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Watch Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney covering The Beatles onstage in Liverpool
By Classic Rock published
The Macca-Springsteen love-in continued in The Beatles’ hometown last night

"It should have gone out with a fricking bang that shook the world, and it was more like a whimper." Michael Anthony on his Van Halen regret
By Stef Lach published
Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony wishes it had ended differently

Did Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen really tell the people behind the Yacht Rock movie to “F*** off”?
By Classic Rock published
Michael McDonald thinks Donald Fagen doesn’t hate ‘yacht rock’ as much as he pretends

Rush announce limited edition box set of their final four albums
By Fraser Lewry published
Be quick! There's only 3000!

Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's farewell shows are to be livestreamed globally: here's how you can watch
By Paul Brannigan published
Black Sabbath's history-making Back To The Beginning show is to be made available for pay-per-view worldwide

Glenn Hughes announces first album in nine years, Chosen
By Fraser Lewry published
Glenn Hiughes' 14th solo album Chosen will land later this year – watch the video for the title track now

New Pink Floyd book celebrates the band's career with unpublished interviews and Syd Barrett's letters of the time
By Jerry Ewing published
Pink Floyd Shine On: Definitive Oral History by author Mark Blake, will be published in October

Indian rock band go viral after flying across the world to cover Adele on America's Got Talent
By Fraser Lewry published
"You can't fake the reaction behind this" - Simon Cowell on Girish And The Chronicles

Roger Waters shares clip of Wish You Were Here as he announces new This Is Not A Drill - Live From Prague The Movie
By Jerry Ewing published
Roger Waters new This Is Not A Drill - Live From Prague The Movie opens in cinemas worldwide in July, with the soundtrack being released in August

Stevie Nicks likes Haim so much she's working on a new song with them
By Fraser Lewry published
In related news, a limited edition hi-fidelity vinyl version of Stevie Nicks' classic Bella Donna is on the way

Nancy Wilson offers "no questions asked" reward for return of stolen Heart guitars
By Fraser Lewry published
The instruments were stolen in New Jersey as the band prepared to launch their An Evening With Heart tour

Steve Perry launches sale of personal artefacts to raise funds for victims of Los Angeles fires
By Fraser Lewry published
Former Journey man Steve Perry is selling handwritten lyrics, gold and platinum records, signed test pressings and more

Why Wolfgang Van Halen doesn’t listen to Van Halen anymore
By Matt Mills published
Though Wolfgang was a member of Van Halen with his father Eddie and uncle Alex, he struggles to listen to the hard rock revolutionaries’ music nowadays

This Black Sabbath song has “one of the best riffs of all time”, according to Employed To Serve’s Sammy Urwin
By Matt Mills published
Employed To Serve’s co-founder says a classic cut from Master Of Reality contains one of the best guitar parts ever written

Previously unseen footage of Captain Beefheart performing live in 1972 has surfaced online
By Fraser Lewry published
The newly discovered footage has lain unseen in the vaults for more than 50 years

Watch the first footage of the reunited Alice Cooper Band recording together
By Fraser Lewry published
Premiere: The video for Alice Cooper's Wild Ones shows the band working together in the studio

A new photo exhibition featuring portraits of some of the most iconic guitars in rock history is opening in London
By Paul Brannigan published
Images of guitars owned by Paul McCartney, Kirk Hammett, Dave Grohl, Noel Gallagher and more will be displayed at the Scale exhibition
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