Classic Rock News

PRPhotos.comLate-Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland will be the subject of an episode of Reelz’ Autopsy: The Last Hours Of. . . on May 9th. Weiland was found dead on his tour bus on the evening of December 3rd, 2015, while on the road with his solo act the Wildabouts. The 48-year-old…

Getty ImagesPaul McCartney has just uploaded a new 10-song Spotify playlist on his official PaulMcCartney.com site. Every month McCartney posts a new tracklisting with a specific theme — with May spotlighting some of “Macca’s” favorite “Bird”-themed songs he’s tackled over the decades. The playlist was inspired by a fan, named Ella, who posed a question…

Getty ImagesMicky Dolenz feels the Monkees’ farewell tour is a bittersweet situation, and admitted that the band’s latest chapter carried on longer than he thought it would. Dolenz and Mike Nesmith have over 30 shows planned as part of the group’s final “The Monkees Present The Mike & Micky Show” trek. Since Nesmith rejoining him…

Getty ImagesThe official Pink Floyd exhibition, dubbed “The Mortal Remains” will make its North American debut later this year in Southern California. Back in 2017, co-founders Roger Waters and Nick Mason were on hand in London to kick off the career-spanning exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The multimedia exhibit will run at L.A.’s…

PRPhotos.comMegadeth and Lamb of God have rescheduled the dates on their co-headlining tour which was postponed due to the pandemic. The trek will now open on August 20th in Austin, TX and run through October 2 in Canada. They will be joined by Trivium and In Flames. Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine said in a press release,…

PRPhotos.comLynyrd Skynyrd frontman Johnny Van Zant is currently quarantining after contracting Covid-19. Van Zant posted a video on social media explaining he had received “the Pfizer shots” — but didn’t go into detail if he had contracted the virus within the two weeks needed for either of the shots to take full effect. Van Zant…

PRPhotos.comDave Grohl’s six-part series with his mom, Virginia Hanlon Grohl, From Cradle To Stage, premieres Thursday (May 6th) on Paramount+. A teaser for the series was posted featuring Dave and Virginia driving around their old neighborhood singing Carly Simon’s 1972 chart-topper, “You’re So Vain,” before Virginia questions why Dave never got into the legendary vocal…

Getty ImagesDavid Crosby took time out to sing the praises of his original partner in Crosby, Stills, & Nash — the great Stephen Stills. Crosby was chatting with Mojo and reflecting back on Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young’s 1970 Déjà Vu album, which will be expanded into a deluxe box set edition on May 14th.…

PRPhotos.comPete Townshend shed light on how the guitar had changed both his life personally — and the later on the rock world, during a new chat with Britain’s BBC Radio. While chatting with veteran broadcaster Liz Kershaw, Townshend explained how playing the guitar as a teen allowed him to keep up with the crowd: “For…