“I wrote it totally in my head. I worked on it for about three months in my head”: 11 saxophonists, 4 re-recordings and a £17,000 haircut… The tortuous tale of George Michael’s Careless Whisper
“George was my favorite Beatle, but the music was very simple…” Why Robben Ford’s dream gig with George Harrison turned sour
“It’s possible to bash out tunes with a single outstretched index finger but you’ll never amount to any kind of player if you keep that up”: Learn how to play a piano with both hands
“The doctors told me that my job, which is playing rock and roll music very loud, was giving me something like a concussion every time I did a show”: Billy Joel confirms that he’s had surgery after being told that performing live was damaging his brain
“That Echoplex sound Eddie did at the end of Eruption was such an old trick. I thought it was cheesy. But Eddie was from the NEXT generation…” Joe Perry looks back over a lifetime of guitar playing
“I ran over to the student center, unenrolled from all my classes and hit the road”: Noah Kahan was an unknown when his guitarist got the gig. Now he’s playing Fenway Park with his own signature guitar
Why pedal artwork matters – and how it impacts your sound without you even realizing: “They’re tools for making music, but they’re also statements about who we are as players and what we value as artists”
“Most people hate our best-selling guitars right out of the gate”: We’re in a golden era for new body shapes, but they still split opinion – we speak to the brands risking it all in a nostalgia-led market
Guitar Center is inviting players to test its new in-house guitar brand – but you’ll need to sign an NDA
“Prince is singing the words that came to me last night like they came to him. Word for word. Stevie Wonder’s beatboxing and Prince is singing this song. I think I just had my mouth open”: Jill Scott had the “best night of my life” with two music legends
“Ozzy’s such a nice guy. But the day I walked out of the band I was like, ‘I’m glad to be out of that’”: Bernie Tormé’s turbulent eight-gig stint with Ozzy Osbourne
“Plug in, pick up the bass and experience the gear that created Motörheads unmistakable sound”: Punk Rock Museum to host a special Motörhead exhibition with interactive element
“Ozzy and I were in a bathroom peeing together, and he said to me, ‘You still got that guy George in your band? That guy’s crazier than I am!’”: ’80s rocker Don Dokken looks back on his turbulent relationship with guitar hero George Lynch
Is Cliff Richard cool now? Peter Pan of Pop follows Devil Woman’s GTA VI splash with Harry Styles cover
“I believe she was in love with Paul first. But Yoko’s still alive, so I’ll say no more”: At 90, Hunter Davies still has a few Beatles secrets up his sleeve
Soundcraft’s Signature Plus mixers pack Lexicon effects and dbx compression into an analogue console from $799
Outbox 8 can add multiple audio and CV outputs to your favourite Elektron groovebox – or any other class-compliant hardware
“This was the beginning of my love affair with them”: Joe Bonamassa’s pawn shop 1961 SG changed his outlook on P-90s – now Seymour Duncan has recreated its pickups
Never-before-heard Van Halen demo from 1974 set for release: “Van Halen opens the family archive for the first time”
With up to 60% off budget guitar brand Harley Benton plus loads more big brands, the Thomann Guitar Days sale is the place to pick up an absolute steal on a guitar right now
