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BERNIE MARSDEN: ‘Stage’ Live Album To Be Released In August

  • Bernie Marsden’s final “Inspirations” album arrives on 21 August.
  • It compiles four live shows from 1996 to 2020.
  • Joe Bonamassa appears on the advance EP’s lead track.

The fifth and final instalment of Bernie Marsden’s “Inspirations” series, titled “Stage”, will be released on 21 August 2026 through Conquest Music. The live album matters as a retrospective of Marsden’s stage work, drawing on archive recordings to showcase the British rock and blues guitarist’s performances across different…

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The Cause FM: New Frequency Shines A Light On Community

  • The Cause FM celebrates human-led underground music discovery.
  • Contributors question algorithms’ ability to find genuinely new artists.
  • Local communities are presented as crucial spaces for experimentation.

The Cause FM: New Frequency, taking place on Saturday 25 July, is an event celebrating independent broadcasters, artists and music communities that support underground scenes. The article argues that, although streaming algorithms make global music discovery easier, human curators, venues and collectives remain vital because they take creative…

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Watch Green Day side project The Coverups cover David Bowie with Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson

  • Green Day’s Coverups performed a Bowie cover with Bruce Dickinson.
  • The guest appearance united punk and heavy-metal figures.
  • The article highlights live performance footage.

Green Day’s cover band side project, The Coverups, performed a David Bowie song with Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson as a guest. The collaboration brings together musicians from two major rock bands and is notable for pairing Bowie’s catalogue with performers better known for punk rock and heavy…

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The guitarist Angus Young called out of everybody’s league: “Another level”

  • Angus Young called Jimi Hendrix “another level” on guitar.
  • ‘Purple Haze’ deeply influenced Young as a teenager.
  • Young admired Hendrix even after seeing Jimmy Page live.

Angus Young of AC/DC has described Jimi Hendrix as a guitarist operating on “another level”, saying Hendrix transformed his idea of what could be done with the instrument. The article matters as it highlights the formative influence Hendrix had on one of hard rock’s most recognisable guitarists. Young…

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Women’s football boss must sell £7million Primrose Hill home to settle divorce bill with Bitcoin millionaire ex-husband

  • Ex-football club boss must sell £7m London home after divorce ruling
  • Ex-husband Anthony Culligan turned £10k Bitcoin stake into £20m
  • Court of Appeal ordered the Primrose Hill property sale

Diane Rosemin-Culligan, the former boss of Women's Championship football club London City Lionesses, has been ordered by Court of Appeal judges to sell her £7million home in Primrose Hill, London, to help settle a divorce settlement with her ex-husband, Bitcoin millionaire Anthony Culligan. The ruling brings to an…

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Amid the recent Xbox devastation, Microsoft is seemingly uncancelling something, which is good news for Age of Empires 3 fans at least

  • Cancelled Age of Empires 3 DLC returns in September 2026.
  • The Baltic Powers adds Danes, Poles, maps and modes.
  • Announcement follows major Xbox job-cut plans.

Microsoft has revived a previously cancelled expansion for Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition, offering a rare positive announcement amid wider disruption in Xbox’s gaming division. The move matters to the game’s community because the DLC was announced in 2023, delayed, then cancelled before development had properly begun.…

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Your ticket to the Punk Rock Summer Camp has just been punched: Here’s How to watch the Vans Warped Tour livestream

  • Warped Tour Long Beach streams live on 25 and 26 July.
  • Amazon Music, Twitch and Prime Video will carry coverage.
  • More than 100 acts are scheduled to perform.

Vans Warped Tour’s Long Beach event will be livestreamed on 25 and 26 July, allowing fans unable to attend to follow the returning punk, emo and alternative music festival remotely. The coverage broadens access to a major revival of the long-running festival, which combines live bands with skate…

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Jack White Brings Out Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson to Tear Up Free’s ‘I’m a Mover’

  • Jack White and Chris Robinson covered Free in Chicago.
  • The pair performed the deep cut ‘I’m a Mover’.
  • White’s phone-free tour continues in Europe in August.

Jack White invited Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson on stage during a Chicago stop on his 2026 tour, where they performed Free’s lesser-known Seventies blues-rock song ‘I’m a Mover’. The surprise collaboration reinforced the tour’s reputation for unpredictable, guitar-driven performances and for drawing on rock music beyond White’s…

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Watch Arca premiere new music from ‘XXXXX’ on Daniel Sannwald-directed livestream

  • Arca performed ‘XXXXX’ in full during a Barcelona livestream.
  • The 16-track album arrives on 31 July.
  • Daniel Sannwald directed the two-hour performance.

Arca premiered music from her forthcoming album ‘XXXXX’ during a two-hour livestream directed by Daniel Sannwald, staged in an abandoned Barcelona factory. The performance offered the first full public hearing of the record and underlined Arca’s continued focus on ambitious, experimental visual art alongside her music. The album…

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3 Soft Rock Songs That Defined Summer for Millions of Americans in 1973

  • Three soft rock tracks are presented as defining summer 1973.
  • “Diamond Girl” achieved the highest US chart position.
  • All three songs remained long-running radio favourites.

The article highlights three soft rock songs it says became part of many Americans’ summer soundtrack in 1973: Eagles’ “Tequila Sunrise”, Bread’s “Aubrey” and Seals and Crofts’ “Diamond Girl”. It argues that, despite differing chart performances, all three remained familiar radio favourites and illustrate soft rock’s prominence at…

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