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"The game is gone… this is not a Super Bowl": Justin Bieber to join line-up for FIFA's World Cup final halftime show

Justin Bieber will co-headline the first-ever World Cup halftime show at the tournament final on Sunday, 19 July. He'll join ...
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“I decided to give up the guitar when I heard Eric Clapton, the way people are put off playing tennis when they watch Roger Federer”: Jethro Tull legend Ian Anderson on why ...

In 2008, Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson received a prestigious award from Queen Elizabeth II. He was made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the music industry. But ...
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"You are a rock star, young lady": How a Thai teenager blew away America's Got Talent audience covering a '90s rock classic

A shy 16-year-old Thai musician stunned the America's Got Talent audience and blew away judges, including Simon Cowell and Mel B, with an explosive rendition of The Cranberries' '90s hit Zombie. The ...
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“I just had shivers right up my spine. I couldn’t wait to actually get in and record it”: Bonnie Tyler on the classic song for which she will always be remembered

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Few songs merit the term ‘power ballad’ quite as emphatically as Total Eclipse Of The Heart, the ...
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"Paul really misses being in a band": Keith Richards comments on relationship with Beatles legend

Rolling Stones icon Keith Richards has spoken about his relationship with ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, claiming that he "really misses being in a band". Chatting to Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Richards ...
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AlphaTheta’s new all-in-one DJ rig aims to provide “a natural transition from home DJing to club environments”

The XDJ-AN is a self-contained two-channel setup that lets users access tracks via cloud storage, Apple Music, Tidal and more When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
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"Although Dylan showed me what I wanted to be, Syd Barrett showed me how I could be it. And I actually wound up sounding like John Lennon": cult rocker Robyn Hitchcock opens up ...

The former Soft Boys frontman spoke with comedian and writer Stewart Lee When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ahead of the release of ...
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"Great to see Larry behind the kit": U2 release single 'Street of Dreams' ahead of first new album in nine years

U2 have teased the release of their first new album in nine years by dropping a fresh single titled Street of Dreams. The track's official music video, produced by Jacknife Lee and uploaded to YouTube ...
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"You can just tell when someone lives and breathes music. There’s just a lot of heart in the way that he plays": Courtney Barnett pays tribute to special artistry of Chili ...

Following the release of her fourth studio album Creature of Habit, Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has opened ...
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“I spent hours in the studio on this one song. Pummelled it to death! I probably spent $10,000 trying to get it to work”: Joe Satriani on his biggest waste of money, his ...

There are guitar players, and then there is Joe Satriani, a man for whom the epithet ‘virtuoso’ is something of an ...
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"Absurd, frivolous and harassing": Taylor Swift wins copyright lawsuit over her song lyrics after long legal battle

Pop superstar Taylor Swift has finally won a copyright lawsuit over her song lyrics, after beating claims labelled "absurd" ...
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“These are better sine waves. They just are”: We meet the people using test equipment to make music

Curious about how to make music with raw oscillators and other pieces of exotic Cold War-era test equipment? Don your lab ...