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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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CHEAP TRICK Legend RICK NIELSEN’s One-Of-A-Kind Five-Neck Guitar Sells For $313,600 Via Julien’s Auctions

  • Rick Nielsen’s five-neck guitar sold for $313,600.
  • A 1975 Hamer Standard fetched $256,000.
  • All 90 clothing lots beat their estimates.

Rick Nielsen’s collection raised strong prices at a Julien’s Auctions sale in Nashville, led by his custom five-neck guitar, which sold for $313,600. The results show collectors’ interest in objects tied to the Cheap Trick guitarist’s music career and distinctive personal style; proceeds support St. Jude Children’s Research…

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Mickey Thomas Is Happy to Be the Voice of Starship. (And Nothing’s Gonna Stop Him Now)

  • Mickey Thomas continues touring as Starship’s frontman.
  • His set spans hits from three versions of the band.
  • He objects to another group using his recordings in adverts.

Mickey Thomas is continuing to tour as the frontman of Starship, performing the group’s 1980s hits alongside songs from Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. The story traces the band’s changing identities and competing touring line-ups, and explains how Thomas has carried its later-era repertoire despite changing critical opinion.…

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Bono Admits U2’s Notorious iTunes Album Giveaway “Went Too Far”

  • Bono says U2’s iTunes giveaway went too far.
  • More than 500 million users received the album automatically.
  • The band hoped to test a new way to fund music distribution.

Bono has acknowledged that U2’s 2014 release of *Songs of Innocence* to iTunes users “went too far”, taking responsibility for a promotion that put the album in people’s libraries without their consent. The episode matters as a high-profile example of how a music giveaway can provoke backlash when…

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Best Kept Secret unveils 2027 headliners, including Phoebe Bridgers and Fontaines DC

  • Best Kept Secret announced its first 51 acts for 2027.
  • Fontaines D.C., Phoebe Bridgers, Jungle and Angine de Poitrine headline.
  • The festival runs 11 to 13 June in the Netherlands.

Best Kept Secret has announced 51 acts for its 2027 festival in Beekse Bergen, the Netherlands, with Fontaines D.C., Phoebe Bridgers, Jungle and Angine de Poitrine among the headliners. The first lineup announcement matters to fans planning for the summer event, while organisers say more names are still…

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Lita Ford unveils Dracula, first single from forthcoming album

  • Lita Ford has released “Dracula”, her first new single in years.
  • It previews her first album since 2012.
  • The record features work with Doro Pesch and Jean Beauvoir.

Lita Ford has released “Dracula”, the first single from her forthcoming album and her first full-length follow-up to 2012’s *Living Like a Runaway*. The release is her first with Frontiers Music Srl and offers a preview of a dark, themed record that Ford hopes listeners will experience as…

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Deadline: Afterlife Processing lets you take morality into your own hands and judge who deserves eternal salvation or damnation

  • A demo casts the afterlife as a corporate workplace.
  • Players judge souls using details from their lives.
  • A strange, unclassifiable soul hints at a mystery.

Deadline: Afterlife Processing is a demo for a game about working as a corporate angel, assessing the lives of recently deceased people and sending their souls to heaven or hell. Its office-work setting and moral dilemmas let players decide how to judge people, including when their actions have…

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A.G. Sully Explores The Perils Of Non-Monogamy On ‘Psyche’

  • A.G. Sully’s new single ‘Psyche’ recounts a painful relationship experiment.
  • The experience ended within a week and inspired the song.
  • Her EP ‘Orbit’ is due on 12 February.

A.G. Sully has released ‘Psyche’, a single from her forthcoming EP ‘Orbit’, due on 12 February. The song reflects on a failed attempt at non-monogamy and the emotional pain that followed, drawing on an experience she says taught her about her own limits. The Alabama-raised, Brooklyn-based artist wrote…

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Meshuggah mark 40 years with two North American tour legs in 2027

  • Meshuggah mark 40 years with a 2027 North American tour.
  • Testament and Blood Incantation will provide support.
  • The 33-date run spans February to May.

Meshuggah will mark their 40th anniversary with a 2027 North American tour, joined by Testament and Blood Incantation. The two-part run will visit cities across the continent and include appearances at Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple festivals. The first leg begins in Toronto on 12 February and…

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‘Every Contact Leaves a Trace’ Director on Why She Hired a Detective: ‘I’m Trying to Reconstruct a Life Story’

  • Lynne Sachs uses old business cards to investigate past encounters.
  • Her documentary makes the filmmaker’s role explicit.
  • The film explores how memories and impressions can be unequal.

Lynne Sachs’s new documentary, “Every Contact Leaves a Trace”, follows her attempt to trace people from her past using hundreds of old business cards. The film makes Sachs’s role as filmmaker and investigator visible, raising questions about whose perspective documentaries present and how people on camera are described.…

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Simple Plan Announce Six-Date South American Tour in 2027 With All Time Low

  • Simple Plan and All Time Low will play six South American shows in May 2027.
  • The tour runs from Lima on 6 May to São Paulo on 16 May.
  • Ticket presales begin 28 October, with general sales varying by country.

Simple Plan have announced a six-date South American tour in May 2027, with All Time Low joining every show. The dates extend Simple Plan’s 25th-anniversary celebrations and their “Bigger Than You Think!” tour. The run begins in Lima on 6 May, then visits Santiago, Buenos Aires, Rio de…

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