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“Barry knew Tom, and Tom knew me, but Fran didn’t know that I knew that he knew Barry too”

“The head of LA’s Mexican mafia was in a cell next to me”: The misadventures of Stone Temple Pilots

“We’re playing with tension and release”: Meet Angine de Poitrine, the polka-dotted alien ambassadors of math rock

“I knew I was good”: Stevie Nicks on Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and a whole lot of drama

“We just couldn’t make it work”: Adam Jones reveals that Tool were meant to open the Sphere in 2023

Apple Corps to throw open the doors (and roof) of the Beatles' London HQ as a visitor attraction

“Within a few minutes, we’d sampled our first fart”: The mistakes and choices that made New Order’s Blue Monday

“Some of the public found Genesis with Peter Gabriel a bit too strange”: How Phil Collins became the singing drummer and led Genesis to superstardom

How the Cranberries bucked '90s trends and made the surprise hit that's become huge once again

Keep On Dancing: New study shows it provides “vigorous” exercise and lowers stress

5 things we learned in the studio with O'Flynn

“Get ready to turn the speakers up”: Chase And Status sign up for new James Bond video game

What is Superbooth 2026?: Everything you need to know about the Berlin music tech show

"I don't know what he gets out of it": The scam promoter who's enraging Scottish techno DJs

5 production tips we learned from watching house producer Hammer create a track from scratch

"Record everything all the time – and keep it all": 8 pro techno producers explain how they create their tracks

How PinkPantheress’s meteoric rise has been aided and abetted by Basement Jaxx

“I guess I wasn’t surprised”: Pete Tong admits he has to wear a hearing aid these days

“Don’t work with somebody that’s destroying your job”: El Estepario Siberiano urges non-collaboration with Suno users

“I would never say that to anybody” What did Dave Grohl say to David Bowie the first time he met him?

“I don't think Kurt really dug me”: Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin recalls the heady days of the early ’90s

Best headphones for drummers 2026: sound isolation for the studio, rehearsal room and stage

“It’s amusing and it’s very real”: Ringo Starr talks about his duet with Paul and the Beatles biopics

“The beat goes on, but the pocket will never be the same": Stars pay tribute to James Gadson

"We were just having a great time”: Vinny Appice remembers his time with Ronnie James Dio

“That thing’s got great breaks”: Anderson .Paak rides through LA… playing a drum kit on wheels

“It didn’t seem like it was going to benefit anybody”: Why the reasons for Josh Freese’s sacking from Foo Fighters were kept vague

Eurovision Song Contest boss explains why Finland’s violinist is playing live, while others are miming

Paul McCartney suggests that Bob Dylan could think a little more about his audience at his shows

The precarious state of Britain's small venues in focus

“We just couldn’t make it work”: Adam Jones reveals that Tool were meant to open the Sphere in 2023

First Madonna, now Stevie Nicks: Sabrina Carpenter duets with another music legend

Thomann launch Montreux Jazz Festival competition with hour long slot plus €3,000 performance fee up for grabs

“Don’t just fund problems, fix them”: Music Venue Trust launches small venue upgrade programme

Watch the moment when a conductor accidentally knocked a £1 million violin out of its player's hand

“Hello children, mutha is here to save you”: Madonna gatecrashes LA club and debuts some Confessions II tracks

Definitely, maybe your chance to nail Noel Gallagher’s tone: his pedalboards have gone up for sale

“We built the amps, Hendrix made them scream”: Marshall celebrates 60 years of Jimi Hendrix with “cosmic” anniversary collection including hand-wired amp, Fuzz Face and more

“I felt like I was levitating off the ground. I felt like I was in Cream in 1968”: Jared James Nichols on why he switched to Marshall amps

“So yes, it’s official: I’ve made the move”: Jared James Nichols switches to Marshall amps

Julian Lage wants to teach you guitar! The jazz virtuoso announces multi-day masterclass “diving deeply into everything” guitar

