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- June 30
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- Peter Gabriel may cover Vampire Weekend tune
- Tom Morello readies new Nightwatchman set
- Musical ability is connected to genes
- Bowie signs petition against tribute band
- Free music - The Verve and Slipknot
- Jamiroquai Band Funk/Soul Masterclass
- Chad Smith’s Pearl drumkit gets a tattoo
- New Slipknot Track 'Psychosocial' Streaming Now!
- Fourteen-year-old boy breaks guitar playing record
- Jay-Z mashes-up AC/DC at Glastonbury
- Evans debuts G-Plus single-ply drum heads
- Primal Scream cover Hawkwind
- DVD With Latest Guitar Techniques
- Weepr: the software Tenori-on?
- Did Coldplay copy Joe Satriani?
- Dean Guitars Launches "Get Your Wings" Shredder Search!
- Weirdest Band Riders Ever!
- New Steven Seagal Signature Acoustic!!
- "Music Used As Torture Is Wrong"... Say Musicians
- June 28
- June 27
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- Scott Weiland - loogie monster
- UNKLE work with Josh Homme, give away four new tracks
- Phish will explore "possible futures"
- The best of YouTube: #17
- Death Row Records acquired for $25 million at auction
- Musicians Union hates music torture
- Man attempts 84 hour drumming marathon world record
- Roland debuts GW-8 workstation
- June 26
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- That's Doctor Jimmy Page to you
- Never-before-seen Beatles footage discovered
- Chicago Drum Show’s A Smash!
- Korg nanoSeries: tiny MIDI controllers are big news for mobile musos
- Joss Stone on piracy: “I love it, music should be shared”
- You could open for Coldplay
- FM 203 – On Sale July 4th
- Weezer get fans to write songs
- Prince sues 50 Norwegian artists for tribute CD
- Gibson Present Nelson Mandela Signature Axe!
- June 25
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- Barack Obama's iPod: Bob Dylan, Yo-Yo Ma, Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z
- Fender debuts new bass lines
- Top 10 protest songs of the 21st Century
- ‘Coldplay Radio’ to air in US
- Extreme metal goes shopping
- Ted Nugent shoots rabbit on movie set
- Attention Acoustic Fans: Dundee Guitar Festival
- Joss Stone pays herself £2.2 million
- Neil Young says upcoming CSNY album is group's best
- FBI question Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy leaker
- Oasis album is Dig Out Your Soul
- Pro Tools now OSX Leopard compatible
- Numark DJ CD deck is 'future-proof'
- Kanye West wins best hip-hop artist at BET awards
- June 24
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- Korn's Jonathan Davis planning solo album
- Josh Homme says he's no homophobe
- Is iTunes the "number one" music retailer?
- Timbaland wins songwriter of the year
- Download festival experiences
- Staind return with new album, The Illusion Of Progress
- Babyshambles Drummer Goes Solo
- Elbow’s Guy Garvey songwriting with Massive Attack
- Guns N’ Roses leaked to YouTube
- Shred School: Mark Tremonti to release first guitar tuition DVD next month
- Tremonti To Release All-Access Instructional DVD
- SWR unveils Marcus Miller Preamp
- The Verve confirm album four
- June 23
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- How much is Stairway To Heaven worth?
- Is a Phish reunion imminent?
- TG's Worst Covers EVER!
- TG's Best Covers EVER!
- Rob Zombie sells White Zombie mask on eBay
- Remo Drummers’ Night Goes With a Bang
- Velvet Revolver's Matt Sorum talks Guns N' Roses reunion
- The biggest gig fees ever
- Beatles to star in Guitar Hero-style video game?
- The Worst Cover Song EVER!
- Vox amp signed by Paul McCartney raises £3900 for charity
- Muse are voted best festival band
- Fender reissues ‘60s Blackface Princeton Reverb amp
- Stars Help Planet Rock On...
