Rock

Nita Strauss returns to Alice Cooper's stage after maternity leave

A three-song NFL halftime set in Las Vegas marked Strauss's first show back before her full late-November return.

Oct 8, 2026

Sass Jordan, Canadian rock singer and bassist, dies at 63

The Juno-winning Canadian performer built a four-decade career across rock and blues and gave Taylor Hawkins his first major touring break.

Oct 6, 2026

Springsteen and Morello Close Power to the People With an All-Star Protest-Rock Finale

The inaugural Maryland festival paired guitar-led collaborations with voter advocacy and a closing stage shared by the day’s performers.

Oct 4, 2026

Rick Nielsen opens more than 300 pieces of his guitar archive for a St. Jude benefit auction

The October sale includes more than 70 guitars, led by a stage-used five-neck Hamer and the 1975 Hamer Standard that helped define Cheap Trick’s image.

Oct 1, 2026

Billy Strings joins Pearl Jam for an acoustic singalong and a Mike McCready guitar duel at Ohana

The unannounced guest spot moved from “Elderly Woman” to the Neil Young-era “Throw Your Hatred Down” during Pearl Jam's festival-closing set.

Sep 29, 2026

Neil Henderson, early Bay City Rollers guitarist and Middle of the Road songwriter, dies at 73

The Scottish guitarist helped shape the Rollers' first chart breakthrough before writing and playing with Middle of the Road.

Sep 29, 2026

Olivia Rodrigo opens the Unraveled Tour with a hand-built heart guitar and a stripped-down Jazzmaster

A small East Los Angeles workshop needed five prototypes to turn the heart-shaped concept into a comfortable stage instrument.

Sep 29, 2026

Chris Stapleton leads the Heartbreakers' first full original-lineup reunion in 24 years

Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Stan Lynch and Ron Blair reunited at the Americana Honors, with later members joining for a second part of the set.

Sep 28, 2026

Thai guitarist Nene Royal wins America's Got Talent Season 21

The 16-year-old from Phuket became the show's first Thai winner after a run built around guitar-led rock performances.

Sep 28, 2026

New Found Glory founding guitarist Chad Gilbert dies at 45

Gilbert, whose guitar playing and songwriting helped shape New Found Glory for nearly three decades, died September 20 after years of cancer treatment.

Sep 21, 2026

Candlebox reunites with guitarist Peter Klett on new single ‘I Remember Everything’

Due September 25, the track is Candlebox’s first new music with Klett since 2012 and follows his return after a decade away.

Sep 19, 2026

Johnny Marr's guitar collection sells for £3.65 million at Christie's

The 111-lot London sale more than tripled its estimate, led by Marr's Smiths-era 1982 Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo at £358,400.

Sep 18, 2026

Dead Boys co-founder and guitarist Cheetah Chrome dies at 71

The guitarist who helped shape Cleveland and New York punk with Rocket From the Tombs and the Dead Boys died September 13.

Sep 16, 2026

Soundgarden return to the stage with Taylor Momsen and Mike McCready at Seahawks halftime

Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd played Outshined and Spoonman with Taylor Momsen on vocals and Mike McCready adding guitar in Seattle.

Sep 12, 2026

Brian May joins William Shatner’s forthcoming heavy-metal album

Queen’s guitarist is confirmed as a special guest on Shatner’s unexpected metal project, adding the Red Special to an already unusual crossover.

Sep 10, 2026

Eric Clapton revives 'Give Me Strength' for the first time since 1975

Clapton opened the acoustic portion of his Detroit tour opener with a 461 Ocean Boulevard song absent from his setlists for 51 years.

Sep 9, 2026

Tommy Thayer confirms KISS have recorded a new Paul Stanley-written song

The KISS guitarist says the band has completed new material, although its title, format and release timing remain undisclosed.

Sep 7, 2026

Artur Menezes named 2026 Unsigned Only Artist of the Year

The Brazilian-born blues-rock guitarist won the independent-music competition's top honor with 'Once Again' and a $20,000 prize.

Sep 5, 2026

Frank Beard, ZZ Top's drummer for more than five decades, dies at 77

Beard died on 17 August at his Texas ranch; Billy Gibbons says ZZ Top will keep performing, and the band played its first show without him five days later.

Aug 29, 2026

Gear

Warm Audio and Dan Auerbach launch the limited Black Keys Peach Fuzz

The $199 velvet-covered fuzz adds switchable momentary or latching octave-up control to Warm Audio’s ’70s-inspired circuit.

Oct 1, 2026

Epiphone previews an Eric Clapton 1964 ES-335TDC Reissue ahead of Crossroads

The forthcoming Inspired by Gibson Custom model is based on Clapton's Cream-era 1964 ES-335 and will make its first public appearance at Crossroads this weekend.

