Live music performances down by 16.7% in 2022 says UK's Music Venue Trust
Audience numbers and profit margins are shrinking in challenging times, according to annual report
Bass news
Rick Rubin on Paul McCartney's bass playing and 'simple' songwriting: "He’s using this technique that any child could do, then it morphs into one of the greatest songs of all time"
"He is the best of all bass players, he’s number one"
Tal Wilkenfeld joins Incubus while bassist Ben Kenney recovers after brain op
The former Jeff Beck bassist joins Brandon Boyd and co for her first shows this coming weekend, with Kenney promising he’ll be “there in spirit”
Epiphone goes low on price with its new $379 Newport bass – and there's an El Capitan J-200 acoustic four-string too
Who doesn't have space on the rack for a bargain bass?
Are Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns N' Roses BOTH playing Glastonbury festival?
Flea and Duff McKagan are both dropping hints for 2023
See Jack White's daughter join him on bass to play White Stripes song
Scarlett White, 16, joined her dad at The Blue Room at Third Man Records
“Phil Spector would whisper, ‘You better not f*** up’”: the story of the Ramones' recording of Baby I Love You
Legendary keys player Barry Goldberg on the sessions that spawned the band's biggest UK hit
Flea on his relationship with Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith: “We don't hang out outside of the band. Never have”
Best of 2022: The RHCP bassist explains that he and Smith's communication mostly happens through rhythm rather than talking
Multi-instrumentalist Jeb Hardwick records a metal guitar, bass and drums version of the Home Alone soundtrack
The video-director for Architects, Sleeping With Sirens, Mariah Carey gets inspired by the snow
