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What Avril Lavigne can teach Chalmers ahead of budget

The best thing the federal government can do to boost productivity in the budget is to make things less complicated for businesses, a top economist says.

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“The record label hid my name in a very small font size behind the CD. It took a long time to find!” You may not know who played guitar on some of Avril Lavigne’s biggest hits. It was Corky James

The self-confessed late developer was in his 50s when his career hit its stride. He explains how he wound up working with Liz Phair, Demi Lovato, and more, and reveals the gear that got him there

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“The house and studio burned to the ground. When we got there, Pink was sitting in the driveway. She gave me a Gibson guitar case with a bow on it”: How Butch Walker’s ear for killer tone took him on a journey from obscurity to in-demand producer

From Taylor Swift to Green Day, he’s worked with the world’s biggest stars, and still managed to make 16 of his own records –and, now, his own signature amp with Divided by 13

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When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas canceled this year

Organizers say this year’s event is postponed to give it ‘the care it deserves’

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From Kurt Cobain's death to Beyoncé's Illuminati ties: The weirdest music conspiracy theories

Warning: This article contains references to suicide, drug use and plenty of baseless conspiracy theories. Tin hats on, sheeple...

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Nicki Minaj’s former musical collaborators scrub all evidence of their work together as rapper goes ‘all in’ with Donald Trump

Nicki Minaj is torching her reputation.

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“Avril and I thought, ‘Let’s just make up the most stupid opening line for a song’”: How Avril Lavigne channeled her punk rock influences and her personal life into the monster hit she describes as “a super special song to me”

“I wrote it about my high school experience”

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"I'm not a punk rocker. I don't make punk music. I don't walk around calling myself punk." How Shania Twain, Christina Aguilera's songwriters and an iconic neck tie helped Avril Lavigne launch her career-defining song

Avril Lavigne's first single drew cynicism from quarters of the rock world, but it didn't stop her becoming absolutely massive

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“I would come into the studio with my guitar and notepad and people didn’t want to listen to me. They tried to just give me songs – and I hated that”: Avril Lavigne’s fight to create the smash hit that would inspire Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish

It also kick-started the career of production team The Matrix

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“People were going, ‘Hey man, I saw you’re on that Avril Lavigne record.’ I went, ‘Nah, I didn’t play on that.’ They go, ‘Your name’s on it!’”: The drummer who’s played on 400 albums has made one of his own – full of one-minute tracks

"I knocked out four or five songs in an evening"

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“My brain started to reject the idea of always serving other people’s songs. It was time for me to stop what I was doing”: L.A. session bassist Pops Magellan walked away from stadium shows with megastars to shine the spotlight on her own material

Following career-defining gigs with Adam Lambert and Avril Lavigne, Brazillian-born Pops Magellan is forging ahead with a short-scale Fender and an MXR Phase 90

Guitar World

Does Nick Cave’s Death of Bunny Munro critique misogyny – or does it hate women?

Nick Cave’s controversial second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro (2009) was hailed as a wild and heartbreaking caricature of debauched masculinity. The story of a sex-obsessed middle-aged travelling salesman, it was also criticised for being pointless, tedious and repetitive.

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Jack White shares parable about God as White Stripes are inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Meg White did not attend the ceremony in Los Angeles, which also saw Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden and Warren Zevon inducted

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Jon Bon Jovi: ‘There have been days where I thought I was done’

INTERVIEW: The New Jersey rock star is preparing for his band’s first tour in four years after undergoing risky but crucial vocal surgery. He speaks with Roisin O’Connor about new album ‘Forever (Legendary Edition)’, why he’s OK with being vulnerable, and his joy over his growing family

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Mod Sun opens up on 'brutal' split from ex-fiancée Avril Lavigne

Mod Sun has admitted he and ex Avril Lavigne were "two different people" but she helped him "grow up" and feel less "insecure".

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‘Matt Smith is so hot it’s problematic’: inside the TV version of Nick Cave’s disturbing, sex-filled novel

After 16 years, Cave’s scandalous book The Death of Bunny Munro about a sex addict on the run with his son finally lands on our screens. He and star Smith talk Kylie regrets, bad dads … and how to do a strip club scene with a nine-year-old

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Bon Jovi Are Back! Jon Bon Jovi Returns After Surgery for 2026 'Forever' World Tour

Bon Jovi returns in 2026! See US, UK & Ireland tour dates, ticket prices, presales, and VIP packages for their "Forever" tour.

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"The source material may be way past prime Bon Jovi, but that's almost irrelevant": Jon Bon Jovi gets by with a little help from his friends on revised version of Forever album

Bruce Springsteen, Joe Elliott, Avril Lavigne, Robbie Williams, Ed Sheeran and more clamber aboard the legendary Forever train from New Jersey

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“It was just amazing to stand on stage and let a chord rip, especially as it was my first time playing an arena”: Erica Fox on the holy trinity of the touring guitarist, Avril Lavigne’s stadium shows –and holding down gigs with Maren Morris

Canadian session pro discusses over-prepping, handling nerves, the advantage of her 24-fret PRS, and blowing away those who assume she’s part of the crew at soundcheck

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It also kick-started the career of production team The Matrix

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Bon Jovi team up with Robbie Williams on new version of We Made It Look Easy

Jon Bon Jovi gushed that he was "honoured" to have Robbie Williams feature on the re-imagined version of Bon Jovi's We Made It Look Easy.

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“If my tone or phrasing sounded awkward my teacher would make me do push-ups!”: David Immerman on moving from pure shredding to playing with American Idol stars and Avril Lavigne – and why he never wanted to start his own band

The session and production specialist reveals how indulging his ‘90s dreams evolved into touring gigs with A-list pop-rockers, and what he does to match the studio sounds of Lavigne’s timeless hits

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Listen to Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen's atmospheric Hollow Man collaboration

Also out now: Bon Jovi's new single Red, White and Jersey

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Bon Jovi to release new album in October

Forever (Legendary Edition), Bon Jovi's new album, will be released on October 24.

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Bon Jovi have revamped 2024's Forever album with Bruce Springsteen, Robbie Williams, Avril Lavigne and more guesting, resulting in "a collaboration album that proves we all get by in this world with a little help from our friends" says Jon Bon Jovi

"This album is more than just a collection of collaborations, it is an album borne out of necessity"

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