Sep 23, 2026

Epiphone revives Joan Jett Olympic Special in Vintage Sunburst

Jett’s stripped-down single-pickup signature returns worldwide with rosewood replacing laurel and a finish inspired by her Melody Maker.

Sep 19, 2026

Gibson Custom builds 60 Gustavo Cerati ES-335 replicas for Miami-only release

The Murphy Lab model recreates Cerati’s 1965 ES-335, a guitar heard and seen across landmark Soda Stereo and solo-era performances.

Sep 19, 2026

Squier gives Troy Van Leeuwen a Paranormal 12-string Telecaster signature model

The Queens of the Stone Age guitarist's new $599.99 Telecaster XII brings his Custom Shop 12-string concept into Squier's Paranormal line.

Sep 9, 2026

Friedman Builds the JOSE 20 Around Jose Arredondo's Mod Legacy

Dave Friedman worked with Marisol Arredondo, daughter of the late amp modder, on a 20-watt EL84 head and 1x12 combo voiced for that hot-rodded Marshall bark.

Aug 29, 2026

EMG Releases Tom Morello 'TM Set' Based on His Arm the Homeless Wiring

The set pairs an EMG 85 in the bridge with an EMG H in the neck, the combination in Morello's main guitar since the late 1980s, sold together for the first time.

Aug 26, 2026

PRS gives The Warning's Dany Villarreal her first signature guitar, the Astryx

A 200-piece Custom 24 in a sunset-style "Ocaso" finish, with a single sun inlay in place of PRS's usual birds.

Aug 25, 2026

Music

Biff Baby's Allstars returns with Petrucci, Vai, Lukather and Bonamassa

Sterling Ball's long-running off-books ensemble is becoming a self-titled covers album built around an unusually deep guitar roster.

Oct 8, 2026

Krill announce first album in a decade, Secret Language, and share ‘Dominate’

The reunited indie-rock trio’s November album puts Andrew Clinkman on guitar and turns the band’s Chicago return into its first full Krill LP since the mid-2010s.

Sep 24, 2026

Greta Van Fleet release riff-led ‘Tear It Down’ ahead of fifth album

The September 18 single previews Palace for the People, due October 9, and arrives with a visualizer tied directly to the new recording.

Sep 19, 2026

TIDES release debut album How To Survive A Fall

The Jacksonville band's 11-song debut lands through A.D.D. Records and Little Rocket Records with Beau Crum and Alex Van Auken on guitars.

Sep 16, 2026

Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton releases second solo album after Abbey Road sessions

‘I Think You’re Overthinking This’ follows Egerton’s 2010 solo debut and grew from four days of studio time gifted for his 60th birthday.

Sep 13, 2026

Eric Steckel releases guitar-heavy blues-rock album Sandstorm

Steckel's 10-track Sandstorm arrived September 11 via SPV Recordings, continuing his blend of blues phrasing, hard-rock weight and lead-guitar focus.

Sep 12, 2026

Kings of Leon announce 10th album O My Beloved and first self-produced full-length

The November 6 album arrives with lead single My Whole World and a more intimate, acoustic-leaning direction shaped by the band's own production.

Sep 12, 2026

John Sykes’ final recordings will be collected on the posthumous EP ‘One Way’

Golden Robot Records has announced a November EP built from some of the late Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist’s final recordings.

Sep 10, 2026

Van Halen’s unreleased 1974 demo ‘Glitter’ is getting its first official release

The picture-disc single accompanying Alex Van Halen’s signed book will make the earliest Van Halen recording ever officially available.

Sep 10, 2026

Jerry Garcia Band's final Shoreline show becomes GarciaLive Volume 23

The complete August 14, 1993 concert will arrive October 30 as a two-disc archival release sourced from a soundboard DAT.

Sep 9, 2026

Shakra release Just Live Loud!, their first album for Frontiers Music

The Swiss hard-rock bands 14th studio album arrived September 4 with a 12-song set built around twin guitars, big melodic hooks and a heavier modern edge.

Sep 8, 2026

Molly Tuttle releases an acoustic companion EP built around voice and flat-picked guitar

So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Acoustic EP) strips five songs back to Tuttle’s acoustic guitar, voice and a compact touring-band lineup.

Sep 5, 2026

The Beatles release a 'Day Tripper' work tape from before the riff existed

A newly issued home recording of Lennon and McCartney writing the song, tied to October's Rubber Soul reissue, has the melody and structure but not yet its famous 11-note guitar figure.

Aug 31, 2026