Latest articles by Will Simpson
“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
“KIKI BOY 2025”: Frank Ocean appears to be teasing something...or other
Billboard with those words has appeared on the road to Coachella
“This is great. I knew I was getting to them!”: Spotify have responded to Kate Nash’s criticisms
They’re pointing the finger at her record label
Has Fyre really gone out?: Billy McFarland’s festival will be limited to just 250 guests and just 12 hours of music
That’s if it even happens at all
“Incredibly good-looking, just like me”: Alice Cooper launches his own reel-to-reel tape recorder
Plus he says Hall Of Fame is spreading its definition of rock n’ roll “pretty thin”
“Tonight is for Clem and it’s for friendship”: Sex Pistols dedicate Sydney show to Clem Burke
“What a drummer, what a friend, what a guy” says Glen Matlock
Why Trent Reznor turned down Richie Kotzen for Nine Inch Nails
But Stanley Clarke “didn’t give a shit” what band he was in
Who Wants To Live Forever? The composer still creating music from beyond the grave
Alvin Lucier’s lab-grown artificial ‘brain’ is creating sound four years after he died
“I don’t want to book a boy band”: Why Perry Farrell didn’t want Green Day on the Lollapalooza bill
He thought they were a record company creation
“Just so if ever that happens again, I’m like ‘here’s the proof that I wrote it’”: Ed Sheeran reveals he now films every recording session
Plus he responds to TikTokker said his music was like “heroin”
“A few Burnage lads created something special”: Tony McCarroll's wistful message to his old Oasis bandmates
“The world is excited to see this” he says
“I had a blast. Thank you”: Beatles original drummer Pete Best retires, aged 83
His daughter says it’s due to “personal circumstances”
“I thought I was going to die”: Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus on surviving cancer and his band’s resurrection
Bassist was diagnosed with B-cell lymphona
