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Queens of the Stone Age announce The Catacombs Tour
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These are the UK cities that will host Black Sabbath: The Ballet in autumn and winter 2025
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The Damned announce massive 50th anniversary show
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AC/DC announce Australian leg of PWR⚡️UP tour
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"He'll be sacking me next." Pete Townshend on Roger Daltrey and why Zak Starkey was fired by The Who
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Latest Classic Rock News

Queens of the Stone Age announce The Catacombs Tour
By Paul Brannigan published
It'll be just like seeing QOTSA perform underneath Paris surrounded by millions of skeletons, except completely different

These are the UK cities that will host Black Sabbath: The Ballet in autumn and winter 2025
By Metal Hammer published
The Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production, dedicated to the godfathers of heavy metal, will hit the road from September to November

The Damned announce massive 50th anniversary show
By Fraser Lewry published
Yep, punk is officially half a century old

AC/DC announce Australian leg of PWR⚡️UP tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Could these be the final AC/DC shows ever?

"He'll be sacking me next." Pete Townshend on Roger Daltrey and why Zak Starkey was fired by The Who
By Stef Lach published
The Who's Pete Townshend describes Zak Starkey's sacking saga as "a mess"

Bruce Springsteen reveals that he's never been happy with his world-conquering Born In The USA album
By Paul Brannigan published
The multi-platinum success of Born In The USA made Bruce Springsteen a household name, but The Boss still harbours reservations about the album

Contrary to old rumours, Rick Wakeman swears he wasn't responsible for the Sex Pistols getting dumped by their record label in 1977
By Paul Brannigan published
The music business can be brutal, as the Sex Pistols discovered in March 1977 when they signed and then lost a record deal in a single week

How Dire Straits outsold everyone, hijacked MTV, and accidentally made a classic
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Mike Peters, Buckcherry, Adam Duritz, Battlesnake, Eureka Machines, H.E.A.T, Steve Lillywhite, Live Aid USA and more

Local council leader hopes to cancel Bournemouth date of Marilyn Manson UK tour due to sexual misconduct allegations
By Matt Mills published
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s Millie Earl wants to “reinforce the message that violence against women and girls isn’t something that’s acceptable in our community”
Latest Classic Rock Features

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, The Hives, Enuff Z'nuff and five other raiders of the lost art

The night The Kinks partied at serial killer John Wayne Gacy's house
By Fraser Lewry published
The Kinks' US tour of 1965 was eventful even before the Killer Clown got involved

Why The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s version of You Really Got Me
By Niall Doherty published
The band’s famously chilled out frontman Ray Davies had a hard time accepting that people thought Eddie Van Halen & co. wrote his timeless classic

“The ultimate anti-everything symbol”: How heavy metal found its fashion sense
By Matt Mills published
From denim vests to bullet belts and drawer after drawer of black t-shirts, this is how metal music developed its signature dress code

"It's been a mission statement from day one": Why Sparks continue to do things other bands don't
By Dave Ling published
With 28 albums’ worth of songs to choose from, there'll be some surprises as Sparks tour their MAD! album

Why Skunk Anansie stood on top of the cliff and jumped into the clouds
By Polly Glass published
Skunk Anansie’s future hung in the balance, but a new album and the power of love changed everything
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

"If anger is an energy, John Lydon is raging – and it’s a joy to see": PiL, Johnny Marr and Death Cult thrill at 'post-punk festival' Forever Now
By Scott Rowley published
The National Bowl at Milton Keynes plays home to an underserved tribe in a celebration of 80s alternative music

The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds is revered by the critics - but not everyone is on board
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Brian Wilson's celebrated masterpiece, reappraised

"Fired up, furiously fashioned and bug-shit crazy": His Lordship define rock'n'roll on Bored Animal
By Ian Fortnam published
A second album of fevered garage rock from Pretenders' guitarist

Steve Harley shows who's boss on the 50th Anniversary edition of The Best Years Of Our Lives
By John Aizlewood published
Lavishly expanded 50th-anniversary edition of the album where Cockney Rebel suffered reduced billing (includes the big hit)

Gillan's Future Shock pays sonic tribute to their singer's illustrious Purple past
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Future Shock found Gillan with a free-spirited sound that brought to mind nothing so much as an update on vintage Deep Purple

Whether John Lydon likes it or not, Sex Pistols' Download set proves the true spirit of punk still lives large
By Stephen Hill published
Sex Pistols and Frank Carter shake off a rocky start to bring some proper punk rock to Download