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Dua Lipa ‘feeling grateful’ after being awarded Kosovo citizenship

In November 2022, the singer was granted Albanian citizenship by its president Bajram Begaj.

Evening Standard

Kelly Osbourne Shares An Unusual But Fitting Tribute To Dad Ozzy After His Funeral

The rocker will not soon be forgotten.

Cinemablend

“Car Bomb opened me up to playing bass with a pick. Now I’ve been a pick guy for so long I’m afraid to play fingerstyle!” Marrying savage hooks to technical prowess, Jon Modell is proof of just how heavy a 5-string bass can be in modern metal

Bassist Jon Modell looks back onthe band’s early days – and the influence guitarist Greg Kubacki has had on his sound

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“I had this idea, ‘We really need to make a hard rock jock jam!’”: Halestorm’s exclusive track by track guide to their new album Everest

Halestorm guitarist Joe Hottinger breaks down the band’s upcoming album Everest

Metal Hammer

"Jacoby Shaddix is practically bouncing on the spot between songs, visibly thrilled." Headlining a major European festival for the very first time, Papa Roach's Wacken performance is a loud, proud and unbowed triumph. Pressure? What pressure?

Papa Roach deliver a career-defining headline set at Germany's legendary Wacken Open Air festival

Metal Hammer

“The scene was super-underground. When the music industry developed, everyone got excited to start a band”: Meet Seera, Saudi Arabia’s first public all-female band, who are merging Nirvana and Tool with Arabic influences – and going global

Inspired to pick up the instrument by Guitar Hero, Seera are about to hit the international touring circuit on the back of a debut album that’s all about storytelling in a psychedelic style

Guitar World

Roger Daltrey hits out at axed The Who drummer Zak Starkey for ‘incredibly upsetting’ remarks after fallout

‘Pete and I retain the right to be The Who. Everyone else is a session player,’ said the musician

The Independent UK

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“Those tubes need to be burning. As I put it to the band, I like to smell dinner cooking”: With his gourmet phrasing and R&B hot sauce, D.K. Harrell is the blues hero you need in your life right now

The Louisiana phenom comes from the less-is-more school of blues that B.B. King came from, and you might want to keep that King comparison in mind when listening to Harrell's latest album

Guitar World

“There is some really bad-ass stuff on that album”: This legendary alt-metal band are sitting on an album recorded at the height of their success – but it may never come out

Metal Hammer

The Guide #202: Awol headliners to rampaging deer: how festivals survive the worst-case scenarios

The British festival season is a logistical minefield. One veteran promoter walks us through the thrills, threats and total meltdowns and what to do when it all goes wrong

The Guardian - UK

“Removing the skits that appeared throughout the original allows the beauty of the strange, baroque pop to shine through”: Giles Giles & Fripp album returns with Brondesbury Tapes demo collection

Recordings rom 1967 and 1968 provide a satisfying overview of pre-Crimson Robert Fripp

Louder

“He picks his tools up and strikes the living crap out of himself with them. There was blood flying everywhere”: How a street musician who played with Frank Zappa inspired one of grunge’s greatest songs

Inspiration came from an unlikely place for one of the biggest 90s grunge hits

Louder

Jeannie Seely, soulful country singer behind hits like 'Don't Touch Me,' dies at 85

Jeannie Seely, the soulful country music singer known for hits like “Don’t Touch Me,” has died at 85

The Independent UK

$Stevie Nicks postpones tour after fracturing shoulder$

Stevie Nicks postpones tour after fracturing shoulder

Shows planned for August and September have been rescheduled

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Oasis gig goers set new Wembley record by drinking 250k pints a night

Oasis fans at Wembley have drunk over twice as much as Coldplay fans and over six times as much as Taylor Swift fans

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Rock Legends Gather As Ozzy Osbourne Is Buried At Family Estate In Intimate Lakeside Farewell

"Don’t cremate me, whatever you do. I want to be put in the ground, in a nice garden somewhere, with a tree planted over my head."

The Independent UK

Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia has childhood street named for him in San Francisco

Several hundred fans turned out to name a tiny street in San Francisco after celebrated Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia

Metal Hammer

"To be with them on that day, it was like a magical dream." Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan shares his memories of Black Sabbath's emotional farewell show, and his thoughts on the death of Ozzy Osbourne

The emotional weight of Black Sabbath's final bow had Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan in tears

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Met Museum refutes that former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor ever owned the ’59 Les Paul he claims was stolen from him – and now appears in a new exhibit

Taylor's representatives are requesting that the museum make the guitar available for inspection – while the museum asserts that it was Keith Richards who held onto the guitar until 1971

Metal Hammer

The 9 new heavy metal songs you need to hear this week

Listen to these killer new tracks from Spinal Tap, Primal Fear and Orbit Culture, then tell us which is your favourite

What Hi-Fi?

I tried Lorde’s transparent CD in 7 different disc players – but did it play on any of them?

Not your average compact disc...

The Guardian - UK

Bishop who shut down London choir in his dressing gown issues apology

Bishop of Fulham says sorry for offence caused when he told singers to leave for making ‘terrible racket’

MusicRadar

6 ways to bring your tracks to life with Ableton Live’s revamped Auto Filter

Let’s explore some sound design tricks and tips using the highlight of Live 12.2 update

Guitar World

“Two legends right there”: Slash joins Michael Schenker on stage to cover a UFO classic

The pair joined forces last year for a re-recording of the track, and now they’ve taken it to the stage – and Slash kills his solo

Guitar World

“I remember the phone call. He said, ‘Jim, I just wrote this thing. It was for Blue Öyster Cult. But I don't think they're going to keep it…’” The Bryan Adams track that started life as a Blue Öyster Cult song

The guitarist had begged his bandmate not to give the song away, and got his wish in a roundabout way

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