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Nuno Bettencourt on playing with Rihanna: "I’m sorry, most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig"

"Slash is one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time but I guarantee – and he’d be the first to tell you – that if he jumps up and he’s got to play a clean intro to Rude Boy by Rihanna, it ain’t happening,” the Extreme virtuoso says

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“I’m sorry, most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig”: Nuno Bettencourt explains why the Rihanna gig is way tougher than rock

The Extreme guitarist says even Slash would struggle in a set that requires different styles, song after song

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Alice Cooper and Demi Lovato have written a song together, according to Nita Strauss: "they both said that it went amazingly well"

Nita Strauss reveals that Alice Cooper and pop-star-turned-rocker Demi Lovato have co-written a song

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"If Slash jumps up and he’s got to play a clean intro to Rude Boy, it ain’t happening.” Nuno Bettencourt explains why playing guitar for Rihanna is way harder than you might imagine

Extreme guitar hero Nuno Bettencourt points out why people who think playing guitar for pop stars is an easy gig have it way wrong

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The greatest guitar solos of the 21st century... so far

Featuring every kind of guitar hero – from old-school to cutting‑edge. And not one but two Van Halens…

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5-string Strandbergs and 11-minute djent epics: this week's essential guitar tracks

New face-melters from Jacob Collier, Tesseract, Cherry Glazerr, Dan Auerbach, Demi Lovato + Slash, Svalbard and many more

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Here are the best alt. rock songs you'll hear this week, featuring Demi Lovato, Royal Blood, Wargasm and more

Here are eight great alternative songs you may have missed this week: vote here for your favourite!

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With Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen onboard, is the Barbie soundtrack this year’s must-hear guitar collaboration?

The guitar heroes reportedly both drop in on the soundtrack to accompany Ryan Gosling’s Ken on his signature tune, I’m Just Ken

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Listen to Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen play on Ryan Gosling's '80s-style power ballad I'm Just Ken from the Barbie soundtrack

Guns N' Roses legend Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen serve up dazzling guitar work on I'm Just Ken, a power ballad sung by Ryan Gosling in the forthcoming Barbie film

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“We made a protective circle of candles around us”: how Michael Monroe ended up duetting with Axl Rose on a Guns N’ Roses cover of punk rock classic

Ex-Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe is the only guest to have appeared on two Guns N’ Roses songs

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Slash teams up with Ryan Gosling for Barbie soundtrack power ballad I’m Just Ken – and Wolfgang Van Halen is on it too

Because you can’t spell Kenergy without GNR...

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Barbie movie: Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash appears in Ryan Gosling’s I’m Just a Ken music video

Co-writer Mark Ronson tells of his delight that his ‘all-time hero’ plays on the song, which has its UK premiere on July 21

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Slash is apparently BFFs with Insidious actor Patrick Wilson: "I bug him all the time"

Slash bonded with Patrick Wilson at a Guns N' Roses gig over their love of horror and have been friends ever since

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The man who designed the cross on the cover of Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction has died

Billy White Jr, who drew the iconic cross that ended up on the cover of Appetite For Destruction, has passed away

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Baby owls found at Guns N’ Roses gig

A pair of baby owls were found nesting under the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury during the Guns N’ Roses headline set, reported the Manchester Evening News. A team at Secret World Wildlife Rescue in Somerset described the incident as “the most unusual disturbance case” they have encountered so far in…

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Two owl chicks rescued from beneath Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage after Guns N' Roses set have been named Axl and Slash

Young owls abandoned by their parents were apparently "terrified" on hearing Guns N' Roses set from underneath Glastonbury's Pyramid stage, but have now thankfully been rescued

Manchester Evening News

Rescuers say young owls trapped in Glastonbury's Pyramid stage exposed to '48 hours of loud music'

Animal rescue boss said: "They must have been terrified after enduring almost two full days of loud music.”

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Young owls rescued from Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage after Guns N’ Roses set

Axl and Slash, named after the band’s lead vocalist and guitarist, endured two full days of loud music before being rescued

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‘They must have been terrified’: Young owls rescued from Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage after Guns N’ Roses set

Axl and Slash, named after the band’s lead vocalist and guitarist, endured two full days of loud music before being rescued.

Daily Mirror

Rescued baby owls get apt nicknames after being rescued from Glastonbury performance

Two baby owls rescued from Guns N' Roses' Glastonbury performance have been given appropriate names after two of the band's most prominent members

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Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash reveals the horror movie that "scared the ****" out of him

Slash talks scary movies, horror icons and killer soundtracks

The Guardian - UK

The Breach review – Slash’s cosmic creepy-cabin horror screeches in from the 80s

The Guns N’ Roses guitarist co-produces this retro chiller that serves up a corpse, alternate dimensions and an implausible plot

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"We freaked everybody out": Why no one wanted to work with Guns N' Roses on Appetite For Destruction

Even in the early days, Guns N' Roses' reputation preceded them

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US rock giants Guns N’ Roses produce British-tinged set at Hyde Park

Axl Rose and Slash rolled back the years to light up a dreary night in London with a show featuring covers of UK acts, along with their own hits

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Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy: 10 guitarists who shaped my sound

Mark Tremonti's six-string partner-in-crime reveals the solo that made him realize that technique wasn't everything, and the player he thinks is one of the guitar's “best-kept secrets”

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