Classic Rock News

Getty ImagesThe Go-Go’s have just rolled out a string of winter U.S. dates along with a half-dozen spring UK arena shows opening for Billy Idol. The soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will play a five-date Western run, starting on December 28th at San Francisco’s The Masonic and wrapping on January 3rd at…

PRPhotos.comMetallica’s Kirk Hammett joined Judas Priest on Sunday (September 26th) at Louisville’s Louder Than Life festival. Hammett played with Priest on a cover of the early-Fleetwood Mac classic “The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown),” and performed using “Greeny” — the late Mac co-founder Peter Green’s legendary Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard that also…

Getty ImagesE Street Band guitarist and co-star of The Sopranos, Steve Van Zandt, publishes his long-awaited memoirs today (September 28th), titled Unrequited Infatuations. Tonight, he’ll appear at the Books And Greetings bookstore in Northvale, New Jersey, and tomorrow night (September 29th), Van Zandt will be interviewed by Jay Cocks at Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y, with…

PRPhotos.comDavid Lee Roth is heading back to “Sin City” for yet another string of Las Vegas dates. Van Halen’s original frontman will close out 2021 with a New Year’s Eve performance at the House Of Blues on December 31st, before going on to play shows at the venue on January 1st, 5th, 7th, and 8th…

PRPhotos.comBob Dylan has just rolled out a 22-date North American fall tour, marking the first shows of what is being billed as his “Rough And Rowdy Ways Worldwide Tour 2021-2024.” The moniker for the three-year trek takes its name from Dylan’ last studio set, which peaked at Number Two on the Billboard 200 last year.…

PRPhotos.comIf you thought Tommy Lee would have issues with the upcoming Hulu series, Pam & Tommy, you thought wrong. While the series focuses on the ups and downs of the couple’s relationship, including their infamous sex tape, Lee told ET “it’s cool.” Backstage at Sunday’s (September 12th) MTV Video Music Awards, Tommy said, “I think…

Getty ImagesDuring a recent radio interview, Lars Ulrich says its “way too early” to discuss a new Metallica album. On a follow up to the band’s 2016 album “Hardwired … To Self Destruct,” Lars said, “We’re on that path. I don’t know if it’s cohesive enough to call a record, but we’re dipping our toes.…

PRPhotos.comAll signs are pointing to a new Guns N’ Roses track being dropped in the new future. Following last month’s release of “Absurd” — a reworking of the looming-unrealesed song “Silkworms,” Blabbermouth reported the band is now prepping a tune called “Hard Skool” for imminent release. Guns fans are have been aware of the track…

PRPhotos.comFoo Fighters fans heap high praise on the band, and they’ve certainly had their share of commercial success, but lead singer Dave Grohl told Rolling Stone, “I don’t know if we’ve ever felt cool.” In fact, early on Grohl says people were against the idea of a post-Nirvana band, including some of his friends. He…