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UNCOVERED: 3 - The Untold Story

Mateus Asato proves why Nuno Bettencourt both loves and hates him with this killer Get the Funk Out guest spot

The Brazilian guitarist has had a dream weekend – jamming onstage with Extreme and meeting Steve Vai in a whirlwind 24-hour trip

Guitar World

Watch Tom Morello and Nuno Bettencourt trade solos as they cover Audioslave’s Cochise with Gary Cherone

The two Extreme members joined Morello for a version of the Chris Cornell-fronted classic – complete with an extended guitar solo section

Guitar World

This week's essential guitar tracks: from the biggest rock band on Earth to Nuno Bettencourt's favorite solo

Songs you gotta hear from Rockin’1000 ft. Chris Robertson, Extreme, Elegant Weapons, Foo Fighters, Code Orange, ONI feat. Jared Dines and oh so many more

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Nuno Bettencourt says the Rise solo opens with a mistake

The Extreme guitarist reveals his recent technical masterpiece starts with an error: “I miss the whole string completely, I was so excited”

Guitar World

Hear the new Extreme single that Nuno Bettencourt says features his favorite solo on the whole album

Other Side of the Rainbow is the latest single from the rock veterans’ forthcoming album, Six – and Nuno prefers its solo to Rise

Guitar World

The 50 Greatest Guns N' Roses songs and the stories behind them - only in the new Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Rival Sons, Joe Perry, Glen Matlock & Clem Burke, Extreme, Stone Temple Pilots, Steely Dan, Ayron Jones and more

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Extreme announce first UK tour in six years, with Living Colour in support

Funk metal pioneers Extreme reveal winter UK tour dates

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Nuno Bettencourt says he recorded with a seven-string for the first time on this new Extreme track

The shred legend says he stretched his wings and gave his N7 signature its recording debut on the band’s forthcoming album

Guitar World

Nuno Bettencourt says one of the new Extreme songs made Steve Vai and Tom Morello cry

Spoiler alert: it wasn't Rise – a track that Bettencourt says has become so popular because he didn't play it sitting down

Guitar World

Extreme cancel forthcoming M3 Rock Festival appearance due to Nuno Bettencourt knee injury

Bettencourt performed seated with Extreme earlier this week on the Monsters of Rock cruise after injuring himself in a basketball game

Guitar World

Nuno Bettencourt: “I told the guys, ‘I wanna go for blood on this album.’ I wanted to make it fun with the guitar... to bring joy into it, to bring passion into it”

Bettencourt takes us behind the guitar album of 2023 and admits that, 15 years ago, he might have “fixed” the Rise solo and ruined it. Now, it's all about letting it rip – about making us all excited again

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Nuno Bettencourt performs sitting down after busting his knee on Monsters of Rock Cruise – but still nails the Rise solo

The Extreme guitarist apologized to fans for his injury, yet battled on to deliver a set worthy of a standing ovation

Guitar World

Nuno Bettencourt on Rihanna Super Bowl halftime show appearance: "The hell with the NFL for not giving any love to the band"

Though he expressed gratitude toward the pop superstar for involving him in the show, the Extreme guitarist bemoaned the lack of camera time Rihanna's band received during the much-watched performance

Guitar World

Nuno Bettencourt turns up the heat as he debuts his virtuosic Rise solo live on the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2023

The best guitar solo of 2023 so far gets its first public performance as Extreme rock out on the high seas

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Watch Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt play the Rise solo live for the first time

Spoiler alert: it’s scary clean

Guitar World

Nuno Bettencourt says Prince once called him “one of the top three guitar players in the world”

The Purple One witnessed the Extreme guitarist play as part of an Earth, Wind & Fire tribute concert, and ended up dishing out some very high praise indeed

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Is Nuno Bettencourt one of the top three guitar players in the world? Prince thought so

Bettencourt said performing for Prince was terrifying but he left an almighty impression on the Purple One

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Eddie Van Halen was making plans for a farewell tour with the original Van Halen lineup

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt revealed that Van Halen had been planning to reunite with Michael Anthony for the farewell shows

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Eddie Van Halen was planning a farewell tour with the original Van Halen lineup

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt reveals that Eddie Van Halen was planning on bringing Michael Anthony back to the band for one final tour

Louder

Today is a beautiful day to be an Extreme fan: they've released two new videos

New Extreme songs Banshee and #Rebel both come from the band's upcoming album Six, tour dates announced

Guitar World

Extreme continue their explosive comeback and highlight Nuno Bettencourt's virtuosity in two scorching new singles

Hear the heavy riffs and mind-melting solos of #Rebel and Banshee – the latest tracks to be lifted from the band's upcoming album, Six

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Nuno Bettencourt says rock songs are “nursery rhymes for adults” and explains his theory for adding depth to simple arrangements

The Extreme guitarist says that if we want to make rock with big ideas it all comes down to what he calls “simplexity”

Guitar World

Nuno Bettencourt says Eddie Van Halen visited him while he was recording his Rise solo

Van Halen swung by the studio as the Extreme virtuoso was piecing together Rise’s mind-bending solo – but Nuno wouldn’t let him hear it

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Inside Nuno Bettencourt's charmingly weird first meeting with Eddie Van Halen: "other than Elton John, he’s the only musician that kissed me on the lips"

When an overawed Nuno Bettencourt finally got to meet his hero Eddie Van Halen, he could not have predicted what happened next

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That story about Rihanna wanting to make a heavy metal album isn't true, despite what you may have read

Rihanna's live guitarist Nuno Bettencourt says that quotes, attributed to him, about the pop star once wanting to re-invent herself as "a heavy rock chick" were "fabricated"

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