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"The greatest pop record ever made”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever - John Lennon's masterpiece
By Neil Crossley published
Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music”

Former Huey Lewis and the News guitarist Chris Hayes on that Ghostbusters plagiarism dispute
By Ben Rogerson published
“Ivan Reitman, he came to us and said, ‘Hey, we want to use I Want a New Drug for our movie, Ghostbusters’”

Kirk Hammett and Gibson team up for epic book documenting Metallica guitarist’s guitar collection
By Jonathan Horsley published
Available in Standard, Deluxe and Custom Editions, this weighty 400-pager is essential for Metallica gear heads and tells the story behind Hammett's most-famous guitars

“This religious freak came on stage with a dagger to stab me!”: Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi's most dangerous gig
By Paul Elliott published
"When we got to the venue, somebody had painted a cross on a door in red..."

“If we don’t get to Paradise City soon I’m going to pass out!”: How drummer Frank Ferrer powered Guns N’ Roses
By Paul Elliott published
And why You Could Be Mine was his favourite song to play

“Tickets to a Radiohead concert of your choice”: Are Radiohead about to announce a world tour?
By Daniel Griffiths published
An inside entity giving away upcoming Radiohead tour tickets to a (hastily edited) LA charity listing would appear to have given the band's game away

"I could have the beginnings of a Queen song right there in front of me now": Brian May says new Queen music is possible
By Paul Elliott published
"It’s whether that seed can grow," May says

Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan just won 1 million krona each in 2025's Polar Music Prize
By Daniel Griffiths published
The awards, best known for rewarding long-standing rock royalty with cold hard cash, just made its annual pick of the best of the best
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