Latest articles by Will Simpson
"With her on it, it got 3 times better": Watch Billy Idol and Avril Lavigne perform their new single, 77
It’s multi-generational punk-pop nostalgia, with added Steve Stevens
“Such an emotive player... so cool": Finneas names his 5 favourite guitarists
“She’s really a guitar hero of mine,” he says
“If you’re a fascist, get a Tesla”: Neil Young debuts new song that takes aim at Elon Musk
Let’s Roll Again was played at LA gig on Saturday
“You do have to pay premium numbers": Gene Simmons explains why he’s charging fans $12,000 to be a roadie
Humping gear is all part of ‘The Ultimate Gene Simmons Experience’
“Since it’s not real, it’s really impressive": Watch the bonkers four-note piano
But there is a twist...
Pere Ubu founder David Thomas has died after “a long illness”
Last album and memoir will be released posthumously
“Nope, it’s real”: Jack Black and Keanu Reeves both confirmed for upcoming Weezer movie
Rivers Cuomo announces it at their Coachella appearance
Carlos Santana cancels second show “out of an abundance of caution”
Guitar legend collapsed at soundcheck in San Antonio on Tuesday
“I felt his presence pushing me”: Sheryl Crow on her posthumous duet with Johnny Cash
Written by Crow, Redemption Day had been recorded by the Man In Black in 2003
“Way beyond anything I could have hoped for”: Robert Smith announces new Cure remix album
Mixes Of A Lost World is out on 13 June
Billie Eilish suggests that she and brother Finneas can read each other's minds
“It’s a sibling thing,” she says
TikTok posts using dance and electronic music outgrow indie and alternative for first time
Those tagged ‘electronic’ were up 45% in 2024
“Our talent pipeline is at risk of drying up”: UK Music draws up five point plan to “turbocharge” music education
They urge the government to recruit 1,000 new music teachers
“I needed to scratch an itch”: Mike Portnoy talks about his years away from Dream Theater
“I was fried” he says, “but I went off from there to form, like, 87 bands”
The Keybird L1 is the MIDI-friendly acoustic piano that anyone can fit in their living space
Meet the tiny piano that's making a big noises on Kickstarter
“I don’t think they’re New Order. They don’t sound anything like them”: Peter Hook on his estranged bandmates
He says he gets DMs from fans complaining about the current band
Fyre is extinguished: Billy McFarland’s ‘luxury’ festival is postponed indefinitely
‘The Greatest Party That Never Happened’ never happened again
“Tariffs will have a long-term effect on musicians worldwide”: NAMM urges Trump to dump tariffs on components of musical instruments
US instrument manufacturers are heavily dependent on China for components
“Almost inhumane and a form of torture": Psytrance festival is cancelled after just 11 complaints
But organisers hadn’t monitored sound levels properly
“Chinese Democracy was totally a solo record, and that's all it has been since 1991”: GN’R’s ex manager takes aim at Axl Rose
He claims frontman made band “miserable” every day
“For some reason, the post office shipped your guitar to Jim Root of Slipknot”: Sweetwater mailed a metal fan's Jackson guitar to a metal legend
He received a flight case but no guitar
“An incredible experience that went beyond just teaching music”: The UK’s biggest free music making weekend is extended to four days
Learn To Play is confirmed for October 9 – 12 this year
“Such a raging asshole”: Which one time Lollapalooza headliner could Wayne Coyne be talking about?
Beef dates back to Smashing Pumpkins man being "just horrible" during Lollapalooza in '94
