Classic Rock News

It’s been another busy week in the world of rock, metal and prog – here are the stories that hit the headlines

The Motley Crue bassist hits out at “wanna be” band Steel Panther after Michael Starr makes a joke about Vince Neil

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford says the band have “vaults” full of riffs that could be used on their next studio album

Rammstein's Till Lindemann and Hypocrisy and Pain's Peter Tagtgren launch new single Ich weiß es nicht along with a remix by Ministry

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds will play shows in support of the new album Ghosteen in 2020

Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott says that a “warts and all” previously unreleased show from Oxford in 1980 is on the way

Track taken from Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live album - out next week

King’s X move all their live shows to 2020 as Jerry Gaskill deals with “some issues with his heart that needed to be addressed”

Marilyn Manson shares black and white promo for his take on American folk song God’s Gonna Cut You Down

The fourth and final set will feature Dance Of Death, A Matter Of Life And Death, The Final Frontier and The Book Of Souls

Exclusive “We’ve spent nine months showing people how to f****** do it properly,” says The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins

Guitarist says the current Toto lineup will be over following this weekend’s show in Philadelphia, with the band planning to go on hiatus after gruelling anniversary tour

The Beatles: The Singles Collection brings together all 22 singles released by The Fab Four between 1962 and 1970 and more

The former Motorhead drummer says it’s “pure wrong” that both he and guitarist Phil Campbell weren’t named in the band’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame lineup

Be Pure - Be Vigilant - Behave was filmed during the Manics tour celebrating 20 years of The Holy Bible album in 2014 and 2015

Film focusing on the history of the famous Rainbow Bar & Grill will be released later this year

Tool have played their first show since the release of new album Fear Inoculum, and here's what they had in the setlist

Watch Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich join Mumford & Sons onstage at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas

Earlier this week, Machine Head's Robb Flynn hit back at criticism that the band's new single Do Or Die rips off an old Dope track – now, Dope's Esdel Dope weighs in