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Jonas Brothers Reunite With Demi Lovato for ‘Camp Rock’ Classics at Stadium Tour Opener
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: Music News
The Disney Channel alums performed “Gotta Find You,” “This Is Me,” and “Wouldn’t Change a Thing” for an enthralled audience reliving the glory days
Jon Batiste Backs Stephen Colbert Amid ‘Late Show’ Cancellation: ‘His Voice Won’t Be Silenced’
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: Music News
The musician previously spent seven years as bandleader on the late night show
“If airlines can damage professional-grade instruments and then refuse to take responsibility, it puts every traveling musician at risk”: Emily Wolfe’s signature guitar smashed inside hardcase during flight – airline taking no responsibility
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
Pete Thorn and Gilby Clarke have had the same issues with the firm
“I was a Marshall guy back then. Now I literally cannot listen to Marshalls”: How Jeff Beck inspired former Joan Jett and the Blackhearts guitarist Ricky Byrd to switch from Marshall stacks to Fender combos
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
Byrd was a total Marshall stan, but witnessing Jeff Beck at the Iridium in New York changed his mind
“It is impossible for me to adapt to that role”: Classic rock supergroup parts ways with their new guitarist – after just one gig
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
Both parties realized that it wasn’t the match they thought it looked to be on paper
“They said, ‘Now it’s time to play the solo.’ I just came up with it on the spot”: Remembering Rick Derringer – the B.C. Rich-toting maverick who brought the fire to Johnny Winters’ band, and was a one-take ace for Steely Dan and more
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
The Ohio guitarist was one of rock’s most adaptable talents and had the production skills to go with his playing
“Working on Jimmy Page’s guitar was bucket list stuff for me”: Bare Knuckles’ Tim Mills on how he built the biggest indie pickup brand in the world – and why Page’s ‘Number One’ Les Paul sounds like Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Strat
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
The guitarist behind the beloved U.K.-based artisan pickup brand, explains how he got started in the biz, the attention to detail that makes Bare Knuckle so good – and what's coming next
“I thought, ‘I’m going to get this guitar, make a few videos then sell it.’ But I found my place as a guitarist”: Rob Scallon on the eight-string that changed his life – and how it helped him become one of YouTube’s OG guitar stars
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
Scallon on his guitar journey so far, from the surprise success of making an album in a day, to his combat-laden guitaRPG video game that serves as a love letter to instrument
Maluma Criticizes Fan for Bringing Baby to Show Without Ear Protection
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: Music News
"You’re waving them around like they’re a toy," the musician said. "That baby doesn’t want to be there"
Get Crushstation From Eventide For Free – Free Download For a Limited Time!
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: gearnews.com
For a limited time, Eventide is giving away Crushstation, a flexible distortion plug-in with analog vibes, as freeware! The post Get Crushstation From Eventide For Free – Free Download For a Limited Time! appeared first on gearnews.com.
U2 Voice Support for Gaza: ‘Silence Serves None of Us’
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: Music News
"Our band stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine who truly seek a path to peace and coexistence with Israel," Bono says
The Best Loadbox for Silent Practice Without Losing Tone
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: gearnews.com
The amp is roaring, but so is your neighbor? Then a loadbox or attenuator could be just the thing! The post The Best Loadbox for Silent Practice Without Losing Tone appeared first on gearnews.com.
Mellotron Micro Module Now Available!
🗓️ August 11, 2025 | Source: gearnews.com
Always wanted a Mellotron but couldn’t afford one? Now you can, as the Mellotron Micro Module is finally in stores. The post Mellotron Micro Module Now Available! appeared first on gearnews.com.
Bobby Whitlock, Derek and the Dominos Keyboardist and Co-Founder, Dead at 77
🗓️ August 10, 2025 | Source: Music News
Memphis-born, Stax-trained musician and singer also contributed to George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and Eric Clapton's 1970 self-titled album
Massimizer, Overdrive, Rocket Flanger: Free Plugins of the Week
🗓️ August 10, 2025 | Source: gearnews.com
Massimizer is a free loudness maximizer plugin that’ll push your tracks to extremes! Check it out in this week's collection of the best free plugins. The post Massimizer, Overdrive, Rocket Flanger: Free Plugins of the Week appeared first on gearnews.com.
