Classic Rock News

Getty ImagesA live-streaming 75th birthday celebration is set for January 8th saluting the late-David Bowie. A Bowie Celebration, will take place via RollingLiveStudios.com will and feature performance and appearances by Def Leppard, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor, Living Colour, Gary Oldman, Rob Thomas, Walk The Moon, Jake Wesley Rogers, Ricky Gervais, and…

PRPhotos.comRingo Starr & His All Starr Band has rolled out its rescheduled dates — which were first booked back in 2020. As it stands now, Ringo and the band will kick off the season on June 2nd at Boston’s Boch Center Wang Theatre and — as of now — wind things down on June 26th…

PRPhotos.comBruce Springsteen fans are eagerly awaiting the roll out of his first E Street Band dates since 2017. “The Boss,” who earlier this year performed an encore run of his Springsteen On Broadway show at Manhattan’s St. James Theatre, has remarked that 2022 would likely be when the full band would hit the road. Fans…

Getty ImagesGuitarist Steve Vai spoke candidly about stepping into Eddie Van Halen’s shoes upon joining David Lee Roth’s mid-’80s solo band and tackling some of his classic guitar lines. Blabbermouth transcribed some of Vai’s chat on CMS Music, in which Vai spoke about his four-year run with Roth recalling, “For me, it was a complete…

Getty ImagesQueen drummer Roger Taylor remains convinced the band made the right decision in canning Sacha Baron Cohen from their Bohemian Rhapsody biopic and choosing Oscar winner Rami Malek. Taylor told Classic Rock magazine, “Everything resulting from the film was just so positive. It was fantastic. I think he would have been utter s***. Sacha…

Getty ImagesOn February 4th, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Wings’ 1971 debut album, Paul McCartney will release a new half-speed mastering vinyl edition of Wild Life. The new version of the album was cut using a high resolution transfer of the original 1971 master tapes. Wild Life, which was McCartney’s third post-Beatles solo…

PRPhotos.comSome well-known rockers banded together for an all-star jam over the weekend for a Malibu, CA elementary school’s Bring Back The Arts benefit. The superstar band featured Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen of QotSA, Tool’s Danny Carey, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chris Chaney from Jane’s Addiction, and…

Getty ImagesThe Rolling Stones gathered on Monday night (December 6th) at London’s Ronnie Scott’s club to pay tribute to late-drummer Charlie Watts. Watts died of cancer this past August 24th at age 80. The Sun reported Mick Jagger was accompanied by girlfriend Melanie Hamrick, Keith Richards with wife Patti Hansen, and Ron Wood with wife…

Getty ImagesToday (December 8th) marks the 41st anniversary of John Lennon’s death. As is the custom every year, fans are expected to stand vigil for Lennon across the street from the Dakota building in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields. The triangular patch of land was designated by the city of New York in 1984 to celebrate…