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The tense night David Bowie and Queen spontaneously came up with a classic
By Andy Price published
When Bowie went for a hang with Queen, a song for the ages was born. But assembling it was fraught with no short supply of pressure

Here's why Prince never allowed his music to be used in Guitar Hero
By Ben Rogerson published
“To play music is one of the greatest things,” he argued
![Joe Bonamassa [left] wears a dark blue suit and shades as he performs with a Gibson Les Paul in 2024. BB King [right] has a mischevious look on his face as he performs seated with Lucille.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PbkcJv2BpVtqqgcwRMPZCm-320-80.jpg)
BB King was the undisputed King of the Blues – but Joe Bonamassa says he also taught him how to use an iPod
By Jonathan Horsley published
Bonamassa pays tribute to the undisputed king of the blues as a road dog who "knew everything" and was pretty handy with newfangled technologies, too

“I have a little bit of a love-hate relationship with my Prophet ’08”: Art School Girlfriend on new project Lean In
By Matt Mullen published
Download the stems for Art School Girlfriend's track The Peaks and create your own remix

“The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band”: The story of a cult classic
By Paul Elliott published
“A savage series of atonal thrusts and electronic feedback”

Watch Paul Rudd and Joe Jonas going from friends to foes in the trailer for songwriting drama Power Ballad
By Ben Rogerson published
Carney previously gave us Sing Street, Begin Again and Once

Joe Satriani on what he told David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen when they called about EVH tribute tour
By Jonathan Horsley published
Satch says the tribute tour got close to a show, but after it all fell through, Sammy Hagar came in with an offer he couldn’t refuse, and he needed a new amp to nail Eddie Van Halen's tone

When Prince gave the Bangles Manic Monday he assumed they would just sing over his demo, but the band had other ideas
By Ben Rogerson published
“Luckily, Prince liked what we did," says Vicki Peterson

“A lot of people got a hard drive full of music and they don’t know how to finish… just tell everybody, ‘Hey, that’s what I got – hope you like it!’”: Watch Saba, No ID and Jimmy Douglass build a track from scratch
By Matt Mullen published
Universal Audio documents Chicagoan rapper Saba's free-flowing session with two veteran producers
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