Latest Classic Rock News
Rob Halford remembers the chaotic time Ozzy Osbourne visited Judas Priest in the studio
Wherever the Prince Of Darkness went, anarchy wasn’t far behind
Spinal Tap and Paul McCartney pay tribute to murdered film director Rob Reiner
Jack White has slammed US President Donald Trump for his "vile" reaction to the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele
"The fuse has been lit." Trent Reznor is writing a new Nine Inch Nails album
Keep your fingers crossed for new NIN music in 2026
Yungblud looks back on the "David and Goliath" moment that changed his life
"All I tried to do was just tell my hero that I loved him"
"A gift to our fans to thank them for all their support..." Big Big Train singer Alberto Bravin shares festive video for Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Big Big Train will release their latest album, the conceptual Woodcut, on February 6
Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and wife Michele confirmed dead in apparent homicide
Los Angeles police are reportedly interviewing a family member in connection with the couple's death
Tobias Forge reveals the surprising conversation he had with a Black Sabbath member
Tobias Forge got to speak with all four members of Sabbath at Back To The Beginning, but it was one conversation that stuck with him
Latest Classic Rock Features
“We were asked to do Glastonbury. I had no intention”: John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest and the demons that drive him
New album Relativity gave him flashbacks to the 70s – and though the factors that led to his split with Les Holroyd are all in the past, he can’t see how a reunion might happen
If you have a friend who loves Ozzy Osbourne or Black Sabbath, these present ideas should hit the right note this Christmas
If you have a friend who loves Ozzy Osbourne or Black Sabbath, these present ideas should hit the right not this Christmas
Heartbroken and stricken with cancer, Stephen Dale Petit built his masterpiece Be The Love
Stephen Dale Petit's Be The Love is an album that burns with the urgency and creativity of a man on borrowed time
The story of the seventies classic "inspired" by John Lee Hooker that paid for the drummer's Lamborghini
"Of course Slow Ride is about sex,” says Foghat drummer Roger Earl. "All rock'n'roll songs are about sex, aren’t they?"
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 15, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Starbenders, DeWolff, Stanley Simmons and more
Modern prog stalwart and Asia guitarist John Mitchell gears up for guest-heavy London show
John Mitchell & Friends play Dingwalls this week - and it promises to be a night filled with surprises
The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2025
Twelve months of life-enriching, extraordinary new music
“I said we shouldn’t do Another Brick In The Wall at the school fête”: Slow Horses showrunner Will Smith’s record collection
Stand-up, actor, novelist and producer on how much Marillion means to him, the four lines of Jon Anderson lyrics that bring him to tears, his favourite Vangelis soundtrack and his claim that Dire Straits are a prog band
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie
The Purple Rain movie may have been a polished turd of soapy melodrama, but it – and the brilliant soundtrack – transformed Prince into a towering icon of the video age
Jan Akkerman celebrates four decades of My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.
Sabaton's Legendary tour lives up to its name: Review
Thanks, but no tanks: history-loving Swedes Sabaton reinvent their stage show for the Legendary tour
Jimmy Barnes strives for solo success on second album For The Working Class Man
Freed from Cold Chisel, Australian national treasure Jimmy Barnes called in the big guns for his attempted US breakthrough
Freddie Mercury's Mr Bad Guy at 40: Still the great album that might have been
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.
Dave Mustaine reaches thrash metal nirvana on Megadeth's Rust In Peace
No filler or flab on one of the most obscenely thrilling moments in all of recorded metal history
