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From Metallica playing in the Antarctic to Van Halen performing in a blizzard — here are the wild stories behind three of rock’s coldest concerts
Playing in subzero temperatures meant frozen fingers, failing tuning and some very unusual rules — including one gig where the audience had to wear headphones
"Maybe I didn't like the strippers enough…" What happened when Desmond Child worked with Van Halen
Hitmaker Desmond Child gives a unique insight into Dave Lee Roth's unique working methods in the 1990s
How Paul Rodgers made Jimmy Page play guitar again after John Bonham’s death
Page hadn’t picked up a guitar for two years. A casual encounter with the Bad Company bandleader changed everything
Wet Leg's Rhian Teasdale: The best songs only have two chords
And one of Van Halen’s most enduring hits seems to back up her argument
Did the Beatles cause guitar quality to nosedive in the 1970s? This session player thinks so
The corporate buyouts of America’s biggest brands have been blamed for a decline in quality – but what if they only exacerbated the issues facing the industry at that time?
How Rush were unexpectedly reunited with their old pedals for their final albums
A forgotten piece of 1970s gear became crucial to their late-career swan song
Paul McCartney dusts off historic Beatles hit for Taylor Swift’s wedding
62 years after he last played it, Paul McCartney dug out a significant song for Taylor Swift's wedding
“I cried for two years. I blamed myself.” Don McLean on the “unspeakable” death that haunts his iconic hit “American Pie”
The songwriter kept silent about the meaning behind the song for half a century
