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John Mayall, Peter Green, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards onstage (composite image) — From the Delta to Dartford: The 30 greatest British Blues Rock albums ever The Blues turned British rock on its head before it was sold back to America – and these are the albums that did it

The Rolling Stones in the back seat of a car — The Rolling Stones release upbeat, sax-powered single Who You Callin' Crazy Who You Callin' Crazy comes from Loose Lips, the upcoming expanded version of the Rolling Stones' Foreign Tongues album

Aerosmith group portrait — Aerosmith post first rehearsal photos ahead of Hollywood Bowl comeback Joey Kramer has returned!
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Eagles onstage at Sphere — Eagles add more shows to record-breaking residency at Sphere in Las Vegas Eagles will now play a total of 74 shows at the 20,000-capacity Sphere

Nirvana in 1991 — Nirvana's Nevermind passes AC/DC's Back in Black to become the sixth best-selling album of all time Taking physical sales, digital downloads and streaming into account, Nevermind has also outsold Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon
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The cover of Classic Rock 359, featuring Queen — Brian May and Roger Taylor on Freddie Mercury's Last Stand - only in the new issue of Classic Rock Also in Classic Rock 359: Greta Van Fleet, Manic Street Preachers, Dave Hill, Rick Wakeman, Hannah Wicklund, Dolly Parton, Anthrax, Pearl Jam, The Temperance Movement, Tom Morello, Little Angels, Ian McCulloch and more

Latest News

Latest Classic Rock News

Nicko McBrain pictured on the red carpet at the premiere of Iron Maiden's Burning Ambition movie in London

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain says he turned down the opportunity to play golf with Donald Trump

By Fraser Lewry Published 21 October 26

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain's autobiography Hello Boys And Girls! is published today

Bands & Artists

Angine de Poitrine in costume, dancing on a concrete globe

Microtonal sensations Angine de Poitrine announce mammoth 2027 Concerts de Musique tour

By Fraser Lewry Published 21 October 26

Papier-mâché math rockers Angine de Poitrine are going to have another huge year

Bands & Artists

Floor Jansen onstage with Nightwish in 2022

Former Nightwish singer Floor Jansen doesn’t mind her old band After Forever coming back – just don’t call it a reunion

By Matt Mills Published 21 October 26

The Dutch vocalist fronted the symphonic metal seven-piece for 12 years before joining Nightwish

Bands & Artists

Ryan Hamilton launches GoFundMe page after being diagnosed with rare form of cancer

By Fraser Lewry Published 21 October 26

Despite having health insurance and qualifying for financial assistance, Hamilton says the expense of his treatment is "overwhelming"

Bands & Artists

Aerosmith post first rehearsal photos ahead of Hollywood Bowl comeback

By Fraser Lewry Published 21 October 26

Joey Kramer has returned!

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Bands & Artists

The Rolling Stones release upbeat, sax-powered single Who You Callin' Crazy

By Fraser Lewry Published 21 October 26

Who You Callin' Crazy comes from Loose Lips, the upcoming expanded version of the Rolling Stones' Foreign Tongues album

Tracks & Singles

Eagles add more shows to record-breaking residency at Sphere in Las Vegas

By Fraser Lewry Last updated 20 October 26

Eagles will now play a total of 74 shows at the 20,000-capacity Sphere

Concerts & Shows

Nirvana's Nevermind passes AC/DC's Back in Black to become the sixth best-selling album of all time

By Fraser Lewry Published 20 October 26

Taking physical sales, digital downloads and streaming into account, Nevermind has also outsold Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon

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Albums

Type O Negative in 1990 and Enslaved in 2019

Enslaved’s Ivar Bjørnson turned down a tour with Type O Negative’s Peter Steele because he had to go to school

By Matt Mills Published 20 October 26

Ivar Bjørnson, guitar player in progressive black metal luminaries Enslaved, still regrets saying no to the late god of goth metal

Bands & Artists

Latest Classic Rock Features

Murder, obsession and Victorian art: the story of Queen's The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke

By Liz Scarlett Published 22 October 26

Freddie Mercury’s infatuation with a piece of Victorian fairy art and its dark history inspired one of Queen’s most eccentric songs

Tracks & Singles

Rehab, religion and slaughtered chickens: an audience with Alice Cooper

By Rich Hobson Published 22 October 26

Rock's greatest villain gives himself a cross-examination in new book Devil On My Shoulder

Interviews

"It's like Heathcliff digging up Cathy's corpse and dancing with it in the cold moonlight." The strange tale of the outrageous "erotic" 80s power ballad that Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber called "the greatest love song ever written"

By Paul Brannigan Published 21 October 26

The aim was to write the most passionate, romantic song ever. The result was unforgettable

Bands & Artists

Mark King, Stewart Copeland and Adrian Belew of Gizmodrome

When Stewart Copeland, Adrian Belew and Mark King created prog punk group Gizmodrome

By Chris Roberts Published 20 October 26

It started as an invitation to have fun in an Italian studio. After 10 days it had become a real musical force. All it took was accents, tequila, horses and the Police drummer’s act as Darth Vader in a good mood

Interviews

Scot Holiday leaning on the racks in a record shop

Rival Sons' Scott Holiday: The soundtrack of my life

By Polly Glass Published 20 October 26

Rival Sons guitarist Scott Holiday selects his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the band with no bad records

Bands & Artists

From the Delta to Dartford: The 30 greatest British Blues Rock albums ever

By Siân Llewellyn, Scott Rowley, Geoff Barton, Hugh Fielder, Paul Henderson Published 20 October 26

Buying guide The Blues turned British rock on its head before it was sold back to America – and these are the albums that did it

Buying guide

“It pulled the whole album together”: How Pink Floyd made High Hopes

By Mark Blake Published 19 October 26

Often regarded as the best song on 1994 album The Division Bell, it was a key moment in bringing David Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson into his songwriting team

Tracks & Singles