Latest Classic Rock News

Asia announce a low-key UK warm-up charity show ahead of next year's Japanese tour
By Jerry Ewing published
Asia will play a one-off show at The Corn Exchange, Ross-On-Wye, in January to raise money for Mike Peters' Love Hope Strength Foundation

Scott Sorry, former bassist with The Wildhearts, dead at 47
By Fraser Lewry published
Singer-songwriter Scott Sorry also played with Brides Of Destruction and Sorry and the Sinatras

Marillion announce live at Pompeii show for July 2026
By Jerry Ewing published
UK prog rockers Marillion. will play the world-famous Pompeii amphitheatre on July 25

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are definitely speaking again
By Fraser Lewry published
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham appear on podcast to discuss their debut album and the influence of Led Zeppelin

Brass bat attached to the birthplace of heavy metal in unauthorised Ozzy-themed guerrilla protest
By Fraser Lewry published
It's all kicking off in Birmingham

A new Tony Banks biography is to be published in February
By Jerry Ewing published
Tony Banks: Man Of Spells – The Magician Of Genesis has been written by Genesis biographer Mario Giammetti and will be published in February

Porcupine Tree offshoot Voyage 35 announce European and UK tour dates
By Jerry Ewing published
Former Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and John Wesley will be performing the band's earlier material in the live arena
Latest Classic Rock Features

How Status Quo turned a minor John Fogerty hit into an all-time classic that kicked off the biggest gig in history
By Dave Everley published
Status Quo beefed up John Fogerty’s ‘piddly’ original and struck rock’n’roll gold

Carmine Appice on getting high with Hendrix, falling out with Ozzy and the late guitar hero he spoke to just before he died
By Greg Prato published
Drum legend Carmine Appice has been in the business for 60 years – and he’s crossed paths with everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Dave Grohl

That time Ozzy mooned the audience because he didn't think they were rocking hard enough
By Fraser Lewry last updated
How Black Sabbath's induction at the 2005 UK Music Hall of Fame was overshadowed by Ozzy Osbourne's buttocks

Terry Reid: The last interview
By Fraser Lewry published
Touring with Marvin Gaye when he was 16, being pals with Aretha Franklin, turning down Led Zeppelin, making wonderful solo albums… Late British singer/guitarist Terry Reid had quite the life

The Alice Cooper song that started as a failure but finished as a smash
By Paul Elliott published
Rehashing a psychedelic tune from the days of Alice Cooper (the band), the man himself fashioned an OTT accompaniment to the 1972 presidential election

How The Nice offended Leonard Bernstein and the US Embassy
By Malcolm Dome published
The story of the song that crystallised the burgeoning prog-rock movement and turned The Nice into one of the most controversial bands of the day
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

The latest upmarket makeover of The Who's Who Are You is interesting and exhaustive
By Pat Carty published
The Who’s last blast with Keith Moon

British goth rockers Creeper outdo themselves on fangtastic fourth album
By Chris Lord published
British goth rockers Creeper outdo themselves on fangtastic fourth album

Jeremy Allen White shines in the Boss’s breakdown biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
By Pat Carty published
The review of the film of the book about the making of Bruce Springsteen's bleak masterpiece, Nebraska

Review: Ace Frehley annoys Gene and Paul by releasing the most successful of the Kiss solos
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Kiss famously released four solo albums on the same day. Just as famously, only one of them was truly worthy of the Kiss name - Ace Frehley's

Review: Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (50th Anniversary Edition)
By Stuart Bailie published
Peak 70s Elton John, a songwriting triumph

"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
By Everett True published
The Lemonheads' eleventh album is fun, frantic, and full of classic hooks and self-deprecating refrains






