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Watch the first trailer for new Iron Maiden documentary Burning Ambition
By Merlin Alderslade published
We've finally got a proper glimpse of the biggest heavy metal documentary coming in 2026!

Placebo announce reimagined version of 1996 debut album, 30th anniversary tour
By Paul Brannigan published
Placebo Re:created is described by the band as a "director’s cut" of their groundbreaking debut album

Quirky YouTube sensations Angine de Poitrine announce new album for April
By Jerry Ewing published
Canadian math rock duo Angine de Pointrine's UK May live dates have completely sold out

Heart's Ann Wilson confirms In My Voice documentary and screening tour
By Fraser Lewry published
In My Voice traces Ann Wilson's journey from childhood to stardom with Heart, drawing from her personal archive of home movies, photographs and journals

Gary Holt reckons he's due some cash from Metallica for his role in writing Creeping Death
By Simon Young published
Gary Holt jokes that his lyrics on Exodus' 1983 demo Die By His Hand should entitle him to a cut of those sweet Metallica royalties

Watch Oscar winner Jessie Buckley smash a Primal Scream classic
By Paul Brannigan published
If you only know Jessie Buckley for her Best Actress triumph at the Academy Awards, just wait until you hear her sing

The forthcoming Oasis Live ’25 tour documentary is "phenomenal" says producer Stephen Knight
By Paul Brannigan published
Peaky Blinders creator stokes anticipation for Oasis documentary
Latest Classic Rock Features

The story behind the troubled birth of Foo Fighters' second album, The Colour And The Shape
By Simon Young published
Despite countless setbacks and obstacles, Dave Grohl emerged from Kurt Cobain's shadow with a clutch of songs that primed Foo Fighters for stadiums

The frazzled story of Captain Beyond, the stoner rock supergroup crushed by the music business
By Ken McIntyre published
"They did everything they could to destroy us. That's why we're like this secret, cult band."

The sudden rise, spectacular fall and slow recovery of America's great lost AOR band, Tyketto
By Dave Ling published
Despite falling record sales and changes in the musical landscape, Tyketto stayed true to their style. Now, with a new album on the way, they’re finding a new audience

Peter Gabriel wanted to hire them. They preferred their own music
By Dom Lawson published
The ex-Genesis singer wanted them to be his backing band exclusively, leaving them to choose between his ambitions or their own

The story of Forty-Five Hundred Times, the Status Quo classic that ended a partnership
By Dave Ling published
Forty-Five Hundred Times was the song that threw a spanner in the songwriting partnership of Status Quo's Parfitt and Rossi, but it took on a life of its own, and they even extended it for royalty

That time a world famous rock star got members of The Clash and The Damned to babysit her daughter
By Paul Brannigan published
Two Punks And A Baby: A Hollywood Tale
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

David Bowie successfully charts a path into his later years with the help of a returning friend
By Classic Rock Magazine published
David Bowie transforms once again, this time into himself

Powerwolf conquer Wembley Arena: Review
By Rich Hobson published
Powerwolf might have enough pyro to level a city, but they've got singalongs to unite the masses

The Black Crowes' blessed resurrection keeps rolling on A Pound Of Feathers
By Pat Carty published
More songs about rockin’ an’ rollin’

AC/DC are captured in their hungry prime on If You Want Blood You've Got It
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Recorded in front of a rabid Glasgow audience, If You Want Blood is AC/DC and Bon Scott at their live peak

Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio celebrated on Rainbow - The Temple Of The King 1975-76
By Paul Elliott published
Nine CDs of Ritchie, Ronnie and Rainbow

Japan's Flower Travellin' Band aren't for the faint-hearted on proto-prog-guitar-wigout Satori
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Bored with covering Western blues bands, the Flower Travellin' Band set out on their own sonic adventure






