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Metallica save dance music festival from cancellation after fire destroys main stage
By Stef Lach published
Blaze wiped out Tomorrowland stage just days before gates opened – but Metallica saved the huge EDM event

Ghost will perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon next week
By Matt Mills published
Late-night TV will be Satanized on Wednesday, July 23

Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza is coming out in cinemas
By Matt Mills published
Ozzy Osbourne’s blockbuster farewell will be turned into a concert film and hit theatre screens in 2026

Watch John Fogerty play Have You Ever Seen The Rain? at intimate London show
By Fraser Lewry published
The footage coincides with the new issue of Classic Rock, which includes an in-depth interview with John Fogerty

Yungblud’s career-affirming cover of Black Sabbath’s Changes is now available to stream
By Matt Mills published
The UK rocker stole the show with his take on Sabbath’s 1972 track at Back To The Beginning, and the performance can now be relived again and again

Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty on recriminations, revivals and reunions
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Brian Wilson, Electric Light Orchestra, Halestorm, Bush, Rick Derringer, The Black Keys, Volbeat, Steve Harley, Joe Bonamassa & Joanne Shaw Taylor, Orianthi, Wytch Hazel and more

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are teasing something cryptic together and fans are excited
By Fraser Lewry published
The Fleetwood Mac legends are suddenly completing each other's sentences

How Gentle Giant told Black Sabbath they were being "ripped off" in the 1970s
By Fraser Lewry published
Gentle Giant frontman Derek Shulman recalls the fraught 1972 meeting that ended with Ozzy Osbourne throwing a bottle at management

Bruce Springsteen’s latest world tour sold 4.9 million tickets and grossed $730 million, more than double the takings of any previous tour in his career
By Paul Brannigan published
Springsteen's recently-completed world tour is officially the most successful of his storied career

Steve Miller Band cancel all upcoming shows, cite increase in extreme weather
By Fraser Lewry published
The Steve Miller Band's summer tour was scheduled to kick off next month

Perry Farrell sues Jane's Addiction bandmates mere hours after they sued him
By Fraser Lewry published
Perry Farrell is suing his former bandmates for assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract

Reunited Alice Cooper Band release "full-throttle" new single Up All Night
By Fraser Lewry published
Up All Night is the third release from The Revenge Of Alice Cooper, the band's first album in over half a century

Perry Farrell's Jane's Addiction bandmates are suing him for assault, battery and the intentional infliction of emotional distress
By Paul Brannigan published
"It is time for defendant to face the consequences of his actions"

Watch the trailer for the new documentary It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
By Fraser Lewry published
The Amy Berg-directed It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley hits theatres next month

Six years after their first shows, Robert Plant's Saving Grace finally announce debut album
By Fraser Lewry published
Robert Plant and Saving Grace’s version of Low’s Everybody’s Song is out now - US tour also confirmed

What is the metal song in the Stranger Things season 5 trailer? The TV show has championed another pioneering rock band
By Matt Mills published
After inserting Metallica’s Master Of Puppets into season four, Stranger Things has used another hard rock classic to soundtrack the announcement of season five

Alter Bridge announce new album and huge European tour
By Fraser Lewry published
AlterBridge's eighth studio album was recorded round at Wolfgang Van Halen's place
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