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Queen guitarist Brian May is on the mend in his lavish £25million Surrey mansion, where he plans to recover by "eating lentils, watching birds and sitting in silence with wife Anita Dobson" following a stroke.The rock icon, who was taken to hospital last week, has been advised by medics to keep his heart rate down. It's been disclosed that the 77-year-old will be embracing a vegan lifestyle while recuperating in his three-storey Windlesham home, nestled within an expansive 200-acre estate.

Sir Brian May has revealed he was rushed to hospital as he suffered a "minor stroke" a week ago that left him unable to "control" his arm.

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Thania Garcia WhyHunger, a non-profit working to end world hunger, that cause it, has announced its second annual “Amplified: Annual Hungerthon Kickoff Concert.” The Roots and guitarist Grace Bowers with her band the Hodge Podge will headline the show as part of WhyHunger’s fundraising campaign in New York’s Irving Plaza on Oct. 15. Additional talent from genres including funk, blues, hip- hop, and soul, are set to perform and will be announced at a later time.

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Journey’s Jonathan Cain and Neal Schon have called in a third party in an attempt to resolve their ongoing personal and legal dispute.At the end of July, the band’s keyboardist Cain filed a lawsuit against guitarist Schon while the band was on a co-headline tour in the US with Def Leppard, along with guests The Steve Miller Band and Cheap Trick.The suit was filed on grounds of frustrations over Schon’s “expenses related to the tour” including “budgeting and spending” of the band’s credit card over personal expenses.Since then, the band have cancelled their UK and Ireland 50th anniversary arena tour, which was due to run in October and November.Now, in a new Facebook post, Schon has offered his side of the story, and has revealed that the band have opted to bring in “someone impartial” to help smooth over their differences. “Anyone who follows Journey will know that Jon Cain and I don’t always see eye-to-eye on everything Or, sometimes, on pretty much anything,” he wrote.“Recently, Jon Cain made a number of claims and slanderous accusations about me and my wife – and I can’t stress enough how much it upset me and how wrong they are.

System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian has announced his new band Seven Hours After Violet and has shared his plans for a debut album.Seven Hours After Violet – comprised of Odadjian, vocalist Taylor Barber, guitarist Michael Montoya (aka Morgoth Beatz), guitarist and backing vocalist Alejandro Aranda and drummer Josh Johnson – are set to release their first self-titled LP on October 11 via Sumerian Records imprint 1336 Records. You can pre-order the limited-edition milky clear black galaxy 2xLP vinyl here.The announcement of their LP comes alongside the group’s release of their second single ‘Radiance’. The heavy track features thrashing drums with chugging guitars as Barber sings: “Radiant / I see you for who you are / Radiant / I see you for who you are,” in the chorus.

A.D. Amorosi Jack Russell, the raw silken co-founding lead vocalist of the glam metal band, Great White, died on Thursday at the age of 63. His death was confirmed on the musician’s social media.

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Bruce Springsteen‘s guitarist Steven Van Zandt has teased more shows for the future, despite recent rumours that the music legend could soon be retiring.During a new interview with The Telegraph, the E Street Band musician and Sopranos actor responded to speculation that The Boss’ current tour may be his last.The outlet noted “a narrative vein of ­looming mortality” in Springsteen’s recent studio albums and live shows – but Van Zandt suggested that the 74-year-old icon isn’t done just yet.“You never know,” he said. “I mean, we treat every show like it could be the last show, and we’ve been doing that for 50 years.

John Mayall, often referred to the “godfather of the British blues,” whose bands of the late ’60s and early ‘70s featured some of the most notable rock instrumentalists of the era, died Monday at home in California, according to a statement posted by his family on his social media accounts. He was 90.Among the fans and organizations posting condolences was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which was set to induct him into its ranks in October.

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Slash and his family are mourning the tragic loss of his stepdaughter, Lucy-Bleu Knight.

Slash is mourning the death of his stepdaughter.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Jerry Miller, greatly admired lead guitarist of the 1960s group Moby Grape and one of the architects of that era’s San Francisco sound, died Sunday at 81 in his hometown of Tacoma, Wash. News of the death was shared by friends and family on social media. No cause was given.

The Cure are set to bring an acoustic bonus disc from their 2001 ‘Greatest Hits’ album to streaming services for the first time.Dubbed ‘Acoustic Hits’, the LP will arrive on digital on platforms on August 9. A vinyl version will also be released which can be pre-ordered here.The band have also shared black and white videos of unplugged studio performances of their classic tracks including ‘A Forest’, ‘The Lovecats’ and ‘Close To Me’, all of which you can watch below.The LP, which consists of 18 songs, first appeared as a bonus disc on a number of international versions of their 2001 ‘Greatest Hits’ record.It comes after the band released a reissue of their classic live album, ‘Paris’, earlier this year.Fans continue to await news on the band’s long-awaited 14th album. Speaking to NME in March 2022, Smith exclusively revealed that the follow-up to 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’ will be called ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.“It’s got artwork, it’s got a running order, it’s almost done!” he explained at the time.“I’ve been working on two Cure albums, and one of them is finished.

Guns N Roses legendary guitarist Slash has taken to social media to express his heartbreak following the death of his step-daughter, Lucy-Bleu Knight. Lucy-Bleu passed away at just 25 years old, with Slash sharing the statement: "Lucy-Bleu Knight (December 6, 1998), beloved daughter of Meegan Hodges and Mark Knight, stepdaughter of Samantha Somers Knight and Slash, sister of Scarlet Knight, stepsister of London and Cash Hudson, passed away peacefully in Los Angeles, CA on July 19, 2024.

Deadline, Eric Clapton once called Miller the “best guitar player in the world” during his first US tour in 1967 with Cream.The psychedelic rock band’s 1967 self-titled debut was a modest success upon release – over time, its stature grew with covers of its songs recorded by Robert Plant, Cat Power, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, with Rolling Stone awarding it one of 500 greatest albums of all time at Number 121 in 2003.The Miller-written Moby Grape songs ‘8:05’ and ‘Naked, If I Want To’ were covered by Plant in 1993 and released as B-sides. The latter was also covered by Power on her 2000 album ‘The Covers Record’.The band’s first tenure lasted briefly from 1966 to 1969.

The Breeders singer and guitarist Kim Deal has shared her a new solo single, ‘Coast’.The track is Deal’s first solo release under 4AD and was produced by the late Steve Albini, who died in May. They recorded the track at Albini’s famed Chicago studio, Electrical Audio.Honing a beachy, summer-inspired soundscape, ‘Coast’ features marching band Mucca Pazza.

A singer has died aged 35 in a freak accident after getting electrocuted during a live show in a tragically unfortunate turn of events. Ayres Sasaki is reported to have suffered a severe electric shock when a fan in soaking clothes hugged him during the concert, which is said to have caused a nearby cable to deliver a fatal charge.The singer, who was performing at a hotel in Salinopolis, Brazil, over the weekend, died instantly according to local media.