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"It's such a shame that you've made a record full of pop songs and wasted them with all this noise"

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Give It Away? No – the Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold their back catalogue to Warners for $300 million

Deal is separate to their publishing rights sale of 2021

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“I said, 'tomorrow I’m going to go into the studio, find some place, make up a tune and make this record'. So I said to Jeff ‘do you want to help?’": The story of the Travelling Wilburys, the star-studded supergroup that made it all look fun

Their first single was recorded in Bob Dylan’s garage

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Key takeaways from Oscars 2026: horror wins, tech loses and politics is hard to ignore

This year saw some Chalamet exhaustion, wins for Warner Bros and memorable music while one winner was nowhere to be seen

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Flagship Harry Potter store to open on London’s Oxford Street

British outlet for the Hogwarts-adjacent ‘interactive retail experience’ will include ‘photo moments’ and exclusive merchandise

The Guardian - UK

‘My guitar was mangled – like my life!’ Goo Goo Dolls on how they made epic ballad Iris

‘I’m grateful to Taylor Swift, and others who have covered it, for introducing the song to a new generation. Three billion streams on Spotify is astonishing!’

The Guardian - UK

"He locked himself in the studio and threatened to burn the tapes. It was a stand-off for almost a day." How Sammy Hagar helped Van Halen win the war against David Lee Roth

Van Halen lost a superstar singer when Dave Lee Roth quit the band, but new frontman Sammy Hagar and Foreigner's Mick Jones ensured the loss was short-lived

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"They got signed on their talent, on their original material, but also on their looks. They looked like Robert Plant and Jimmy Page." The story of the album that rescued rock'n'roll from the darkness and built a brighter future

Rock was stale, and dinosaurs were lumbering. Then an album arrived that was an effervescent shot in the arm for an entire genre

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"Artists and songwriters will have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices and compositions are used in new AI-generated music”: Warners and Suno link up to create new legal AI platforms

Agreement will end legal battle between major and tech firm

MusicRadar

'One Battle After Another' opens with $22.4 million

“One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s widely acclaimed American epic of rebellion and resistance, opened with $22.4 million in ticket sales from North American theaters over the weekend

The Independent UK

“Brand X was great fun to play with – not so much fun to listen to”: Phil Collins’ adventures outside Genesis with Robert Plant, Eric Clapton and others made him so big he had to apologise

Wherever you looked in the 80s and 90s, there he was as a session man, producer or solo artist. But it wasn’t ego – it was down to his passion for music

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After decades of rumours, Madonna finally confirms the Ray of Light remix album, 27 years after it was shelved

Following decades of rumour and suggestion, we finally get to hear an alternative take on her '90s classic

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“I saw people in the audience holding up these banners: ‘SAMMY SUCKS!' 'WE WANT DAVE!’”: How Sammy Hagar and Van Halen won their war with David Lee Roth

An epic rock battle began 40 years ago

MusicRadar

Juror #2: the curious case of the missing Clint Eastwood film

The 40th film directed by the 94-year-old is only being shown in 50 cinemas in the US. Why is Warners burying a movie by one of its most decorated stars?

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How to watch Max in the UK

Max isn't available in the UK but there are legitimate ways to access it as well as more complex ways to get a US account.

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Every Flaming Lips album ranked from worst to best

Ranking the audio wonders of Wayne Coyne's Oklahoma City weirdos, from the most out-there to the truly essential

The Guardian - UK

‘When I became a meme it was humiliating and hurtful’: Dua Lipa on pop, psychedelics and proving her haters wrong

For two years, a viral joke mocking the singer’s dancing threatened to overshadow her record-breaking success – but the laser-focused star had the last laugh. And now she has her sights set on building a media empire

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“I didn’t expect some of the backlash. But then you get the Neil fans, who were rabidly protective”: the story of America, the 70s soft rockers behind the greatest Neil Young song Neil Young never wrote

America evoked the wild romance of the West with timeless melodies and harmonies – and served up a 70s soft rock classic in the process

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‘On best behaviour, he was a joy’: the lost archive of English pop eccentric Vivian Stanshall

The man best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band was brilliant but volatile, and met an untimely end. Now his unfinished work has been rescued

The Guardian - UK

Are we right to be nervous about the new Lord of the Rings movies?

Elijah Wood has expressed his ‘surprise’ over plans for new movies of Tolkien’s fantasy classic – but they couldn’t be any worse than the book-butchering Hobbit trilogy

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Every Jane's Addiction album ranked from worst to best

From their 1987 self-titled live album through to 2011's The Great Escape Artist, here are Jane's Addiction's album ranked from worst to best

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Plush three-bed Edinburgh property hits the market with rooftop jacuzzi

An unassuming property in the West End of Edinburgh has hit the market. In a plush neighbourhood that looks over the Pentland Hills, the new owners can enjoy the luxurious features.

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David Warner leadership bid ends with a bang to put Test team under scrutiny once again

The latest explosion makes clear that the fault lines stemming from the sandpaper scandal remain in Australian cricket

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Incredible Edinburgh time warp flat hits the market with decor from another age

Coming with its own private front garden and well-sized rooms, the flat is expected to be well sought after, however it's decor is what makes it really unique.

The Guardian - UK

Batgirl axed, The Flash floundering – can Black Adam turn things round for DC’s troubled superheroes?

Any company with characters like Batman and Wonder Woman should be laughing all the way to the bank. So why are DC and its owner Warner Bros struggling with so many projects?

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