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Classic Rock is the online home of the world's best rock'n'roll magazine. We bring you breaking news, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes features, as well as unrivalled access to the biggest names in rock music; from Led Zeppelin to Deep Purple, Guns N’ Roses to the Rolling Stones, AC/DC to the Sex Pistols, and everything in between. Our expert writers bring you the very best on established and emerging bands plus everything you need to know about the mightiest new music releases.

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BADAMS

Bryan Adams shares title track from new album So Happy It Hurts, announces UK tour

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Bryan Adams sets spring 2022 release date for new album So Happy It Hurts, reveals 12 UK tour dates to follow

ozzy

Ozzy Osbourne says that worshipping Satan protected him from Covid-19

By Classic Rock last updated

Did Lucifer shield The Prince Of Darkness from the coronavirus? Ozzy has some thoughts

Richie F

“Mr Faulkner is alive today because the stars aligned” says surgeon who saved Judas Priest guitarist’s life

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Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner is discharged from hospital following successful 10 hour heart surgery

Van Halen

“I'm trying to do my best here without you, but it’s really f**king hard”: Wolfgang Van Halen pays tribute to his father Edward

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Wolfgang Van Halen pays an emotional tribute to his father Edward on the first anniversary of EVH’s death

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Nancy Wilson shares extended take of her Eddie Van Halen tribute, 4 Edward

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4 Edward With Love is an extended version of Nancy Wilson’s EVH tribute recorded for her solo album You And Me

Blondie 2021

Blondie postpone November UK tour until 2022, Garbage drop off bill

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Blondie reschedule their Against The Odds UK tour, moving the dates to spring 2022

Jazz Band

Dave Grohl once invited AC/DC and Paul McCartney to dinner and got everyone dancing to jazz

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Dave Grohl reveals how he surprised AC/DC by having a legendary jazz band ’gatecrash’ their private dinner

Slash and Myles 2019

Slash teases new album as “the best one we’ve done so far”

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The new Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators album is coming soon, and Slash is promising good things

Status Quo: Hello! cover art

Status Quo: Hello! - Album Of The Week Club review

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After consolidating the sound of the Frantic Four on 1972's Piledriver, Status Quo stuck with a winning formula on the following year's Hello!

DLR 2021

David Lee Roth announces his retirement from music: “It’s been an amazing run”

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Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth says he’s “throwing in the shoes” following his January 2022 residency in Las Vegas

Queen

Adam Lambert “deserves the chance to record a Queen song” says Roger Taylor

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Roger Taylor hasn't given up on the idea of a new Queen album with Adam Lambert

AC/DC

Watch AC/DC conjure up ghosts of the past in Through The Mists Of Time video

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AC/DC return with a fifth video from Power Up, the nostalgic Through The Mists Of Time

Scorpions

Watch Scorpions rehearse new material, as new album Rock Believer is announced

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Scorpions announce new album Rock Believer and 2022 tour dates, post rehearsal studio footage

Van Hagar

Van Halen tried to bury their ‘Van Hagar’-era music after David Lee Roth’s return says Sammy Hagar

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Sammy Hagar believes that Van Halen deliberately suppressed the albums he recorded with the band from 1986 to 1995

Richie Priest

Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner ‘stable’ after major emergency heart surgery

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Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner is ‘stable and resting’ after emergency heart surgery, his partner reveals

Skunk Anansie: Paranoid & Sunburnt cover art

Skunk Anansie: Paranoid & Sunburnt - Album Of The Week Club review

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Skunk Anansie melded together rock, punk, dub, reggae and electronica influences on debut album Paranoid & Sunburnt

Billy Idol

Billy Idol to play 2022 arena shows in England, Scotland and Wales

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Billy Idol lines up six -date UK leg of The Roadside Tour, with The Go Go’s in support

RB by RH

Hundreds of unseen Ritchie Blackmore photos to feature in new Ross Halfin book

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Legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin to publish 304-page Ritchie Blackmore photo book

Joe Perry Project: Let The Music Do The Talking cover art

Joe Perry Project: Let The Music Do The Talking - Album Of The Week Club review

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In which Joe Perry escapes the dysfunctional Aerosmith family and attempts to Let The Music Do The Talking

NHC

Watch Taylor Hawkins take centre stage with his new band NHC, featuring Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro

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Hear two new songs from NHC, aka Navarro Hawkins Chaney, the new Jane’s Addiction/Foo Fighters ‘supergroup‘

Queen

Brian May ‘lost interest’ in writing new Queen music with Adam Lambert, says Roger Taylor

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Roger Taylor says that he hopes a ‘pretty damn good’ new Queen song written with Adam Lambert ‘comes to light’

Van Hale 1975

‘We rejected Van Halen in 1976 to protect Kiss’ admits Paul Stanley

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Paul Stanley says he and Kiss manager Bill Aucoin turned down working with the unsigned Van Halen ‘to keep Gene [Simmons] in check’

DP

Reuniting with Ritchie Blackmore would be ‘no fun at all’ for Deep Purple says Ian Gillan

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Ian Gillan pours cold water on the idea of Deep Purple ever welcoming guitarist Ritchie Blackmore back into the band

Pistols 1996

John Lydon slams ‘evil’ Sex Pistols, says court loss sees him facing ‘financial ruin’

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John Lydon says 'nasty’ court case brought by his former Sex Pistols bandmates has cost him ‘millions’

Alice Cult

Alice Cooper and The Cult announce co-headline UK arena tour for 2022

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Shock rock godfather Alice Cooper and hard rock heroes The Cult to pair up for six date UK arena trek in 2022

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