Will Groves
I'm lucky enough to be MusicRadar's Editor-in-chief while being, by some considerable distance, the least proficient musician on the editorial team. An undeniably ropey but occasionally enthusiastic drummer, I've worked on the world's greatest music making website in one capacity or another since its launch in 2007. I hope you enjoy the site - we do.
Latest articles by Will Groves
![The Beatles split](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bysrnQ3SmZwn8ezL2BsuPb-320-80.jpg)
"I never intended the statement to mean 'Paul McCartney quits Beatles'... It was all a misunderstanding": The day the world learned the Fab Four were over
By Will Groves published
McCartney spilled the beans on this day in 1970
![Slash “Jessica” Les Paul Standard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9U7EEGhqjTDLSAUDvxYxcF-320-80.jpg)
"I named it when I was drunk but I don't remember what the catalyst for that was!": Gibson reveals the Slash “Jessica” Les Paul Standard
By Will Groves published
Slash's go-to live weapon gets a faithful repro outing
![Steve Harley](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hoaYHUz5CJMuxuNvmiy2Sm-320-80.jpg)
"What a talent. What a character": Tributes to Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel star, who has died aged 73
By Will Groves published
![Karl Wallinger in 1990](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NKLgbGVscEVXcMzWnqhLMn-320-80.jpg)
World Party and The Waterboys star Karl Wallinger has died, aged 66
By Will Groves published
Waterboys' leader Mike Scott leads tributes, writing "You are one of the finest musicians I've ever known"
![Blackberry Smoke drummer Brit Turner](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RZCKCBpgEEvsTzozMJ3XH4-320-80.jpg)
"Brit was Blackberry Smoke’s True North, the compass that instituted the ideology that will continue to guide this band": Blackberry Smoke drummer Brit Turner dies, aged 57
By Will Groves published
Atlanta stalwart's death following cancer battle confirmed by band
![The Police at AIR Montserrat 1981](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j2iD3UdQKgCKUS5XYtKHvB-320-80.jpeg)
The 'difficult' Police hit based on a 1980 Casiotone synth preset: "The first song written by AI," reckons Stewart Copeland
By Will Groves published
"Those little riffs that they had on them are really cool"
![Vox AC Custom red](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yNt3AU2fVYyP24SQtamRvH-320-80.jpeg)
The redcoats are coming: Vox launches "extremely limited" British amp invasion
By Will Groves published
'Classic vintage red' livery coming to the Vox AC Custom range very soon
![The Beatles](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ETq4X2fGn2iKfvGMKJDzrW-320-80.jpg)
Four fab Beatles biopics are on the way: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr will each get a full Sam Mendes movie
By Will Groves published
Oscar-nominated Bond and American Beauty director aiming to "challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies"
![Noel Gallagher Custom Les Pauls](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/otNTNA6SbASeiNirmnx395-320-80.jpg)
"The one that Johnny gave me in 1994 was always one of my favourite guitars - it carries a lot of history": Gibson and Noel Gallagher reveal strictly-limited run of 20 hand-signed Les Paul Customs
By Will Groves published
All proceeds will go to the Teenage Charity Trust
![John Lennon and Paul McCartney](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zK3S5o22YDLbxAEsrhV9LB-320-80.jpeg)
The Paul McCartney Beatles song John Lennon hated: "He made us do it a hundred million times. He did everything to make it into a single and it never was, and it never could've been"
By Will Groves published
Paul McCartney: “I remember the guys getting pissed with me... I was trying to get what was in my head.”
