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Iron Maiden release video to thank fans after huge London show
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Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp return to action with maniacal Ramones cover
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"We can finally be what I've always wanted to be": Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth drop WVH from name after acquiring trademark
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Founding Black Sabbath members visit Birmingham mural ahead of epic hometown show
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Robert Trujillo reveals the inspiration behind the ‘Crab Walk’ – and it involves Ozzy Osbourne
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Latest Classic Rock News

Iron Maiden release video to thank fans after huge London show
By Fraser Lewry published
75,000 fans attended Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives show at the London Stadium

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp return to action with maniacal Ramones cover
By Fraser Lewry published
The frolicsome pair's cover of I Wanna Be Sedated is exactly as lively as you'd expect

"We can finally be what I've always wanted to be": Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth drop WVH from name after acquiring trademark
By Stef Lach published
Mammoth name is a tribute to Wolfgang's late father Eddie Van Halen

Founding Black Sabbath members visit Birmingham mural ahead of epic hometown show
By Stef Lach published
See photo of Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne at Black Sabbath mural in Birmingham

Robert Trujillo reveals the inspiration behind the ‘Crab Walk’ – and it involves Ozzy Osbourne
By Metal Hammer published
We’ve got Ozzy to thank for Robert Trujillo’s signature onstage move

Alan White's Ramshackled to be reissued in expanded and remastered form
By Jerry Ewing published
Yes drummer Alan White's lone solo album, 1976's Ramshackled, will be reissued in September

"You saved my life": Mike Bordin's words of support to Ozzy Osbourne in 1990
By Rich Hobson published
In 1990 Faith No More teamed up with Ozzy Osbourne and James Hetfield to play War Pigs. But after the show, FNM drummer Mike Bordin recalls consoling a downcast Ozzy
Latest Classic Rock Features

How Metallica’s Black Album killed thrash metal
By Joel McIver published
The band that helped create thrash pretty much killed it

Jimmy Page or Tony Iommi? A heated debate over who is the best guitarist
By Classic Rock published
Two Classic Rock writers go toe-to-toe over the Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath guitar legends

The incredible story of King’s X, the greatest band the world doesn’t know about
By Dave Everley published
Jesus, grunge and near death experiences – the story of cult Texan rockers King’s x has it all

Here’s the line-up of every major festival in 1995… it really isn’t too different to how they’ve shaped up 30 years later
By Niall Doherty published
Britpop was thriving, Pumpkins were Pumpkinsing, and Skunk Anansie tried to get on every bill going…

The night Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris joined Def Leppard to cover Creedence Clearwater Revival
By Classic Rock published
This one-off union of two British rock superstars actually happened

This is what Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore really thought about Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham
By Classic Rock published
Friendship or rivalry? A little bit of both
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Motörhead ring the changes on Another Perfect Day, initial dismay now a distant memory
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Joined by Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson, Motörhead's Another Perfect Day has increased in stature over the years – just don't mention the shorts

Legendary 'Godfather of Grunge' Neil Young closes out Saturday night at Glastonbury
By Stephen Hill published
"A fantastic celebration of a legendary artist"

What is it about Zach Bryan that has convinced the youth of Britain to lose their cynical minds?
By Scott Rowley published
Zach Bryan at Hyde Park: 20-somethings sing along with his songs about death, trauma and loss, like they are party anthems

Iron Maiden return to London’s East End for a gloriously flamboyant 50th birthday party
By Matt Mills published
Iron Maiden come back to their birthplace and – armed with a new drummer, a stacked setlist and some extravagant visuals – show 75,000 people just how much they’ve grown

"You worry for anyone that has to follow them." Biffy Clyro's magnificent Glastonbury set serves notice that they're more than ready to headline Britain's biggest and most beloved festival when the call comes
By Merlin Alderslade published
Biffy Clyro kickstart the weekend on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage blending the anthemic with the angular, the emotional and the straight-up eccentric

Bruce Springsteen's staggering The Lost Albums asks why lesser records were released instead
By Pat Carty published
The Boss’s magnificent missing chapters, now finally published