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“Who knew Billy could play guitar?” Billy Joel rocks a Strat with Axl Rose in surprise cover of AC/DC’s Highway to Hell
By Phil Weller published
The pair also covered Wings’ Live and Let Die as Billy Joel rounded out his US tour with a little help from the Guns N’ Roses frontman’s steely pipes

Breakout TikTok guitarist Towa Bird channels her hero Jimi Hendrix with The Star-Spangled Banner performance ahead of 2024 MLS All-Star Game
By Janelle Borg published
Following the release of her debut album American Hero, Bird treated soccer fans to an overdriven rendition of the US national anthem

Jerry Cantrell taps Guns N’ Roses and Metallica bassists for new solo album I Want Blood
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Alice in Chains leader has signaled his return to heavy riffs with first single Vilified

The Police were set to ditch Every Breath You Take before Andy Summers added his riff – now the original demo has surfaced after 42 years, you can hear why
By Phil Weller published
The surfacing of the now classic song’s early demo is a testament to the old adage ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’

“I’d like to dedicate this to Lucy-Bleu”: Slash pays tribute to his late stepdaughter with emotional instrumental performance
By Janelle Borg published
Slash performed Metal Chestnut from his latest album, Orgy of the Damned, alongside Tash Neal on rhythm guitar

“I never practiced”: Yngwie Malmsteen didn’t develop his superhuman guitar skills by practicing, apparently
By Matt Owen published
Fancy becoming the next Yngwie Malmsteen? Well, you won't need to practice your A harmonic minor, according to the man himself

“It's meant to be a noise gate... It actually makes it noisier when it shuts off”: That time Steve Albini listed all of his worst pedals and why he hated them
By Matt Parker published
The influential guitarist and engineer had a few recommendations for your ‘don’t buy’ list

This 12-year-old guitar prodigy is destined to be a blues great – and he just jammed with Joe Bonamassa
By Matt Owen published
Saxon Weiss' latest appearance on the Norman's Rare Guitars YouTube channel sees the aspiring player go toe-to-toe with JoBo for a four-minute funk blues jam
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