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All You Need To Know About Dream Theater's India Debut

The American prog/metallers will bring down 9000 kilograms of their own equipment; concert organizer justifies steep ticket prices

Best Metal Releases

Orchid offer avant-garde noise; Kryptos get trippier; Gutslit’s brutal assault.

Guthrie Govan: ‘I Like It When You Can Go Beyond 100 Percent'

Ahead of his India tour this month, the English guitar virtuoso on changing the rules, keeping up with Hans Zimmer, and “suffering in art”.

Metallica Raise Hell Again

Bassist Robert Trujillo on the heavy metallers’ blazing new album, high ambitions, and why they'll never get old.

Hip-Hop's Protest Era

As the Black Lives Matter movement reaches a boiling point artists face a difficult question: How should they respond?

Will Virtual Reality Change Your Life?

How a teenager created Oculus Rift in his parents’ SoCal garage, sold it for $2 billion and may have launched a digital revolution

An Outlaw at 80

Kris Kristofferson has faced memory loss and the death of old friends, and has also found peace – just don’t try to tell him what to do.

Aditi Ramesh: 'People Look At You As Just Another 'Girl Singer'

The budding Mumbai vocalist calls out male domination in the music scene, discusses her debut EP ‘Autocorrect’

Dylan's New Drama

A London musical imagines his songs set in his hometown during the Great Depression – and it works

Mumbai Venue The Habitat Launches New Venture

The multi-cultural space, which used to be called Tuning Fork, is moving upwards, literally

Brandon Flowers

The Killers frontman on why he’s sick of lying to audiences, and why his Mormon faith is misunderstood

Textures Return To India One Last Time

On their farewell tour across Europe, drummer Stef Broks talks about their last ever show and future plans

Bonjour Gorod!

The Bordeaux tech-death metallers’ frontman Julien Deyres on their India tour and why they can fit on any metal lineup

Neil Young's Restless Twilight

A Western movie, a sci-fi novel and an ambitious site that will house his life’s work are just a few of his latest projects

Jared Leto

The Thirty Seconds to Mars singer on their new LP, the Spinal Tap perils of touring, and why he’s down on Bitcoin and guitars

WINNER: ‘We Don't Put Limits on Genre'

The South Korean group on their diverse new album ‘EVERYD4Y,’ dealing with the pressure wrought by immense chart success and what the future holds for them

Leon Russell

Enigmatic pianist was a master bandleader and song writer who influenced Elton John and more.

Floating Points: 'I Think Everyone Can DJ'

The English electronic musician on how DJing is more about art than technique, his song writing process, traveling to India for a record, and more.

Sting's Rock & Roll Salvation

He's got a charmed life and a loud, hard-hitting new album. So why can't he stop thinking about dying?

Green Day's New Fire

Arena tour includes marathon gigs, lots of ‘American Idiot’

Beth Hart: ‘I Know What Makes Me Connect To My Music'

The American singer-songwriter discusses her influences, live albums and her upcoming India visit.

‘We Live In A World Where Might Is Right'

British MC Akala discusses politics, profiling and the role that artists need to play in the world today.

Tokio Hotel: Back With A Bang

The German band return with a new electro-pop identity on their hard-won magnum opus, ‘Dream Machine’.

India's Most Hard Working Band- Parikrama

The story of Parikrama, the Nineties band that is still going strong, playing more gigs than anybody else

True Bruce

Springsteen goes deep on the revelations in his new memoir– from his childhood trauma to the future of E Street.

Dudes Of The Dance

Meet pop’s hottest duo, the Chainsmokers – two ordinary guys with a sick plan for world domination.

Coldplay's Chris Martin Gets Personal

How Chris Martin learned to live with the haters and get Coldplay back into the sun.

Siddharth Basrur: 'You Can Do Everything At Home'

Instead of “waiting for other people to get their shit together,” the Mumbai musician took production matters in his own hands and created a kickass EP

R.Lum.R: A Different Kind Of Star

R&B artist Reggie Lamar Williams has a way with soaring falsettos and staccato synths and he might just be the game-changer the genre needed.

Marty Friedman: Lucky Number 13

The guitar virtuoso on his latest solo record ‘Wall of Sound,’ being a cultural ambassador for Japan and his “X-rated” biography.