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Nuno Bettencourt turns up the heat as he debuts his virtuosic Rise solo live on the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2023

The best guitar solo of 2023 so far gets its first public performance as Extreme rock out on the high seas

Watch Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt play the Rise solo live for the first time

Watch Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt play the Rise solo live for the first time

Spoiler alert: it’s scary clean

Nuno Bettencourt says Prince once called him “one of the top three guitar players in the world”

Nuno Bettencourt says Prince once called him “one of the top three guitar players in the world”

The Purple One witnessed the Extreme guitarist play as part of an Earth, Wind & Fire tribute concert, and ended up dishing out some very high praise indeed

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Is Nuno Bettencourt one of the top three guitar players in the world? Prince thought so

Bettencourt said performing for Prince was terrifying but he left an almighty impression on the Purple One

Eddie Van Halen was making plans for a farewell tour with the original Van Halen lineup

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt revealed that Van Halen had been planning to reunite with Michael Anthony for the farewell shows

Eddie Van Halen was planning a farewell tour with the original Van Halen lineup

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt reveals that Eddie Van Halen was planning on bringing Michael Anthony back to the band for one final tour

Extreme continue their explosive comeback and highlight Nuno Bettencourt's virtuosity in two scorching new singles

Hear the heavy riffs and mind-melting solos of #Rebel and Banshee – the latest tracks to be lifted from the band's upcoming album, Six

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Nuno Bettencourt says rock songs are “nursery rhymes for adults” and explains his theory for adding depth to simple arrangements

Nuno Bettencourt says rock songs are “nursery rhymes for adults” and explains his theory for adding depth to simple arrangements

The Extreme guitarist says that if we want to make rock with big ideas it all comes down to what he calls “simplexity”

Hear Joe Satriani tap into his emotive prowess and serve up soaring solos in epic orchestral track, All Things Sacred

Hear Joe Satriani tap into his emotive prowess and serve up soaring solos in epic orchestral track, All Things Sacred

The song marks the virtuoso's third collaborative effort with composer Kitt Wakeley, and is lifted from one of 2023's most star-studded guitar albums

Nuno Bettencourt says Eddie Van Halen visited him while he was recording his Rise solo

Nuno Bettencourt says Eddie Van Halen visited him while he was recording his Rise solo

Van Halen swung by the studio as the Extreme virtuoso was piecing together Rise’s mind-bending solo – but Nuno wouldn’t let him hear it

Inside Nuno Bettencourt's charmingly weird first meeting with Eddie Van Halen: "other than Elton John, he’s the only musician that kissed me on the lips"

Inside Nuno Bettencourt's charmingly weird first meeting with Eddie Van Halen: "other than Elton John, he’s the only musician that kissed me on the lips"

When an overawed Nuno Bettencourt finally got to meet his hero Eddie Van Halen, he could not have predicted what happened next

Hear Nuno Bettencourt tap into his inner Yngwie Malmsteen on a new classical crossover track that stretched his abilities

Hear Nuno Bettencourt tap into his inner Yngwie Malmsteen on a new classical crossover track that stretched his abilities

The Extreme guitarist says playing on Kitt Wakeley’s new opus, Paganini’s Storm, “was definitely a journey I had yet to take on the instrument”

Nuno Bettencourt reveals the most important pedal in his guitar rig: “I tried playing without one and f**kin’ hated it!”

Nuno Bettencourt reveals the most important pedal in his guitar rig: “I tried playing without one and f**kin’ hated it!”

The unlikely stompbox is integral to the Extreme virtuoso’s searing distorted tone, even if he admits, “Other players think it’s not doing anything and would probably wonder if the battery is dead”

That story about Rihanna wanting to make a heavy metal album isn't true, despite what you may have read

That story about Rihanna wanting to make a heavy metal album isn't true, despite what you may have read

Rihanna's live guitarist Nuno Bettencourt says that quotes, attributed to him, about the pop star once wanting to re-invent herself as "a heavy rock chick" were "fabricated"

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"Don't practice it for too long, because you're going to get tendonitis": Watch Rick Beato break down Nuno Bettencourt's jaw-dropping Rise solo

Go inside the inner workings of the volcanic lead break – the highlight of Extreme's recent comeback single – that has the guitar world abuzz

Rick Beato breaks down Nuno Bettencourt’s jaw-dropping solo from new Extreme single Rise, and yes, it is still impossible to play

Beato shows you where the mountain is but you’re gonna have to climb it yourself. Luckily, some super-smart shredders have it tabbed on YouTube if you're brave enough to try it...

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