Simon Bradley

Well, one of them does... The reason we couldn’t get our sticky fingers on the brand new Gibson Dark Fire Les Paul in time for our current issue is because it was required for the official launch.

No sooner has Gary Moore appeared on his umpteenth Guitarist cover (it’ll be out soon...!), that Gibson do the business with a version of the BFG Les Paul. Here’s part of the story from Gibson.com

In an interview hosted on VH1.com , traditionally ‘open’ Nickelback frontman Chad Kroger has been uttering forth in the junkets surrounding the release of the band’s latest opus Dark Horse.

Here’s the official release from Vox: maybe see you there!

Due to our DVD being fuller than a Sumo’s nappy this month, we couldn’t include any Gear Demos as we usually do on our covermounted CD.

In a personal post on BrianSetzer.com, the Quiffmeister himself has spilled at least a modicum of beans regarding a new release for Autumn.

Yet another ‘star’ of You Tube has landed in our Inbox, but this kid – Tony Oparin, who’s just 12 – is something else.

A wholesome offering from Gibson. Here's the full release...looks interesting

In a period of all sorts of bands reforming – almost in inverse proportion to t he number of UK footy managers getting the boot, ‘punk’ chart-botherers Blink 182 have got back together.