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This Offspring/Boney M mash-up is the most fun you'll have today with your clothes on
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Did the world really need a hybrid Offspring/Boney M summer anthem? Yes it did, and it does, and we love it

TomDeLonge revisits classic Blink-182 vibes with Angels & Airwaves’ amusing Las Vegas-set video for Losing My Mind
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Tom DeLonge’s alter-ego Disco hits Las Vegas with TikTok dancer Rampage in Angels & Airwaves’ Losing My Mind video

Coldplay discover Pink Floyd, share 10 minute prog rock single Coloratura
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Coldplay go prog with the release of 10 minute space rock epic Coloratura from new album Music Of The Spheres

The Offspring launch ‘Cockpit Karaoke’ with mid-flight Come Out And Play singalong on Dexter Holland’s private jet
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The Offspring offer a new spin on James Corden’s popular Carpool Karaoke, with private jet singalong at 20,000 feet

Biffy Clyro replace Queens Of The Stone Age as Reading/Leeds headliner
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Biffy Clyro to make third headline appearance at Reading and Leeds festivals as Queens Of The Stone Age pull out

Smashing Pumpkins to release Live At The Viper Room 1998, a 13-song Billy Corgan acoustic set, on vinyl
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Smashing Pumpkins dip into their archives for Live At The Viper Room 1998, an acoustic set displaying ’a certain innocence’, according to Billy Corgan

Listen to Dry Cleaning’s one-off double A-side single, Bug Eggs/Tony Speaks!
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Acclaimed London post-punks Dry Cleaning release bonus tracks from their superb New Long Leg album as digital single

Nick Cave to tour the UK with Bad Seeds’ Warren Ellis in September/October
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Nick Cave and Bad Seeds bandmate Warren Ellis will undertake their first ever UK tour as a duo this autumn

‘I’d rather f**king stab my eyes out with a pencil than accept an OBE’ says Manic Street Preachers’ Nicky Wire
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Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire calls out hypocritical, bootlicking musicians, praises Ronnie James Dio

Reading and Leeds festivals say ticket holders must ‘demonstrate their COVID-19 status’ to attend
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The Reading and Leeds festival organisers lay out entry requirements for those attending next month’s events

The best 62 releases you can buy on Record Store Day (Drop Day 2)
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The second of the 2021 Record Store Day drops is upon us, and we've located 62 different ways you can empty your wallet but enhance your life

2000trees and ArcTanGent festivals unite for special summer weekender event
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The 80 Trees festival will be staged at the Exchange in Bristol on July 31 and August 1

British MPs demand that musicians are given a ‘fair share’ of streaming royalties
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Artists, songwriters and composers are ‘losing out’ due to unjust music industry business models, MPs conclude

Blossoms brew up support for the live music industry with new west coast IPA
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UK outfit Blossoms team up with Goose Island Beer Company for new IPA - profits will benefit live music charity Stagehand

Removal of Covid-19 restrictions in England means a welcome return for gigs and festivals
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Boris Johnson urges venues and clubs to use ‘Covid passports’ as restrictions upon social distancing are removed in England

Sign language interpreter pays passionate tribute to Nickelback in new Big Wreck video
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Rock fans checking out the video for Middle Of Nowhere, a collaboration between Big Wreck and Chad Kroeger, weren’t expecting to see an emotional signed defence of Nickelback

Audio-Technica AT-LP60 turntable review
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Read the experts' verdict on the Audio-Technica AT-LP60 budget turntable

Denon DP-300F turntable review
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Read the experts' verdict on the Denon DP-300F budget turntable

Fender to reissue the Kurt Cobain-designed Jag-Stang guitar to mark the 30th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind
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The Kurt Cobain-designed Fender Jag-Stang combines both his Jaguar and Mustang guitars

Amyl and The Sniffers share aggro-punk single Guided By Angels, announce new album Comfort To Me
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Watch Amy Taylor channel her inner Iggy Pop as Amyl and The Sniffers return with new single Guided By Angels

Garbage’s Shirley Manson reveals the advice she would give to her younger self
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Garbage’s vocalist Shirley Manson has some well-earned wisdom she’d love to impart to the young Shirley Manson

Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus says chemotherapy can make him feel like ‘a poisoned electrified zombie’
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Blink-182 vocalist/bassist Mark Hoppus gives update on his health following recent revelation that he’s battling cancer

Industry heavyweights Raw Power Management announce scholarship to support new talent in the music business
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Raw Power Management, who guide the careers of Bring Me The Horizon, Refused and more, launch industry scholarship
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