to figure out why": A music professor breaks down the theory and production behind Tracy Chapman's Fast Car

We put Chapman's moving 1988 single under the musical microscope after Luke Combs' Grammy-nominated cover thrusts it back into the charts

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“I watched a video of them in a small room and my mouth just dropped. Listen to the fluidly, how easily these guys play this: seamless, and that’s impressive”: why Dave Lombardo loves The Fall of Troy

Ex Slayer rhythm master was blown away when he discovered the trio’s ability to record live, avoid too much computer contribution and inject emotion into their music

Metal Hammer

“I was never a huge Led Zeppelin fan, but I always loved that song, and the open strings just set it up for bass”: Watch Stuart Hamm’s bass arrangement of Led Zeppelin’s Going to California

Stuart Hamm walks you through the highlights of his fifth solo album, including a bass arrangement of a John Paul Jones classic

Guitar World

“Like having the greatest hits of synths on speed-dial”: UVI Synth Anthology 4 review

From the very old to the über new, UVI’s latest library has been collated with care. We blow off the dust on some classics

MusicRadar

Sir Paul McCartney reunited with lost bass guitar after more than 50 years

The Lost Bass Project launched a search to find the missing German violin-shaped bass in 2018, but traction picked up last year

Evening Standard

“Musically and emotionally overwhelming … he gives us some of the most flamboyant and dazzling guitar-playing of his career”: Steve Hackett’s The Circus And The Nightwhale

It’s taken him nearly 50 years to return to the concept album format, but his semi-fictional musical memoir proves it was a wise move to wait – it’s his best solo record so far

Louder

Easy to choose? Lionel Richie’s greatest songs – ranked!

Forty years after Hello was released as a single, we rate the best of Richie’s work – solo and with Commodores, from Sly Stone-influenced funk to epic pop ballads

The Guardian - UK

The Rejects by Jamie Collinson review – almost famous

From Pete Best to Florence Ballard and the guy who managed to get fired from both Nirvana and Soundgarden, a history of rock and pop’s also-rans

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Swift fans heartbroken by last minute scam tickets

Some Taylor Swift fans have discovered the tickets they paid for won't get them in to the pop star's first Australian concert.

The Guardian - AU

‘I can’t believe it’: diehard Taylor Swift fan gifted Eras ticket at pub trivia night in Victoria

Quiz organisers were taken by 15-year-old Emily’s enthusiasm and when she didn’t win they decided to reward her anyway

International Business Times

Rod Stewart Banks $100 Million For Song Catalog: Report

Rod Stewart, the singer whose hits include "Maggie May," is the latest artist to sell the rights to his music, The Wall Street Journal said Thursday.

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Beyoncé's Texas Hold 'Em making waves in the country genre

Country radio executives express enthusiasm for Beyoncé's new single 'Texas Hold 'Em' and believe it has a place in the genre. The song's catchiness and Be...

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne airport faces busiest day since pre-pandemic ahead of Taylor Swift concerts

Surging prices reached $1,630 for a one-way Qantas business ticket from Sydney after airline added 64 extra flights to cope with increase in traffic

Louder

"Listen to a tune, and three minutes later you're whistling the damn melody and mangling the lyrics": Blackberry Smoke's songwriting shines on Be Right Here

Blackberry Smoke's eighth album Be Right Here delivers stomp, soul, country, and rock and roll in equal measure

Metal Hammer

Final acts confirmed for Steelhouse Festival 2024

Accept, The Warning, Cassidy Paris and South Of Salem will join Skindred, Mr Big, The Almighty and more up a Welsh mountain in July

Louder

"Paul is incredibly grateful to all those involved": Amateur sleuths have located Paul McCartney's long-lost Höfner bass 50 years after it was stolen

Paul McCartney's 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar has been dubbed "the most important bass in history"

Louder

The Black Crowes launch imperious yet funky new single Cross Your Fingers

Cross Your Fingers comes from the Black Crowes' upcoming 10th studio album Happiness Bastards, which is scheduled to land next month

Salon

The banjo's Black origins in country

The musical instrument is tied to popular Black instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens and now . . . Beyoncé

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