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“My legs began to shake and my fingers cramped": What it’s like to play the trumpet non-stop for 25 hours
By Will Simpson published
Joshua Olusanya broke the World Record for longest continuous trumpet gig

“I was just making sure I left my mark”: Pete Townshend smashed a guitar at every show of The Who’s first US tour
By Will Simpson published
"I was just making sure I left my mark"

Coldplay’s live engineers reveal the lengths they go to to record every show on the band’s Music of the Spheres tour
By Ben Rogerson published
There are still at least 138 dates to go

Concerts or copulation? 70% of music fans would choose riffs over rumpy pumpy
By Will Simpson published
According to Live Nation, anyway

“The guitar tones alone were worth the price of admission”: Jon Bon Jovi was impressed by Oasis live
By Will Simpson published
Especially Noel, it seems

Shortly before he died, Warren Zevon gave David Letterman a guitar, and it just went “back to work”
By Ben Rogerson published
The Killers covered Lawyers, Guns and Money as part of Zevon’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

“I had a White Stripes fan account when I was 13”: Olivia Rodrigo and Feist honour The White Stripes
By Ben Rogerson published
Jack White tells young artists to "get your hands dirty and drop the screens"

Stevie sings, Flea slaps and Beck blows on his harmonica: Sly Stone just got an all-star tribute
By Ben Rogerson published
Questlove, Jennifer Hudson and Maxwell were also involved
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