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Paul McCartney and Ronnie Wood play the Beatles classic Get Back onstage at the O2 in London

Stolen in ’72, returned in Feb, Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass finally returns to the stage

By Jonathan Horsley published

McCartney's triumphant finale to the Got Back 2024 Tour also featured fellow Beatle Ringo Starr on drums and a guest spot from Ronnie Wood

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Coldplay Springsteen Rolling Stones

Festivals are down… but gigs are through the roof as new figures show how important live performance has become

By Daniel Griffiths published

With streams earning artists pennies, music’s cash increasingly comes from big tours with no shortage of fans willing to pay big money

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Ringo & Paul

Ringo Starr joins Paul McCartney for emotional Got Back tour finale in London

By Andy Price published

The surviving Beatles reunited at the O2 Arena to mark the end of Paul's mammoth world tour

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Session guitar ace Tim Pierce wears a ballcap and poses with a Powers Electric guitar [left]; a young Jon Bon Jovi rocks Super Rock 84 on Bon Jovi's first tour of Japan. His shirt is open. His hair is big. And he has a red Fender Stratocaster slung low by his hip.

Tim Pierce on why Jon Bon Jovi was destined for superstardom, and how he nailed his Runaway solo

By Jonathan Horsley published

Sometimes rock history is settled by the fickle finger of fate. When Pierce was asked to help a young Jon Bon Jovi track his 1981 demoes, he ended up playing guitar on a Bon Jovi classic – a song that set its frontman on his way to the top

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Paul with Linda and Denny Laine

“Because the guy’s got a knife, he’s fairly persuasive!”: How Paul McCartney survived a mugging - and a mutiny - to create his solo masterpiece

By Neil Crossley published

The full, amazing story of Band On The Run

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Ozzy on stage with Black Sabbath

“Everybody clap your hands and boogie!”: Watch the young Ozzy Osbourne raising hell in newly unearthed Black Sabbath live footage from 1976

By Paul Elliott published

30 minutes of head-banging action to enjoy

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Mr. Mister

“I never thought it would be a hit. It was too long for radio. So we lied about it. And it worked!”: How an ’80s classic got to No 1 - with a little bit of cheating…

By Paul Elliott published

A perfect soft rock ballad from a band whose guitarist travelled with a whole case of hairspray!

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Music documentaries

The top music documentaries to watch this Christmas (and where to find them)

By Daniel Griffiths published

Give Christmas Top of the Pops and The Two Ronnies the swerve this year with our pick of essential festive music viewing

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James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett rock the crowd at their All Within My Hands fundraiser show in Inglewood, CA. Hetfield plays his legendary white Flying V copy, while Hammett plays his ESP "Mummy" KH Series signature model.

Watch James Hetfield lead Metallica in a swampy blues version of fuel with a Danelectro Baritone

By Jonathan Horsley published

In 2009, Hetfield told us that the Fuel era was all about loosening up and on Friday night at the Helping Hands charity gig he made good on it as Metallica reimagined Fuel, slower and lower

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“This band’s been going for 50 years. When you really think about it, it’s insane!”: Steve Harris says there is plenty of life left in Iron Maiden

By Paul Elliott published

“Mick Jagger has set the bar fitness-wise,” Harris says

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