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"Simply some of the most sophisticated and beautiful progressive rock music ever created!" Steven Wilson announces Gentle Giant, Storm Corrosion and Hawkwind additions to his Headphone Dust platform
Steven Wilson's 2012 live album Catalogue / Preserve / Amass is available digitally for the very first time, and his own The Future Bites is also given a new digital makeover
The Doom soundtrack has been added to the Library Of Congress, alongside Weezer’s debut album and music by Beyoncé and Taylor Swift
The library contains sound recordings which are “culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or informs or reflects life in the United States”
How the Ozzy Osbourne exhibition became one of Birmingham's biggest attractions
Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero has struck a chord with Brummies and tourists alike
Rick Wakeman announces his The Wizard Of Prog - Ultimate Highlights Concert Tour for early 2027
Rick Wakeman will also release his autobiography, The Wizard Of Prog, in October
Smashing Pumpkins announce The Rats In The Cage tour
The tour celebrates the 30th anniversary of Smashing Pumpkins' multi-platinum album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Dr Hook frontman Dennis Locorriere dead at 76
Dennis Locorriere sang on The Cover of Rolling Stone, Sylvia's Mother, Only Sixteen, When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, Sexy Eyes and many more
Documentary charts later days of former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno's life
Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer features members of Metallica, Kiss, Slayer, Megadeth and more
Latest Classic Rock Features
Why Marillion ex Fish opened a song with a string of racial slurs
His 1997 album Sunsets On Empire – a collaboration with Steven Wilson – remains a sunny moment in his stormy career, although one song might not be the same if it was written today
How Clint Eastwood inspired the final album from Eagles legend Glenn Frey
"Music isn't about how many records you've sold, it's about showing that you still care"
Sinéad O'Connor, the Irish newspaper journalist, and two pints of Guinness
Bono's best friend, Irish rock star Gavin Friday, shares a classic anecdote about the late Sinéad O'Connor
The psychedelic masterpiece inspired by John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar and an aeroplane flight
Eight Miles High was the single that should have launched The Byrds into the stratosphere. So why did it instead mark the precise moment when it all came crashing down?
The best rock supergroups in history, from Cream to Velvet Revolver
Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions
America Calling: What happened when The Clash arrived in the USA
It's early 1979, punk is building, and The Clash arrive in the US to play their first shows there. We were on the road with them and witnessed events first-hand
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Megadeth roll back the years with a fiery showing at Sonic Temple
Rumours of Megadeth going quietly are clearly unfounded
Van Morrison perfects his blues/rock/Celtic soul thing on Saint Dominic's Preview
In which Van the Man accidentally invents Montrose
Green Lung’s first festival headline show cements them as the future of metal
At London’s Desertfest, the occult five-piece perform all of their darkly fun anthems while backed up by gorgeous videos, returning members and a malfunctioning, Eddie-like mascot
Halestorm showcase their stadium-sized ambitions at Sonic Temple
Halestorm put on the performance of a lifetime at Sonic Temple 2026
Review: Peter Frampton's long adventure continues on Carry The Light
Peter Frampton picks up the torch again
Viral sensations Angine de Poitrine dazzle, confuse and delight at debut London show
Avant-garde Canadian twosome Angine de Poitrine justify all the hype at their sold-out London debut
