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Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Pete Thorn trade solos over Led Zeppelin classic at recent SatchVai Band show

Why Dave Grohl is obsessed with viral Canadian microtonal duo Angine de Poitrine

Big Country's golden guitar rule that steered them clear of the blues

The All-American Rejects cancel show after gear is “mistakenly shipped across the country”

Billy Corgan on the first time he met Courtney Love and witnessed Hole live

Lindsey Buckingham teases reunion with Stevie Nicks following renewed interest in their pre-Fleetwood Mac album

Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee perform with new drummer Anika Nilles for the first time

Meet STONE, the Liverpool alt-rockers who quit their major label, wowed Yungblud’s fans and wrote their new album on a Gibson missing a string

Beach Boys hire new bass player from social media – after he made a video on how to sound like the Beach Boys

Ashley Reeve leads the low-end for everyone from Cher to Filter – and her right-hand tone is her most important asset

We meet the man who reunited Paul McCartney with his long-lost Beatles bass

The story behind Intervals virtuoso Jacob Umansky’s signature bass – and why Avenged Sevenfold changed his life

How Allen McGrier brought his Jamerson-approved Detroit swagger to a classic R&B ballad

Greg Chaisson on his gruelling Ozzy Osbourne audition

Why bassist Paul Samwell-Smith chose a short-scale Epiphone for his “rave-ups” with the Yardbirds

When a teenage Suzi Quatro laid down a marker by jamming with Jeff Beck and Cozy Powell

How bassist Eva Gardner landed the gig with Pink

Les Claypool looks back on his disastrous Metallica audition

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival announces 2026 lineup

Slash and Gilby Clarke play together again as former Guns N’ Roses bandmates reunite for fundraiser show

Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola and more of the biggest names in jazz and fusion are playing in London this year

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Eric Clapton announces US tour – and he’s bringing another blues guitar hero on the road with him

Metallica announces Sphere residency – and they’ll be spared from the issues all other guitar bands have faced so far

What was the guitar-like instrument played during Bad Bunny's history-making 2026 Super Bowl halftime show?

Jack Osbourne sets the record straight on how much Back to the Beginning actually donated to charity

3 of today's leading virtuosos have assembled for a US tour – and it involves one of Steve Vai's favorite new guitarists

Steve Vai and Joe Satriani announce the return of the SatchVai Band with their debut U.S. tour – and tease an upcoming album

Ibanez welcomes its first-ever female Indian endorsee – fast-rising guitarist Imnainla Jamir

Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham’s alleged attacker charged with stalking and threatening his family for years

The 18-year-old who replaced one of Britpop's most revered guitarists

Sunn O))) on working with 130 guitar tracks and why their live shows are like jumping into a frozen lake

How this cult prog guitarist enlisted Alex Lifeson and Peter Frampton for an all-star solo album

Fatoumata Diawara on Hendrix’s genius, the making of her Epiphone SG – and the message she wants it to send

Dethklok’s Brendon Small started struggling to play, so he took a lesson with a metal virtuoso

How recording in Eddie Van Halen’s 5150 Studios inspired Alter Bridge to make their most riff-heavy statement yet

He wrote some of the defining anthems of the ’90s with Smash Mouth. Now Greg Camp is focusing on his Nashville punk-rock supergroup

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Jimmy Page releases home demo version of Led Zep classic, Ten Years Gone

Paul Gilbert’s completely unplanned Jimi Hendrix tribute set for first-ever digital release

Paul McCartney announces new Andrew Watt-produced album inspired by an unfamiliar guitar chord

Peter Frampton announces first album in 16 years – and it features an all-star cast

Former Kiss guitarist Vinnie Vincent is charging $2 million for his new album

Mike McCready has spent 20 years making a rock opera that explores an alternate history of grunge – and it’s finally ready

Steve Vai has recorded a new solo over Van Halen’s Jump

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