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Pete Townshend sells out: Primary Wave group acquires rights to Who guitarist’s music, image, likeness and name

“I know we will have a lot of fun working together” says guitarist

MusicRadar · May 15

Quizzy Rascal: It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #6!

Round off your week with our 10-question recap of this week's hottest music news

MusicRadar · May 15

“I have a skipping heart and I got to get a surgery”: Slipknot’s Shawn Crahan speaks about his health problems and how he sometimes feels like he’s “dying”

Percussionist turned down the idea of having a pacemaker

MusicRadar · May 15

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I went to Superbooth and these are the 10 bits of gear I wanted to take home with me

From one-button synths and next-gen kalimbas to supersized delays and budget grooveboxes, Superbooth 2026 did not disappoint. Here are the 10 new releases I want in my studio

MusicRadar · May 15

“The algorithm-based way that social media functions now is destroying the music industry”: Lizzo claims it’s the reason you don’t know about her new album

It’s not her fault, she insists

MusicRadar · May 15

“The thunder and rain crashed the generator for the film shoot”: U2 film new video on top of a bus in a soaked Mexico City

Plus landmark where they played famous San Francisco is to be torn down

MusicRadar · May 15

Gallaghers accumulated £375 million last year and have made Sunday Times Rich List

They’ve come a long way from Burnage

MusicRadar · May 15

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Give It Away? No – the Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold their back catalogue to Warners for $300 million

Deal is separate to their publishing rights sale of 2021

MusicRadar · May 15

“It’s an important part of the culture that we are all on our goddamn phones and it keeps us connected, you know?”: Billie Eilish doesn’t have a problem with phones at gigs

And she says she’s working on a new album

MusicRadar · May 15

“It doesn’t fundamentally affect anybody’s songs”: Eurovision boss explains why Finland’s bow-shredding violinist is playing live at the 2026 Song Contest, while other instrumentalists aren't

“It’s very much a ‘nice to have’ and we’re happy to do it where we can,” says Martin Green

MusicRadar · May 14

“Fran knew Barry, and I knew Fran, and Fran had played with Sib, and Sib had played with Tom, and Barry knew Tom, and Tom knew me, but Fran didn’t know that I knew that he knew Barry too”: The strange tale of Boston’s record-breaking debut album

A sophisticated sound that eight million Americans fell for

MusicRadar · May 14

“You wouldn’t work with a racist. Don’t work with somebody that’s destroying the job that allows you to feed your children”: El Estepario Siberiano urges fellow musicians not to collaborate with Suno users

And he’s selling anti-Suno T-shirts

MusicRadar · May 14

“I've been to a couple of Bob's shows and I couldn't tell what the song was that he was doing. Now, that's a bit much”: Paul McCartney gently suggests that Bob Dylan could give a little more thought to the needs of his audience when he performs live

“I get it if he doesn't want to do Mr Tambourine Man. Maybe he's fed up with that. But I would like to hear it. And I've paid”

MusicRadar · May 14

“Getting a noise complaint is essentially a death sentence for a grassroots venue”: The precarious state of Britain's small venues in focus

Whether it’s turning a profit, rising drink prices or the fear of receiving just one formal noise complaint, small venues face more jeopardy than ever in 2026

MusicRadar · May 14

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MusicRadar · May 13

Gretsch reinvents a cult classic loved by Jack Antonoff and Rory Gallagher as it expands mid-priced Electromatic range with a pair of sweet baritones

The CVT and Jet Baritones take That Great Gretsch Sound into lower registers, and at a nice price too... But one question remains. Has Gretsch just made a metal guitar?

MusicRadar · May 13

The Seymour Duncan Custom Shop just released a stunning hand-wound replica an OG humbucker from the dawn of the high-gain era

This 50th Anniversary release sees the Duncan Custom reverse-engineered and offered as a signed, limited edition set with a hand-wound '59 neck humbucker

MusicRadar · May 13

“I didn't think I needed a drum machine, so I gave mine to one of the road crew”: Phil Collins reveals that he gave his brand-new Roland CR-78 to a roadie, then got it back and created "the record that people think of when they think of me”

“It was very basic. It was really a cocktail drum machine, you know, for people that play piano in bars”

MusicRadar · May 13

“The head of LA’s Mexican mafia was in a cell next to me. He passed me a note and asked for an autograph for his daughter”: The hair-raising adventures of ’90s rock icons Stone Temple Pilots and their doomed singer Scott Weiland

“I could not seem to put more than 30 days of abstinence together”

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MusicRadar · May 13

“It’s like, so raw; his passion and that bluesy piano… I couldn't get enough”: Alicia Keys is joined by Raye to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her debut album, Songs In A Minor, which featured a notable cover of a Prince b-side

“I’ll just never forget the way that landed on me when I first heard it, because he's playing the piano and he's just stomping his foot on the floor”

MusicRadar · May 13

This is definitely, maybe your best chance to nail Oasis guitar tones – Noel Gallagher’s pedalboards have gone up for sale

Built for Gallagher by touring gear guru Mike Hill, these 'boards come straight from the Chief's collection

MusicRadar · May 13

"There are producers who make hit records. Then there are producers who leave a lasting mark on people’s hearts and lives. Jack did both": John Lennon and Aerosmith producer Jack Douglas has died

He also produced Cheap Trick, Patti Smith and Supertramp

MusicRadar · May 13

How do you like your ES-335? Gibson’s gives its iconic semi-hollow the Les Paul treatment, offering ‘50s and ‘60s versions with “decade-correct feel, look, and tone”

The ‘50s ES-335 comes strapped with Custombuckers, the ‘60s model has T-Types, and we’ve got classic finishes, vintage-inspired specs too

MusicRadar · May 13

“I knew it was a better song than I’d written up to that point. I’d turned a corner as a songwriter. But in terms of thinking it was a hit, I had no idea”: How a pilgrimage to the crucible of rock ’n’ roll inspired the ’90s classic Walking In Memphis

“Me and the piano – that’s all I cared about”

MusicRadar · May 13

“I ended up at Klek’s mother’s place making music in the basement, and we started doing that for… for ever”: Meet Angine de Poitrine, the polka-dotted alien ambassadors of math rock

Duo have been playing together for 20 years

MusicRadar · May 12

“Sometimes I try to pretend that someone threw mud on the fretboard of my guitar, or thick syrup! It’s a funny thing to imagine but it changes the way you play”: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's Sadler Vaden reveals his approach to slide guitar

Don't sweat the action, keep it in standard tuning and just pretend you're a trapeze artist with syrup on the fingerboard... Wait, what!?

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