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Squeeze issue statement after worker dies at venue
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Roger Daltrey comes clean on The Who's drummer problems
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Brütal Legend 2 is finally happening – if the game’s developer can raise $100 million: “We’d love to do it, but a game like that requires significant funding”
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Saxon launch Gods Of Thunder album and release epic title track
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Latest Classic Rock News

Squeeze issue statement after worker dies at venue
By Fraser Lewry Published
Squeeze's show at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Virginia has been cancelled following the tragedy

Roger Daltrey comes clean on The Who's drummer problems
By Fraser Lewry Published
Roger Daltrey confirms that Zak Starkey's on-off-on-off relationship with The Who is back on again

Brütal Legend 2 is finally happening – if the game’s developer can raise $100 million: “We’d love to do it, but a game like that requires significant funding”
By Matt Mills Published
Double Fine Productions tease a sequel to their 2009 cult classic title starring Jack Black and Ozzy Osbourne, but it’ll set supporters back nine figures

Saxon launch Gods Of Thunder album and release epic title track
By Fraser Lewry Published
Gods Of Thunder is Saxon's 25th album and will arrive ahead of their UK tour next year

Listen to long-lost Phil Lynott song Can't Get Away
By Fraser Lewry Published
Can’t Get Away, recorded with Huey Lewis, is one of 29 previously unreleased songs on the upcoming eight-disc Phil Lynott anthology The Story Of My Life

Mastodon look back on the pressure and delight of playing Black Sabbath’s final show
By Matt Mills Published
The Atlanta metal band opened the last gig before Ozzy Osbourne’s death in July 2025

United States Secretary of Defense told Army Chief of Staff to stand down over Kid Rock helicopter flyby investigation
By Simon Young Published
President Trump's pal Kid Rock is at the centre of Pete Hegseth's controversial military decision
Latest Classic Rock Features

The Sheepdogs: On the road with a band who wield retro tastes like superpowers
By Polly Glass Published
What happened when we joined Canada’s modern-day rock’n’roll perennials The Sheepdogs for shows in their homeland

10 obscure but brilliant 70s bands who should have been huge
By Malcolm Dome Published
These 70s bands came, they rocked, and they vanished without trace

What exactly is Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl whispering on Everlong?
By Simon Young Published
The 1997 single with the inaudible crackly bit has been streamed 1.8 billion times on Spotify

The story of Roundabout by Yes and the record company interference that made it successful
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
Inspired by Scottish scenery and circular intersections, Roundabout helped break Yes in the US after Atlantic Records took a blade to it

Bon Scott: The story of a friendship with a golden-hearted charmer
By Kurt Squiers Published
Fifa Riccobono was the CEO at AC/DC's Australian record label Albert Music – and a friend to Bon Scott from his first shows

“It took me until album number three before I found an identity”: Peter Gabriel’s first four solo records
By Daryl Easlea Published
Car, Scratch, Melt and Security log the incredible distance he covered between leaving Genesis and creating So

Jethro Tull’s 1980s: Haunted studio, nuclear evacuation cars on standby and a tasteless stage trick
By Johnny Sharp Published
Ian Anderson looks back on A, Broadsword And The Beast, Under Wraps and Walk Into Light, and the musicians that made it a rich and rewarding era – even if some fans weren’t happy
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Airbourne blaze back on a wave of pent-up desire and nostalgia on album featuring Bryan Adams and Mutt Lange
By Emma Johnston Published
Airbourne's self-titled sixth album pays tribute to Lemmy, John Bonham, Bon Scott, and Little Richard

One of the great 'what if' moments in rock history: Ace by Dee Snider's Desperado
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
What happens when you mix Dee Snider, Clive Burr and Bernie Tormé? A lost, long-forgotten surprise

Prog-metal veterans Mastodon surmount personal tragedies to deliver stellar ninth album Marrow Deep
By Dave Everley Published
Prog-metal veterans Mastodon's first album since the death of former guitarist Brent Hinds doesn’t hide the seam of anguish at its core

Mastodon triumph over tragedy with Marrow Deep
By Chris Chantler Published
The departure of guitarist Brent Hinds in 2025 might've spelled disaster for Mastodon, but the prog metal pioneers are ambitious as ever

“A blur of Rhinestones sparkling in the spotlights”: Ghost offer a rare, stylish glimpse behind the curtain with concert film/documentary 2 Big To Rig
By Eleanor Goodman Published
Sweden’s hard rock devil church celebrate their fans and crew alike in this dazzling backstage look. Mild spoilers ahead…

Rush ascend to prog rock nirvana on the superhuman but radio-ready Moving PicturesRusah
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
Bridging the gap between 70s Rush and 80s Rush, Moving Pictures remains a benchmark release






