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“Ozzy was used to Les Pauls from Zakk Wylde and Randy Rhoads. He kept asking me if I could play one”: Gus G on whirlwind days with Ozzy Osbourne, his rock-star Guitar World cover shoot, and his difficult choice of guitars

With new solo album Steel Burner out now, Gus G checks in to talk about his August 2010 GW cover shoot and all the madness surrounding it

Guitar World

'It is Bastille Day and I tried to honour the yellow jersey' –Tadej Pogačar attacks to win Stage 10 of the Tour de France with an imperious solo performance

Pogačar gets revenge for 2024, leaving Vingegaard for dust

Cycling Weekly

'A masterpiece in teamwork' – Mads Pedersen sprints to victory on stage 4 of Tour de France after giant break goes clear

Torstein Træen takes over yellow jersey after super day for Nordic countries

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'If we can win like we won today, and the team feels super good, then we have to take the opportunity' – Tadej Pogačar springs to Tour de France stage 3 win and claims yellow jersey

The defending champion finished with a two-second gap over Jonas Vingegaard during a day that went nothing like anyone predicted

Cycling Weekly

Who is leading the Tour de France 2026 after stage 15?

The full general classification, along with the latest stage result, and the standings for the other jerseys

Cycling Weekly

“They gave a guitar endorsement to a drummer, and I thought, ‘Man, this is not where I want to be’”: Dave Mustaine on why he left Jackson Guitars… then tried to buy the company

The Megadeth frontman jumped ship to ESP in 2003, but what could have been if his takeover bid had been successful?

Guitar World

'I've never won a sprint before, so that's kinda good' – Quinn Simmons escapes to victory on stage 4 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as breakaway makes it

The peloton closed in on the escapees in final kilometre, but couldn't pull it back

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Giro d'Italia women stage 4 time trial start times

Who will take over the maglia rosa after the first GC showdown?

Cycling News

Messi to captain Argentina at the World Cup

BUENOS AIRES - Lionel Messi will captain Argentina at the World Cup, national coach Lionel Scaloni announced on Thursday as he unveiled his 26-man squad.

Bangkok Post

“The graphic was designed by artist John Taylor Dismukes, who did a lot of famous album-cover artwork for the Grateful Dead and other big bands”: George Lynch on his custom ESP that’s too valuable to leave the house

Mr Scary on how his heart melts for the 1990 ESP Custom Haji/Wicked Sensation from the cover of Guitar World's November 1990 issue

Guitar World

“Ozzy and Sharon were skeptical about my guitar shape. They felt it looked too weird”: When Ozzy Osbourne tried to convince Gus G to change his guitar of choice

Gus G rocked up to the Ozzy gig with his Star guitar – a distinct stylistic departure from the guitars wielded by his predecessors

Guitar World

Who is leading the Giro d'Italia 2026? Jonas Vingegaard grows his hold over the pink jersey on stage 16

The full general classification, along with the latest stage result, and the standings for the other jerseys

Cycling Weekly

'I thought it was impossible but I kept pushing' – Igor Arrieta defies all the odds to squeeze out a victory on Giro d'Italia stage 5

His breakaway partner Alfonso Eulálio now wears pink

Cycling Weekly

“I couldn’t be more excited about what’s ahead”: ESP appoints new US CEO – as outgoing head retires after 39 years

Todd Binder has been appointed as the firm's new CEO

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Itzulia Basque Country: Paul Seixas stuns again with victory in the mountains on stage 2 to create huge GC lead

19-year-old Frenchman is in total control of this race

Cycling News

La Flèche Wallonne past winners

La Flèche Wallonne winners 1936-2025

Cycling Weekly

'Killer Jonas destroyed everybody' – Jonas Vingegaard doubles up with victory on stage 5 at Paris-Nice

Visma-Lease a Bike rider grows race lead to more than three minutes

Guitar World

“Among our best in history”: ESP remembers Alexi Liaho and Jeff Hanneman as Slaughter to Prevail’s Jack Simmons gets his first signature in new 2026 lineup

There are also new signatures for Mick Thomson, Stephen Carpenter, and George Lynch, while LTD celebrates its 30th anniversary

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Guitar World

“Experience what happens when 50 years of pickup expertise meets modern active technology”: Seymour Duncan goes toe-to-toe with Fishman with its triple-voiced MortalCoil active pickups

Offering three distinct voices in one package and promising fast, dynamic response and long battery life, these might be SD’s most modern pickups yet

Guitar World

“James Hetfield picked up the phone saying, ‘Have you tried an ESP?’” ESP unveils Joe Duplantier’s eagerly awaited signature guitar in time for NAMM 2026

The Gojira juggernaut has been awarded his first ESP signature guitar, the LTD JD-1, 18 months after he made the switch from Charvel

Cycling News

Picnic-PostNL men's and women's WorldTour licence initially limited to single year as full list of 2026-2028 WT teams released

Roland not among the registered teams, Lotto-Intermarché fusion formally confirmed, NSN also admitted to men's WorldTour

MusicRadar

“I don’t know what that is – but it is an awesome guitar and I love it to bits”: Bleed From Within’s Craig ‘Goonzi’ Gowans and Steven Jones on the high-performance shred machines behind their heavyweight metalcore sound

Backstage at this summer's Tons Of Rock festival, the Scottish high-gain stalwarts explained what they needed from their Caparison and ESP/LTD S-styles, and pondered the use of the whammy bar

Guitar World

“ESP asked me to pyrograph James Hetfield’s Explorer. I wasn’t sure who James was, but I said yes”: Meet Dino Muradian, the pyrographer who makes a living burning artwork into stars’ guitars

Defecting from his home country by flying himself over the border, the Romanian pilot wound up making guitar art for Metallica, B.B. King and the ESP Custom Shop

Guitar World

“It’s a silly kid’s drawing, but I sent it to ESP, and we did a deal”: URNE’s Angus Neyra on the schoolboy scribble that got him an endorsement, getting Troy Sanders to guest on their 9-minute single, and why he needed a “brother” guitarist

The shred-era guitarist has become a Quad Cortex advocate ahead of joining Orange Goblin’s farewell tour and releasing changed-up new album Setting Fire to the Sky

Guitar World

“It’s crazy that White Pony was 25 years old this year, even crazier that one of our fans owns one of the ESPs used to record it”: Stephen Carpenter’s ESP Horizon Custom from Deftones’ Back to School video has been valued at $55,000

The S-style – which was used on Around the Fur – has been verified by Carpenter himself

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