Jake Kiszka on the time he went shopping for the world’s most expensive guitar amp in Japan

“Of course I was intimidated. He’s a genius. He’s Mozart!”: Joe Perry salutes his guitar heroes Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck

Why an underground hero is calling time on one of 21st-century metal's greatest bands

Sadler Vaden on when he and Jason Isbell jammed Little Wing with Pearl Jam's Mike McCready

Greg Phillinganes schools Clyde Lawrence on how to play the piano part in Toto’s Rosanna correctly

Tony Banks says that virtuoso technique was never his priority, but avoiding "lazy" chord progressions was

"They did a beautiful job": How The Repair Shop restored The Stranglers’ vintage keyboard

“Quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative": Perry Bamonte, of the Cure, dies aged 65

"The most unbelievable thing I’d ever seen": Synth player Steve Porcaro on writing with Michael Jackson

"I still seem to be very capable of hitting the odd wrong note”: Rick Wakeman shares positive health update

“A unique, talented, and innovative musician”: Tributes paid to Blancmange's Stephen Luscombe

Cradle of Filth guitarist Ashok fired mid-tour, days after keyboardist wife quits citing low pay and “toxic” atmosphere

Kylie Minogue’s Tension tour keyboard player reveals the compact synth she relies on

Phil Collins says that he gave away his Roland CR-78 then had to ask for it back

"He touched many of your lives. He will be missed": John Lennon and Aerosmith producer Jack Douglas has died

Teddy Riley on how he sampled a single bar of a Bill Withers song and turned it into an R&B smash

5 things we learned in the studio with O'Flynn

How Linda Perry channelled Gwen Stefani’s negative energy into her explosive debut single

Jack Antonoff says he has no problem with not being involved on Taylor Swift’s latest album, The Life Of A Showgirl

“A testament to the essential goodness of humanity”: The story of Be My Baby, the emblem of pop’s lost age of innocence

“I hired all the musicians and the engineers, and pretty much made the record”: Patrick Leonard on Madonna’s Like a Prayer

PinkPantheress on her lightbulb MIDI keyboard moment, and her whirlwind music production journey

Eurovision Song Contest boss explains why Finland’s violinist is playing live, while others are miming

Paul McCartney suggests that Bob Dylan could think a little more about his audience at his shows

Phil Collins says that he gave away his Roland CR-78 then had to ask for it back

Alicia Keys celebrates 25 years of her debut album, which featured a notable cover of a Prince b-side

“In terms of thinking it was a hit, I had no idea”: The creation of ’90s classic Walking In Memphis

Teddy Riley on how he sampled a single bar of a Bill Withers song and turned it into an R&B smash

Apple Corps to throw open the doors (and roof) of the Beatles' London HQ as a visitor attraction

“I came away from the first session thinking, ‘Well, I like him, but he’s a bit pushy’”: Paul McCartney hails Andrew Watt as the perfect foil

“This cop says, ‘Those little fellas – do you hang one of them every night?’”: Ozzy Osbourne’s outrageous tales of idiot lawmen, chimpanzees and more

Phil Collins says that he gave away his Roland CR-78 then had to ask for it back

Alicia Keys celebrates 25 years of her debut album, which featured a notable cover of a Prince b-side

“We’re playing with tension and release”: Meet Angine de Poitrine, the polka-dotted alien ambassadors of math rock

Teddy Riley on how he sampled a single bar of a Bill Withers song and turned it into an R&B smash

“Within a few minutes, we’d sampled our first fart”: The mistakes and choices that made New Order’s Blue Monday

How the Cranberries bucked '90s trends and made the surprise hit that's become huge once again

Mike D of the Beastie Boys breaks silence with debut solo single, Switch Up

“Even though it was crazy, it was home to us”: Paul McCartney talks about his nostalgic duet with Ringo

“I think this is the one, after years of toiling in obscurity”: Stones launch new album in NY with Conan O’Brien