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“We’re celebrating the fact that we survived!”: Ozzy Osbourne's '80s bandmate looks ahead to his farewell show
By Andrew Daly published
And he owed it all to Randy Rhoads

"They’ve got 13 songs they’re happy with”: The Rolling Stones are recording a new album in London
By Daniel Griffiths published
No UK or Euro tour this year (or ever?) so how about some new material instead?

“He's making up lies”: Did Sharon Osbourne just boot a band off the Black Sabbath megagig?
By Daniel Griffiths published
A new interview with Sharon Osbourne reveals that she had to give one act the boot. And fans have been quick to speculate as to who’s out of favour

“You’re used to Ozzy running around, but he won’t be doing that”: Tony Iommi's "fear” ahead of Ozzy’s farewell show
By Paul Elliott published
The guitarist insists that this is "absolutely the end" for Ozzy and for Sabbath

"From the moment his music reached me in the early 1970s, it became a part of my soul": Music stars align to pay homage to Sly Stone who died yesterday, aged 82
By Daniel Griffiths published
Music stars align to pay homage to Sly Stone who died yesterday, aged 82

Sly Stone, musical pioneer and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died aged 82
By Ben Rogerson published
The soul legend had been suffering from ill health for some time

“He said, ‘Your upstrokes are weak!’ I’m like, ‘You effin’ what?’”: Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith never stops learning
By Paul Elliott published
"I've never really been big on practicing," he confesses

Lifeguard on abstract noise and pop hooks – and the creative epiphanies behind their stellar debut
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Chicago trio's debut LP, Ripped And Torn, is a half-hour riot of post-punk urgency, freewheeling experimentalism and the sound of a band figuring out how to give their audience whiplash
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