- June 20
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- Summer NAMM 2008: Jackson unveils new Randy Rhoads models
- Summer NAMM 2008: Peavey announces Custom Shop amp heads
- Weekend In The Country: play guitar with Albert Lee
- Update: The world's largest pedalboard makes world record
- Hear the first ever recorded computer music
- The best of YouTube: #16
- Cumbria Vintage And New Guitar Show This August
- Oasis sign three-album deal with Sony BMG
- June 19
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- Check out The Offspring's new album for free
- Abbey Road Brilliance Pack features The Beatles’ EQs
- BLOG: The most inappropriate wedding songs ever
- Wish You Could Hear: David Gilmour announces first ever solo live album
- Fender launches Classic Player Jaguar Special HH
- Knot Going Soft: Slipknot name their new album and offer free song download
- Black Stone Cherry announce UK headline dates
- Create your own DIY stompbox circuits
- AC/DC cover voted worst ever
- Torture by music: Metallica and Eminem used to ‘break’ Iraqi soldiers
- Fall Of Troy's Thomas Erak talks influences and new album plans
- U2 could get $12 million for Basquiat painting
- National Drum Fair 08
- Get a slice of the action
- ACM gets rocked!
- Competition: Win One Of Five LA Ink DVDs!
- Win One Of Five LA Ink DVDs!
- UVI Workstation is free workhorse instrument
- Squier Strats and Teles go vintage
- Slipknot Announce New Album Details
- June 18
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- Build your own stompbox circuit with Beavis Board
- Record directly to Ludacris’ WeMix site via telephone
- Slipknot announce new album, All Hope Is Gone
- Gene Simmons: fans have killed the record industry
- Beat 2008 is coming, this October
- Kid Rock says iTunes is stingy
- Madina Lake’s Mateo Camargo on his songwriting and studio setup
- Dirty Pretty Things frontman in hospital with acute pancreatitis
- Share your inspiration
- Lennon’s lyrics, Sgt. Pepper’s drum and Hendrix’s amp for sale
- EHX debuts Bass Blogger distortion pedal
- Catch The Police for the last time at Hard Rock Calling
- Drumfest is almost here!
- Rare Shots Of Johnny Cash Go On Show
- LoopDrive3 is free beat slicer
- Kerry King Inspired By Trivium!
- Paul Gilbert Announces Winter UK Tour
- Hear the ‘oldest’ computer music recording
- June 17
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- Nine Inch Nails get physical with new Slip release
- Summer NAMM 2008: Fender debuts the Billy Corgan Stratocaster
- Sonic Youth releases Hits Are For Squares on Starbucks's label
- Half a million UK businesses play music illegally
- Amy Winehouse hospitalized after fainting in London home
- Frank Zappa’s Terry Bozzio tops bill for Drumfest 2008
- BLOG: Viva La Vida… and the worst album titles ever
- When rock stars attack
- Waves releases Jack Joseph Puig plug-in collection
- Duffy’s Mercy wins Song Of The Year
- June 16
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- Liverpool is the UK’s most musical city
- Jason Bonham talks Zeppelin
- Jimmy Buffett tour features mobile video game contest
- The Pixies's Doolittle coming to Rock Band
- WIN an awesome Rob Papen synth by sending us your Reader Patches!
- Average young person’s MP3 player is 50% illegal
- Download sample collections at Sounds to Sample
- Swedish jazz pianist dies
- Coldplay accused of copying Viva La Vida melody
- Audio Warrior debuts 12-string acoustic plug-in
- UK Police play music, accused of breaking copyright law
- Fender vs Gibson: the movie
- The Trons are a real robot band
- June 13
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- Atlantic Records sues Stone Temple Pilots members
- Led Zeppelin instrumental tribute CD out now
- Coldplay’s Chris Martin walks out of BBC interview
- What's up with that Metallica graphic?
- The best of YouTube: #15
- Scientists create ‘acoustic cloak’
- Peter Gabriel: “In terms of quality, music has gone back”
- Roland Juno-Stage is live performance synth
- June 12
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- Slash plans his first solo album
- R.E.M. joined onstage by first producers
- Tool drummer sidelined by sea urchin attack
- MOTU 896mk3 features built-in effects
- Korg nanoSeries puts laptop users in control
- Aerosmith defend Guitar Hero game
- NI unveils more Kore 2/Kore Player expansions
- Slayer & Trivium To Co-Headline Unholy Alliance III!
- Update: Metallica apologise to bloggers
- BLOG: How can bands make money from their music?
- Gojira's Studio Deja Vu
- Be a real Guitar Hero with a real guitar
- JamVOX monitor and software system plugs you into the band
- Facebook gets Analog Synths application
- Metallica censor latest album reviews
- Slash Working On Solo Album
- Win tickets to the Sync Drum Jam!
