Toto announce UK tour to celebrate band's 50th anniversary ‘Africa’ hitmakers will begin their tour at Glasgow’s Ovo Hydro in June The Independent UK · Oct 20
Toto to embark on UK arena tour to mark 50th anniversary The US rockers will tour the UK in 2027 to mark 50 years since they formed in 1977. Evening Standard · Oct 20
Albert Lee reveals the guitar technique Eddie Van Halen was reluctant to try: “He said, ‘I can’t play on that!’ I said, ‘Yes, you can – you can do all that tapping!’” Lee looks back on his days in one of guitar’s all-time greatest secret supergroups Guitar World · Aug 12
“Bob Ezrin was recording and I changed to a different guitar. Within five seconds, he stopped the tape and said, ‘There’s something wrong…’” Simon McBride on Deep Purple’s new golden age of heavy The band's fleet-fingered, PRS-toting guitar-slinger tells GW how the rock legends nailed their ‘70s sound in the 21st century on their new album, and the pedal people would be surprised to hear is on his 'board... Guitar World · Jul 23
“Steve Lukather’s guitar collided with a mic stand. He banked the guitar against it and made it a feature of the song. I don’t even understand!” Toto’s Dennis Atlas and his star-studded solo album Listen to Principle and you’ll hear Bumblefoot, David Paich, Marco Minneman and others, plus Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman and Jordan Rudess influences Louder · Jul 19
"We're scratching our heads and wondering why we just allowed the band to end there." 40 years ago, Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham recorded a brilliant AOR album – and now it's finally being released The Western Front thought a major label deal was a formality... but instead, their master tapes sat in a garage for decades Louder · Jul 8
“One night, Duane was sitting on the floor playing slide. I said, ‘You’ve got to show me how to do that’”: Don Felder on what he learned from Duane Allman, how many guitars are in his awe-inspiring collection and why he isn’t stopping any time soon A little dehydration aside, there is nothing stopping the former Eagles man. Here he discusses his epic guitar collection and his new compilation, The Vault 1975-2025: Fifty Years of Music Guitar World · Jun 24
"It's the silliest, most oddball song in our entire catalogue, but it truly hit a nerve." How Toto used a synthesised flute riff and a drum loop to concoct a classic and a cultural phenomenon Written to get their label off their back, Toto's Africa – written by a man who'd never been there – has become inescapable Louder · Jun 2
“If you think this is a bunch of throwaway crap to suck the dollar out of poor, unsuspecting Van Halen fans, it’s not”: Eddie Van Halen’s soon-to-be-released recordings are going to blow you away, according to Steve Lukather The highly anticipated project could be the ultimate Eddie Van Halen honor record Guitar World · Jun 1
“We did call him because we owed him that. He was important for the band”: Alex Van Halen says they tried to recruit Michael Anthony for Van Halen’s David Lee Roth reunion Wolfgang Van Halen would take Anthony’s place, but he didn’t get the gig because of “family influences,” the drummer says Guitar World · May 13
“It was a whole library of tapes. It was such great stuff”: Steve Vai on the time Eddie Van Halen played him never-before-released material – at the guitar legend’s house Vai has also had his say on Steve Lukather's involvement in the much-anticipated new Van Halen record, which will revive old material Guitar World · May 11
"They told us we couldn't say anything to Paul about the Beatles. We were bummed out." The day that Toto guitarist Steve Lukather defied orders and jammed Beatles songs with Paul McCartney If anyone tells you 'Never meet your heroes', ignore them Louder · Mar 16
“I’m going, ’We’re from North Hollywood! What do we have to sing about Africa?’“: How Toto crafted their deathless classic Song has streamed over a billion times MusicRadar · Mar 3
“I think it’s too dumb for anybody to insult their own intelligence by mounting a serious critique of it”: How Toto crafted their deathless classic, Africa Song has streamed over a billion times MusicRadar · Feb 28
Guitar World · Feb 26 “Finish it up as a great instrumental nod to Eddie”: Michael Anthony has his own thoughts on how the “new” Van Halen album should be completed The former VH bassist has had his say on the upcoming record, which is being worked on by Alex Van Halen and Steve Lukather
Guitar World · Feb 23 “I am in my acoustic, zen phase of life”: Why Paul Rodgers declined an offer to front the new Van Halen album Alex Van Halen and Steve Lukather are currently looking for a vocalist to complete their project of reviving archival Van Halen material
Guitar World · Feb 19 “The drums, the guitar and the bass are already in there. What we didn’t have is a vocalist”: Alex Van Halen says a new Van Halen record was virtually finished before Eddie passed away The Van Halen drummer has also shed more light on Steve Lukather's involvement in the project
BANG Premier · Feb 19 Unheard Van Halen material is in progress as Alex Van Halen reveals search for singer Alex Van Halen and Steve Lukather are on the lookout for a singer for Van Halen's unreleased music.
Guitar World · Jan 29 Alex Van Halen shares rare recording of a young Eddie Van Halen playing guitar to mark the late guitar great’s birthday The sorely missed guitar legend would have turned 71 on January 26
Guitar World · Jan 23 “He said, ‘I have to play on this. Give me a track’”: How three session-guitar aces and an inspired intervention from a “wunderkind” Steve Lukather saved a ‘70s soft-rock classic England Dan and John Ford Coley's Love Is the Answer might not sound like the guitar track of nightmares but it took a lot of guitar talent to get it onto tape
MusicRadar · Jan 19 “All of these guys were behind the glass looking at me like, ‘You better bring it, kid’: Steve Lukather remembers his high pressure first solo for Toto He nailed Hold The Line in one take
MusicRadar · Jan 10 "Steve Lukather said: ‘Here’s a record that some DJ turned into a No 1. I can’t stand it.’ He got 90% of the publishing rights, so he can’t have been that mad!": How Roger Sanchez turned an '80s Toto ballad into a 2001 dance anthem Among the canon of ‘80s-sampling chart hits, few have pulled off a transformation quite like Roger Sanchez’s Another Chance
Guitar World · Dec 31, 2025 “He asked to hear it, so I played it, and he said, ‘I have to play on this. Give me a track’”: How a 20-year-old Steve Lukather beat three seasoned session pros to feature on this ’70s soft rock classic England Dan & John Ford Coley bookended their decade-long career with the album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive, which features a fast-rising Lukather on a couple of tracks
Guitar World · Dec 2, 2025 “I think Jimmy's pointing at Ed, but he motions for me to come over. He said, ‘You have something that these other guys here don't’”: Steve Lukather was hanging out with Eddie Van Halen, when Jimmy Page paid him the highest compliment Getting endorsed by the Led Zeppelin legend is something most guitarist could only dream of – but Lukather recalls the moment the icon gave him his flowers
Guitar World · Nov 12, 2025 “I thought it was the worst film I’d seen in my life! I was super-embarrassed. But that solo became part of the franchise’”: Stevie Salas on Bill & Ted, playing arenas with Rod Stewart then opening for Joe Satriani, and turning down both Van Halen singers The ahead-of-his-time guitar great recalls starting a trend followed by Steve Vai and Tosin Abasi, why he had to quit a Joe Satriani tour, and why he sometimes aimed to be the worst player in the room