Latest Classic Rock News
"I think her name is Anika": Geddy Lee was telling people about Rush's new drummer two years ago
Geddy Lee has also revealed how German drummer Anika Nilles became Rush's choice for their first live shows in more than a decade
"Life is full of surprises!" Rush announce first live shows in eleven years, reveal new live drummer
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will be joined on their first live dates for over a decade by former Jeff Beck drummer Anika Nilles
Ozzy Osbourne admitted that he had a “life-or-death” heart problem days before he died of a heart attack
In his new memoir Last Rites, Osbourne writes that sepsis from one of his spinal surgeries gave him arrhythmia and “a dodgy heart valve”
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson to record his next solo album in January
Dickinson reveals that he and his solo band will record the follow-up to 2024’s The Mandrake Project live in the studio
"Taylor Swift said that was the best song ever written": Goo Goo Dolls launch video of Taylor Swift duetting with frontman John Rzeznik
The footage was shot onstage at Madison Square Garden in New York
Toyah and Robert Fripp explore uncharted musical territory in new Sunday Lunch video
They're back! Again!
The first time Ozzy Osbourne met Ronnie James Dio it nearly ended in bloodshed
The rivalry between the two ex-Black Sabbath singers nearly spilled over into chaos
Latest Classic Rock Features
“Nothing polarises people like we do”: Rush and the mindset behind final album Clockwork Angels
In 2012 Geddy Lee discussed their 20th studio title – their only end-to-end concept record – from the aspect of a band who’d come to terms with their youthful years and transformed into a pop-culture phenomenon
The 10 best double albums in rock music history
From the late 60s through to the late 80s, some of the greatest and most influential albums ever made were doubles
The story of the English song that was minor hit in Europe before becoming an all-American classic
Written by Russ Ballard, it was a surprise solo hit for the Space Ace – and it's still paying off
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 22, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from A Thousand Horses, Mirador, The Sheepdogs and more
“I’ve done Genesis longer than Peter Gabriel!” Nad Sylvan is being more himself than ever
Best known for his12 years with Steve Hackett, the US-born Swede explores his own life and times at last. And is that a Pink Floyd reference as sings about being frontman and sideman in someone else’s project?
“It’s 50 per cent music, 50 per cent hair”: Sparks’ commitment to silliness is very prog
Ron Mael (the operatic one) and Russell Mael (the staring one) never discussed being different; but as LA brothers inspired by British prog and glam, they always were. They only rule they made was: “Shake up the universe”
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
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
Lindsey and Stevie invent the future on long-lost, now-found Buckingham Nicks album
The album that took Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks away from their day jobs into the belly of the Fleetwood Mac beast
