Classic Rock

Yngwie Malmsteen

“I no longer need singers. Over my career there was only a small [period of time] when I used singers. It’s just easier to do it myself.”

Love him or hate him (and probably for more than one singer who’s worked with him since he came along in the 80s it’s the latter), you can’t ignore the one-time fastest guitar in the west.

Before coming to Europe you play a month-long co-headline US tour with Glenn Hughes. As Hughes is a bit of a hero of yours, how do you see that panning out?

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