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“I was a little uncomfortable, to be honest”: Why Myles Kennedy felt uneasy using Jeff Buckley’s Telecaster to play Hallelujah

Kennedy played Buckley’s iconic 'Grace' Tele for a special tribute performance of Hallelujah in 2019

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“In terms of the guitar solo, he just keeps going! You think, ‘OK, surely it’s time to wrap it up?’ But no, he keeps going and it’s great”: The genius of David Gilmour in Pink Floyd’s greatest songs – by Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Stu Mackenzie and more

Plus! Comfortably Numb or comfortably dumb? Find out with our Pink Floyd quiz challenge

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Muse frontman Matt Bellamy 'splits from Elle Evans after six years of marriage'

It has been claimed that Muse frontman Matt Bellamy and his wife, Elle Evans, amicably split in October 2025 after six years of marriage.

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“The most significant guitar in the career of the Muse guitarist”: Manson releases like-for-like recreation of Matt Bellamy’s main guitar – complete with all the onboard effects

Three Black Edition models have been released, each paying tribute to the Muse maestro's go-to guitar – but you’ll need to start saving up...

Guitar World

“A radical approach to fuzz – whether you’re a Muse fan or not”: Manson Guitar Works Supermassive Black Fuzz review

Manson Guitar Works’ first stompbox delivers ahighdegree of variation in your fuzz tone

Guitar World

“Within an hour, he got back to me going, ‘This is amazing. I’d love to come and play it.’ A week later he was in my house”: How Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien got hooked on one of the world’s most unconventional guitars

The Circle Guitar is an electro-mechanical guitar that’s been praised by the likes of the Radiohead guitarist, Phish’s Mike Gordon, and Muse’s Matt Bellamy

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“One night, I decided to be the DJ in Rage Against the Machine - but I was going to do it all on the guitar”: How Tom Morello used his guitar to drill into the off-limits domain of the turntablist

The Rage Against the Machine axe-man’s most memorable moment saw him emulate a DJ scratch breakdown using a trick that few have fully mastered

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“Matt and MGW have collaborated for several years to fine-tune the pedal… And the results will astonish you”: Manson Guitar Works' debut fuzz pedal is here, but will Matt Bellamy’s high-end boutique stompbox be worth the wait?

Co-designed by the Muse frontman, designed to go into your amp or direct to desk, and built in partnership with Thorpy FX, the Supermassive Black Fuzz is a lot of pedal – and it ain't cheap

Guitar World

“I cannot thank you enough for your incredible Parker Fly design. Your genius changed my life”: Adrian Belew leads tributes to Ken Parker, pioneering guitar maker who has died aged 73

Parker's builds were played by everyone from Belew and Joni Mitchell to Eddie Van Halen and Matt Bellamy

Guitar World

7 Musicians You Didn’t Know Made Millions From Tech—Not Tunes

You might think your favorite musician makes their fortune mostly from music: albums, tours, merch. But some stars have quietly built seriously profitable tech portfolios—sometimes that tech income even rivals or outpaces their musical earnings. Knowing who they are can give you ideas about investing, diversifying, or just seeing how…

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"A modern rock machine providing up-to-date tones and plenty of fun features at a reasonable price": Manson Meta MBM-2H Sustainiac review

Produced by Cort, Manson refines the Meta MBM-1 with the updated Meta MBM-2H, perfect for Muse fans or those out for a modern sound

Guitar World

Watch Muse jam a Gojira riff during recent headline performance at Hellfest in France

Matt Bellamy’s hard rock powerhouse played a short snippet of Stranded at one of Europe’s biggest metal festivals last weekend

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“It’s time”: Matt Bellamy channels his inner Meshuggah with a wild new 8-string Manson model – which has already been put to work on a monstrous new Muse song

New single Unravelling – which will drop imminently – finds the band travelling into a darker, djent-ier world

Guitar World

“They’ve always ignored the rule book in favour of new, often over-the-top ideas”: These are Muse’s proggiest moments

From 10-minute apocalypse operas to three-part symphonies and getting their Pink Floyd on, here are 16 examples of the trio letting their progressive influences lead the way

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“It was the first kind of rock monster that we'd created”: How an explosive 2001 switch-up revealed just how ferocious Muse could get

The juggernaut of a riff proved Muse’s mettle, setting the stall for a stadium-filling future

Guitar World

“It had to capture that vintage clarity – the clean, expressive tone that lives in Ry Cooder’s slide work”: Manson unveils a Matt Bellamy Verona signature after an exhaustive pickup design process

The build offers the “exact and detailed specification” of the guitar that the Muse frontman has been playing on tour in recent years

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Kate Hudson reveals why sex is better than ever in her 40s

‘Sex isn’t supposed to be pretty,’ actor said

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Kate Hudson quit dating after Matt Bellamy split

Kate Hudson quit dating on the advice of her therapist following the end of her engagement to Muse star Matt Bellamy.

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“A high-spec instrument at a competitive price”: Manson’s updated M-Series models have been treated to Sustainiac pickups, fresh finishes… and onboard Fuzz Factory upgrades

The British guitar builder, which is headed up by Muse’s Matt Bellamy, has expanded its best-selling T-style model with a host of killer updates

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“Go down in a ball of flames, you deserve it!”: safe to say that Thom Yorke is not a huge Muse fan

The Radiohead man was being pretty chill when talking about acts who have been influenced by his band… and then he remembered the M word

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“A high-spec instrumentat a competitive price”: Sustainiac pickups, onboard Z.Vex Fuzz Factory circuits, a Night Sky Holosparkle finish? Manson lavishes Matt Bellamy-approved specs on updated M-Series electrics

The new M-Series models are as 21st-century as a T-style gets

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"I just can’t dig those vocals, especially so soon after eating": Muse polarise opinion on third album Absolution, even if everyone seems to like the guitars

Dismissed initially asRadioheadcopyists, Muse were blasted into the stadium-slaying stratosphere by Absolution

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“I tried it fingerstyle, and that didn't work. As a joke, somebody said, ‘Why don't you try slap bass?’ Everyone was laughing. Then we went back and listened to it…” Chris Wolstenholme switched up his tone and technique on Muse’s The Resistance

Monstrous tones (and a massive signal chain) are just part of Chris Wolstenholme’s bass evolution with Muse

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Kate Hudson predicts her daughter will become a 'party girl' in her teenage years

Kate Hudson has predicted her daughter will turn into a "party girl" in her teenage years.

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“You’ve got to have control over the creative side. If all you’re interested in is the music then you’re gonna get shafted”: 25 years on from the release of their debut, revisiting a 1999 interview with Muse

The rock titans’ 1999 debut Showbiz turns 25 next week and an early interview shows that Matt Bellamy & co. already had their sights set on the big time

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