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Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong has announced a limited-edition Radiant Red Epiphone guitar and his first Artist Signature amplifier with Marshall. The new Epiphone Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior has been developed with the musician and offers a bright red version of the stripped-back guitar model that has helped define his sound for more than two decades. Available for a limited time, the guitar features a single-cutaway mahogany body, a set mahogany neck with a substantial ’50s Vintage profile and a rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets. In keeping with Armstrong’s no-frills approach, it has just one Epiphone P-90 PRO…

There are many artists having what could easily be considered a “good run.” And then there's Karol G, who kicked off her latest headlining stadium tour — Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour — with the first of two sold-out nights at Chicago's Soldier Field on Friday. Loosen your hips, cue the fireworks, pyro, and ready the giant guacamaya. No for real, she sings atop one. The Colombian singer has continued to define new heights for herself since winning Best New Artist at the Latin Grammys in 2018. Nearly a decade into her career, she made history repeatedly: She's become the…

The 70s were not only one of the most fertile and important decades in the history of rock. They were also the period in which the indie galaxy began to have a decisive impact on the record market, through a continuous evolution of genres and styles. Radio X magazine has tried to draw up a ranking of what it considers the 25 best indie-rock debut albums of the decade. “From the first stirrings of the punk era to the flowering of new wave and electronica, the 70s were the decade that kicked off the first indie wave as we know…

Justin Vernon has performed a full set made up entirely of Bob Dylan covers at Eaux Claires Festival – watch footage below. The Bon Iver musician delivered the previously announced one-off “Bon Dylan” performance at the Wisconsin event on Friday night (July 24), taking on 15 songs from across Dylan’s career. Vernon opened with ‘Not Dark Yet’, from Dylan’s 1997 album ‘Time Out Of Mind’, before moving through classics including ‘Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right’, ‘Tangled Up In Blue’, ‘Lay Lady Lay’, ‘All Along The Watchtower’ and ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’. The full set consisted exclusively of Dylan songs, with Vernon also reaching for deeper cuts including ‘Shooting Star’ from…

“My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare,” singer wrote Saturday in response to post Katy Perry slammed the Trump administration after the White House’s TikTok account used her hit “Firework” on a video of military strikes. “I am deeply appalled and angry to see “Firework” used on the White House TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes,” the singer wrote on X. “I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.” I am deeply appalled and angry to see “Firework” used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok…

Fontaines D.C. drummer Tom Coll has launched a new independent label and record store dedicated exclusively to Irish music. Inis Records has been founded by Coll alongside Michael Roe, drummer of Irish math-rock band Adebisi Shank and co-founder of the influential Richter Collective label, and Ken Allen of Faction Records. The company will release new music from emerging and established Irish artists, as well as landmark reissues and overlooked records that are currently out of print. Its accompanying online store will exclusively stock Irish music from across different eras and genres, while Inis will also provide distribution and behind-the-scenes services for…

Zane Lowe ha incontrato Mick Jagger, Keith Richards e Ronnie Wood dei Rolling Stones per celebrare l’uscita del loro prossimo album, “Foreign Tongues”. In una conversazione sincera e ad ampio raggio, la leggendaria band inglese svela i segreti del proprio processo creativo, condivide i retroscena delle collaborazioni con Paul McCartney e Andrew Watt, riflette su oltre sei decenni di musica insieme e offre un assaggio di ciò che verrà. Vi proponiamo la trascrizione dell’intervista e il video integrale. I Rolling Stones raccontano ad Apple Music della creazione di “Foreign Tongues” Zane Lowe: Cosa c’è stato di così divertente nel fare questo…

Michael Stipe has shared a new solo song, “Hum Desiderata”, a further preview of the path that will lead to the release of his first album without REM. The song arrives a few months after “The Rest Of Ever”, presented last April during an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”, an occasion on which Stipe also confirmed that he was working on his solo debut.“Hum Desiderata” is currently available exclusively through Joyfully Waiting, a platform dedicated to sound exhibitions. The project sees Stipe joined by singer Elizabeth Hatmaker in the recitation of “Desiderata”, a famous poem written by…

Katy Perry has condemned the White House for using her song ‘Firework’ to soundtrack footage of US military strikes on Iran. The Trump administration shared the video through the official White House TikTok account earlier this week, pairing footage of military operations with Perry’s 2010 hit. It was accompanied by the caption: “Iran has been warned.” Responding in a statement on X today (July 25), Perry said she had neither been consulted nor granted permission for her music to be used. “I am deeply appalled and angry to see ‘Firework’ used on the White House TikTok as a backing track for video footage…

Singer also plays surprise set at his curated Wisconsin festival, Vernon's first full set of Bon Iver music in nearly three years Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver, returned to the stage Friday at his curated Eaux Claires festival, performing a lengthy set of Bob Dylan covers as well as a surprise set of his own music. The announced “Bon Dylan” set featured Vernon and friends playing over a dozen of the legendary singer-songwriter's tracks, from well-known classics like “Knockin' on Heaven's Door,” “All Along the Watchtower,” and “Tangled Up in Blue” to more obscure fare like Shot of Love's “Shooting…