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“I said, ‘Before we start, you know that if I audition I’ll get the gig’”: When Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden
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“I was just making sure I left my mark”: Pete Townshend smashed a guitar at every show of The Who’s first US tour
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Alex Skolnick on the time he was on standby for Megadeth – and what to do when you can’t match a player lick for lick
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Coldplay’s live engineers reveal the lengths they go to to record every show on the band’s Music of the Spheres tour
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“I nearly made a record with Ray Davies and David Bowie”: Damon Albarn on the dream collab that never happened
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Cesar Gueikian on building the SG Kirk Hammett played to honour Black Sabbath and how his designs might shape future Gibson releases
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"I sort of felt like I was squeezing blood from a stone”: Charli XCX reveals her post-Brat creative comedown
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“I said, ‘Before we start, you know that if I audition I’ll get the gig’”: When Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden
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“I was just making sure I left my mark”: Pete Townshend smashed a guitar at every show of The Who’s first US tour
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Coldplay’s live engineers reveal the lengths they go to to record every show on the band’s Music of the Spheres tour
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“I nearly made a record with Ray Davies and David Bowie”: Damon Albarn on the dream collab that never happened
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“I ended up changing the whole song because Tony broke up with me”: How Gwen Stefani's heartbreak inspired a No.1 hit
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“The guitar tones alone were worth the price of admission”: Jon Bon Jovi was impressed by Oasis live
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“Journey wanted to make a musical change. Next thing I know I’m in Denver with Neal Schon”: Steve Perry's highs and lows
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Fine Young Cannibals confirm that She Drives Me Crazy was recorded at Paisley Park using Prince’s gear
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Shortly before he died, Warren Zevon gave David Letterman a guitar, and it just went “back to work”
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“I feel a freedom behind the piano”: Armin Van Buuren on his surprising new musical direction
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"It saves us 900 hours digging through crates”: Justice on why they gave up sampling
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“It’s just too emotional”: Seth Troxler is offering €10 an hour to anyone willing to help him clean up his vinyl
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Adam F on making '90s DnB classic Colours – and why he’s re-recording it for 2025
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Mark Ronson on having to come to terms with the fact that he would never be a great guitar player
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“An honour, it means a lot to me”: David Guetta is the World’s Number One DJ – again
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“A fully interactive playground with different ways to experience their music”: Daft Punk to live on in Fortnite
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Synth-pop star Little Boots confirms that she’s now a university lecturer
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“We are utterly heartbroken… He was a titan of UK music and culture”: Tributes paid to JD Twitch of Optimo
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“I got a hacksaw, chopped down the stand and put the hi-hats down there”: How Simon Phillips learned to play left-handed
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“You’d go round the house and Johnny would play some riff in his jimmy-jams”: Mike Joyce remembers the early days of The Smiths
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“I said, ‘Oh, man, we’re gonna kick some ass on a Pink Floyd record!’": The drummer who substituted for Nick Mason
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“I didn't replace Keith Moon – I replaced Kenney Jones!”: When Simon Phillips became The Who's third great drummer
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Jazz great Jack DeJohnette - drummer for Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and others - dies, aged 83
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“People say I hate John Bonham because he stole my stuff”: The legendary drummer who influenced Bonzo and many more
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“Everybody knew Jeff was a great drummer”: How Simon Phillips succeeded in replacing Jeff Porcaro in Toto
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"Stick with it. Focus…You've gotta put the time in”: Lars Ulrich’s advice to young artists
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The one where Courteney Cox plays Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit on the drums and goes viral
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“I was just making sure I left my mark”: Pete Townshend smashed a guitar at every show of The Who’s first US tour
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Coldplay’s live engineers reveal the lengths they go to to record every show on the band’s Music of the Spheres tour
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Concerts or copulation? 70% of music fans would choose riffs over rumpy pumpy
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“The guitar tones alone were worth the price of admission”: Jon Bon Jovi was impressed by Oasis live
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Shortly before he died, Warren Zevon gave David Letterman a guitar, and it just went “back to work”
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“I had a White Stripes fan account when I was 13”: Olivia Rodrigo and Feist honour The White Stripes
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Stevie sings, Flea slaps and Beck blows on his harmonica: Sly Stone just got an all-star tribute
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Drake’s live sound engineer on why he has to be at the top of his game from first song to last
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Everything In Its Right Place: Radiohead switch up their setlist on the second night of reunion tour
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“I was just making sure I left my mark”: Pete Townshend smashed a guitar at every show of The Who’s first US tour
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Alex Skolnick on the time he was on standby for Megadeth – and what to do when you can’t match a player lick for lick
