Friday August 31, 2007 Return of the Ratt: UK tour dates confirmed
Get out the Max Factor and the leopard skin leggings – glam metal is coming back to finish the job it started in the eighties and Ratt is leading the charge.
Fresh from a successful run in the US with Poison (as one of our team pointed out it's simply...
Nevermore guitarist quits
Guitarist Steve Smyth has officially quit Seattle metal titans Nevermore , citing personal and business differences.
But the good news is that after months of health problems and a kidney transplant – Steve has now been given a full health clearance by...
Thursday August 16, 2007 Warrior Soul announce UK dates
Kory Clarke will take his newest version of Warrior Soul on a small UK tour starting in October.
Dates are:
19 October - Cathouse - Glasgow, Scotland
20 - The Woolpack - Doncaster, England
21 - Junktion 7 - Nottingham, England
22 - Purple Turtle...
Wednesday August 08, 2007 Greg Koch Workshop Tour
Renowned towering inferno and Fender clinician Greg Koch will be heading out in October for a series of Workshops in association with Fender and Hal Leonard. Joining Greg on his tonal explorations will be world famous Fender signature artist Reggie Hamilton on...
Tuesday July 31, 2007 Scott McKeon UK Tour
The tonefully tuneful UK bluesmeister hits the road later this year. Here are the dates we have so far.
August
31 WIMBORNE, Tivoli Theatre / 0120 288 5566
September
01 LONDON, Northolt, The Greenwood / 0178 446 0094
07 EBBW VALE, Beaufort...
Friday July 27, 2007 Sepultura guitarist to host London clinic
The Guitar Institute (part of London, England's Institute of Contemporary Music Performance) has announced that Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser will deliver an exclusive clinic during the Institute's Metal Hammer Weekender this summer.
This two-day...
Monday July 16, 2007 Kelly Johnson – RIP
We were very sad to hear of the passing of former Girlschool singer and guitarist Kelly Johnson. She’d been fighting cancer of the spine for several years and succumbed, aged just 49, on Sunday 15 July.
Easily one of the best British all-female rock bands,...
Friday July 13, 2007 Takamine tour
Interested in trying out a new acoustic guitar? We always strongly recommend the try before you buy way of thinking here on Guitarist and it seems that the good people at Takamine guitars agree with us. The acclaimed acoustic manufacturer are holding a...
Thursday July 12, 2007 EVH Frankenstein Has Landed
It’s arguably the most luscious of all guitars associated with Fender’s Tribute Series and is actually the most expensive new guitar that we’ve ever had in the office: the Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein Replica.
As far as we know it’s the only example...
Tuesday July 10, 2007 Slash to appear in Guitar Hero III video game
Former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver legend Slash is set to appear in the next installment of the mega-selling Guitar Hero game – due to be released for Playstation 2, 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii this Autumn.
According to...
Tuesday July 03, 2007 Blog exclusive: Steve Vai ticket giveaway
Steve Vai giveaway
Calling all Steve Vai fans and shred aficionados! Thanks to the kind people at Live Nation, we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for each date on the guitar master’s forthcoming UK tour in July. The shows are:
19 Birmingham...
Issue 292 is on sale
In Guitarist issue 292, on sale 5 July –
MORELLO & GILBERT
We catch up with two of rock’s most technically accomplished yet vastly different players and talk music, guitars and… drills?
RUSH
The Canadian prog megastars are back! Alex Lifeson...
Thursday June 28, 2007 Machine Head added to Metallica's Wembley line-up
Machine Head will follow-up their triumphant appearance at this year's Download festival by replacing Bullet For My Valentine as one of the opening acts for Metallica's show at Wembley Stadium in London on 8th July. Also scheduled to appear are H.I.M and ...
Monday June 18, 2007 New Gallows Dates
Punk bad-boys Gallows have released another batch of UK dates.
Engagements confirmed so far include the following:
12 Sept Princess Pavilion Falmouth
13 Sept Ski Lodge Yeovil
14 Sept TJs Newport
15 Sept Sugarmill Stoke
17 Sept Ironworks Inverness...
Engl Snaffle Gorham
The majestically fleet of finger Thin Lizzy legend Scott Gorham has teamed up with German company Engl for his amplification requirements.
Interestingly he’s reported to have taken delivery of a Richie Blackmore Signature E650 head or two: presumably the...
