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Latest Classic Rock News
Marillion bassist Pete Trewavas unveils new Edison's Children album
Trewavas and bandmates Rick Armstrong and Eric Blackwood will release A Light In Ethereal Night in September
Watch Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger sing a 100-year-old folk song in an English pub
Rolling Stones frontman gives impromptu performance at the Half Moon in St Clements
Former Jethro Tull arranger and keyboardist Dee Palmer has died, aged 88
Dee Palmer worked on Tull's classic early 70s albums and was the band's keyboardist from 1976 to 1980
Rush played a classic song for the first time in 47 years on the fourth night of the Fifty Something tour
The Fifty Something tour continues to throw up surprises – and this time it was A Farewell To Kings, aired for the first time since 1979
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi named MBE in King's Birthday Honours
Tony Iommi says MBE is an "unbelievable honour" – Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood also honoured
Legendary songwriter Russ Ballard tried to write a song with Ozzy Osbourne – and failed
Ozzy offered Ballard tips on how to get high-grade military hardware - and Ritchie Blackmore just wanted to play “minstrel music”
Billy Corgan adds shows to his Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness opera tour
"This magical dream doesn’t have to end"
Latest Classic Rock Features
How Blondie made one of the greatest albums of the late 70s – with help from Suzi Quatro’s producer and a prog legend
With their third album Parallel Lines, Blondie notched up five hit singles and became as famous as Abba or Pink Floyd
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 15, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Goose, The Warning, All Them Witches and more
Zakk Wylde talks Ozzy, hot sauce and turning Mark Wahlberg on to metal
A fun, frantic five minute interview with Black Label Society leader Zakk Wylde
"I'm ashamed of the way I treated them." Steve Albini had regrets about how his savaging of the Pixies
Steve Albini never pulled any punches, but he also wasn't afraid of owning his mistakes
Robben Ford's wild tales of Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Kiss, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and more
Session guitarist extraordinaire Robben Ford got high with George Harrison, hit on by Barry Manilow, yelled at by Miles Davis, blanked by Bob Dylan and headhunted by Gene Simmons... and these are his stories
Rush’s Neil Peart, an exploding golf ball and two career-changing conversations
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson recall their late friend and bandmate, recalling what he brought to the band and how they began to move on without him
All the songs Rush have never played live… yet
Rush have recorded 167 original songs. They’ve never played 42 of them. Could that change on the Fifty Something tour?
Praised by half the Beatles, Rick Wakeman and Pat Metheny, Rod Argent still didn’t have it all easy
Founding member of The Zombies and Argent had no trouble writing songs that have endured for decades, and easily collaborated with Phil Collins, The Who and many others. But he also encountered his share of troubles in the music industry
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Electric Warrior – T.Rex's collection of sun-dappled narco-rockers – is more than the two hits
Marc Bolan sheds his hippy skin and reinvents himself as a golden god with a gleaming, screaming electric guitar
Guns N' Roses' Download set is a slog , but when they lock in, they still show greatness
Shave an hour off this set and we could have had something special
Flames, confetti, screams and Lady Gaga: Halestorm's Download set is a rock 'n' roll masterclass
Could Halestorm headline Download one day? This set certainly suggests they could pull it off
Mystic Festival 2026: Black Label Society, Blood Incantation, Megadeth and more descend on Gdansk
Poland's biggest metal festival hosted everyone from Megadeth and Black Label Society to Ice Nine Kills, Blood Incantation, Cavalera and more
Ambition and big-time dreams shine through on Des Roc's To Hell And Back
To Hell And Back is the third album from New Yorker Des Rocs, and the garage has been repurposed as a glitter-encrusted drag cave
Def Leppard's Greatest Hits: Built with Queen's Greatest Hits in mind?
All-killer, no-filler compilation that pairs bludgeon riffola with melody. Single-disc minimalism rules!