Zach Bryan Promises to ‘Never Play in Kansas City’ After Beefing With Chiefs Fans Again
🗓️ August 10, 2025 | Source: Music News
The Philadelphia Eagles-loving singer enjoys some social media shit-talking before the NFL season kicks off
“I thought it was quite funny-sounding. It was very good as well, though. I’ve gotten used to it”: Dave Davies on Van Halen’s rendition of this career-making Kinks track
🗓️ August 10, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
Van Halen covered The Kinks, not once, but twice – signaling the Eddie Van Halen-led outfit's respect for the band
“Three guitars with pretty much the same sonic range: which is best? Well, that could lead to quite a discussion”: PRS Special Semi-Hollow, S2 Special Semi-Hollow and SE Special Semi-Hollow review
🗓️ August 10, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
Along with its 40th Anniversary specials, PRS is cranking out the new releases, including three-pickup Special Semi-Hollow models in the S2and SE line. We compare them with the Core version
“Bob wanted me to help him not only learn guitar but learn to arrange. I think he caught on!” Ska and reggae pioneer Ernest Ranglin played with everyone from Bob Marley to Jimmy Cliff. At 93, he plans to secure his legacy
🗓️ August 10, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
The guitarist guided the music of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots, Prince Buster among others – but thinks the magic might never have have happened if he’d had access to better gear
Deals Of The Week: AIAIAI, Martin, Victory Amplification, and beyerdynamic
🗓️ August 09, 2025 | Source: gearnews.com
In this edition of Deals Of The Week, you'll find a selection of guitar and recording gear from AIAIAI, Martin, and Victory Amplification. The post Deals Of The Week: AIAIAI, Martin, Victory Amplification, and beyerdynamic appeared first on gearnews.com.
Did Bob Dylan Send a Political Message By Singing ‘Masters of War’ for the First Time Since 2016?
🗓️ August 09, 2025 | Source: Music News
It's impossible to know Dylan's views on basically anything, but he hasn't done the anti-war classic since the Desert Trip Festival nearly a decade ago
"A modern rock machine providing up-to-date tones and plenty of fun features at a reasonable price": Manson Meta MBM-2H Sustainiac review
🗓️ August 09, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
Produced by Cort, Manson refines the Meta MBM-1 with the updated Meta MBM-2H, perfect for Muse fans or those out for a modern sound
“Everybody I know that’s a guitar head is like, ‘Why would you do that?’” The true confessions of Ty Segall – his blasphemous SG mod, exploding a vintage Gibson and why a “dying dinosaur” fuzz is one of his holy grail pedals
🗓️ August 09, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
The always-surprising SoCal garage rocker talks fuzz, SG-based blasphemy and the peculiar benefits of not writing songs on guitar
"I've never played a PRS Silver Sky but that might be about to change": All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and I've just solved a problem I didn't even know I had
🗓️ August 09, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
My favorite Silver Sky finish to date has been launched alongside new gear from Blackstar, Kiesel, Epiphone and more
“Whenever anybody says, ‘Can you just follow the root note?’ my immediate retort is, ‘Why don't you just f*** off?’”How Peter Hook re-wrote the rulebook on punk bass –and became “allergic to low notes” in the process
🗓️ August 09, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
With Joy Division, Peter Hook’s upper-register basslines were plucked straight from a rhythm guitarist’s handbook
Sean Combs Wants to Counsel Abusers. His Accusers Object
🗓️ August 09, 2025 | Source: Music News
“How are you going to counsel someone else when you haven't done the work on yourself? This is manipulation at its best,” one source tells Rolling Stone
“With our in-house pickups, we’ve now got real control of how our guitars sound”: PJD Guitars founder Leigh Dovey on the evolution of the UK’s most exciting electric guitar brand
🗓️ August 09, 2025 | Source: Latest from Guitar World
The return of one of our favourite PJD models and a decade and a half of UK guitar-making needs a bit of a celebration. We pop a cork with PJD’s founder, Leigh Dovey