It has been confirmed that Joe Satriani will play live shows in the UK in 2013.

The guitarist last visited the UK as part of Chickenfoot, but has not played solo shows in Britain since 2010.

Taking place in June, there will be ten gigs in all, as follows:

06/08/13 Sat Manchester Apollo Manchester, GB
06/09/13 Sun Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, GB
06/10/13 Mon Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, GB
06/11/13 Tue Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Liverpool, GB
06/12/13 Wed Colston Hall Bristol, GB
06/13/13 Thu Wolverhampton Civic Hall Wolverhampton, GB
06/15/13 Sat Sheffield City Hall Sheffield, GB
06/16/13 Sun Portsmouth Guildhall Portsmouth, GB
06/17/13 Mon Shepherd’s Bush Empire London, GB
06/18/13 Tue IndigO2 London, GB

A half hour interview with rock vocalist John Corabi has been posted on YouTube.  The chat, conducted by Rome By Wild can be seen below.

The singer released various albums with ex-Kiss man Bruce Kulick under the name Union, but will still be known by many as vocalist with early 90s rockers The Scream and for his short stint replacing Vince Neil in Motley Crue.

An acoustic career retrospective, ‘Unplugged’ will be released in November 2012.

Tonight at London’s Roundhouse, Devin Townsend presents a huge career retrospective. The show, unlike any other show Townsend has performed to date, promises to be spectacular. Aside from Townsend, the Retinal Circus will feature special guests, a full choir, theatrical performances (reportedly including actual circus events) and an art exhibit…

Metal Hammer caught up with Devin the day before the big performance. In the first clip, Townsend talks about the Retinal Circus, while in the second, he answers fan questions. To finish, a clip of Devin dancing to the stupidly catchy ‘Lucky Animals’ from his 2012 album ‘Epicloud’.

Set aside just over half an hour and spend it with Dev. You know you want to.

Guitarist Chris Poland recently asked fans to submit questions via Facebook regarding his guitars, playing, equipment and set up. The former Megadeth man subsequently uploaded a lengthy video clip, in which he goes into great detail telling those fans almost everything they wanted to know.

If you’d like to know more, you can find out via the near forty minute clip below! The clip is posted on Poland’s official YouTube channel – if you click the YouTube logo in the bottom right of the box, you can also view other Chris Poland related goodies!

Currently a member of Ohm:, Poland is best known for his tenure in thrash metal legends Megadeth, having contributed to their career-defining release ‘Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?’

Swedish hardcore punks Refused reunited at the beginning of 2012 to play live shows.  The decision was taken since the band felt they’d not toured their final album ‘The Shape of Punk to Come’ properly at the time of it’s release.

The band have spent the year almost permanently on the road, but all good things must come to an end, and the band are set to play what they’ve called their “final shows” in Sweden this December.

The cofirmed shows are as follows: