The final line-up for the
London Guitar Show
has been announced - and now features even more top guitarists and bassists to hear and meet.
Guitarist favourites
Steve Vai
,
Black Stone Cherry
, up and coming blues player
Simon McBride
,
Cradle Of Filth
´s Paul Allender and Dave Pybus, virtuoso
Guthrie Govan
and
Doug Wimbish
and amongst some of the top players performing live or signing at the event at London Excel between Thursday June 11 and Sunday June 14.
Steve Vai
is also bringing his Alien Guitar Secrets master class and there´s less than ten tickets left for the special session on the Sunday. Plus on the live stage you´ll be able to see the 12 finalists of
Guitar Idol
play on Saturday - a worldwide competition to find the finest new talent that had 1,300 entrants from 160 countries!
Here´s some of the artist appearances and special seminars you can look forward to over the four days of the LGS:
Thursday June 11
Appearances:
Paul Allender
(Cradle of Filth) 2.00pm Rotosound Stand H12/ Engle Amps Stand G1
Sandi Thom
signing on Farida Guitars stand Stand H30
Saturday June 13
Appearances:
Steve Diggle
signing on Rotosound stand H12 at 3.00pm
Doug Wimbish
, 1pm on the Trace Elliot stand G4.
Black Stone Cherry
- 4pm at the Peavey stand G4 (Chris Robertson, Ben Wells , Jon Lawhon)
Blues guitarist
Oli Brown
will be appearing on the Vanquish stand J22A to give hourly demonstrations
Seminars/ launches / demonstrations:
Careers for the Contemporary Musician
by ICMP, seminar room 12pm
IGF present
10 greatest Riffs
seminar with John Wheatcroft, Seminar room 1pm
Tony McManus
Headline Music stand (H18) for PRS launch of acoustic guitars
Guthrie Govan
and
John Wheatcroft
on the Guitar Techniques stand H21
John Etheridge
,
Courtney Pine Sextet
,
Darren Taylor
(bass),
Cameron Pierre
(guitar), Sandarac Jazz Café. Stand D12
Live Stage:
10 am
Guitar Idol
final
12.45pm
Jan Akkerman
2.40 pm
Swans in Flight
(featuring TM Stevens and Marco Mendoza )
4.25 pm
Guitar Idol Winner
5.05 pm
Phil Hilborne
& Guests (featuring Iron Maiden drummer
Nicko McBrain
and
Steve Vai
jamming on a couple of tracks )
Sunday June 14
Appearances:
Dave Pybus
- Cradle of Filth signing on Rotosound Stand H12
Seminars / launches / demonstrations:
Careers for the Contemporary Musician
by ICMP, seminar room 12pm
IGF seminar with session guitarist
Hawi Gondwe
(Amy Winehouse) Seminar room, 1pm
Tony McManus
at the Headline Music stand (H18) for PRS Launch of acoustic guitars
Blues guitarist
Oli Brown
will be appearing on the Vanquish stand J22A again to give hourly demonstrations
John Etheridge
,
Courtney Pine Sextet
,
Darren Taylor
(bass),
Cameron Pierre
(guitar), Sandarac Jazz Café. Stand D12
Live stage:
10.15 am
Simon McBride
12.55 pm
Jan Akkerman
2.50 pm
Albert Lee & Hogans Heroes
4.05 pm
Phil Hilborne
& Guests (
Nicko McBrain
,
Steve Vai
jamming on a couple of tracks)
And there´s more…
New to this years show, will be a chance to have a
free music lesson
with Tech Music Schools and the Sound on Sound magazine will be hosting a series of seminars with top name producers as well as running a
prize draw to win a dream studio worth over £22,000
. You can have a
free professional recording session
on the Yamaha classic sixties US Airstream trailer converted into a professional state-of-the-art recording facility, as part of their Band for a Grand scheme. Bands need to register in advance by visiting
The show also a huge amount of gear to buy and try from the top manufacturers and eighty new products have been confirmed to launch at the show.
For more information about the show and to buy tickets visit
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