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Megadeth to come to an end – Dave Mustaine announces final album and farewell tour for 2026
Next year will see the release of the final Megadeth studio album before Mustaine and co ride off into the sunset – and there will be a tell-all memoir coming too
![A composite image of Steve Vai [left] playing his green PIA Ibanez signature guitar onstage with the Satch/Vai band, and right, the late, great Allan Holdsworth playing an S-style with a cigarette smoking wedged on the strings.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4rRFNyBs8iuRk62px4U6yj-840-80.jpg.webp)
Steve Vai on why Allan Holdsworth – the fusion virtuoso who wrote his own rules – was the GOAT
Most players Vai can work out where they were coming from. Holdsworth, he admits, was something different entirely
Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Brad Whitford on the support act who completely upstaged them
It happened at a Central Park festival
“Steven just doesn’t want to tour, and he can’t tour”: Joe Perry confirms no more touring for Aerosmith
... Though he still has his eye on one final show
Gibson unveils Custom Noel Gallagher Les Paul: hand-signed, limited run – the ultimate Oasis guitar?
Limited to 25, each hand-signed, replicas of Noel Gallagher's super-cool black Les Paul Standard will be available on August 21 at the Gibson Garage London
Carlos Santana on what made Jeff Beck a guitar great, and getting into character to cover Michael Jackson
“Jeff Beck took guitar way beyond. His approach was like letting the hamster out of the cage,” he says
Is Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Kramer – also owned by Mick Mars – the next multi-million dollar guitar?
Dressed up to look like Frankie, a precursor to the 5150, this transitional Kramer was stage-played by Eddie Van Halen and appeared on Mötley Crüe's Dr Feelgood
Mark Knopfler on the Dire Straits song he's come to accept that he has to start in the same way every time
"People have bought tickets," he says
