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Johnny Marr on the “magic” of writing the Smiths’ songs with Morrissey: “Any songwriter will tell you it’s the best feeling in the world”

Nearly 40 years after leaving the band, Marr looks back on the creative partnership behind The Queen Is Dead and reveals how ...
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Ed Sheeran breaks his silence on Gaza after the Macklemore tour controversy: “I cannot hide how I feel about it anymore”

As his tour resumed on Saturday night, the guitarist opened his show by apologizing to fans and called the devastation in Gaza “catastrophic and unjustifiable” ...
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“It’s gonna take some time to get me back to normal.” Yes guitarist Steve Howe on the operation that postponed the Fragile tour

Yes will, in fact, hit the road early next May to play its 1971 album Fragile and more, first in the U.K. and then in Japan, ...
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Martin shakes up its 16 Series with five new guitars: “We’re going to get weird with it, brother”

The refreshed lineup embraces bold finishes and less-familiar body shapes while retaining the all-solid-wood construction the ...
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Duncan Sheik. the “Barely Breathing” singer who found a second act on Broadway, dies at 56

Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter behind the 1996 hit “Barely Breathing” and the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, has died at 56. He passed away Thursday night, September 17, in a ...
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Tony Iommi says he accidentally set Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward on fire: “He went ‘woof,’ like a bomb!”

The guitarist says a stunt designed to shock the band's new producer went wildly off the rails during the Heaven and Hell sessions When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...