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“It was wonderful to hear that Paul McCartney loved my song”: The huge hit that Macca called the best song of 1979
By Paul Elliott published
"I wouldn’t rest until it was absolutely right”

Serum 2 just dropped: one of the greatest soft synths of all time gets a massive update - and it's completely free for existing users
By Matt Mullen published
The sequel to Xfer Records' wildly popular synth plugin has finally been released after more than a decade of anticipation, bringing new synth engines, effects, a clip sequencer, built-in arpeggiator and much more to this legendary instrument

Country star Margo Price and Gibson team up for stunning double-guard signature J-45 acoustic
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Margo Price J-45 slims down the Gibson workhorse’s body depth, equips it with L.R. Baggs electronics and applies an exquisite ‘50s style double pickguard with red-tailed hawk graphic

Dua Lipa covers AC/DC as she kicks off her Radical Optimism tour in Australia
By Will Simpson published
Star shows a stiff upper Lipa as she sets the sat nav for the Highway to Hell

A 'busking' Ed Sheeran gives the people of New Orleans the exclusive on a new track
By Will Simpson published
Azizam is from his new album, Play

Little Simz is getting legal to the tune of £1.7 million to recover cash from former producer, Inflo
By Daniel Griffiths published
The rapper claims that Inflo failed to repay loans that left her short of cash and unable to make her tax returns

“That song is overplayed now”: Graham Coxon has had enough of Parklife
By Will Simpson published
Guitarist also claims he knows all the words to Bat Out Of Hell

“It’s literally just that - that’s the whole song”: How Lola Young wrote Messy
By Ben Rogerson published
Listen out for the guitar part that sounds like The Backstreet Boys, too…

“This is not what attendees were promised”: Tool fans start a lawsuit after they played some songs twice
By Daniel Griffiths published
Their Tool In The Sand festival was to have been a crowning glory. Instead their setlist sparked fan fury, social media fallout and now, a growing legal threat
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