Swedish guitar legend YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is featured in a new interview with Classic Rock Revisited. An excerpt is available below:

CRR: Have you ever been burnt out on playing music?

Yngwie: "I wouldn’t say I was burnt out ever but you can overdo it to where it becomes a routine and I’ve done that. I want to be excited when I’m on stage. I’ve been playing for so long that I don’t practice much anymore – I play guitar all the time but it’s not like I’m practicing songs. When I get inspired I go to the studio and when I’m on stage I’m inspired because of all the people. But I don’t go off stage on to the tour bus and listen to music. That intensity that I want to retain, I want it to be real because I can pull out the autopilot any day, but that’s not the real thing to me. I don’t like to do that. When I play I need it to be honest and in the moment. That goes for being on stage or in the studio. For instance, if I go into a studio to record a solo or whatever and it doesn’t happen right away, I just say 'Fuck it' and I’m out of there. I don’t keep on doing it. I won’t do another take. Either it happens or it won’t."

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Thump Music recently announced a Masterclass tour featuring Malmsteen for Australia this December. Dates are as available below, venues will be confirmed soon.

December

9 - Brisbane
10 - Sydney
11 - Melbourne
13 - Perth:
“My clinics are a show in themselves,” proclaims Malmsteen.

Thump’s founder Jon Carruthers adds, “Yngwie’s jaw-dropping wizardry and fretboard pyrotechnics will challenge your mind and help you to achieve your musical dreams.”

Stay tuned for updates.

Malmsteen was recently confirmed for Japan's Loud Park 2013 which runs on Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th in Saitama City at the Saitama Super Arena.

Other bands confirmed for the festival include:AMORPHIS, BEHEMOTH, BREAKING ARROWS, BRING ME THE HORIZON, CROSSFAITH, ENFORCER, EUROPE, KING DIAMOND, LAST IN LINE, LORDI, LOST SOCIETY, MOKOMA, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS with Chester Bennington, STRATOVARIUS, THERION, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, TRIVIUM

Loud Park 2013 features 24 bands on two different stages over two days. Ticket information will be available soon. For event details visit LoudPark.com.