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"It's been a rough road. I never got to the point ever where I thought I'd actually achieved anything": An epic Jeff Beck interview

Jeff Beck was the guitar hero everyone admired, yet throughout his career he shunned the limelight more than basked in it

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“It could be more amazing than U2’s triumph in Las Vegas. I think you could even blow that out the water”: Can Youth persuade David Gilmour to stage a live show with The Orb?

Producer discusses his reboot of 2010 collaboration Metallic Spheres as Metallic Spheres In Colour

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'The final piece of the puzzle for many guitarists is targeting the best notes at the right moment': How to play better guitar solos by incorporating the blues

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Watch the official video for Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes' charity remake of Going Home (Theme From Local Hero), featuring David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Alex Lifeson, Brian May, Brian May, Slash and more

Guitar legends assemble for the epic charity single benefitting the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America

Louder

Teskey Brothers sooth Civic Theatre with smooth and soulful debut

THE Teskey Brothers are the musical equivalent of warm chicken soup when you're sick, or a creamy latte when you require a caffeine hit. The Melbourne duo are familiar and soothing. Since finding national acclaim with their debut album Half Mile Harvest in 2017, Josh Teskey's achingly soulful vocal and…

Newcastle Herald

“It ended up very miserable. Even Roger Waters says what a miserable period it was – and he was the one who made it entirely miserable”: How Pink Floyd made The Final Cut and learned to hate each other

Set against the backdrop of the Falklands Conflict, the band’s last album with Waters came together while their break-up was on the horizon

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A rebuilt Wall, Madonna's producer and an American academic: How Roger Waters saved himself

At the start of the 90s, Roger Waters was up against it. An epic concert of The Wall in Berlin was the first brick in rebuilding his career, followed by his third solo album, Amused To Death

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“It’s like Brian May walked over to his tone booth and just turned it up to 11!” Kirk Hammett names his favorite Queen song – and it’s a seriously deep cut

Metallica may have covered Stone Cold Crazy, but that’s not Hammett’s no. 1…

Guitar World

Phil Manzanera on being sampled by Kanye West and Jay-Z: "Who knew that I would earn more money from a short guitar riff that I wrote one evening on a sofa in front of the telly in 1978 than I ever earned in the entire 50 years as a member of Roxy Music?"

The guitarist had no say in his riff being used on Watch The Throne track No Church In The Wild but says he received a one-third share of the publishing and royalties revenue

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Mark Knopfler's all-star Guitar Heroes version of Going Home is battling for the UK #1 spot with Beyoncé and Ariana Grande

Tony Iommi, Jeck Beck, David Gilmour, Slash, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend and more could top the charts this weekend – but not without your help

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“Brian May did an entire section, about a dozen guitar harmonies:” Mark Knopfler’s all-star Guitar Heroes charity single, Going Home, is released – but who played what?

Featuring over 50 A-list guitarists, the expanded Local Hero theme opens with Jeff Beck's final solo, has Joan Armatrading rocking on electric and May going harmony mad to raise money for teen cancer charities

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“It brings you to tears”: Listen to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson plus Jeff Beck's last-ever recording on stunning new version of Mark Knopfler's Going Home, raising funds for US and UK cancer charities

Hear some of the world's most iconic guitarists play together on one of rock's great instrumentals, re-recorded for charity, and available to purchase now

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“Jimi Hendrix scared me. Learning about the Hendrix E chord was amazing… I figured out where to put my fingers and kinda eked it out on my own”: Steve Lukather names the 12 guitarists who shaped his sound

From George Harrison and Jeff Beck to David Gilmour and Eddie Van Halen, the Toto veteran has befriended many of his heroes – and it's thanks to them that he still loves to sit at home playing

Guitar World

Technique, theory, taste and feel are the key ingredients in any guitar solo – work on these elements and you will play better, more expressive leads

There's no messing around with this tab and video lesson: it’s time to workshop some lead guitar ideas and get your solos spotlight-worthy

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“Vultures were on the bedpost. It was a dark road and I was losing my lust for life”: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine is metal’s great survivor

Drugs, feuds, bitter ex-bandmates – Dave Mustaine has weathered everything life threw at him. And in this classic interview from the Metal Hammer archives, he wasn’t about to roll over yet

International Business Times

10 Best Guitarists Of All Time: The Legends Across Generations

Here are some of the best guitarists that have left an indelible mark on music history with their passion for the instrument.

Evening Standard

Dire Straits star Mark Knopfler unites world guitar heroes for charity record

Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd are among the stars to feature on the record for the Teenage Cancer Trust

Guitar World

“Eric came in, played great, just one tasty lick after another. Jeff Beck’s contribution was spellbinding”: Mark Knopfler enlists Clapton, Townshend, Iommi, Slash and dozens more for all-star charity single

Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes raise funds for teenage cancer charities with an epic version of his Local Hero theme, featuring Jeff Beck’s final recording, and over 50 guitar legends – including David Gilmour, Joan Armatrading and Brian May

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“It just brings you to tears”: David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Alex Lifeson, Slash and more join forces for epic new recording of Mark Knopfler's Going Home

The new all-star recording of Mark Knopfler's debut solo single will raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America

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"All of that other stuff – the outboard gear, the electronics – can continue to evolve but the thing that you hold close to your body, that becomes part of you… you don’t have to keep evolving that" – Fender's Justin on heritage and progression

The Big F’s executive VP of product says eyes peeled for more Road Worn finishes, artist signature Acoustasonics, and more special releases to celebrate 70 years of the Stratocaster

Guitar World

“Take Jeff Beck, David Gilmour and Allan Holdsworth – Alan should be seen as being in that company”: Remembering the late Alan Murphy, the player Fender trusted as a tone consultant, who played with Kate Bush, Go West, and more

As November 2023 would have marked Alan Murphy’s 70th birthday, we look back at the man and his music, with personal recollections from the collaborators who knew him best

Guitar World

Banish stock phrases with these smart triad chord ideas

It is all too easy to fall into familiar patterns when playing, but these five triads prove that it's just as easy to break out of them and find a fresh perspective on your playing

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Steve Hackett's on the front cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now

Plus Family, Opeth, Trevor Horn, No-Man, The Orb & David Gilmour, Pallas, Caligula's Horse, Brian Auger and loads more...

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“I’ve been thinking of taking drum lessons… What I won’t do is put together a new band”: What Nick Mason said before he put together a new band

With Pink Floyd recently wound down, their drummer considered his future – and at the time it didn’t include his Saucerful of Secrets project

Guitar World

How the Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress became the go-to flanger for David Gilmour and Andy Summers, and remained a pedalboard staple for nearly 50 years

Was it the world's first flanger? Who cares. What matters is that the EHX Flanger/Filter Matrix can legitimately claim to be the coolest, and contributed to some classic recordings

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