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Annual Music Venue Trust report reveals sector is “fragile” and “one shock away from a crisis”
By Will Simpson published
CEO calls on government to make grassroots levy mandatory

“It’s all anyone is talking about on the Strip”: Deal for Metallica Sphere residency is “90 per cent” there
By Will Simpson published
Plus new, smaller, Sphere announced for Washington DC

“When we were working together, he was on. He was so focused”: Emmylou Harris on working with Gram Parsons
By Will Simpson published
Singer starts her final European tour

How Prince and The Revolution turned the bare bones of Purple Rain into a lighters-in-the-air epic
By Ben Rogerson published
Thanks to Stranger Things, a whole new generation of listeners is now getting to appreciate this 1984 mega-ballad

“In the classic tradition…”: Pat Smear is out of upcoming Foo Fighters dates after “bizarre gardening accident”
By Will Simpson published
Band announce news with fake National Enquirer front page

“It’s not ‘puppet show Megadeth’”: Dave Mustaine says he doesn't want guesting ex-members on Megadeth’s final tour
By Will Simpson published
Band’s supposedly ‘final’ album arrives in two weeks

“I turn and I'm, like, 'Hey.' It's Lars, it's Kirk, it's Jason Newsted'”: Daron Malakian recalls the time he fronted Metallica
By Will Simpson published
Tonight Matthew I’m going to be… James Hetfield

“I wasn’t planning on working tonight”: Billy Joel makes surprise return to live performance
By Will Simpson published
Singer-songwriter has been suffering from serious brain condition
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