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• Led Zep reform

  Rumours of a Led Zeppelin reformation were confirmed today, as the band annnounced they're to reunite and play a show at the O2 arena on Monday, 26 November. Jason Bonham, son of original drummer John, will warm the drumstool.

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• Return of the Ratt: UK tour dates confirmed

  Get out the Max Factor and the leopard skin leggings – glam metal is coming back to finish the job it started in the eighties and Ratt is leading the charge. Fresh from a successful run in the US with Poison (as one of our team pointed out...

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• Nevermore guitarist quits

  Guitarist Steve Smyth has officially quit Seattle metal titans Nevermore, citing personal and business differences.

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• Warrior Soul announce UK dates

  Kory Clarke will take his newest version of Warrior Soul on a small UK tour starting in October.

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• Greg Koch Workshop Tour

  Renowned towering inferno and Fender clinician Greg Koch will be heading out in October for a series of Workshops in association with Fender and Hal Leonard. Joining Greg on his tonal explorations will be world famous Fender signature artist Reggie...

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• Scott McKeon UK Tour

  The tonefully tuneful UK bluesmeister hits the road later this year. Here are the dates we have so far.

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• Sepultura guitarist to host London clinic

  The Guitar Institute (part of London, England's Institute of Contemporary Music Performance) has announced that Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser will deliver an exclusive clinic during the Institute's Metal Hammer Weekender this summer.

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• Kelly Johnson – RIP

  We were very sad to hear of the passing of former Girlschool singer and guitarist Kelly Johnson. She’d been fighting cancer of the spine for several years and succumbed, aged just 49, on Sunday 15 July.

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• Takamine tour

  Interested in trying out a new acoustic guitar? We always strongly recommend the try before you buy way of thinking here on Guitarist and it seems that the good people at Takamine guitars agree with us. The acclaimed acoustic manufacturer are holding a series of very special in-store evenings at selected Sound Control stores all over the country in August and September to enable you to get hands-on with their impressive range.

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• EVH Frankenstein Has Landed

  It’s arguably the most luscious of all guitars associated with Fender’s Tribute Series and is actually the most expensive new guitar that we’ve ever had in the office: the Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein Replica.

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