Norway's Metal Express Radio has announced a tribute to guitarist GARY MOORE today. They have issued the following update:

"Dead at 58. While Gary wasn't the biggest creator of '80s hard rock we thought we'd take a few tracks from THIN LIZZY's Black Rose album and, of course, the highly underrated G-Force album as this week's Hair Apparent! These tracks are tops on the Ripper's Guitar Hero list. Be sure to tune in here today (Tuesday, February 8th) at 15:00 and 21:00 CET (9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. EST)."

According to The Sun, the 58-year-old Moore was discovered just before 4am by his girlfriend, unconscious in their Spanish hotel room in Estepona, Spain yesterday (February 6th). He choked on his vomit after knocking back champagne and brandy. Medics found him lying lifeless on his back wearing just his underpants.

An ambulance source said: "We believe the deceased had been drinking heavily."

A source at The Kempinski hotel on Spain's Costa del Sol - where suites cost up to £3,500 a night - said: "There were definite signs of alcohol in the room.

"His girlfriend was very distraught, in floods of tears."

In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with artists including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey as early as his secondary school days, leading him to membership with the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy on three separate occasions. Moore shared the stage with such blues and rock luminaries as B.B. KING, ALBERT KING, COLOSSEUM II, GREG LAKE and SKID ROW (not to be confused with the glam metal band of the same name), as well as having a successful solo career.

Moore collaborated with a broad range of artists including GEORGE HARRISON, TRILOK GURTU, DR. STRANGELY STRANGE, COLOSSEUM II, ALBERT COLLINS, JIMMY NAIL, MO FOSTER, GINGER BAKER, JACK BRUCE, JIM CAPALDI, VICKI BROWN, COZY POWELL, THE BEACH BOYS, OZZY OSBOURNE and ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER on the composer's Variations (album) in 1977. He experimented with many musical genres, including rock, jazz, blues, country, electric blues, hard rock and heavy metal, according to Wikipedia.