The Latest Breaking News from Eddie Van Halen

Update: As feared, the Van Halen vocalists are outta love again: "He can come out and sing a song on a show or two, if he can remember the words"

The guitar icon has been drafted in to take on EVH parts alongside Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony in the Best of All Worlds tour – and compares the challenge to taking on Ritchie Blackmore’s parts on tour with Deep Purple in the early-’90s

Learn a highly shreddable version of this Christmas carol classic, inspired by Satriani and May

He may be a Nashville session cat, but Ryan Wariner doesn’t play country. Music City’s resident rock guitar enthusiast reveals how he ended up playing slide with Megadeth, what it takes to perform a last-minute show with Gene Simmons, and why he sought a different path to his father, country…

The Queens of the Stone Age guitarist recalls a studio visit from the ZZ Top icon, and in doing so provides yet more evidence in favor of the ‘tone is in the hands’ argument

The Peavey Wolfgang was signed and played by Van Halen during his 1996 visit to Becker's house, and is being sold to raise funds for Becker's ongoing medical care

The high-end shred machine has a Seymour Duncan ’59 humbucker, an Original Floyd Rose for whammy-bar misadventure, a hockey stick headstock and 40 years of history

The guitar hero was keen to learn from the Wrecking Crew regular and six-string ace

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…