2024 Year in Review

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A black-and-white portrait of Manchester-based indie rock band Oasis in 1993, with Noel Gallagher playing a Gibson ES-335, and brother Liam to his right; the band reformed in 2024, announcing a string of 2025 dates.
“Those overdriven cowboy chords and stadium-conquering chorus hooks will be omnipresent throughout 2025”: When Oasis finally returned

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: The brothers gonna work it out... and they did. Cue the online meltdown for tickets as the Noel and Liam Gallagher get the Mancunion indie rock juggernaut back on the road

Bands
David Gilmour
“His finest work since The Dark Side of the Moon”: How David Gilmour made a blockbuster comeback with Luck & Strange

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: The prog icon's mystical solo album was only the start of it – who could have predicted a collaboration with Body Count?

Guitarists
Matteo Mancuso (left) and Joe Bonamassa: the Sicilian virtuoso wears a red hoodie and plays his Yamaha Revstar; Bonamassa wears his blue suit and hits a sore note on a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard.
“Joe was great at making me comfortable – he’s such a nice guy”: When Matteo Mancuso jammed with Joe Bonamassa

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: The Sicilian guitar great joined the blues maestro for one of the year’s fieriest fretboard face-offs

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Sam Ash
“An end to 100 years of service to the music community”: Why the closure of Sam Ash marked the end of an era

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: One of America’s best-loved music stores went out of business this year

Music Industry
Grace Bowers
“Her weapon of choice is, in fact, 45 years older than she is”: The unstoppable rise of Grace Bowers

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: The teenager's meteoric success continues unabated as her frightening maturity yields magic from her trusty Gibson SG

Guitarists
Diamond Rowe Jackson Pro Series DR12MG EVTN6
“This is a historic collaboration”: How Diamond Rowe made history with Jackson Guitars

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: The Tetrarch guitarist launched a super-charged signature single-cut with the high-performance guitar brand

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Linkin Park with new co-vocalist Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain
“Honest appreciation and devoted teamwork brought us to this special moment”: When Linkin Park returned

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: Back with a new lineup, the bit between their teeth, and a new album, Linkin Park begin a new era seven years after the death of Chester Bennington

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Dave Navarro takes a solo on his PRS with Perry Farrell by his side; the Jane's Addiction reunion fell apart on 13 September when Farrell assaulted Navarro onstage.
The year Dave Navarro returned to Jane’s Addiction, got assaulted, and a fractious reunion fell apart

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: The Jane's Addiction reunion was going so well until it wasn't, when frontman Perry Farrell lost it on a feral Friday 13th in Boston, bringing the curtain down on one of alt-rock's greatest bands

Bands
Singer/guitarist Joe Duplantier of Gojira performs at PNC Music Pavilion on September 18, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“Historic for Gojira and metal”: Why the Olympics played an unlikely host for some of the biggest guitar moments of the year

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: Mainstream metal, historic guitar partnerships and solos while Tom Cruise abseiled – sports and music collided this year, with spectacular results

Guitarists
Guitar World's Guitarists of the Year 2024 [from Left]: Emily Roberts, Dave Navarro, Grace Bowers, Slash and Mdou Moctar.
Guitarists of the Year 2024 – the players who took 2024 by storm

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Slash made a blues record. St. Vincent boggled our minds again. And Grace Bowers blew everyone away… Here we take a look at the players who made 2024 a banner year for the instrument

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