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“It means everything to me. It’s the song that gave us our first big break”: The ’90s hit that pretty much wrote itself
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Tame Impala's ultra-hyped chord-generating synth is back for a second drop - and this time it's international
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Calvin Harris reveals the unconventional method he used to record the guitar riff on new single, Blessings
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“The weight of this responsibility is enormous”: The Who’s new drummer announces himself to fans
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“Proving we know music best”: Did Spotify really just pick this summer's hottest 30 tracks?
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“The pirates are on their way!”: How guitarist Steve Stevens kickstarted Billy Idol’s hits White Wedding and Rebel Yell
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"We did one take of him singing Lava Chicken Shack": Jack Black’s Minecraft hit took 34 seconds to make
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“It means everything to me. It’s the song that gave us our first big break”: The ’90s hit that pretty much wrote itself
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“The weight of this responsibility is enormous”: The Who’s new drummer announces himself to fans
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The K’s speak to us about leading the guitar band fightback
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Foreigner lead singer Kelly Hansen just announced his departure from the band on live TV
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Marshall’s Heston 120 promises to bring "rock 'n' roll flair to the world of soundbars"
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ABBA pay tribute to sound engineer Michael B Tretow, their ‘fifth member’, who has died aged 80
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Welcome to the bungle… Watch Axl Rose take umbrage when GNR's new drummer plays the wrong song
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How Mark Knopfler grew up wanting to be Jimi Hendrix until he ditched the pick and went fingerstyle
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“We tried it as a laugh and now it’s our standard setup”: The secret sauce behind Sleep Token’s live drum sound
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“Next time don’t bring a wet sponge to a tech fight”: deadmau5 just beat down DJ James Hype by beating Elden Ring with a Pioneer CDJ-3000
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"I have a very emotional relationship with my machines”: How Djrum made one of 2025’s best electronic albums
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Watch UK electronic artist Lawrence Hart build a track from scratch in his hardware-stuffed studio
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“Way beyond anything I could have hoped for”: Robert Smith announces new Cure remix album
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“I have an original 909 – every time I use it I feel like I’m ruining it”: Riva Starr's studio essentials
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Mustard will be headlining at Coachella tonight with a very exclusive Native Instruments Maschine MK3
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“Turns out they weigh more than I thought”: Mark Ronson injures himself trying to move a stage monitor
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“My love letter to a vanished era”: Mark Ronson’s new memoir lifts the lid on pre-Internet New York
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“I'm always starting sessions and not finishing them, I don't see that as unproductive”: Djrum talks creativity
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“Metronome-like precision deemed "soulless"”: Josh Freese delivers 10 reasons for Foo Fighters sacking
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"The lie is or would have been that I quit – I didn’t": Zak Starkey sacked from The Who - again
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Watch Pulp drummer Nick Banks join tribute band Pulp’d at Sheffield’s Fake Festival
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“He played the drums for me”: Barry Keoghan has been studying Ringo’s technique up close
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“He runs into the studio and shouts ‘hit the record button'”: Billy Cobham on Miles Davis’s agile recording
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"He made a few mistakes and has apologised”, says Pete Townshend as Zak's back in The Who
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“I needed to scratch an itch”: Mike Portnoy talks about his years away from Dream Theater
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“I’m surprised and saddened anyone would have an issue with my performance”: Zak Starkey on his Who sack
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Zak Starkey has been sacked from The Who
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“The weight of this responsibility is enormous”: The Who’s new drummer announces himself to fans
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Foreigner lead singer Kelly Hansen just announced his departure from the band on live TV
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Welcome to the bungle… Watch Axl Rose take umbrage when GNR's new drummer plays the wrong song
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“We tried it as a laugh and now it’s our standard setup”: The secret sauce behind Sleep Token’s live drum sound
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“There's no chance for the band to ever play together again”: Dave Navarro confirms there’s no way back for Jane’s Addiction
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Bono’s Stories Of Surrender documentary receives standing ovation at Cannes
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“This is not a war zone, this is a System Of A Down concert in Brazil!”: Footage of Sao Paulo mega-gig goes viral
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Cologne venue Essigfabrik just had its soundsystem stolen in a “Hollywood-worthy” robbery
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“Raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!”: Springsteen issues rallying cry against Trump
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Calvin Harris reveals the unconventional method he used to record the guitar riff on new single, Blessings
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“The pirates are on their way!”: How guitarist Steve Stevens kickstarted Billy Idol’s hits White Wedding and Rebel Yell
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![Robbie Williams [left] wears a white scarf and a gold sparkled tank top. Tony Iommi plays his SG and wears a shades, a long black leather coat and a gold cross](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CKhZF6ZZMQETAKySCZrsbH.jpg)
Robbie Williams drafts Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi to play guitar on his new single
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“I thought, 'Well, now I have a Strat, a Les Paul, and a regular Tele all in one’”: How a top session player struck gold
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Laufey on how a vintage guitar and amp inspired recent single Silver Lining
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How Mark Knopfler grew up wanting to be Jimi Hendrix until he ditched the pick and went fingerstyle
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![Pelican's Trevor de Brauw [left] and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec perform at Hellfest 2022. De Brauw plays his Gibson SG. Schroeder-Lebec is playing his Silverburst Gibson Les Paul Custom.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j8UmVEqqLoYaooWjde6UEL.jpg)
Trevor de Brauw and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec on musical wanderlust and Pelican’s riff evolution
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"His phrase was, 'Window or aisle, how would you like to return home?'": Dweezil Zappa on how his dad ran his band
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“He went into this trance state as he played”: A close encounter with the genius of Eddie Van Halen
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![Robbie Williams [left] wears a white scarf and a gold sparkled tank top. Tony Iommi plays his SG and wears a shades, a long black leather coat and a gold cross](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CKhZF6ZZMQETAKySCZrsbH-800-80.jpg.webp)
![Pelican's Trevor de Brauw [left] and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec perform at Hellfest 2022. De Brauw plays his Gibson SG. Schroeder-Lebec is playing his Silverburst Gibson Les Paul Custom.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j8UmVEqqLoYaooWjde6UEL-800-80.jpg.webp)
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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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Greg Phillinganes on the Michael Jackson song arrangement that Quincy Jones rejected
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Why Foreigner’s Al Greenwood said no to the Minimoog and bought a little-known synth instead
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ROLI unveils the Airwave, an expressive new way of learning and creating using its MPE instruments
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That’s incredible… that is nuts”: Tom Cruise gets a Royal Albert Hall organ lesson
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“I'm sorry to be the bringer of bad news to somebody who's against AI”: Jordan Rudess reckons AI is just misunderstood
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Greg Phillinganes explains how he shares the Clavinet parts with Stevie Wonder on Higher Ground
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Pianist Jesus Molina had never heard Prince’s 1999, so could he play along to it?
