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Brian May shares video of Tony Iommi guest spot at Black Sabbath ballet
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Spinal Tap announce Stonehenge concert film of "final" show with Eric Clapton and Shania Twain
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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
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Foo Fighters release new song and announce 2026 tour with Queens Of The Stone Age
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Latest Classic Rock News

Brian May shares video of Tony Iommi guest spot at Black Sabbath ballet
By Fraser Lewry published
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
By Fraser Lewry published
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
By Merlin Alderslade published
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
By Rich Hobson published
Foo Fighters will be back on the road in 2026!

10cc drummer Paul Burgess announces departure from the band
By Jerry Ewing published
Longstanding 10cc drummer Paul Burgess has announced his departure from the band, ending a relationship that stretches back over 50 years to 1973.

Rush add even more dates to the tour they added more dates to earlier
By Fraser Lewry published
Two days after announcing shows in 17 more cities on next year's Fifty Something Tour, Rush have added a series of second dates

Bon Jovi announce return to the road for 2026, with shows in London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York confirmed
By Matt Mills published
The rock legends will embark on their first tour since Jon Bon Jovi had surgery on his vocal cords in June 2022
Latest Classic Rock Features

Robert Plant on musical freedom, unfinished business, and getting confused with Robert Palmer
By Dave Everley published
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
By Classic Rock published
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
By Dave Everley published
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
By Rob Hughes published
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
By Paul Travers published
An oral history of Iron Maiden's iconic Eddie the 'Ed by those who know him best

The future Motorhead guitarist who recorded a last-minute guitar solo for David Bowie
By Classic Rock published
Two worlds collided for a British TV show
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Wolfgang Van Halen comes of age on Mammoth's thundering third album The End
By Philip Wilding published
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
By Polly Glass published
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
By Classic Rock Magazine published
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
By Essi Berelian published
Anniversary fun from pioneering German rockers the Scorpions

Review: Bruce Springsteen strips things back on expanded Nebraska '82
By Paul Whitelaw published
Bruce Springsteen's stark acoustic masterpiece Nebraska now available in full-bodied form

Chrissie Hynde & Pals' Duets Special is a quiet, low-key joy to behold
By Emma Johnston published
Old faithfuls and a few surprises revisited by the Pretenders frontwoman and some peers






