Classic Rock News

PRPhotos.comSayerville, New Jersey’s favorite son, Jon Bon Jovi, has been honored by the Garden State with a newly named service area now bearing his name. Tapinto.net reported that Bon Jovi was one of nine New Jerseyans commemorated, with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority renaming the Cheesequake service area, at Exit 124, for the Rock and…

PRPhotos.comBruce Springsteen & Patti Smith, Journey, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, and the Killers are among the artists finally confirmed for next month’s We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert. The show, which is being co-produced by music mogul Clive Davis, is set for August 21st on Central Park’s Great Lawn, and will also feature Earth, Wind…

PRPhotos.comMetallica claims to have more than enough music ready to be recorded — and says there’s no sign of the band slowing down. Blabbermouth reported that before kickoff to July 22nd’s San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers game, Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett spoke to Giants broadcaster at George Kontos and shed light…

PRPhotos.comCongratulations to Matt Sorum and his wife, Ace Harper, who welcomed their first baby together on June 11th in Palm Springs, CA. The couple waited to share the news until Thursday (July 22nd) on social media. The baby’s name is Lou Ellington Sorum, and she weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz. at birth. Sorum shared several…

Getty ImagesIt was 45 years ago today (July 27th, 1976) that John Lennon was issued his Green Card, winning his four-year battle with the U.S. Government to stay in America. Lennon’s fight for residency began almost immediately upon landing in the States in the fall of 1971 with wife Yoko Ono. Due to the couple’s…

PRPhotos.comSteely Dan, led by Donald Fagen, has announced the 28-date “Absolutely Normal Tour.” The trek kicks off on October 5th in Miami with a four-night stand at The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater — and winds down on November 17th, 19th, and 20th at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre. Fagen and the band will play…

PRPhotos.comRoger Daltrey considers it a blessing that three of his illegitimate daughters came forward in the 1990’s. The Who frontman, who’s now a proud father of eight, told The Times, “When three daughters arrived on my doorstep, I accepted them and I love them very much. I am very lucky. I wouldn’t have been a…

Getty ImagesWith all the attention now going to the dangerous and disastrous Woodstock ’99 thanks to the new HBO Max documentary, David Crosby looked back to Crosby, Stills, & Nash’s “return to the garden” when they played the second Woodstock festival back in 1994. Crosby, who has just released his latest solo set, For Free,…

PRPhotos.comAs part of his monthly live archival series, Bruce Springsteen has just issued yet another classic show from the E Street Band’s famed tour behind 1984’s Born In The U.S.A. The new set was taped on August 22nd, 1985 during “The Boss'” 10-night hometown run at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium. Giants Stadium – East Rutherford,…