Latest Classic Rock News
Graham Gouldman announces biggest Heartful Of Songs tour yet
Graham Gouldman takes his successful Heartful Of Songs tour on the road in October 2026
Machine Head announce evening-with Europe and UK shows for spring 2026
Oakland’s groove metal pioneers will be playing some extensive sets when they return in the spring
Guns N' Roses announce two new singles and 2026 world tour
Axl, Slash, Duff and the others will hit the road again next year
“This tour is going to be a complete blast." Big Big Train announce Woodcut European and UK tour dates for Autumn 2026
Prog rock septet Big Big Train will release their new album, the conceptual Woodcut, in February
Watch Tool play a bunch of rarities for the first time in 20 years, plus a Black Sabbath cover, during New Zealand shows over the weekend
Deep cuts from the Undertow, Ænima and 10,000 Days albums found their way back onto the setlist as the prog metal icons kicked off their Oceania/Asia tour
According to Glenn Hughes and Slayer's Kerry King, the rock and metal talent pool is drying up
Former Deep Purple man Glenn Hughes and Slayer's Kerry King can't name any new rock or metal artists that excite them
Watch Robert Plant perform Led Zeppelin's Gallows Pole during Tiny Desk Concert set
Robert Plant and Saving Grace play intimate set including Led Zep classic
Latest Classic Rock Features
How Metallica turned tragedy into Fade To Black: the acoustic epic that put the elitists in their place
Inspired by the time Metallica’s gear was pinched, Fade To Black threw the metal scene into an uproar – but the band had the last laugh
Three decades in, Paradise Lost still haven't made their best album
Goth-metal progenitors cast a cautiously optimistic eye on the future
“It’s voted biggest spectacular and biggest folly. That’s a compliment!” Six myths and legends of Rick Wakeman
Keyboard maestro on his 36-year wait to play Hampton Court, the apparent disaster of King Arthur on ice, buying a £1,000 synth for £35 because its owner thought it was broken, his innocence over the Sex Pistols’ firing from A&M and more
Smuggling, private jets, and expecting the unexpected on the road with the Osbournes
Witnessing the warmth and wit of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
The story of the boozy Counting Crows classic their drummer detested
A song Counting Crows' still-sozzled singer Adam Duritz wrote immediately after (and about) a wild night out, Mr. Jones became radio staple, a huge hit and their signature song
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: November 24, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Bad Nerves, Shinedown, Earth Tongue and more
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Foreigner arrive fully-formed and formidable on debut album
While punk rock was big news in 1977, the radio-friendly rock of Foreigner was still perfectly timed
Aerosmith and Yungblud's One More Time EP is a surprising but welcome triumph
Rock's past and present meet in the middle and make a certain kind of magic in hopes of securing its future
Review: 74-75: Night Life / Fighting is a seven-CD countdown to Thin Lizzy's lift-off
74-75: Night Life / Fighting finds Phil Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson pointing Thin Lizzy in the right direction
The Beatles' Anthology 4 is more evidence of original reality turned distorted mythology
The bottom of the Abbey Road barrel approaches
Spock’s Beard are still pushing prog’s boundaries on first album in seven years
Spock’s Beard: Still proud to be prog on The Archaeoptimist
The Rolling Stones first album without Mick Taylor, now available in super deluxe form
Mick Taylor exits the Stones and fun times return
