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![A black-and-white portrait of Rush's Geddy Lee [left] and Alex Lifeson as they announce their reunion tour.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UBkXGCbCXZ4DWbUUFrCSbJ-840-80.jpg.webp)
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are bringing the Rush reunion tour to the UK, Europe and South America
The 50 Something Tour will see Rush play two epic sets culled from 40-plus tracks – tickets for the newly announced 2027 dates go on sale at 10am on 27 February
How Josh Middleton crushed his inner elitist to unleash a brutal Sylosis album for the kids in the pit
The New Flesh finds the UK metal stalwarts “regressing” to their teenage selves and Middleton taking a leaf out of Obituary and Deicide’s book with hench riffs you can hum, grooves you can move to
Paul Gilbert on why it can be so hard to resist the urge to shred
Gilbert says shred can sometimes be the easy way to give his audience what they want, but their expectations only make him want to work harder on his melodies
“You can have a great amp but if the speaker sucks it won’t sound good”: Sylosis' Josh Middleton on the most important link in your signal chain
The secret to great tone? Don't forget the speaker cabinet matters, too
Gary Clark Jr channels the King of the Blues for limited edition Gibson Custom Shop collab
The 21st-century blues king pays dues to his hero with a stunning limited edition Cobra Burst ES-355, fresh from the Custom Shop
How the gift of a divisive Rolling Stones album scuppered the chance of a collaboration between Nile Rodgers and John Mayer
Rodgers believes that the 1967 record in question is "the most underrated rock and roll album of all time”
![Vernon Reid [left] wears a brightly patterned suit and plays his signature Reverend onstage; [right] a still of the late great Arthur Rhames performing.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sjkugqBND4ekbX32UwgeaF-840-80.jpg.webp)
“I was scared to say it – but he played at the level of John McLaughlin!”: Vernon Reid pays tribute to a lost genius
“He should have been much more known than he was”
How Cory Wong reimagined Ernie Ball Music Man’s iconic bass for a signature electric with “that George Benson sound”
With the funk guitar maestro’s signature StingRay II now available in an affordable Sterling By Music Man version, Wong checks in to talk about the making of a dual-humbucker doozy and what it gives him that the Strat can't
