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Harry Styles gets standing ovation after ‘stunning’ Simon & Garfunkel cover

Performing with a full orchestra at Meltdown festival, pop star says it feels strange to be ‘in the middle of your own career highlight’, calling it ‘an incredibly special week for me’

The Independent UK

Grammy-winning singer Talay Riley died from ‘sharp force’ trauma, inquest hears

Singer-songwriter Talay Riley was pronounced dead on 5 June at a property in East London

The Independent UK

New charity launches in honour of former Big Big Train frontman David Longdon on what would have been his 61st birthday

The David Longdon Foundation will support young musicians, as well as fund music therapy for those in need

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“If it wasn’t us, it would’ve just been someone else, because there are so many great female-fronted bands”: Linkin Park react to becoming first band with female singer to headline Download festival

The nu metal hit-makers, now co-fronted by Emily Armstrong, closed the Donington weekender on Sunday

Metal Hammer

‘Addiction is proof there is a devil. Recovery is proof there is a God’: Irish rockers Bleech 9:3 on struggle, sobriety and their stunning debut

After two friends sponsored each other in Alcoholics Anonymous, they started making music. As they gear up for a summer of 40 festivals, the band tell their harrowing yet uplifting story

The Guardian - UK

Flo full of praise for ‘inspiring’ songwriters: ‘They make the world go round’

The trio have been awarded with the Ascap Vanguard Award, recognising the group’s influence in shaping the future of music.

Evening Standard

Was Neal Schon the godfather of ’80s glam metal? Tracing the surprising origins of Mötley Crüe’s seminal Looks That Kill riff

We time-travel back to the era of zebra stripes and ripped jeans to investigate the mystery of Crüe’s Looks That Kill and the riff that changed the world

Guitar World

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The 10 greatest final albums in heavy metal history

These masterpieces by Black Sabbath, Motörhead and White Zombie made sure their careers ended on flawless form

Metal Hammer

"John orders 12 bottles of champagne. I thought he was going to treat everybody in the club, but he turned to me and said, 'Go on, drink it – that's yours.'" What happened when John Bonham was best man at Tony Iommi's wedding

Led Zeppelin's famously revelrous drummer John Bonham was Best Man at Tony Iommi's wedding in 1973

Louder

'The Audacity!': Jelly Roll Slammed After Split From Wife Bunnie XO Who Helped Raise His Kids and Forgave His Infidelity

Jelly Roll faces severe public criticism after filing for divorce from Bunnie XO, the wife who helped raise his children and forgave his past infidelity.

International Business Times UK

"I'd listen to Great Balls Of Fire on repeat for hours at a time." For Jim Jones, rock'n'roll is way more than just music, it's something other-worldly, something sacred

Now signed to The Black Crowes' Silver Arrow Records, the Jim Jones All Stars are fervently preaching the gospel of rock’n’roll

Louder

The Grammy Winner NPR Didn't Want? Alessia Cara Turns Tiny Desk Rejection Into Viral 'Giant Desk' Performance

Alessia Cara says NPR's Tiny Desk turned her down multiple times, prompting her to create the viral six-song 'Giant Desk' performance

International Business Times UK

Jimi Hendrix was here: An interactive London map

Hotels, hangouts, crash pads, recording studios, sweaty gigs, swanky nightclubs… and where it all ended in tragedy: Jimi Hendrix was here

Louder

"I thought it was the lamest song I ever wrote in my life. It took me six months before I worked up the nerve to show the guys." The story of the Van Halen classic written to mock punk and embraced by the punk rockers

Producer Ted Templeman says Van Halen's Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love is his favourite song from all those he's worked on

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"It was construed as being about a sex worker." The story behind Blondie's misunderstood debut single, released on this day 50 years ago

"I don't think there's a song on the first record without a reference to someone getting shot, stabbed, degraded, or insulted"

The Independent UK

New Wham! documentary to explore legacy of historic tour of China

The film has drawn on restored, newly digitised and never-before-seen archive footage, alongside interviews with those who experienced the tour first-hand

International Business Times UK

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Wedding: 'Massive Stage' Fuels MSG Ceremony Buzz As Zohran Mamdani Names The Date

Taylor Swift is reportedly building a 'massive stage' in Pennsylvania for a July 4 weekend wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden, just as New York City's mayor appears to confirm her wedding date in a live briefing.

Louder

"We're splitting up. We're washed up, finished." Why making In Rainbows almost destroyed Radiohead, with even their management suggesting they should break up

"It had stopped being fun"

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"By the time you get to the end, it's like, Okay, that's a classic." Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan recalls the first time he heard Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit

The night that Butch Vig played Billy Corgan an unreleased cassette of Nirvana's Nevermind album

Guitar World

“We had a new guitar tech. The first thing he did was cut all the guitar strings off. It was devastating”: Why Kurt Vile prefers older guitar strings – and hardly ever changes his

Vile has been guitar through and through since the beginning, so much so that he prefers the sound of dead strings...

Guitar World

“There was a lot of interference and push to be commercial. We went along for the ride – and got left in the middle of nowhere”: The thrash metal bands who deserved to make it – but didn’t

For every success story like Metallica from the ‘80s metal movement, there are countless bands who didn’t make it. Some of them never gave up

Louder

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell records new songs with Metallica-endorsed NWOBHM veterans Sweet Savage, the band he co-founded in 1979

Def Leppard guitarist makes full circle return to band he formed as a teenager

Evening Standard

Grammy Awards introduces five categories and new rules for 2027 ceremony

The annual awards show hopes to reflect the breadth of the music industry with the changes.

Metal Hammer

The 10 bands who won Download festival 2026

From historic headliners to exciting new bands, Download 2026 was one for the books. Here are the 10 best sets from this year's festival

The Guardian - UK

Abdullah Ibrahim obituary

South African jazz pianist, composer and improviser who cast a spell on audiences all over the world

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