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Cesar Gueikian on building the SG Kirk Hammett played to honour Black Sabbath and how his designs might shape future Gibson releases
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Jack White used the prototype on No Name and now you can buy it – meet the JHS Pedals x Third Man Hardware Troika delay
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“They’re the absolute pioneers”: Why Wolfgang Van Halen is in awe of a “super heavy” cult band
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Fender and Johnny Marr reimagine the Jaguar with signature stunner featuring three custom-wound lipstick single-coils
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Taylor teams up with Jacob Collier for signature acoustics that declare standard tuning DAEAD – and they’re accessibly priced
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The unique SG built by Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian and played by Kirk Hammett at Back to the Beginning heads to auction
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“I love John McLaughlin’s stuff. I admire real musicians”: Journey guitarist Neal Schon on the players who inspire him
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“A unique, talented, and innovative musician”: Tributes paid to Blancmange's Stephen Luscombe
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Cradle of Filth guitarist Ashok fired mid-tour, days after keyboardist wife quits citing low pay and “toxic” atmosphere
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Kylie Minogue’s Tension tour keyboard player reveals the compact synth she relies on
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Eric Clapton pays tribute to Bobby Whitlock, his Derek and the Dominos bandmate, who has died, aged 77
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How Billy Joel ended up joining the ‘60s band that gave him his break as a recording artist
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Ezra Collective’s Joe Armon-Jones on the imagined musical apocalypse that inspired All The Quiet
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Tom Petty keyboard player Benmont Tench says that being produced by Rick Rubin was like solving a puzzle
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Ezra Collective’s Joe Armon-Jones on why he created his Aquarii Studios and his dub mixing technique
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Elton John tells audience at Devil Wears Prada premiere that he’s lost his sight
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Coldplay’s live engineers reveal the lengths they go to to record every show on the band’s Music of the Spheres tour
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Fine Young Cannibals confirm that She Drives Me Crazy was recorded at Paisley Park using Prince’s gear
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We didn’t expect this rising artist to snag a Producer of the Year nod for the 2026 Grammys - but we’re glad he did
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Drake’s live sound engineer on why he has to be at the top of his game from first song to last
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Trevor Horn joins rising star Sophie Grey for a performance of Buggles hit Video Killed The Radio Star
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"People have this idea of how records are made – it's mostly rooted in misogyny": Jack Antonoff on the misconceptions surrounding his collaborative process
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"I'm a maximalist": Raye breaks down the head-spinning vocal arrangement in Where Is My Husband!
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“She had nailed her interpretation of that song before she came to the studio”: When Heaven 17 revived Tina Turner’s career
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How Prince embraced The Beatles and recorded one of the most vulnerable ballads of his career
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"I sort of felt like I was squeezing blood from a stone”: Charli XCX reveals her post-Brat creative comedown
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The "hysterical" songwriting sessions with Sabrina Carpenter that propelled Amy Allen to four Grammy nominations
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Fine Young Cannibals confirm that She Drives Me Crazy was recorded at Paisley Park using Prince’s gear
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Taylor teams up with Jacob Collier for signature acoustics that declare standard tuning DAEAD – and they’re accessibly priced
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“An incredible gesture”: Sam Fender to donate his Mercury winnings to the Music Venue Trust
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Shortly before he died, Warren Zevon gave David Letterman a guitar, and it just went “back to work”
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“I had a White Stripes fan account when I was 13”: Olivia Rodrigo and Feist honour The White Stripes
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Stevie sings, Flea slaps and Beck blows on his harmonica: Sly Stone just got an all-star tribute
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“Xania is an extension of me so I look at her as a real person”: Tulisha Jones reveals the person behind Xania Monet
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“I nearly made a record with Ray Davies and David Bowie”: Damon Albarn on the dream collab that never happened
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“An incredible gesture”: Sam Fender to donate his Mercury winnings to the Music Venue Trust
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“I wasn’t just writing about the weather”: John Fogerty unpacks rock’s jauntiest ode to the apocalypse
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Wot no hip-hop?: The Billboard Top 30 is rap free – for the first time in 35 years
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“I was just doing this because it was fun”: Paul McCartney on how he kickstarted his solo career in a remote Scottish farmhouse
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Olivia Dean on writing Man I Need and the Michael Jackson hit that helped to inspire it
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“I feel a freedom behind the piano”: Armin Van Buuren on his surprising new musical direction
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Roger Taylor names the early Queen song that's "a lot more complicated in many ways than Bohemian Rhapsody"
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“I was like, ‘Guys, this one is kind of stupid’”: Which huge hit did Billie Eilish feel embarrassed about?
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"I sort of felt like I was squeezing blood from a stone”: Charli XCX reveals her post-Brat creative comedown
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“I ended up changing the whole song because Tony broke up with me”: How Gwen Stefani's heartbreak inspired a No.1 hit
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Concerts or copulation? 70% of music fans would choose riffs over rumpy pumpy
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