The virtuoso guitarist of the band Mister Big, Paul Gilbert, is Plovdiv Guitar Festival's special guest this weekend. He will perform in Hall 2 of Plovdiv Fair on October 18. In Bulgaria, Gilbert will be joined on stage by a drum and bass player while his wife Amy Gilbert will be on the keyboard. The quartet will perform compositions from the last solo-album of Paul Gilbert called Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar, as well as hits from his time with Mister Big.

Gilbert established Mister Big which became very famous in the 1980s with To Be With You. He also wrote some of the band's best known hits, including Road To Ruin, A Little Too Loose, Green-Tinted Sixties Mind and Out of the Underground. The phenomenal guitarist is also the founder of another hard-rock legend, the band Racer X. He also worked with Joe Satriani and John Petrucci on the project G3.

Gilbert arrives in Sofia right after his concert in Romania's capital Bucharest. After his performance here he will head to Thessalonica for another gig. His concert in Bulgaria is part of his European tour 2008, which started on September 23 in Brussels. The musician will give 57 performances ending on November 23 in Brighton, UK. His previous European concerts were completely sold out, Sofia Music Enterprises, the local organiser of Gilbert's concert, said in a media statement.

Tickets for the Bulgarian show are still available for between 15 and 25 leva at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia and via the network of Ticketpro.bg.