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Whether John Lydon likes it or not, Sex Pistols' Download set proves the true spirit of punk still lives large
By Stephen Hill published
Sex Pistols and Frank Carter shake off a rocky start to bring some proper punk rock to Download

Green Day mark their long-awaited Download debut by calling out Trump and Musk and playing all the bangers
By Emily Swingle published
Green Day finally made it to Download, and boy did they make up for lost time

Queen's debut album gets more intense on Dolby Atmos Blu-ray edition
By Chris Roberts published
Spatial surround sound doesn’t restrain Queen's rip-roaring debut album

Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts take aim at Trump & Co. on Talkin To The Trees
By Paul Whitelaw published
Neil Young ricochets between political fury and bittersweet domesticity on his latest waxing

"Still pumping out bottle-rocket earworms": Buckcherry are rollickingly focused on Roar Like Thunder
By Chris Lord published
Nothing broken, nothing fixed. Californian veterans Buckcherry are still good for a hard-rock earworm

Rick Derringer's debut album might contain his biggest hit, but is that enough?
By Classic Rock Magazine published
More than just a flashy sidekick?

The Doobie Brothers bring back Michael McDonald on Walk This Road
By John Aizlewood published
Whoa-oh-whoa, they’ve brought the big gun back into the band for album number 16

Ian Dury becomes an unlikely pop star on New Boots And Panties!!
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Ian Dury: Equal parts music-hall scamp, art school troubadour, estuary poet and new-wave figurehead

Supergroup the Dead Daisies kick back down south with uneven blues covers album
By Johnny Sharp published
Lookin' For Trouble was recorded at Fame Studios in Alabama, home of the Muscle Shoals Sound

"An Iron Maiden gig quite unlike any other we've seen." The first night of Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour packs big surprises, lashings of nostalgia and a state-of-the-art new show
By Merlin Alderslade published
From beloved rarities getting dusted off to some truly impressive new visuals, Maiden kicked off their new world tour in style

The Tubes bring in the big producer on The Completion Backwards Principle, with mixed results
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Desperate for major label success, The Tubes turned to David Foster, who had just struck gold with Earth, Wind And Fire

Skunk Anansie's The Painful Truth is their best work in decades
By Stephen Dalton published
Veteran Brit-rockers Skunk Anansie defy challenging times with ambitious midlife reboot The Painful Truth

It's not just the familiar names on Young & Wild glam metal compilation
By Philip Wilding published
The good, the bad and the ugly from a colourful 10-year period of American hard rock gathered together on Young & Wild - A Decade Of American Glam Metal 1982-1992

Mahavishnu Orchestra explore new musical worlds on The Inner Mounting Flame
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Mahavishnu Orchestra's The Inner Mounting Flame was the first jazz-rock album that found favour among significant numbers of rock aficionados

Status Quo's classic Live! gets a deluxe, multi-disc makeover
By Johnny Sharp published
Status Quo's classic live 1976 double repackaged in an eight-CD set with three full show recordings

Dire Straits' 30-million-selling Brothers In Arms marks its 40th birthday with energised extras
By Mark Beaumont published
Mark Knopfler’s crowning achievement: mildly dated, largely evocative, expanded with live shows

The Move's Looking On signposts better things further down the road
By Classic Rock Magazine published
What happened to Jeff Lynne in between the Idle Race and the Electric Light Orchestra
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