Dave Mustaine says he wants to move into acting after Megadeth’s retirement – and would even cut his hair to do it, but only for a “big part”

In wouldn’t be the first time Mustaine has acted in front of the camera…

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“It turns out you all really love a wildcard”: The hottest new guitar gear releases of February 2026 – according to Guitar World readers

GW readers have been voting for their favorite gear drops of the month – this is what you picked

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Get a Fender American Professional II Telecaster for $200 less right now in this tasty deal at Sweetwater

This Blonde Tele comes fitted with V-Mod II single coil pickups, offering a vintage voice with modern clarity.

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“Don Henley’s looking at me like I’m crazy, and finally I said, ‘What?’ He goes, ‘I thought you were a bluegrasser…’” Vince Gill on the importance of versatility – and how the Eagles enabled him to flex his hidden rock chops

Gill shocked everyone – including Henley – when he proved himself to be capable of playing bona fide rock riffs

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“He said, ‘I hear you’re going to make a record. If there’s anything I can do to help you guys out, let me know’’’: They were alt-rock legends who had to follow up a classic debut – then R.E.M.’s Peter Buck offered to lend a hand

Feelies guitarist Glenn Mercer says the pressure was on to come up with a killer sophomore album – but having a little help from Buck certainly helped in making one

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Eric Clapton announces US tour – and he’s bringing another blues guitar hero on the road with him

Nathan East and Doyle Bramhall II will make up Slowhand’s band for the short run later this year

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“I took the one lesson and left and never went back. I got to learn how to play guitar by myself”: Joan Jett on defying stereotypes and teaching herself guitar by playing along to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath records

The Godmother of Punk recalls being told by her guitar teacher that she could only play folk music on acoustic guitar – and that rock was strictly out of bounds

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Big jumps for a bigger sound: Steve Morse’s masterclass on wide intervals

Deep-dive your technique for powerful intervals with six string-jumping, fretboard-stretching examples from one of the world’s most influential super-pickers

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Keo are proving that Gen Z still love guitar music: “We do feel like we’re on the tail of those bigger bands”

Bandleader Finn Keogh and lead guitarist Jimmy Lanwern discuss the young fanbase behind their rapid rise, prioritising songwriting over shredding, and why the success of Fontaines D.C. and Wunderhorse feels “reassuring” for guitar music

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“You never want to pull out cases and have no recollection of when, where or how you acquired it”: Joe Bonamassa is cutting back on his gear collecting habit

Bonamassa was forced to rethink his collection following the LA wildfires last year

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“There’s more to life than just guitar. Once you’ve had a heart attack there’s always that thing in your mind that it could happen again”: How Al Di Meola’s heart attack led to his anti-ICE concert with Tom Morello and Bruce Springsteen

Aware he’s in the last quarter of his football game of life, the health alert has made Di Meola determined to make more of a difference – politically and musically

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“Combining two of my favorite things”: Teemu Mäntysaari shreds Megadeth… while ice skating

With the Winter Olympics sending the world into ice skating fever, the Finnish virtuoso has taken the opportunity for one hell of a flex

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“Our emotional vocabularies were not vast”: Black Crowes brothers Chris and Rich Robinson on how they put their legendary feuding behind them and reinvent the band

The Black Crowes bros have come a long way since their 2015 split – and all it took was a few years apart and some therapy.

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Sharon Osbourne says Ozzfest will “absolutely” return in 2027

Sharon and Ozzy attempted to revive the festival in 2015, but Ozzy falling ill in 2018 forced the couple to put plans on hold.

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“I gave it away… I thought I didn’t need it any more”: Cult Japanese guitar hero Masayoshi Takanaka gave away his iconic surfboard guitar. Now he’s got it back for his first-ever world tour at 72 years old

Japan’s jazz fusion pioneer is riding a global wave after blowing up on streaming – and he’s bringing his bright red surfboard guitar along with him

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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are “Dancing” and letting loose on latest SatchVai single

“Dancing captures the playful side of what Steve and I discovered on stage together – that push-and-pull of melody and energy,” Satriani says.

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