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Humble Slash accepts Gibson spirit award: “If Les Paul was around, would he agree that I deserve this thing?”

The annual honor, presented by the Les Paul Foundation in association with Gibson Gives, has previously been bestowed upon ...
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Ronnie Wood remembers Jimi Hendrix’s quality concerns: “He said, ‘My voice is awful.’ I said, ‘I don’t think you should worry about it’”

Rolling Stone recalls their first conversation in a London club, and explains why it’s still possible to be discovered the ...
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Instagram admits a glitch keeps pushing Creed’s “Higher” on users: “That song is always recommended to me too!!”

Users have joked that Creed must be paying Meta to promote the 1999 hit. Even Instagram’s own spokesperson says the song keeps showing up in their recommendations ...
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Dweezil Zappa on his new tour of Frank Zappa’s music and working with Eddie Van Halen: “I would have to show him certain licks”

Dweezil recalls collaborating with Van Halen on his ambitious “What the Hell Was I Thinking?” project and discusses the ...
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Geordie Greep takes the stage to deny rape allegation at Vancouver show, saying “I’m not a rapist”

The former Black Midi frontman addressed fliers accusing him of sexual assault, performed without his backing band and ...
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John Lennon played only two full-length concerts after the Beatles — now, both are coming to Blu-ray

The newly restored ‘Power to the People’ captures Lennon and Yoko Ono’s legendary 1972 Madison Square Garden shows, with a ...
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“Have your prayers ready for Deen Castronovo.” Journey halts Tulsa concert after drummer suffers onstage medical emergency

Journey drummer Deen Castronovo experienced a medical emergency just two songs into the group’s performance in Tulsa, ...
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“I thought it was stupid.” Metallica’s ...And Justice for All mix engineer says the band made a mistake by burying Jason Newsted’s bass

Steve Thompson says he fought to keep Newsted’s bass audible on Metallica’s 1988 classic, but James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and ...
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The 145-year-old Martin acoustic Kurt Russell smashed in The Hateful Eight may not have been destroyed by accident after all

Martin historian Dick Boak claims the guitar tech had gone home before the scene was filmed, and the prop instruments were never brought to the set When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...