Nick Cracknell

Here’s the chance to get your school on the musical map... by tapping into your band's talent and helping people in poverty around the world you could even end up playing live at the Leeds Festival!

Every month TG rates the latest recordings by NUMU students. NUMU is a site for young people to showcase their music, meet others and learn new skills. Check it out!

World-beating metal crew Trivium will play a one-off show at the tiny Borderline club in London to mark the end of their European tour on 9th December.

Cream bassist Jack Bruce launched an amazing attack on Led Zeppelin at last night's Classic Rock Awards, calling Jimmy Page a crap guitarist.

Brian May's guitar contribution to a track on the new Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy has been axled...

US metal heroes Lamb Of God will release their fifth studio album WRATH on 24th February on Roadrunner.

Mastodon, possibly the best hard rock/metal band in the world today, have confirmed that their upcoming new album will be called Crack The Skye.

A rare acoustic guitar owned by an ill-fated 18th century Royal princess is up for auction next week.

Veteran shredder Dave Mustaine is headlining a mindblowing line-up at this year's GuitarFest at Birmingham's NEC on Friday 7th November.

Here's your chance to win one of 5 copies of TG contributor Joel McIver's controversial new book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists, which is published in January.

Rock ‘n’ Roll music's most legendary performers are set to appear in London this October and November at two unique concerts.

Metallica are set to play a full tour of the UK for the first time since October 1996.

A new website has been launched that enables the financing of new music by fans to run their own record label.

We are feeling particularly cynical at TG Towers today. So we would like to start an informed debate as to whom we should award the most coveted title of Rock's Most Punchable Face.

Attention heavy metal warriors and guitar heroes across the land! Ulti-widdlers DragonForce are gearing up releasing their new album Ultra Beatdown!

Bo Diddley, one of the founding fathers of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions, has died aged 79.

Rockschool is launching its Rockschool Guitar series on DVD covering all the exam elements in Debut & Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3 Guitar.

Yngwie Malmsteen, one of rock's premiere virtuoso guitarists, is confirmed to play the London Guitar show, part of the London International Music show, on Saturday 14th June.

Brazilian rock magazine Roadie Crew has polled 330 of the world's top guitarists to find out who their, erm, top guitarists of all time are.

Gibson Guitar is offering one unsigned band the once in a lifetime opportunity to play the Gibson Stage at Download 2008!

You’ll be ‘living on a prayer’ in the hope that you are one of three insanely jammy TG readers to win a pair of tickets to see Bon Jovi live!

Here's your chance to own a unique piece of rock history; a VOX AC15 HITV amp signed by long-time Vox user Paul McCartney.