Fender has launched the American Professional Classic, the newest horse in Fender’s modern classic American Professional series stable.

Sam Fender‘s People Watching has won the 2025 Mercury Prize. The award, which honors the best British album of the year, was given out at a gala ceremony on Thursday night at Utilita Arena in Newcastle,

Resurgent interest in acts like Led Zeppelin is driving rock’s revival, as is a crop of new bands that are pushing the genre forward. There’s Geese, Mk.gee, and Turnstile, the latter of which Fender tapped to front the campaign for its new line of American-made guitars and bass guitars, the American Professional Classic.