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Tinie Tempah cites support of grassroots venues as ‘motivation’ for new music

The rapper hopes to ‘raise awareness and advocate for the next generation of artists’ that need these spaces.

Evening Standard

I Wasn't Fully Sold On Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Getting Married At Madison Square Garden, But New Evidence Convinced Me

I think I see the vision now.

Cinemablend

Sam Smith releases new single and announces fifth studio album

The 34-year old released the lead single, My Guy, on Wednesday and announced that their upcoming album, Hazel Eyes will be out later this summer.

Evening Standard

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George Michael asked Chinese to ‘have a quick dance’ during historic tour

Wham! appear in a newly released trailer for the upcoming documentary 10 Days In China about their 1985 visit.

Evening Standard

Olivia Rodrigo fans slam indie musician for ‘weird’ comment about singer’s all-female festival

Jacob Tomsky said that Rodrigo’s newly announced festival ‘feels like some forced promo for a festival’

The Independent UK

Gary Numan says way he attracted his wife ‘might be illegal now’

Pop singer first met his wife when she was still in school

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift’s Sweet Surprise for George Kittle at Tight End University Proves They’re BFFs Forever

The pop star dedicated a very special song to Kittle.

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“The spark that made heavy music interesting wasn’t there for me anymore”: How British metal didn’t quite rule the 90s

Bands from Cradle Of Filth to Paradise Lost seemed ready to thrust British metal back to the forefront. But then nu metal kicked off and swung the pendulum back to the States. This is the story of the takeover that didn’t happen.

Metal Hammer

"As soon as you got into the lift there were naked women painted green." Inside the wild 1986 party where Queen teamed up with Samantha Fox and Gary Glitter to entertain 500 celebrity friends

In July '86, billed as Dicky Hart and The Pacemakers, Queen played one of the most star-studded gigs of their career in a London club

Louder

The best plugins for re-creating the grit and punch of classic analog drum machines

If you love the sound of an analog drum machine, but don’t want to splash-out on vintage hardware, here’s our pick of the best vintage machines, in hardware and software form

MusicRadar

Harry Styles shares strict warning with Wembley fans as he performs in 37C heatwave

Wembley Stadium has relaxed its rules for Styles’ concert on Friday amid the 37C heatwave

Evening Standard

A mad idea made real: Meet the ADDAC Four String, a modular synth and lap steel hybrid that looks totally bonkers

The ADDAC System Four String Series marries its Eurorack modular synth with pluckable strings and a host of quirky pickup and performance modules

Guitar World

“Once again, Chris wanted to save Soundgarden. We all knew there was unhappiness”: Sleep’s new guitarist was once nearly drafted into Soundgarden

In his new memoir, Kim Thayil reveals that Chris Cornell wanted Bubba Dupree to join Soundgarden before they split up in the late ’90s

Guitar World

Lizzo’s new album fails to chart as dismal first-week sales revealed

Pop singer’s album ‘Bitch’ was met with negative reviews from critics, and has since failed to crack the Billboard 200

The Independent UK

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“This guy can cover everything. He’s just a phenomenon”: Former Slipknot member Chris Fehn remembers late bandmate Joey Jordison

The percussionist, who parted ways with the band in 2019, says it was “intimidating” to perform alongside a talent of Jordison’s calibre

Louder

"Roger immediately said, 'What's that?' Some riffs have a little bit of magic to them, and it's obvious." Watch David Gilmour play Pink Floyd classic Wish You Were Here in his home studio, and talk about the song's creation at Abbey Road

"I remember the moment of creating it quite often"

MusicRadar

“We were debating whether George Michael or Bon Jovi should sing it, but Carlos was like, ‘I like this guy’s voice’. Clive loved the idea of getting this older guitar player together with newer generations”: Rob Thomas explains the genius of Clive Davis

Even if everybody around him said, ‘I don’t get it,’ he would say, 'You don’t have to get it’”

Metal Hammer

Parkway Drive to play first two albums in full on Killing Horizons tour later this summer

The Byron Bay metalcore crushers also promise to bring out the hits on their 10-show run

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Rising K-Pop Idols Hearts2Hearts Are Coming for the Song of the Summer

The rookie girl group shares the iconic songs that inspired their new mini-album, 'Lemon Tang.'

The Independent UK

The Independent and Music Venue Trust relaunch Main Stage initiative to support UK grassroots music venues

Campaign, which highlights the best grassroots music venues across the UK and the people working tirelessly to keep them alive, returns for summer 2026

MusicRadar

“Thom's always looking for new ways to try and express different personae”: How to get Radiohead’s resonant National Anthem vocal effect in software

On Kid A, Radiohead went resonant with some severe vocal processing - although complex at the time, the incredible results can now be easily achieved in software

Metal Hammer

The 10 heaviest metal breakdowns of all time

When the beat drops, these songs by Metallica, Slayer and more hit like a freight train

Guitar World

“Without you, we wouldn’t be here”: He played bass with Robert Plant, gave Tony Iommi his sound and created an iconic British amp brand – the life and times of Lyndon Laney

The loved and respected founder of the Midlands amp company was behind the seismic sound of Black Sabbath and countless more

Guitar World

“The engineer claimed to me that he would overdub his own guitar tracks in place of Mars’. Not even the band knew about it”: The wild times and recording tricks behind Mötley Crüe’s game-changing sophomore album

Survivors of Mötley Crüe’s notorious Shout at the Devil sessions dish the dirt on in-studio debauchery, secret overdubs and bringing the Looks That Kill riff to life

Louder

“We’re still making records because we think we’re the best band in the world”: The Jesus and Mary Chain may not have destroyed the music industry as they had hoped, but they gave it a damn good shot

God bless The Jesus and Mary Chain

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