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With solo projects, other bands and a massive Creed reunion between them, there were whispers that Alter Bridge might be on the way out. Instead they regrouped, faced the dark side of our times, put their foot on the gas and recorded a brilliant new album.

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Don’t have a plan. Don’t be cocky. Doing drugs is dumb. He knows what it’s like to be poor. He’ll know when it’s time to quit – and will. These things and more shape his world view.

THE BIG INTERVIEW

With the release of her eighth album, Can’t Take My Story Away , roots star Elles Bailey talks fame, vanity, mental health and the childhood trauma behind her smoke ’n’ honey battle cry.