Classic Rock News

PRPhotos.comOn Friday (August 13th) Wolfgang Van Halen posted on social media that Mammoth WVH would be sitting out two shows in their ongoing opening slot on the Guns N’ Roses stadium trek, due to Covid. A message was posted, which reads in full: Mammoth WVH will not be performing tonight in Missoula, MT, or Monday…

PRPhotos.comJust released is Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s August 15th, 2012 concert at Boston’s Fenway Park. The set is the latest release in “The Boss'” growing archive series, and marks the eighth show in the series from the 2012/2013 “Wrecking Ball” tour. The trek, which was the band’s first following the 2011 death…

PRPhotos.comGuitarist Zakk Wylde will join Ozzy Osbourne when he returns on stage next year. Wylde told Classic Rock, “Ozz is getting himself back healthy, and then we’ll be back out on the road.” Ozzy delayed his No More Tours II tour in 2018 after he fell and displaced metal rods in his back. Then the…

Getty ImagesDead & Company is the latest touring band to requiring proof of a Covid vaccination or at least documentation of a negative Covid test for concert attendance. As is slowly becoming commonplace, the band is protecting its fans and crew against the rising Delta variant sweeping the nation. The Dead sent a message out…

PRPhotos.comFoo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl revealed a couple of his favorite pre-show rituals. Loudwire posted excerpts from his recent chat with Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus for his After School Radio podcast on Apple Music Hits. Grohl explained, “It’s like one hour before the show, I open a Coors Light, and I’m like, ‘Oh, hello darkness, my…

PRPhotos.comIt’s been a long 13 years, but Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have reunited with producer T-Bone Burnett for the new Raise The Roof collection. The album marks the long-awaited followup to the duo’s 2007 Grammy Award-winning Raising Sand collection, that helped bring Americana music into millions of new households. Raise The Roof will be…

Getty ImagesNobody would’ve believed it back in the day — but the great David Crosby has defied all odds and turns 80 years old on August 14th!!!! Crosby, who’s in the midst of a brilliant third act in his career, is receiving raves for his just-released solo set, For Free., which features key collaborators in…

PRPhotos.comOn Wednesday (Aug. 11,) Dua Lipa and Sir Elton John released a snip of their new collaboration, “Cold Heart (The Pnau Mix.)” Elton has had #1 success with Pnau in the past. To make the announcement online, Dua Lipa wrote to Elton that she was “fizzing” with excitement. He posted back: “Dua, I adore you,…

Getty ImagesHappy Birthday to former-Dire Straits guitarist and leader Mark Knopfler, who celebrates his 71th birthday today (August 12th)!!! Knopfler formed Dire Straits in 1977 with his brother David Knopfler, bassist John Illsey, and drummer Pick Withers. They recorded their self-titled debut album after appearing as the opening act for Talking Heads’ during their 1978…