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"A decadent yet functional take on wellness": Smashing Pumpkins launch $20 charity smoothie
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Bruce Dickinson gives the US national anthem the air-raid siren treatment again
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"I had a slight fender bender": Gene Simmons recovering at home after Malibu car crash
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Rush add additional dates to Fifty Something 2026 tour
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Latest Classic Rock News

"A decadent yet functional take on wellness": Smashing Pumpkins launch $20 charity smoothie
By Fraser Lewry published
Like lion's mane and blue spirulina? Then you'll love Billy Corgan's OG Goth smoothie

Bruce Dickinson gives the US national anthem the air-raid siren treatment again
By Fraser Lewry published
The Iron Maiden frontman has sung the Star Spangled Banner at another sporting event

"I had a slight fender bender": Gene Simmons recovering at home after Malibu car crash
By Fraser Lewry published
The Kiss legend hit a parked vehicle and was transported to hospital

Rush add additional dates to Fifty Something 2026 tour
By Jerry Ewing published
Rush's "evening with" shows will see the band performing two distinct sets from a catalogue of greatest hits and fan favourites

There's still time to tie up the Loose Ends in your Springsteen collection this Prime Day with 27% off this epic 9LP vinyl box set - but the clock is ticking
By Scott Munro last updated
Tracks II: The Lost Albums features tracks recorded by The Boss between 1983-2018 and contains 82 previously unreleased songs - but this deal is coming to an end soon

Amazon still has hundreds of rock & metal t-shirts on sale for Prime Day - but you'll have to be quick to get one
By Scott Munro last updated
There's just hours to go in the Prime Big Deal Days sales event, so if you see a tee you like, throw it into your basket

Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson isn’t fully convinced the band are retiring
By Matt Mills published
Ex-bassist David Ellefson hopes the thrashers’ upcoming farewell shows aren’t “just an attempt to boost ticket sales”
Latest Classic Rock Features

“I spotted them and I thought they were a really terrific band.” How David Bowie took one of the 90s' big breakout rock bands under his wing - right before they blew up
By Niall Doherty published
The rock'n'roll icon turned mentor for the trio the 90s and insisted they record a song together

Here's every metal album that's ever gone to number one in the UK
By Rich Hobson published
From Iron Maiden to Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

Why Rush are secretly the coolest band on the planet
By Matt Mills published
They eschewed prog cliches, inspired all of your favourite rock bands and made songs that still sound ground-breaking – for 50 years, Rush have been badass

“The anchor that Genesis revolved around”: An appreciation of Tony Banks
By Dom Lawson published
Pattern-Seeking Animals keyboardist praises Banks’ ear, taste and understatement, which he argues is essential to everything Genesis achieved

The curious case of the band whose career was derailed by a rumour
By Ian Ravendale published
They were The Beatles – or so a million record buyers thought in 1977

Looking back to Pearl Jam’s very first rehearsal, 35 years on
By Niall Doherty published
Three and a half decades ago, Eddie Vedder and his new bandmates got in a practice room to see what would happen and the rest is history
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Fields Of The Nephilim take 80s goth to its logical extreme on The Nephilim
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Fields Of The Nephilim's second album blends mysticism and the occult, referencing Aleister Crowley and HP Lovecraft

Ozzy: No Escape From Now is an imperfect but essential look at Ozzy Osbourne’s final years
By Matt Mills published
Though it’s sometimes slapdash, Paramount Plus’s two-hour documentary offers impressive insight into the Prince Of Darkness’ late-life struggles

Review: Ash are still mixing futuristic rock brilliance with Brit-Weezer ballast on Ad Astra
By Mark Beaumont published
Northern Irish punk-pop trio Ash blast off with a wider perspective of sound and vision on ninth album

Review: Michael Schenker lets rip on new MSG album Don’t Sell Your Soul
By Johnny Sharp published
Guitar hero Michael Schenker follows his re-imagined UFO favourites with a set of his own new material

Thrice – Horizons/West review: timeless elegance from one-time post-hardcore wonderkids
By Matt Mills published
The California four-piece offer another platter of soulful rock’n’roll that bucks trends and plucks heartstrings

Lindsey and Stevie invent the future on long-lost, now-found Buckingham Nicks album
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The album that took Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks away from their day jobs into the belly of the Fleetwood Mac beast