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Brace yourself: Bryan Adams didn’t buy his first real six-string in a five and dime
By Daniel Griffiths published
Now the truth is out. And you'll never guess which year he didn't buy it…

Laufey on what Gen Z can teach the rest of us about how to appreciate music
By Ben Rogerson published
On her friendships with Olivia Rodrigo and Beabadoobee, she says: “I could easily find a person that listens to all three of us, even though we’re so extremely different”

"We were sampling Steve Winwood in between bong rips on my OP-1": How Bon Iver met Haim
By Matt Mullen published
Danielle Haim features on Bon Iver's If Only I Could Wait, from new album SABLE, fABLE

“Almost inhumane and a form of torture": Psytrance festival is cancelled after just 11 complaints
By Will Simpson published
But organisers hadn’t monitored sound levels properly

With the same mesh-head playability and powerful new Strata module as its bigger brothers, Alesis Strata Club brings a new compact form to its best-selling range
By Daniel Griffiths last updated
Want the power and playability of Strata but don’t have the room to manoeuvre? The join the Club

Super-producer Benny Blanco reveals the surprising reason why most of his early hits are at the same tempo
By Matt Mullen published
Kesha's Tik Tok, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream and Taio Cruz's Dynamite are all at 120bpm

Zak Starkey has been sacked from The Who
By Daniel Griffiths published
“The lead singer and principal songwriter of the group, was unhappy with Zak the drummer’s performance at the Albert Hall a few weeks ago”

They’re [rumoured to be] back… Could Daft Punk be getting back together for a Fortnite residency?
By Daniel Griffiths published
Forget festivals and albums. The big (ro)bucks are to be made by making an appearance in one of today’s biggest video games

“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
By Will Simpson published
He claims frontman made band “miserable” every day

Chase Bliss teams up with Mike Piera for Analog Man collab based on the legendary King Of Tone
By Jonathan Horsley published
Years in the making, Brothers AM applies Chase Bliss’s expansive digital controls and a cornucopia of dip-switches to an overdrive classic – and it has a Beano Boost mode
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