Latest Classic Rock News
"I don't think it would be the right environment for a proper rock and roll show." Guns N' Roses man Slash on Las Vegas Sphere
A Guns N' Roses residency at Las Vegas' groundbreaking Sphere venue seems unlikely
Martin Barre announces UK book tour dates for November and December
Former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre will release his autobiography, A Trick Of The Memory: The Autobiography Of Jethro Tull’s Guitarist, in November
Brian May shares video of Tony Iommi guest spot at Black Sabbath ballet
Iommi took to the stage at the climax of a performance of Black Sabbath - The Ballet
Spinal Tap announce Stonehenge concert film of "final" show with Eric Clapton and Shania Twain
Spinal Tap At Stonehenge: The Final Finale will arrive in IMAX cinemas next year
Iron Maiden announce Run For Your Lives North American tour for 2026 including Louder Than Life festival - and they'd like you to keep your phones away
North America needs to get ready to run for its life!
Foo Fighters release new song and announce 2026 tour with Queens Of The Stone Age
Foo Fighters will be back on the road in 2026!
10cc drummer Paul Burgess announces departure from the band
Longstanding 10cc drummer Paul Burgess has announced his departure from the band, ending a relationship that stretches back over 50 years to 1973.
Latest Classic Rock Features
“I had no idea it would be such a catastrophic event in people’s lives!" How leaving Iron Maiden, A Nightmare On Elm Street and the acoustic album that never was led Bruce Dickinson to write Tears Of The Dragon
Tasked with kicking his solo career off for real, Bruce Dickinson produced one of the 90s' greatest metal power ballads
Robert Plant on musical freedom, unfinished business, and getting confused with Robert Palmer
Robert Plant talks about his latest group Saving Grace, and compares nights out in small provincial towns to meetings with Barack Obama and Prince Charles
How UFO put Beatles producer George Martin off working with “heavy metal” bands for good
This is what happened when two worlds collided in the Caribbean
“There was a real sense of excitement. We had a point to prove: this is the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world." How Iron Maiden went from East End outcasts to the world's most loved heavy metal band
Iron Maiden legends Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris look back at 50 years of heavy metal history
The story of the sexually ambiguous anthem that got Placebo a tour with David Bowie
A three-minute rush of hedonism, Placebo’s alt-rock anthem raised two fingers to Britpop and got them on Top Of The Pops – so why do they feel so ambivalent about it?
An oral history of Iron Maiden's iconic mascot Eddie the 'Ed
An oral history of Iron Maiden's iconic Eddie the 'Ed by those who know him best
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
"Love Chant is a wonderful and surprisingly vital return to the fray": The Lemonheads' first album of original songs in 20 years is up there with their best
The Lemonheads' eleventh album is fun, frantic, and full of classic hooks and self-deprecating refrains
Jon Bon Jovi gets by with a little help from his friends on revised version of Forever album
Bruce Springsteen, Joe Elliott, Avril Lavigne, Robbie Williams, Ed Sheeran and more clamber aboard the legendary Forever train from New Jersey
Wolfgang Van Halen comes of age on Mammoth's thundering third album The End
Now in his mid-thirties, Wolfgang Van Halen adds another compelling entry to a remarkable résumé
Larkin Poe brought southern sugar and smarts to London on their biggest ever UK headline show
Ten weeks ago, Larkin Poe lead singer Rebecca Lovell had a baby. Last night, she and her sister headlined the Hammersmith Apollo and threw in an unexpected cover of War Pigs
The Moody Blues attain peak psychedelic whimsy on In Search Of The Lost Chord
Join the Moody Blues for a psychedelic voyage through mysticism, melody, and late-60s cosmic curiosity
Review: Sixty years of the Scorpions celebrated on From The First Sting
Anniversary fun from pioneering German rockers the Scorpions
