Latest Classic Rock News
50 years on: Brian May and Roger Taylor on Queen's operatic masterpiece A Night At The Opera
Also in this issue: Heart, Scorpions, Eric Gales, Creeper, Tom Petty, UFO, David Bowie, Zakk Wylde, Devon Allman, Counting Crows and more
New Rush drummer Anika Nilles reacts to sudden spotlight
Nilles has also thanked fans for their "open-minded" reaction to her appointment
"There’s still time to come to the States to catch this show..." Dream Theater cancel 2026 UK and European Parasomnia tour plans
Dream Theater are currently on tour in the US performing the whole of new album, Parasomnia
"A decadent yet functional take on wellness": Smashing Pumpkins launch $20 charity smoothie
Like lion's mane and blue spirulina? Then you'll love Billy Corgan's OG Goth smoothie
Bruce Dickinson gives the US national anthem the air-raid siren treatment again
The Iron Maiden frontman has sung the Star Spangled Banner at another sporting event
"I had a slight fender bender": Gene Simmons recovering at home after Malibu car crash
The Kiss legend hit a parked vehicle and was transported to hospital
Rush add additional dates to Fifty Something 2026 tour
Rush's "evening with" shows will see the band performing two distinct sets from a catalogue of greatest hits and fan favourites
There's still time to tie up the Loose Ends in your Springsteen collection this Prime Day with 27% off this epic 9LP vinyl box set - but the clock is ticking
Tracks II: The Lost Albums features tracks recorded by The Boss between 1983-2018 and contains 82 previously unreleased songs - but this deal is coming to an end soon
Latest Classic Rock Features
Every Rush album ranked from worst to best
Canada's prog rock heroes have amassed an immense discography over a 50-year career... and now they're hitting the road again
The Pumpkins classic Billy Corgan was against releasing as a single until his label boss changed his mind
Praise be for the persuasive powers of the music exec who brought Corgan round to his way of thinking
Glenn Hughes has played with Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Black Country Communion and more - but he should never have left his first band
Glenn Hughes has spent more than 50 years in rock - and he's ready to talk about it all
An armed robbery, a returning drummer and a new label brought this prog band back from near oblivion
They hadn’t released an album in five years before turning things round with a heavily conceptual double release – and their struggles became part of their science-fiction saga
“I spotted them and I thought they were a really terrific band.” How David Bowie took one of the 90s' big breakout rock bands under his wing - right before they blew up
The rock'n'roll icon turned mentor for the trio the 90s and insisted they record a song together
Here's every metal album that's ever gone to number one in the UK
From Iron Maiden to Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
"Some Time In New York City is an album that suffers from being terrible": John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band compiled on Power To The People
A collection of live, studio and demo tracks and an almost-album from John Lennon’s political New York City years
Fields Of The Nephilim take 80s goth to its logical extreme on The Nephilim
Fields Of The Nephilim's second album blends mysticism and the occult, referencing Aleister Crowley and HP Lovecraft
Ozzy: No Escape From Now is an imperfect but essential look at Ozzy Osbourne’s final years
Though it’s sometimes slapdash, Paramount Plus’s two-hour documentary offers impressive insight into the Prince Of Darkness’ late-life struggles
Review: Ash are still mixing futuristic rock brilliance with Brit-Weezer ballast on Ad Astra
Northern Irish punk-pop trio Ash blast off with a wider perspective of sound and vision on ninth album
Review: Michael Schenker lets rip on new MSG album Don’t Sell Your Soul
Guitar hero Michael Schenker follows his re-imagined UFO favourites with a set of his own new material
Thrice – Horizons/West review: timeless elegance from one-time post-hardcore wonderkids
The California four-piece offer another platter of soulful rock’n’roll that bucks trends and plucks heartstrings
