Robert Laing

He's one of our favourite heavy rock players and in July Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti will release an 'all-access guitar instruction' DVD titled The Sound And The Story. Here's the blurb:

David Gilmour's first ever solo live album arrives – Live In Gdansk – arrives on 15 September will feature Pink Floyd songs never previously performed with an orchestra.

Slipknot's new album will be called All Hope Is Gone and will see a release on 25 August following the band's appearances at the Leeds and Reading festivals on 22 and 24 August respectively.

A quarter of a century in the making

Chuck Berry has postponed his UK tour until March 2010.

Leading guitar retailer World Guitars is offering an amazing PRS Private Stock guitar in a once-in-a-lifetime competition.

Dhani Harrison, son of late Beatles legend George Harrison, has confirmed he is helping to produce new controllers for Rock Band that could help users learn to play real instruments.

How do you fancy a week of rock in the sun?

Sweden’s hard rock heroes Europe have confirmed a run of UK dates for February next year. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am: £17 each for all dates except London, which will be £18.

Absolute Guitars are lending their support to the Bristol Festival with a Guitar Hero competition – but we’re not talking videogames here, they want the real thing.

Wolfmother have recorded a number of Jimi Hendrix covers that will be used as b-sides on forthcoming singles, Gigwise can reveal.

We've got to be honest, we never thought we'd see the day when a digitalised Kurt Cobain appeared in a videogame but Courtney Love has opened the floodgates and that day has come.

The secret is out – a supergroup including Joe Bonamassa and Glenn Hughes is more than just rumour, as their drummer Jason Bonham has confirmed.