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Conan Gray, Doja Cat, Tate McRae Join 2025 MTV VMAs Performance Lineup
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
Post Malone and Jelly Roll will also perform when the awards show airs live Sept. 7 on CBS from the UBS Arena in New York
“I have enough songs that I could put a record out right now”: John Mayer reveals where things stand with his next album – and why he's not rushing the process
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Mayer's most recent album, Sob Rock, was released in 2021, and was four years in the making
RANE ONE MKII: Made for Real DJs Who Need Real Tactile Control
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The RANE ONE MKII motorized DJ controller gets a massive upgrade with new FX and stems features, as well as a sleek white design. But that’s not all! The post RANE ONE MKII: Made for Real DJs Who Need Real Tactile Control appeared first on gearnews.com.
Sweetwater jump on the Labor Day savings early by slashing a whopping $500 off an exotic Gibson Les Paul, $300 of Dave Grohl's signature Epiphone and so much more
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The music retail giant has just dropped its Labor Day sale a few days early, and it includes insane discounts on the likes of Fender, Gibson, Schecter, Music man, and more
Reloop RP-7: Time To Get Out Those Old 45s
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Dripping with nostalgia, the Reloop RP-7 is a new professional direct-drive DJ turntable created solely for the playback of 7-inch records. The post Reloop RP-7: Time To Get Out Those Old 45s appeared first on gearnews.com.
“He doesn’t want it to be a hang-on-the-wall trophy piece. He wants it to be played”: Eddie Vedder and Fender have designed a new custom Telecaster – and it’s a trophy for a baseball tournament
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
This year, Major League Baseball made “The Vedder Cup” official – and honored the Pearl Jam icon who inspired the name by awarding the winning team a guitar trophy
“I was all over the place. But when I first heard Randy play, it was poetry in motion. I thought, ‘Wow, I’m onto a good thing here’”: Ozzy Osbourne couldn’t play guitar. Yet he changed the guitar world by introducing some of its greatest heroes
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The late heavy-metal icon did not, could not, play guitar. Yet his contribution to the scene – whether giving a platform to fledgling gunslingers or igniting their talents – was inestimable
“All that we accomplished after that first fistfight in the van 25 years ago. I didn’t think you’d be taken from us like this”: Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher issues first public statement following Brent Hinds' death
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Hinds, Mastodon's co-founder and co-leader for a quarter century, died last week following a tragic motorcycle accident
“My guitar was slightly out.Steve Vai walked past and said,‘Your low E was four cents flat.’And he’d been in the green room!” Meet Derek Day, the swaggering virtuoso who went from busking on the streets to touring with his hero
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The 24-year-old explains how he merges prog and glam, and escapes the “originality ordeal” of an ancient instrument by hopping between Fender, Gibson, PRS and Ibanez (even if he prefers to write on cheap knock-offs)
Watch Suki Waterhouse, Carl Barât Perform the Libertines’ ‘Can’t Stand Me Now’
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
Waterhouse was performing at the O2 Forum Kentish as part of her U.K. and European tour
Alto Professional TS112C and TS108C: Two New Portable Column Systems
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Introducing a new range of column speaker systems, the Alto Professional TS112C and TS108C have built-in mixers, DSP, and Bluetooth linking. The post Alto Professional TS112C and TS108C: Two New Portable Column Systems appeared first on gearnews.com.
Australian Senator Calls for ‘Slur Merchant’ Snoop Dogg to Be Removed From AFL Final
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
The request comes shortly after the rapper admitted he was uncomfortable with a same-sex couple in Pixar movie Lightyear
Eric Johnson’s Gear: The Best Guitarists of All Time
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Gear News
When guitarists talk about the ultimate guitar sound, Eric Johnson's name comes up remarkably often. Let's take a look at his gear. The post Eric Johnson’s Gear: The Best Guitarists of All Time appeared first on gearnews.com.
Roland V-Drums TD716 – The Best e-Drum Kit Ever?
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Roland’s new flagship V-Drums kit, the TD716, redefines the e-Drum experience, aided by the stunning V71 module. The post Roland V-Drums TD716 – The Best e-Drum Kit Ever? appeared first on gearnews.com.
‘American Idol’ Music Supervisor and Husband’s Cause of Death Revealed
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
Robin Kaye and Thomas Deluca were found dead in their Los Angeles home last month
Cardi B’s Lawyer Denies Rapper Battered Security Guard as Assault Trial Begins
🗓️ August 26, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
The Grammy-winning artist was four months pregnant and visiting an obstetrician’s office in secret when the disputed incident unfolded in 2018
“Learned the solo the other day – it’s not perfect, but I’ll be damned if it wasn’t fun to play”: Grace Bowers channels her inner shredder with a searing tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The guitarist’s solo was flawless, and she says she only just picked it up recently
“Brian asked me if I wanted to do a lead. I got excited and was ready to shred”: The Lost Beach Boy on the classic song he overdubbed on
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Brian Wilson typically turned to his brother, Carl, for leads, but David Marks got a rare chance to buck that trend in 1964
The best budget beat-making gear to help you get creative
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Looking for more affordable ways to create beats? We take a look at some of the best budget beat-making equipment to get you started! The post The best budget beat-making gear to help you get creative appeared first on gearnews.com.
“A lot of the music stores didn’t want to touch used instruments back then. They would laugh at me and say, ‘You’re paying more for this old guitar than I am for this new guitar’”: Norman Harris on the nascent days of the vintage guitar market
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Harris turned the used guitar market on its head, despite the skepticism of many industry peers
“We were brothers to the end. We really loved each other, and we made a lot of very beautiful music together”: Mastodon honor Brent Hinds onstage at their first live performance since the guitarist's death
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Drummer Brann Dailor led the tributes after an emotionally charged set dedicated to the guitar hero
Uncompressed Audio Formats: Is “High-Quality” just a Myth?
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Gear News
We discuss the purposes of high-quality uncompressed audio and if it actually makes a difference to the average listener on music platforms. The post Uncompressed Audio Formats: Is “High-Quality” just a Myth? appeared first on gearnews.com.
“To surprise me, they put my name on the headstock in gold lettering – but they spelled it wrong”: The Cars’ Elliot Easton on the Flying V that Tim Shaw built him – a “gorgeous” guitar (even if Gibson slipped up on his name)
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Easton’s 1982 Gibson Custom Shop left-handed Flying V was a much-loved guitar, but when someone offered "stupid money" for it he couldn’t turn it down. Still, it looked cool on the cover of GW
“Men love to come along to our shows and say, ‘They’re miming!’ but the sounds we make are all live”: Why Nova Twins love the challenge of playing everything live with pedals
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The alt-rock stars have been on the receiving end of sexism and miming accusations – but what they produce live is the real deal
“It’s all about the patterns that smoothly and musically ‘walk’ you from onechord to the next”: Sue Foley shows you how to nail blues turnarounds
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Turnarounds come around within the last four bars of a 12-bar blues progression and getting them right puts the cherry on top of the sundae
“When you strip it down tothe essentials, I believe it mostly comes down to the wood and the strings”: Why do some guitars sustain better than others? It’s complicated
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
With some help from Banker Guitars’ Matt Hughes and SonoTone Strings’ PK Pandy, we unpack the mysteries of sustain – and why it differs from resonance and volume
“Learning to play with a pick was like dancing with two left feet. I had to entirely relearn the bass”: Having played in the Pixies, Zwan, and A Perfect Circle, Paz Lenchantin knows a thing or two about the bass guitar and its role in rock
🗓️ August 25, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Former Pixies bassist Paz Lenchantin still has a few tricks up her sleeve, including a debut solo album