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Calvin Harris reveals the unconventional method he used to record the guitar riff on new single, Blessings
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ABBA pay tribute to sound engineer Michael B Tretow, their ‘fifth member’, who has died aged 80
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Calvin Harris slams claim that his new single Blessings sounds too similar to Chicane's Offshore
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“Next time don’t bring a wet sponge to a tech fight”: deadmau5 just beat down DJ James Hype by beating Elden Ring with a Pioneer CDJ-3000
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“Your work, your mix, your production: that’s your business card": Motörhead producer Romesh Dodangoda
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"They could barely play”: Trevor Horn on the making of Relax, by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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“Keep creating, pushing boundaries”: 12 pieces of Andy Weatherall’s studio gear are up for auction
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"Man, this sounds like it's going to be big": Shakira and Wyclef Jean celebrate 20 years of Hips Don’t Lie
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“I was frightened, but I was like, ‘ok, big boy pants time'”: Bob Dylan's live sound engineer Jason Frankhouser
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Robbie Williams drafts Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi to play guitar on his new single
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Laufey on how a vintage guitar and amp inspired recent single Silver Lining
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“I didn’t even want it on the album”: How Alanis Morissette created her biggest hit
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Calvin Harris slams claim that his new single Blessings sounds too similar to Chicane's Offshore
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Olivia Rodrigo swears by this $50 Vocal Trainer gizmo to keep her singing voice in shape, but how does it actually work?
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The National’s Matt Berninger on how people react when they find out he’s worked with Taylor Swift
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“I sometimes do seven shows in a week. A week!”: Ex-Skid Row star Sebastian Bach is the hardest working man in showbiz
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Watch Lindsey Buckingham react as he checks out Charli XCX’s Von Dutch video for the first time
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“In his prime, he was the super frontman of all time”: The rock superstar hailed by Gene Simmons as the GOAT
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"At first the tension was unbelievable. Johnny was really cold, Dee Dee was OK but Joey was a sweetheart": The story of the Ramones' recording of Baby I Love You
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"Reggae is more freeform than the blues": Bob Marley and the Wailers' Catch a Fire, track-by-track
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“Part of a beautiful American tradition”: A music theory expert explains the country roots of Beyoncé’s Texas Hold ‘Em, and why it also owes a debt to the blues
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![Joe Bonamassa [left] plays his Epiphone 1955 Les Paul Standard and wears a bright blue suit and polka-dot; Sammy Hagar [right] wears shades, a black Cabo Wabo T-shirt and plays his red Gibson Explorer with white pickguard.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJhoR4YDuLs9qkUkeyS3vK.jpg)
“The track is a monster!”: Joe Bonamassa and Sammy Hagar have got the Fortune Teller Blues
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A music professor breaks down the theory behind Prince's When Doves Cry
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Gwen Stefani on the No Doubt song that “changed everything” after it became their biggest hit
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“One of the few songs that reduces me to tears every time I hear it”
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New book Dust & Grooves Vol.2 tells the tall tale of the scam records that could make collectors a fortune
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![Session guitar ace Tim Pierce wears a ballcap and poses with a Powers Electric guitar [left]; a young Jon Bon Jovi rocks Super Rock 84 on Bon Jovi's first tour of Japan. His shirt is open. His hair is big. And he has a red Fender Stratocaster slung low by his hip.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hcRVrVWpPRxr5HrsXuDAxW.jpg)
Tim Pierce on why Jon Bon Jovi was destined for superstardom, and how he nailed his Runaway solo
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![Joe Bonamassa [left] plays his Epiphone 1955 Les Paul Standard and wears a bright blue suit and polka-dot; Sammy Hagar [right] wears shades, a black Cabo Wabo T-shirt and plays his red Gibson Explorer with white pickguard.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJhoR4YDuLs9qkUkeyS3vK-800-80.jpg.webp)
![Session guitar ace Tim Pierce wears a ballcap and poses with a Powers Electric guitar [left]; a young Jon Bon Jovi rocks Super Rock 84 on Bon Jovi's first tour of Japan. His shirt is open. His hair is big. And he has a red Fender Stratocaster slung low by his hip.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hcRVrVWpPRxr5HrsXuDAxW-800-80.jpg.webp)
