Latest articles by Will Simpson
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours producer on writing the book that he believes inspired a hit Broadway musical
“I feel kind of a numnuts… I feel ripped off,” Caillat said last year
The Faces have completed 11 tracks for an album, says Kenney Jones and “most of them are good”
But it won’t be released until 2026 at the earliest
“He runs into the studio and shouts ‘hit the record button'”: Billy Cobham on Miles Davis’s agile recording
Iconic drummer turns 80 later this month
"The tall tales of a short rock star”: Bono shares trailer for his Apple TV+ documentary
Songs Of Surrender is a TV version of his 2023 one man show
‘Ain’t Going Down Without a Fight’: Michael Bolton confirms he has incurable brain cancer
Singer says he is living with “a reality of mortality”
"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
