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Song: Anything from Marcus King’s Mood Swings Riff: “What About the Children,” Gary Clark Jr. feat. Stevie Wonder Solo: Post Malone, “Finer Things.” I believe Derek Wells played the ripping solo. Guit

When Midge Ure published his autobiography, If I Was, 20 years ago, he was keen to stress that his memory may have misled him at times, even in his own life story. “I didn’t want to upset anybody,” he

A 20-PAGE CELEBRATION

With Iron Maiden celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, we talk to all the members of the band and look back over the successes, trials, tribulations, thrills, spills and genre-defining records of the longest-running and arguably greatest heavy metal band of them all.

No-shows, bomb scares, police intervention… GN’R’s Use Your Illusion tour was one of the most volatile to have ever hit Europe, and one that remained shrouded in mystery. Hammer ’s sister mag, Classic Rock , tracked down the people who were there to get the full inside story