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Andrew Watt says the Rolling Stones' forthcoming Foreign Tongues album is "rawer" than Hackney Diamonds
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Phil Collins won't be performing at his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
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Stranger Things composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein to bring entire saga to the live arena with European tour later this year
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer announce newly remastered reissue of Works Live
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Latest Classic Rock News

Andrew Watt says the Rolling Stones' forthcoming Foreign Tongues album is "rawer" than Hackney Diamonds
By Paul Brannigan published
Prepare to be excited for the summer release of Foreign Tongues

Phil Collins won't be performing at his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
By Paul Brannigan published
"They asked me if I would perform. I said, No."

Stranger Things composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein to bring entire saga to the live arena with European tour later this year
By Jerry Ewing published
Stranger Things 5 — Original Score From The Netflix Series will be released in two volumes on coloured vinyl in July

Emerson, Lake & Palmer announce newly remastered reissue of Works Live
By Jerry Ewing published
Carl Palmer will bring his An Evening With Emerson, Lake & Palmer to England for three shows in February 2027

Why that hotly-tipped band you love might not be touring this year
By Fraser Lewry published
Rising Canadian prog duo Crown Lands won't be touring the UK and Europe this year – because they've done the math

The Eagles' Hotel California, 50 years on – only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in Classic Rock 354: Shinedown, Little Feat, Ramones, Crown Lands, All Them Witches, Dave Mason, Russ Ballard, Tarja, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, Blue October and more

Watch Halestorm pay birthday tribute to Stevie Nicks with stunning cover of Fleetwood Mac's Gold Dust Woman
By Fraser Lewry published
Halestorm's Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger play a series of Unplugged shows next month
Latest Classic Rock Features

When Mike Oldfield released Crises, his old friends stopped ignoring him
By Mike Barnes published
Mike Oldfield's eighth studio album, 1983's Crises, saw him riding a wave of new popularity in the 80s

How Dave Grohl, Ben Stiller, and Maynard James Keenan helped Tenacious D unleash Tribute
By Stephen Hill published
Tenacious D had friends in high places, and they used them to bring this 2000s smash hit to life

If demonic riffs wrapped around heavenly melodies give you a lift, take the Earth Tongue elevator
By Fraser Lewry published
New Zealand duo Earth Tongue's third album Dungeon Vision is out now

How Deep Purple created an all-time hard rock classic with a song that "didn't go anywhere"
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Built from a riff that came from nowhere, Smoke On The Water has been covered by everyone from ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic to Black Sabbath

How a frazzled Bad Company made their "great lost album" Burnin' Sky
By Mark Blake published
Without a big hit single to raise its profile, Bad Company's fourth album has fallen between history's cracks

He produced the Sex Pistols and turned down the Rolling Stones. But he’s still one of rock’s best kept secrets
By Garth Cartwright published
The cult singer and guitarist whose fingerprints are all over British music
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

A reunited Sugar roll back the years with a deafening, joyous return to London
By Simon Young published
Sugar make their first UK appearances in more than 30 years – and suddenly it feels like 1994 again

Album Of The Week Club review: Deep Purple climb an early pinnacle on Machine Head
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Machine Head was the album that set the template for Deep Purple’s entire future direction

Megadeth roll back the years with a fiery showing at Sonic Temple
By Rich Hobson published
Rumours of Megadeth going quietly are clearly unfounded

Van Morrison perfects his blues/rock/Celtic soul thing on Saint Dominic's Preview
By Classic Rock Magazine published
In which Van the Man accidentally invents Montrose

Green Lung’s first festival headline show cements them as the future of metal
By Matt Mills published
At London’s Desertfest, the occult five-piece perform all of their darkly fun anthems while backed up by gorgeous videos, returning members and a malfunctioning, Eddie-like mascot

Halestorm showcase their stadium-sized ambitions at Sonic Temple
By Rich Hobson published
Halestorm put on the performance of a lifetime at Sonic Temple 2026





