Slash played a powerhouse set at Stubb’s in Austin last week as part of his Apocalyptic Love World Tour. Slash and Myles Kennedy ran through a 20-song set that included Guns N’ Roes and Velvet Revolver favorites.

The Hives wowed an intimate crowd at the Gibson Showroom in Seattle this week when they performed for a group of radio winners from 107.7 The End. The band have just kicked off their U.S. tour in support of their new record, Lex Hives.

Youngblood Hawke, who have just released their fist EP, played an impressive acoustic show at the Gibson Guitar Showroom in Beverly Hills this week. It was a showcase night for Elias Arts and also playing were Field Report and the Record Company.

Guitar fans at Reading festival last weekend were able to try out Epiphone guitars on the Rocksmith™ Bus which was on-site.

This year’s Reading Festival was reportedly one of the best ever and highlights included an Epiphone Casino wielding Serge Pizzorno of Kasabian, Whitey from the Kaiser Chiefs rocking the masses with a gleaming Les Paul Goldtop and The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon and Alex Rosamilla rocking hard on an ES-335 (Fallon) and an SG.

The Music Zoo in New York is holding the Gibson Art & Guitars Festival Featuring James A. Willis on Saturday, June 16th. The even is the launch of a two-week exhibition of James A. Willis’ artwork, and will feature the largest collection of Gibson Custom Shop guitars on display in one place, ever.

You’ve seen them before – or, at least, you’re beginning to – and they are quickly changing (and enhancing ) the way consumers shop for goods and services.

Before Zakk Wylde spends much of his summer playing with Ozzy Osbourne, the guitar whizz is visiting Moscow.

Join the U.K.’s leading session musicians for a free lunchtime event for all guitar, tech and music enthusiasts. Gibson Guitar will host Gibson Tech Talk on Tuesday, May 1, at 1 p.m. (GMT) in the exclusive Gibson Guitar Studio in Central London (29-35 Rathbone Street, London W1T 1NJ).

Gibson has teamed up with Absolute Radio to offer one unsigned band or singer-songwriter the opportunity to perform a live set at the Sundance London Inc. Club, a 300-capacity venue located in London’s the O2. Gibson is providing all the backline and instrumentation for the scheduled bands to use across the festival, including the winner during their set.