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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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Brian May targets summer 2023 for box set re-release of the Star Fleet Project EP he recorded with Eddie Van Halen
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Brian May promises that the box set reissue of his Star Fleet Project EP will be worth the wait

Watch: Man begins singing Bon Jovi anthem in London park, sparks massive feel-good singalong
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Watch Londoners conduct a spontaneous singalong of Bon Jovi classic Livin' On A Prayer: "This might be the closest humanity has gotten towards world peace" notes one commentator

Bush's Gavin Rossdale recalls David Bowie's advice on how he should deal with music critics savaging his band
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David Bowie gave Bush's Gavin Rossdale advice on dealing with critics

Queen release trailer for News Of The World 40th Anniversary Edition
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The previously unavailable footage of Queen's News Of The World Tour comes from the Queen: The American Dream documentary

The 50 best Queen songs of all time
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We asked, you voted: here are the 50 songs Queen fans deemed champions of them all

Mikko von Hertzen picks his 10 favourite Queen songs
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Von Hertzen Brothers frontman Mikko von Hertzen picks his 10 favourite songs from a band he calls "the love of my life," Queen

Five of the best songs by Queen's Roger Taylor
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Five of best songs Roger Taylor wrote... with or without Queen

Jerry Lee Lewis dead at 87
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Rock'n'roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis has died, it has been confirmed

Greta Van Fleet vocalist Josh Kiszka has ruptured his eardrum
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Michigan quartet forced to postpone three shows on North American tour

Guns N' Roses tease snippet of never-performed Use Your Illusion song during soundcheck
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The band were preparing for a show at Estadio El Campín in Bogotá, Colombia on October 11

Here's that AC/DC money you've always wanted
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The Australian government has minted special coins to celebrate band's 50th anniversary

The conspiratorial story behind The Beatles' Abbey Road album artwork
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How a stroll across a North London zebra crossing became one of the most iconic album shots of all time – and fuelled a macabre conspiracy theory

Meet MixedUpEverything, four young Aussie brothers taking the web by storm
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Melbourne-based four piece MixedUpEverything are becoming YouTube stars with their cover versions of Metallica and more... but there's more to the band than other peoples' songs

What happens when Metallica collide with Earth, Wind and Fire
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DJ Cummerbund is back with his latest mash-up, melding Metallica's classic Enter Sandman with Earth, Wind And Fire's Let's Groove Tonight...

Ten Second Song Guy does 10 pop songs in the style of Metallica
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Youtuber Anthony Vincent - known for his Ten Second Song videos - has joined forces with fellow YouTuber 331Erock to attack 10 pop classics in the style of James Hetfield & Co...

Metallica and Lady Gaga: What Moth Into Flame should have sounded like
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Metallica have released rehearsal footage of their Grammy performance with Lady Gaga... without the glitches that marred the broadcast version

What if James Hetfield was the Cowardly Lion? Microsoft's MurphyBot goes mental
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Microsoft's MurphyBot has taken the web by storm... and we've put it to good use with some of rock's biggest names

Watch four 12-year-old Brazilians take on Metallica's Enter Sandman
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Deep in the heart of Brazil, something is stirring. It's loud. It's young. And its name is Poison Gas

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week
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This week's tracks hail from all over the world – from California to Slough. But which is your favourite? Place your vote at the foot of this page and we'll announce the winner next week...

Classic Rock 223: Reissues
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Re-releases from Cream and Eric Clapton, Metallica, Jethro Tull and many more...

The Best New Rock Album Releases This Week
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Metallica, R.E.M. and Soundgarden are among the best new rock album releases you can pick up later this week

Metallica: Metallica - Album Of The Week Club review
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Metallica's Black Album turned them from rising thrash stars to mainstream rock icons. Did the compromise come at a cost?

Win the deluxe edition box set of Metallica's ....And Justice For All
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11 CDs, four vinyl LPs, DVDs and more of pure Metallica... and it could all be yours

Ozzy Osbourne: why I can't stop working, TV stardom, and being crap at parking
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Classic Interview: we spoke to Ozzy Osbourne as he released Scream, the recording debut of Ozzy’s new guitarist, Gus G, the Greek six-stringer who replaced long-standing sidekick Zakk Wylde
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