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What to look out for in your first turntable — and three that I recommend

Looking for your first turntable? Here's everything you need to consider before you drop the dollars on a spinner, and the models I think you should buy.

Tom’s Guide

"I have decided to take a break." Neil Young cancels upcoming European tour, saying "This is not the time"

Neil Young was scheduled to begin a run of European shows in June - including six UK dates

Louder

‘This is not the time’: Singer Neil Young cancels tour of UK and Europe

The 80-year-old musician has apologised to fans in a message posted to his official website.

Evening Standard

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Taylor Swift casts ‘insanely charismatic and lovable’ Graham Norton in music video

Opalite video reunites host and guests including Domhnall Gleeson and Lewis Capaldi from Swift’s October chatshow appearance

The Guardian - UK

He’s played with Lady Gaga, played on SNL, and co-founded Dub Trio – now Stu “Bassie” Brooks has officially joined Nine Inch Nails on bass

Brooks just played his first show with Trent Reznor and co. at the Smoothie King Center, New Orleans

Guitar World

Rapper Lil Jon confirms death of missing 27-year-old son after body recovered from Georgia pond

Rapper Lil Jon has confirmed the death of his son, Nathan Smith, who went missing earlier this week in Milton, Georgia.

The Times of India

Winter Olympics 2026 opens with spectacular ceremony in Milan's San Siro stadium

For the first time in Olympic history, two Olympic cauldrons will be lit simultaneously — one in Milan and another in Cortina d’Ampezzo

Evening Standard

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"There are no plans for any physical release of this recording." Steven Wilson announces new live album Impossible Tightrope and launches hi-res audiophile resource

Headphone Dust will host high-resolution, 5.1, and Atmos/spatial audio editions of Wilson's work

Louder

Olivia Dean returns to top of UK albums chart after Grammy win

It marks the singer’s sixth non-consecutive week at the top spot.

Evening Standard

Kid Rock’s controversial country music festival suffers another blow as fourth artist exits

Rock band Shinedown said they did not want to ‘participate in something we believe will create further division’

The Independent UK

"This isn’t a contest. This isn’t a gimmick. This is your chance to join." Here's everything you need to do if you want to become the new vocalist for multi-platinum rockers Skid Row

Skid Row's announce world-wide search for new vocalist

Louder

Ghost’s Tobias Forge says it was a relief when he lost his anonymity: “I can’t eclipse what Ghost is. I’m not interesting enough.”

Forge was revealed to be the man behind the band when he was sued by four former members in 2017

Metal Hammer

The Independent to host Peaches headline show at The Great Escape Festival 2026

Pop artist will play a spotlight show at the Brighton Dome Concert Hall in May

The Independent UK

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Mayhem, Sleep Theory and Green Carnation are among the best new metal songs this week

Metal Hammer

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Guitar World

“There’s nothing they did for me that other amps hadn’t done before”: Eric Gales says he doesn’t understand all the fuss about Dumble amps

Yes, they sound great, says Gales, but they're not the only amp in the world to give you great tone

Louder

"I have this memory of killing myself, blasting my head off, and then throwing the guitar at the amp over and over." The story behind the most intense song on the most ambitious rock album of the '90s

Life isn't always easy as a perfectionist

The Independent UK

Lola Young announces first comeback gig since tour cancellation

‘Thank you all so much for believing in me,’ said Young after sharing news of the concert

MusicRadar

Behringer unleashes the BMX, its $459 clone of the Oberheim DMX

Just a few days after unveiling its Juno-60 clone, Behringer has dropped another affordable recreation of an '80s classic

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"This is not a contest or a gimmick. It's a genuine search for the right voice, presence and authenticity to carry Skid Row forward": Could YOU be the next Skid Row frontman?

Band are now looking for their sixth vocalist

Guitar World

“I was too young to get in. Then T-Bone Walker walked by and said, ‘Let me talk to ’em, son’”: When a 13-year-old Jimmie Vaughan was stopped from watching B.B. King play, another blues great came to his aid

Vaughan wanted to watch his guitar hero play live for the first time – and another hero saved the day

MusicRadar

“I'm like, ‘OK, put the drum machine in.' When I played it, she said, ‘Oh, I like that. I like that.' And she said, 'I want to do a song about the nasty boys’”: How Janet Jackson and Jam & Lewis made Control – with a little help from the Ensoniq Mirage

“We were like, let's make a record like we're making it for a rock and roller or a rap artist. Let's make the beats super hard"

Evening Standard

Lola Young to play ‘small intimate show’ six months after stage collapse

The 25-year-old singer said she will perform at The London Palladium next month after announcing she would be ‘going away for a while’ last year.

The Guardian - UK

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi review – big, generous, provocative music-making on a small stage

Grammy-winning Giddens fused folk, opera, jazz, pop and classical elements in a recital ‘honouring composers who don’t often get called composers’

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“Hope Your Soul Finds Peace And Justice Comes”: Support For Justin Bieber After Epstein Theory

The lyrics and music video for Justin Bieber’s 2020 song 'Yummy' are being reexamined amid a newly unsealed email from the Epstein files.

Evening Standard

How three Irish stars ended up in Taylor Swift’s Opalite video

The six-minute music video owes its casting to a meeting of celebrities on the Graham Norton Show.

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