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“I’m not saying I behaved that well, but I didn’t really do anything that terrible either”: '60s icon Marianne Faithfull has died aged 78

Singer, actress and inspiration for classic Rolling Stones songs

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Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025

Our top picks from the likes of Fender, LR Baggs, MXR, DigiTech, Jackson and more

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“A guitar that can easily be taken anywhere”: Guild has holiday practice covered with the Travel Spruce, a small-bodied short-scale with a “big sound”

This compact but perfectly formed spruce-topped acoustic has an arched back to give it a voice that belies its modest dimensions

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"Units this inspirational are rare, and perhaps as a writing tool, that vibe alone makes the 2290 worth it”: TC Electronic 2290-P Dynamic Digital Delay review

The 2290-P is TC's latest reissue of the classic rack unit. Have they finally nailed it?

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FireAid takes place tonight. Here’s how it works and how you can watch the show

Get set for the biggest live music event since 1985 and a live tech workout of global proportions

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"It’s absolutely incredible made my day I’m of [sic] out on my skateboard": Bring Me The Horizon just covered Oasis’ Wonderwall and Liam Gallagher’s response is next-level weird

But the reason why the UK metal band chose to cover the song at all is even weirder…

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“It was the first song I wrote just to see if I could. I discovered - oh yes, I can!”: How David Byrne created Talking Heads' most popular track right out of the gate

The song was intended as a deliberately dark response to the more playful macabre antics of Alice Cooper. But it would end up shaping Talking Heads’ future

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“PHS are a critical lifeline for pets impacted by the Los Angeles fires”: Sophie Lloyd is auctioning a signed and stage-played signature Kiesel in fundraiser for Pasadena Humane Society

The bidding is at $7,000+ for the shreddable collectible that Lloyd played at her Whisky-A-Go-Go LA debut, with 100 per cent of the funds raised going to the animal and wildlife charity

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“Who’s Jimmy Page? Never heard of him!”: The joke that backfired on a band that sounded a whole lot like Led Zeppelin

“Of course it was meant ironically…”

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"With these loops, I wanted to inject my identity”: Mainline some Tosin Abasi magic into your DAW with his new Apple-exclusive producer pack

Fantasise no further. If you’ve ever wanted Tosin Abasi to play on your track then your dream just came true

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“Try playing Three Of A Perfect Pair without feeling your fingertips!”: Adrian Belew has carpal tunnel surgery following tour with prog supergroup BEAT

The former King Crimson guitarist was operated on by the surgeon responsible for the first successful human hand transplant in America

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Here are all all the big names who've piled on to play at the 2025 Grammy Awards to "rebuild, uplift and support those in need"

The drip feed of genuine superstars continues and it looks like Sunday night's ceremony is going to be huge

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“A vibrant update to an all-time classic”: By popular demand, Gibson gives the ES-335 its Custom Color refresh

Spearmint, Watermelon, Ocean Blue, Blood Moon Burst, the ES-335 and its AAA figured maple siblings have never looked so bright

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Patti Smith collapses on stage during a show in Brazil, before completing gig from a wheelchair

Despite falling and hitting her head, Smith returned to the stage to finish the gig

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“This is a hideous name drop, but…”: Jon Hopkins reveals what he learned from Brian Eno about music production

“As much as possible, don't get bogged down in the tiny minutiae,” he says

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“It’s a favourite with jazz and funk players, but it's just at home in hits by artists such as Jessie Ware”: Expand your chordal colours with 9ths

Building an extension to a chord doesn’t require planning permission, but it might require a degree of design. We add 9ths to our extension palette

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"It provides a break from digital life": Vinyl is back and it’s all thanks to Gen Z

In a new survey 76% of Gen Z vinyl fans are buying at least once a month, with 80% now actually owning a turntable too…

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Stuff your smartphone… Tascam’s new XP recorders go 32-bit and will even replace your audio interface

Its new DR-05XP and DR-07XP pack pro features for superior audio wherever you need it

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“I'd lost a close friend and a hero of mine took the time to console me”: Guitar mainstay Pete Thorn tells how Steve Vai comforted him following Chris Cornell’s death

And there’s a happy ending. Thorn and Vai are now band members in SatchVai Band, alongside Joe Satriani

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“This record is like The Wall. It’s about the alienation of a band, and then claiming one’s destiny”: How My Chemical Romance channelled the spirit of Pink Floyd to create a classic concept album

“The record takes you on this journey,” said singer Gerard Way

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“Far from dominating, their position in the awards overall is in fact peripheral”: Women’s recent supremacy at the Grammys is massively overstated, says new report, as men still claim the majority of nominations and wins

The success of the likes of Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish has obscured what’s really going on, research suggests

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DrumCraft’s new Series 3 Junior packs a punch for new players

Smaller, new kits join the Thomann’s brand’s popular Series 3, 4 and 6 range of drums and accessories

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“After three or four or five phone calls, they finally said ‘it’s Timothée Chalamet’. I really didn’t know who Timothée was. They said ‘it’s Bob Dylan music’”: Larry Saltzman on teaching Timothée Chalamet to play the guitar for A Complete Unknown

“He kind of knew one or two chords and formed a couple of chords. I could tell he was just very musical right away.”

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“If you're listening to amazing gear through terrible monitors, you've wasted your cash”: Why monitors are the most important part of your studio

Don't know where to begin with buying and using studio monitor speakers? Listen up

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“Unprecedented sound design freedom”: Arturia launches the new feature-packed Pigments 6

If you're already a Pigments user you can get if for free

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