- MissionMetallica.com Goes Online
- June 11
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- Nirvana tops in new guitar poll
- The Hold Steady stream their new album on MySpace
- BBC and EMI to release rare Coldplay, Pink Floyd tracks
- The world's largest pedalboard
- Is the ‘song’ dead?
- You’re hired: The Apprentice soundtrack composer speaks
- Joan Jett Launches Signature Axe
- BLOG: Online gigs are the future of live music
- BRMC drummer out of the club
- Ex-GN'R drummer Steven Adler to Celebrity Rehab
- Hendrix estate blocks sale of live downloads
- Luna's Neo Your Space guitar invites DIY customisation
- BRMC swap Nick Jago for Raveonettes drummer
- Piano Computer is the PC you play
- June 10
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- Coldplay US tour postponed by two weeks
- Jimmy Page says Led Zep is ready for more shows
- Beck debuts new songs at secret show
- Oh No: Lukather quits Toto
- TC-Helicon launches VoiceTone Harmony-G
- White Stripes reunite in Detroit
- The Police confirm last ever UK show
- BBC Radio 2 shortlists the 20 greatest dance records
- Police To Play Last Ever UK Show At Hard Rock Calling
- U2 manager slams Radiohead’s free album
- Create your own eBay soundtrack
- The most overrated albums of all time
- Ex-Darkness drummer forced to pull shows
- Leipzig reviewed in FM203
- iPhone 3G to get ‘official’ music software?
- Gibson Les Paul: an evolution in pictures
- June 9
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- Gibson unveils the Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker
- AC/DC to sell new album exclusively through Wal-Mart
- Extreme to release first album in 13 years
- Strokes man, Santogold and N.E.R.D. record Converse ad
- Oasis win another music award
- Former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch announces solo debut
- MusicRadar interview: Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy
- Even Hendrix plays Guitar Hero
- Led Zeppelin join Foo Fighters on stage
- iPod composes track
- Sonart Audio releases Virus sample library
- June 8
- June 6
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- The Police pick Madison Square Garden for final show
- DragonForce ready new album, Ultra Beatdown
- Rhythm Tech announces Eclipse congas and bongos
- The best of YouTube: #14
- Snow Patrol terrorized by bats while recording new album
- Metallica's Kirk Hammett unveils Randall KH-15 Amp
- Metal Amp Room delivers "brutal" guitar tones
- Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood records track with Starsailor
- It's official: Moog launches Guitar
- WIN an Image-Line bundle containing FL Studio 8, Deckadance and Maximus!
- June 5
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- Van Halen tour grosses over $93 million
- BLOG: The 10 best musician-actors of all time
- REVIEW: Pearl Day 2008
- Get A Slice Of Fan Pie For Your Band...
- Win A Pair Of Download Tickets!
- Mint Royale's Singin' In The Rain remix set to top the charts
- Rock's Most Punchable Face?
- Nine Inch Nails give away even more music
- Disturbed poised for No. 1 spot
- FREE Marshall MS-2 Microamp worth over £30 when you subscribe to Guitar Techniques!
- BLOG: The end of the album?
- KISS rockers clash over reality show
- Reverend tweaks entire guitar line
- Future Music 202 Out Tomorrow!
- Is Guitar Hero: Metallica on the way?
- New Eee PCs offer larger screens and extended battery life
- May The DragonForce Be With You
- June 4
- June 3
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- Billy Bob Thornton becomes a Boxmaster
- Radiohead are now on iTunes
- Kurt Cobain's ashes reportedly stolen
- New issue on sale
- Win tickets to Download 2008 with Jackson guitars
- Steve Vai plays Hank Williams in new film "Crazy"
- The end of The Streets?
- Big saving on NI Komplete 5
- Rock 'N' Roll Legend Bo Diddly Dies
- June 2
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- Pink Floyd one more time - again?
- Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at 79
- Fender acquires Groove Tubes
- Goldfrapp's Will Gregory talks synths
- BLUES LEGENDS
- BLOG: Radiohead vs Prince
- MusicRadar interview: John 5
- Minimoog, CS-80 given away for free
- Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee inspires cartoon
- iKlax is another multitrack audio format
- Audio Damage Kombinat is a 'toolbox of sonic warfare'
- Rockschool Guitar: The Movie