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“Cliff Richard was trying to dance along, only to realise the song was in 5/4 time and his left foot was where his right foot should be!”: Jethro Tull’s manager asked Ian Anderson to write a hit. He tried not to, but failed

1969’s Living In The Past reached the Top 10 in both the UK and US, and led to an uncomfortable experience on Top Of The Pops

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‘Time isn’t on my side’: Au Pairs vocalist Lesley Woods on reforming the 80s punk pioneers – without her bandmates

Her post-punk trailblazers were a key influence on riot grrrl. Now, after decades working as a lawyer, she is taking the name – though, contentiously, not the rest of the band – back on the road. ‘I haven’t given the best of me yet’, she says

The Guardian - UK

Trap and shoegaze – the sounds of 2025?

According to Bandsintown they are

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“I know how important it was for her… being respected as a songwriter was always the thing that she felt was overlooked”: Donna Summer is inducted posthumously into Songwriters’ Hall Of Fame

Summer co-wrote I Feel Love and her run of 70s hits

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"We don't rehearse - I just show the band my notes and it becomes something else": Garage queen Holly Golightly on new music, Jack White and the black tongue hex

After seven years, cult favourite Holly Golightly resurfaces with a new album steeped in southern alt.blues flavour

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Jane’s Addiction call it quits after a tumultuous 15 months: ‘The legacy will remain’

US alt-rock band announce they are finally parting ways, following fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuits

The Guardian - AU

"We are here to announce that we have come together one last time to resolve our differences": Jane's Addiction are talking again after last year's acrimonious break-up

Six months after filing lawsuits against each other, Perry Farrell and the other members of Jane's Addiction are ready to talk about Boston

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Thousands of fans join tribute to reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff in his native Jamaica

Jamaica has held a tribute to honor reggae giant Jimmy Cliff, with officials asking that people celebrate him and not turn the ceremony into a sad event

The Independent UK

Katy Perry Reveals How Justin Trudeau Saved and Lifted Her After 'Embarrassing' Breakup

Katy Perry finds renewed confidence and support in a reported romance with Justin Trudeau following career criticism and her split from Orlando Bloom.

International Business Times UK

“A near-perfect TS808-style pedal from the designer of the Tube Screamer that could arguably be the new gold standard”: TWA Source Code review

Is this the Screamer Killer we’ve heard about?

Guitar World

"You know that feeling you get when somebody embarrasses themselves so badly you feel uncomfortable?" How a grunge legend alienated his entire fanbase with a curveball solo record, and why he had zero regrets about doing so

Not everyone wants to get on board when artists take a creative left turn

Metal Hammer

"In a lot of abusive relationships, the hardest thing is to break away from it. That song helped break that stigma." How a bold, boundary-breaking song with some taboo lyrics helped break one of America's best modern rock bands

Some of the lyrics on this modern classic were brave, but they helped laid the foundations for what was to come

Metal Hammer

“The first thing I said to him was, ‘You bought Greeny.’ He goes, ‘Yeah, I’ve got it. You want to play it?’” Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith had a chance encounter with Kirk Hammett – and ended up babysitting his iconic Les Paul

The fabled Gibson has been making plenty of big-name players weak at the knees recently

Guitar World

“A lot of people got confused. They were like, ‘God, I love that guitar part.’ But actually, it’s a bass”: Fontaines D.C.’s Deego dissects the Joy Division bassline that inspired his bass journey

Peter Hook also recounts how he was “over the moon” when Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis used the bassline as a vocal part for one of the band’s biggest tracks

Guitar World

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“I think they sound in between a Fender and a Gibson”: Blues ace Larry McCray names the unsung guitar brand that convinced him to switch after a life of playing Gibsons

McCray says this brand is the perfect middle ground between two of the industry's big guns

The Independent UK

Alex Warren's year has been anything but 'Ordinary.' Now, the Grammys are calling

Alex Warren's song “Ordinary” is, by many measures, a defining song of 2025

International Business Times UK

Cheryl Reveals Heartbreaking Goal: 'I Need To Get My Sparkle Back' After Losing Liam

Following the tragic loss of Liam Payne, Cheryl is determined to regain her former vitality.

Guitar World

“He sent me a video of himself playing the Slow Dancing solo through the plugin. That’s when I knew we had it”: Neural DSP unveils Archetype: John Mayer X – a landmark signature plugin that brings the guitar great’s sought-after tones to the masses

In a milestone moment for modeling, the new plugin offers models of Mayer's go-to amps, pedals and effects – Dumbles, Two Rocks and Klons included

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"He said, 'Put this in your mouth.' Smelled terrible. But I did it, and then I used it on Rocky Mountain Way”: Joe Walsh on the best guitar solo he ever recorded (and how it officially made the talk box a thing)

How a fateful night at a Nashville party gave Walsh the sound he was looking for, and an all-new sound for rock guitar

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Amazon and Kylie Minogue have got Christmas wrapped up as their exclusive deal propels her ‘new’ album and single to almost certain UK No.1 status

The enduring power of Minogue PLUS the might of world’s biggest shopping brand just made their Christmas wishes come true

Creative Bloq

A year on, do the Kiwi Ears KE4 earphones still deserve the New Meta crown?

There's still that Harman bass, but the real star of the show is the mid range.

Evening Standard

BBC 'refuses to play live version of Fairytale of New York' as track starts fresh bid for Christmas number one

The hit track, released in 1987, has never hit Christmas number one

Guitar World

“Bob Dylan had me, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Ronnie Wood, Levon Helm and Paul Butterfield. It wasn’t the greatest music I ever played”: Bob Margolin on The Last Waltz, the jam party afterwards and his years with Muddy Waters

Blues veteran recalls the “reefer” moment that landed him a job with his hero, the Gibson archtop that’s seen in the movie, and how he stayed friends with Waters despite business matters

MusicRadar

“For me, the amplifier is even more important than the guitar. And then the speakers are more important than the amplifier!”: Joe Perry on the evolution of electric guitar tone

The Aerosmith guitarist is a self-confessed gear obsessive and makes the case that, historically, the speaker is the most vital component in your signal chain

Metal Hammer

"The audience for heavy music is absolutely growing. It feels like expansion, not nostalgia" Sleep Token's manager has been speaking about the band's extraordinary success in 2025, and what it means for rock and metal as a whole moving forwards

After further securing their place as one of the world's biggest bands, the man who works closest with Sleep Token has some ideas about why it's happened

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