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Keith Urban Changes Nicole Kidman ‘Fighter’ Lyric to ‘Maggie’s Guitar Player’

Keith Urban Changes Nicole Kidman ‘Fighter’ Lyric to ‘Maggie’s Guitar Player’

The internet is buzzing after a viral video emerged showing Keith Urban making a dramatic, on-stage lyric change just days before his estranged wife, Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman, filed for divorce. It’s a moment that has everyone talking. The video, shared on Instagram on September 26, by rising country star and Urban’s utility player, Maggie Baugh, 25, shows Urban, 57, …

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Watch: Paul McCartney Played This Beatles Classic in Full for the First Time in 60 Years – Ultimate Guitar

Watch: Paul McCartney Played This Beatles Classic in Full for the First Time in 60 Years – Ultimate Guitar

Watch: Paul McCartney Played This Beatles Classic in Full for the First Time in 60 Years  Ultimate Guitar Sorry, but Paul McCartney’s surprise Santa Barbara show isn’t for you (or me)  SFGATE Paul McCartney Kicks Off U.S. Tour by Playing ‘Help!’ in Full for First Time Since 1965  Yahoo Paul McCartney Stands by Pride Flag, Debuts “Help!” at Santa Barbara Bowl ‘Got Back’ …

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Air guitar world title returns home to Finland after 25 years

Air guitar world title returns home to Finland after 25 years

OULU, Finland (AP) — Finnish air guitarist Aapo “The Angus” Rautio plucked victory from thin air on Friday night, grabbing the world championship title for his homeland for the first time since 2000. This year’s Air Guitar World Championships reached the climax with a final Friday evening on a square in the western city of Oulu. It’s the 28th edition …

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EDDIE VAN HALEN’s 1982 Kramer Guitar Expected to Fetch Between $2 Million And $3 Million At Sotheby’s Auction

EDDIE VAN HALEN’s 1982 Kramer Guitar Expected to Fetch Between  Million And  Million At Sotheby’s Auction

According to Rolling Stone, Eddie Van Halen‘s 1982 Kramer electric guitar will be auctioned by Sotheby’s New York this fall. The guitar, which was played by the legendary VAN HALEN axeman in 1982 and 1983, is expected to fetch between $2 million and $3 million during Sotheby’s inaugural Grails Week from October 21 to October 28. Eddie later gifted the …

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Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Guitar to Be Auctioned 5 Years After Death

Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Guitar to Be Auctioned 5 Years After Death

A model based on his classic “Frankenstein” guitar could fetch several million dollars in October Nearly five years after his death, one of Eddie Van Halen’s most recognizable guitars will be auctioned off for the first time this fall. As part of a rock collectibles sales by the auction house Sotheby’s, the public will be able to bid on a …

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Guitar Hero veterans form rhythm game development studio RedOctane Games

Guitar Hero veterans form rhythm game development studio RedOctane Games

Veterans of the rhythm game genre have established a new development studio called RedOctane Games. According to today’s announcement, the “small” studio plays home to “creators and developers who helped create and scale Guitar Hero and DJ Hero nearly two decades ago, as well as proven emerging development talent and community leaders from across today’s rhythm gaming space”. RedOctane is …

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Guitar Hero Vets Are Starting A New Studio Boldly Focusing On Just One Thing

Guitar Hero Vets Are Starting A New Studio Boldly Focusing On Just One Thing

Guitar Hero isn’t back, but some of the developers behind it are with a new–and not so new–studio, RedOctane Games. Revealing itself in a new form to the world today, RedOctane Games was the name of the original publisher behind the Guitar Hero series. With a plan to solely focus on rhythm games, it’s being led by Simon Ebejer, who …

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Original Guitar Hero Devs Are Back With A New Game

Original Guitar Hero Devs Are Back With A New Game

Several veteran developers who worked on the original Guitar Hero games have founded a new studio, RedOctane, and are working on a rhythm game inspired by their past work as well as what the community has created in the decades since plastic guitars ruled video games. The new game is expected to be announced later this year. On August 6, …

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