Robert Laing

There's trouble in the Thin Lizzy camp.

Want to see Joe Satriani's supergroup Chickenfoot in action?

Download has some serious competition this year with Sonisphere, a new two-day festival at Knebworth house on 1 and 2 August.

The entire print run of Guitarist's new issue – ironically featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante as its cover star – has been burned in a lorry fire on the M5.

Reformed punk rock legends The Only Ones have just had their three studio albums re-issued and re-mastered with extra tracks – and you can win them.

Queensrÿche guitarist Mike Stone has announced his departure from the band.

Pioneering guitarist and singer John Martyn OBE has died, aged 60.

Lead guitarist and songwriter Billy Howerdel — founder and producer of A Perfect Circle — is launching a solo project called Ashes Divide. And this time he's taking on the role of lead singer too.

If only for the fact their bassist was called Pat Badger, Extreme are a band to be remembered fondly.

Fancy yourself as a guitar hero in the making? There's still time to enter Slash's Ultimate Guitar Showdown, an online competition in search of the ultimate guitar solo.

Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert has died suddenly.

Music for All (www.musicforall.org.uk) is a new sceheme of projects designed to create more opportunities for people to understand and experience the joys and benefits of music making.

The Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert, originally scheduled for Monday 26 November

Opeth mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update on current goings on: