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Why Canada is effectively shutting down its 70-year peacekeeping legacy

“The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is rebalancing its global operational commitments to better align resources with evolving defence priorities in an increasingly complex security environment. This includes closing Operations KOBOLD, SNOWGOOSE, SOPRANO, and CROCODILE, and reducing its contribution to Operation CALUMET. Approximately 50-60 CAF members currently assigned to these missions…

The Conversation

"I wanted to get Jeff Beck in the band. Then I wanted to get Keith Moon. I went for the big time." George Thorogood is at peace with not being Bob Seger or Steve Miller

George Thorogood turned barroom blues into arena rock, traded licks with greats, and missed out on dates with the Stones when commitments got in the way... and he's done it all his own way

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“I thought it was the worst film I’d seen in my life! I was super-embarrassed. But that solo became part of the franchise’”: Stevie Salas on Bill & Ted, playing arenas with Rod Stewart then opening for Joe Satriani, and turning down both Van Halen singers

The ahead-of-his-time guitar great recalls starting a trend followed by Steve Vai and Tosin Abasi, why he had to quit a Joe Satriani tour, and why he sometimes aimed to be the worst player in the room

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“Now I’m caught up in the ceaselessly toxic, dysfunctional web of Led Zeppelin interpersonal relationships”: How Phil Collins’ globe-spanning Live Aid journey led to one of the most disastrous reunions ever

The hectic day that Phil Collins Concorde-hopped between continents was mired by a shambolic reunion which he unwittingly became a part of

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“There's a great picture of Eddie, Pat Thrall, and myself backstage. Oh man, we look awesome. Three guitar players, just 24 years old”: Pat Travers recalls the best show he ever played – with Aerosmith, AC/DC, and Van Halen all on the same bill

The legendary gig also saw Travers meet Steven Tyler for the first time – and a comical encounter ensued...

Guitar World

One note is all it takes: The unbelievable story of B.B. King

BB King left behind the racism of rural Mississippi to become the King Of The Blues. Here's his incredible story in his own words…

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“Iggy ran from one side of the stage to the other and head-butted the wall. I was covered in blood, because he’d come up and danced around me”: The Pretty Things singer Phil May’s wild tales of Hendrix, Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and Judy Garland

Late Pretty Things singer Phil May was mates with Hendrix and Page, a rival of the Stones and an accidental drinking buddy of Judy Garland

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Carlos Santana: ‘Hostile forces tried to destroy Michael Jackson’

INTERVIEW: Ahead of his new album ‘Sentient’, featuring collaborations with some of the great musical icons from history, the legendary guitarist talks to Kevin E G Perry about working with the King of Pop, his memories of Woodstock and Altamont, the genius of Miles Davis and why death is just…

The Independent UK

“Aqualung got its share of bashings in the Southern USA. It created anger amongst those ultra-conservative Baptist types”: How Jethro Tull conquered America in the 70s and became rock’s unlikeliest superstars

They ended the 1960s opening for Led Zeppelin in the US and ended the 70s headlining multiple nights at Madison Square Garden

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“One of the best guitar solos ever conceived - captured live on stage!”: Uncovering the truth about the Clapton classic that he called "wrong" but Eddie Van Halen loved

The real story of Cream’s Crossroads

MusicRadar

A swing state nightmare: The Republican Senator stuck between Trump and a national disgrace

Ever since CNN reported that lieutenant governor Mark Robinson called himself a ‘Black Nazi’ and a ‘perv’ on a porn site called Nude Africa, Senator Thom Tillis has found himself stuck in the most awkward of positions in a must-win state. Eric Garcia reports on the chaos tearing the North…

The Independent UK

Our final March Super Tuesday preview – North Carolina

Welcome to the Monday, March 4, 2024, Brew.

Ballotpedia

A look at Arizona’s 459 ballot measures since statehood

Welcome to the Monday, January 29, 2024, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Three candidates running in the Republican primary for governor of North Carolina

Dale Folwell, Bill Graham, and Mark Robinson are running in the Republican primary for governor of North Carolina on March 5, 2024. The general election is on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Roy Cooper (D) is term-limited.

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Sammy Hagar recalls exposing his genitals onstage while supporting Kiss in 1977: "I pulled my pants down, shook it at them and then smashed my guitar to bits"

The Red Rocker reflects on an on-stage meltdown in 1977, which saw him flash an audience of angry Kiss fans, and describes the moment as "beautiful in its own way"

Louder

Led Zeppelin and the shows that broke America (and blew Ace Frehley's mind)

The audience may not have been prepared when Led Zeppelin played the final shows of their first US tour... but the band were ready to explode

Salon

Christmas 1968: New York City

It's a good thing you're only 21 once — but that was an amazing time in a city on the edge of disaster

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Canada and Denmark end decades-long dispute over barren rock in Arctic

Hans Island ‘whisky war’ – described by some as a ‘pseudo-confrontation’ – ends after formal division agreed

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Stirling couple treated like royalty to mark Golden Wedding over Jubilee weekend

Much of the recent focus may have been on HM The Queen - but one St Ninians ‘Lady’ and her husband were also being treated like royalty over the weekend. Golden couple Bill and Janet Graham were congratulated by family, friends and neighbours after

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