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While Guitar Hero is only on its third installment, the axe-celebrating New York Guitar Festival has announced the lineup of its seventh season of shows at venues around NYC. This year's festival will take place January 12 through February 6, and its festivities include a Brazilian guitar marathon and tributes to Bob Dylan, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Lefty Frizzell, and Hank Williams, Sr.

One of the biggest draws of the festival is the free opening night tribute to Bob Dylan's controversial 1966 concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Recreating the show's set in sequence will be Stevie Jackson (Belle & Sebastian), Jason Isbell (ex-Drive-By Truckers), Laura Cantrell, Oakley Hall, Marshall Crenshaw, the Last Town Chorus, and Nicole Atkins & Lenny Kaye, among others.

Also of note is Cantrell's contribution to the Loretta Lynn tribute, which takes place January 31.

There are currently no plans for a festival-wide group rendition of "Hit Me With Your Best Shot".