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How Did Floyd Brown Die? Real Cause of Death as Family Mourn Legendary 80s Singer

US pop and country singer Floyd Brown has died in Baton Rouge aged 79 after a long battle with cancer. The '80s talent show winner and swamp pop favourite is being remembered by family, fellow musicians and fans as a local legend who never quite got his due.

International Business Times UK

Why Madison Square Garden Allegedly Refused To Give Taylor Swift A Wedding Venue Discount

Reports claim Taylor Swift was denied a discount for a rumoured wedding to Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, with costs potentially reaching tens of millions.

International Business Times UK

“This track is very much John Deacon world. I don’t think I was on it at all to start off with! He was much more into funk than we were. So it’s his rhythm guitar playing – not mine”: Brian May on the No 1 hit that made Queen the biggest band in the world

“Freddie absolutely adored it – he sang it until he bled!”

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“The two heads onstage are now fake because Dom smashed so many amps”: How Yungblud’s guitar-throwing habits are forcing hisguitarist to rethink his live rig

Yungblud guitarist Adam Warrington tells GW that safekeeping measures have had to be put in place because the boss has proven to be too much of a loose cannon

Guitar World

‘We eat and drink risk’: higher costs bring curtain down on more UK music festivals

Plans for new event at the Secret Garden Party site and Womad Glasgow are dashed, but others remain optimistic

The Guardian - UK

'A coming-of-age album for us': shared pursuit of anything binds Vacations

The Newcastle band's fourth album explores growing up apart and together.

Newcastle Herald

"With such sheer star quality, it feels like they're lining themselves up for headliner status." Flames, confetti, screams and Lady Gaga: Halestorm's Download set is a rock 'n' roll masterclass

Could Halestorm headline Download one day? This set certainly suggests they could pull it off

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Harry Styles at Wembley review: Megastar delivers personal connections on an industrial scale

4/5 It’s in the live arena that Harry Styles really shines, writes Gemma Samways

Evening Standard

"Motorhead played as raucously and as fast as they could. They were head and shoulders above everybody.” Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway on Lemmy, free speech and lessons learned on the frontline of grindcore

Barney reflects on his life in music and fighting the good fight for almost four decades. Don’t call Napalm Death political, though.

Metal Hammer

Harry Styles review: Pop star’s Wembley Stadium residency is a euphoric, vital show

4/5 Styles is the consummate entertainer, a charisma factory who lights the place up better than any pyrotechnics

The Independent UK

“The best songwriter we ever had, followed closely by Paul McCartney”: Graham Coxon on his influences and why his new album is coming out 15 years late

Castle Park was recorded in 2011

MusicRadar

“I reckon Ritchie Blackmore might have thought we’d made a mistake having them open for Rainbow, as we just couldn’t match them”: When AC/DC blew Rainbow off stage

Warning: never, ever let AC/DC open for your band

Louder

Download might be the home of rock, but Pendulum and Cypress Hill just showed why the festival is wise to mix it up a little

Drum 'n' bass and hip hop might not seem like obvious fits for Download, but Pendulum are now Donington veterans - while Cypress Hill's world class set was long overdue

Louder

23 years after they pulled out of the first ever Download, Limp Bizkit finally headline the UK's biggest rock festival - and they absolutely smash it

Metal's biggest party band bring the ruckus to Donington on Friday night

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Bangkok Post

Springsteen music centre opening in New Jersey

LONG BRANCH, New Jersey - Rock legend Bruce Springsteen is one of New Jersey's most famous native sons, and the Garden State is honouring The Boss with a new museum that celebrates his legacy and the history of American music.

Evening Standard

Robbie Williams: It is ‘incredible’ to sponsor shirts for hometown football club

Williams will also become an ambassador of the charitable foundation for Port Vale FC.

Bangkok Post

The power of restraint

Neo-soul crooner Jenevieve brought her worldwide Crysalis Tour to Bangkok recently with a performance at Samyan Mitrtown Hall.

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift secures seventh UK number one single with Toy Story 5 song

Singer released ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ earlier this month, ahead of highly anticipated Disney Pixar film’s arrival

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

unpeople, Bring Me The Horizon and Ho99o9 are just some of the bands who are vying for your vote in this week's new song round-up

The Guardian - UK

Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review – who’s she singing about? Who cares when the songs are this good

Gossips have rushed to the lyrics for details about her personal life, but the rest of us can just get on with luxuriating in Rodrigo’s funny, Cure-infused craft

The Independent UK

Duffy seen in public for first time in 16 years after revealing kidnap and rape ordeal

The Welsh singer disappeared from the spotlight in 2010

Guitar World

Keanu Reeves reveals the most important bass lesson he learned from Flea

The Hollywood A-lister made his musical comeback in 2023 with his band, Dogstar, and looks back on the rare occasion when his music and acting matrices collided

Guitar World

“One of the customs guys in Canada decided he hated Black Sabbath, so he smashed the neck with a hammer”: How Geezer Butler’s P-Bass survived a Sabbath hater’s attack – and ended up on the band's most iconic tracks

Butler’s iconic tone – sculpted by blasting his bass through a blown guitar cabinet – was made possible thanks to a beat-up 1968 Fender Precision Bass

MusicRadar

“Even though words are supposed to kind of be my thing, I will never be able to express my gratitude to you guys for doing that for me”: Taylor Swift pays tribute to her parents at Songwriters Hall Of Fame ceremony

She’s the youngest female to be inducted

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"Celebrate this iconic album on the grandest scale possible." Billy Corgan adds additional shows to his orchestral Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness opera tour

"This magical dream doesn’t have to end"

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