![Super Bowl 2024 half-time show wide shot, red lighting](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ff28Wpw98Hrc7ReFu93U7B-320-80.jpeg)
"People are going for the sure shots": Music publishing giants and songwriters score big at Super Bowl 2024, with ad sync fees garnering millions
By Will Groves published
Billboard Pro sources put even the lowest sync fees at $150k each
![Liam Gallagher](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sCFALgHK33WvJae6wc8o5B-320-80.jpg)
"I don’t need some w**k award by some geriatric in a cowboy hat": Liam Gallagher is less than bothered about Oasis' Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination
By Will Groves published
Other, hopefully keener, 2024 nominees include Ozzy Osbourne, Sinead O’Connor, Jane’s Addiction, and A Tribe Called Quest
![Boygenius and Taylor Swift](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RxGteBvfZ4R8zEAZQHbG8F-320-80.jpg)
“All I want to do is keep doing this”: Taylor Swift makes Grammys history, as female-dominated awards also honour Boygenius, Miley Cyrus, SZA and Billie Eilish
By Will Groves published
Jack Antonff, accepting Producer award, says "Taylor Swift kicked that f***ing door open for me"
![The MC5s performing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qb9KcD6zufsDrNprUsVsGJ-320-80.jpg)
"Brother Wayne Kramer was the best man I’ve ever known": Tributes for MC5 co-founder Wayne Kramer, who has died aged 75
By Will Groves published
Tom Morello says he "basically invented punk rock music", while Jack White calls Kramer "definitely part of the solution"
![Taylor Swift](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Shwwqm9tENzKGzDo7ioosJ-320-80.jpg)
"TikTok’s tactics are obvious: use its platform power to hurt vulnerable artists and try to intimidate us": Taylor Swift and The Beatles' label UMG goes to corporate war with "bully" TikTok, saying it will pull its entire catalogue
By Will Groves published
Universal Media Group accuses social media giant of - amongst other things - "sponsoring artist replacement by AI"
![NAMM live](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rPcaGNpH5SrMrffiVSFBwT-320-80.jpg)
NAMM 2024 live report: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear show - as it happened
By MusicRadar last updated
All the hot new guitars, synths, drums and other products as they're announced
![The Beatles on the rooftop](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U5n3DBtwZ8JQo6vP5PCxCT-320-80.jpg)
"F**k it – let's go do it": On this day in 1969, John Lennon gave the final green light to The Beatles' legendary rooftop performance
By Will Groves published
Celebrating an iconic gig on its anniversary: "Someone called from the police station saying, ‘You’ve got 10 minutes'... there was a whole chorus of toilets being flushed.”
![Annie Mac performs on stage during Park Life Festival at Platt Fields Park on June 10, 2012 in Manchester, United Kingdom](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ByhXcC3iBUuccrJE9zCYKE-320-80.jpg)
Women in the music industry have had "their lives ruined and their careers destroyed by men who have never faced the consequences for their actions" finds scathing report
By Will Groves published
Misogyny is "endemic" and "the tip of the iceberg"
![Older people singing around a piano](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/88DgQrAGkfZzFdDvoJAtcE-320-80.jpg)
"A way of harnessing the brain’s agility and resilience": New study links playing an instrument to better memory in older age
By Will Groves published
Music making shown to boost executive function
![The Martin guitar Kurt Russell destroyed](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qD4EGVjJVUEgGckCHvtJxP-320-80.jpg)
"Music time's over": The sad story of the 145-year-old Martin acoustic that Kurt Russell destroyed on Quentin Tarantino's orders
By Will Groves published
NAMM 2024: On display for the first time, this sad pile of wood was a historic 1870s parlor on loan from the Martin Guitar Museum
![The Edge and Brian Eno composite picture](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XyNdTEvV3jAXJ4NPHf7PTD-320-80.jpg)
"He's not a great keyboard player, he doesn't write great songs. His engineering and technical abilities are limited too. In fact, he knows very little about an awful lot": The Edge on Brian Eno and how he influenced his own "limited" guitar style
By Will Groves published
Classic interview: U2 guitarist reflects on the making of The Unforgettable Fire in 1985 interview
![Vox's amPlug 3 headphone amp range](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GwKAkG3J4bft8VQ5EkZFvC-320-80.jpg)
NAMM 2024: "Practice anytime and anywhere" with Vox's amPlug 3 range of 7 classic bass and guitar amp-cloning headphone amps
By Will Groves published
"Reinvented" range aims for classic AC30 sounds, boutique vibes, versatile bass tones and more
![Korg KR-11 drum machine](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C2wdHQDTUzCCafizimwMtd-320-80.jpg)
NAMM 2024: "The perfect practice partner"? Korg's cute new KR-11 drum machine's mission is to make beats for players, with minimum fuss
By Will Groves published
Battery-powered beat machine looks a lot of fun
![Reinier Zonneveld performing in 2021](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tG3fGoL6dzfCepGjCsHws8-320-80.jpg)
"I developed an AI clone of my own musical brain," claims techno star Reinier Zonneveld
By Will Groves published
Dutch star's B2B DJ buddy is apparently "able to play together with me and create music on the spot"
![New Order Blue Monday](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3vPrSVkXvPFvuH2FNedGSM-320-80.jpg)
"Rather naively, we thought we'd write a song that could be played by machines and all we'd have to do was press the button": The real reason New Order made Blue Monday, and the gear that powers it
By Computer Music, Will Groves published
The birth of a landmark track. Plus, learn how to recreate that famous Moog bassline
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