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“My generation, we love to film stuff”: Billie Eilish doesn’t have a problem with phones at gigs
By Beth Simpson published
And she says she’s working on a new album

Eurovision Song Contest boss explains why Finland’s violinist is playing live, while others are miming
By Ben Rogerson published
“It’s very much a ‘nice to have’ and we’re happy to do it where we can,” says Martin Green

“Don’t work with somebody that’s destroying your job”: El Estepario Siberiano urges non-collaboration with Suno users
By Beth Simpson published
And he’s selling anti-Suno T-shirts

Paul McCartney suggests that Bob Dylan could think a little more about his audience at his shows
By Ben Rogerson published
“I get it if he doesn't want to do Mr Tambourine Man. Maybe he's fed up with that. But I would like to hear it. And I've paid”

The precarious state of Britain's small venues in focus
By Andy Price published
Whether it’s turning a profit, rising drink prices or the fear of receiving just one formal noise complaint, small venues face more jeopardy than ever in 2026

Gretsch reinvents a cult classic loved by Jack Antonoff as it unveils two Electromatic baritones
By Jonathan Horsley published
The CVT and Jet Baritones take That Great Gretsch Sound into lower registers, and at a nice price too... But one question remains. Has Gretsch just made a metal guitar?

Seymour Duncan releases hand-wound replica of an OG humbucker from the dawn of the high-gain era
By Jonathan Horsley published
This 50th Anniversary release sees the Duncan Custom reverse-engineered and offered as a signed, limited edition set with a hand-wound '59 neck humbucker

Phil Collins says that he gave away his Roland CR-78 then had to ask for it back
By Ben Rogerson published
“It was very basic. It was really a cocktail drum machine, you know, for people that play piano in bars”
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