Latest articles by Robert Laing
Guitars for everyone: Music For All scheme launches
Music for All (www.musicforall.org.uk) is a new sceheme of projects designed to create more opportunities for people to understand and experience the joys and benefits of music making.
Led Zeppelin reunion show postponed: Jimmy Page has fractured his finger
The Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert, originally scheduled for Monday 26 November
Opeth update: new guitar, new amp, new album… new baby
Opeth mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update on current goings on:
Grounded: Jet going on indefinite hiatus
Australian 'retro' rockers Jet are taking a break, and it could a long one.
Fly-by-nights: Jimmy Eat World announce UK tour dates
Jimmy Eat World will tour the UK next year. Where? Here:
Led Zeppelin Reunion: Plant says he only wants to do one last great show… and only one (boo hiss)
Two new guitar shred tutorial DVDs on their way
Guitarist Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink, Blotted Science) is working on two instructional guitar DVDs according to the following update:
Might as well jump: Van Halen suffer major malfunction onstage
In spite of those that said it would be a car crash - the current Van Halen reunion tour seems to be going pretty well... until now.
Nevermore guitarist quits
Guitarist Steve Smyth has officially quit Seattle metal titans Nevermore, citing personal and business differences.
Giants of heavy metal team up for UK tour
Machine Head, Trivium, Dragonforce, Arch Enemy and another band yet to be announced are all to team up for a UK tour in November dubbed The Black Crusade.
Coxon back in Blur
It looks like influential guitarist Graham Coxon has finally decided bury the indie hatchet with his former band and return to Blur after months of rumours.
Riff power! A new guitar playing world record is set
More than 1,680 guitar players turned out to rock on Sunday in Kansas City – and set a new world record in the process.