Category Archives: Classic Rock

Eagles Extend ‘Hotel California’ Tour With Five More Dates

Eagles are adding five more 2023 dates to their extended tour in celebration of Hotel California, which began back in 2019. Shows are now scheduled in Portland, Ore., Phoenix, San Diego, Palm Springs and San Jose, Calif. Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit will once again be joined by special guest Vince Gill. […]

Judas Priest Is ‘Way Less Stupid’ Now, Says Ian Hill

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill discussed their longevity, crediting the band’s ability to mature and embrace commercial music as reasons why the veteran group is still around. In a new interview with the Detroit Metro Times, Hill argued that some of Judas Priest’s radio-friendly songs helped heavy music develop and thrive over the decades. “We’re way less stupid than […]

Slash Says Guns N’ Roses Have a ‘Couple of Epic’ Songs to Release

Guns N’ Roses still have “a couple of epic” songs left to release, according to Slash. The top-hatted guitarist called in to Eddie Trunk’s Trunk Nation SiriusXM radio show on Wednesday to discuss the band’s upcoming plans for touring and releasing music, as well as his desire to record a new album. You can listen to the […]

When Keith Richards Settled Into a Groove on ‘Main Offender’

Keith Richards‘ solo debut had been far more than comfy Rolling Stones-isms. Talk Is Cheap kicked off with the nasty funk of “Big Enough,” then continued through a cool menagerie of personal influences from rockabilly to Memphis soul, from reggae-fied rock to Louisiana-inspired roots music. The gold-selling Top 40 album even provided a first draft […]

November 2022 New Music Releases

Another Record Store Day Black Friday event brings exciting new releases from the Doors, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Motorhead, Ringo Starr, Captain Beefheart and the Cure, among others. And November has lots more to offer. A huge pile of pending reissues is highlighted by Guns N’ Roses‘ Use Your Illusion, Queen‘s The Miracle, Kiss‘ career-saving Creatures […]

Watch Never-Before-Seen Clip of Tom Petty at the Fillmore in 1997

Previously unseen footage of Tom Petty has been made available ahead of the release of the expansive Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Live at the Fillmore (1997) box set. You can watch the eight-minute clip below, as the band plays originals like “Listen to Her Heart” and “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” as well as covers […]

Mark Hoppus Tried to Buy Blink-182 Tickets but Couldn’t

Now it’s Blink-182 fans’ turn to experience the surprise known as “dynamic ticketing.” The freshly reunited trio announced their 2023 reunion tour last week. But when those who wanted to go logged in for presales, some discovered high prices and low success rates. Billboard reported that some tickets were being sold for $600, with even […]

Iconic Van Halen Burger Photo Installed at Missouri McDonalds

The iconic photo of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth standing under the McDonald’s arches on a winter day has been installed in the place where it was taken. Fans have become familiar with Richard Upper’s picture since it was shot during the two Van Halen members’ promotional tour of 1978. Upper had been […]

Waters, Gilmour + Mason to Appear in New Syd Barrett Documentary

Mercury Studios has completed work on a documentary about Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett. Titled Have You Got It Yet? after an unreleased Barrett song, the film was started by longtime Floyd collaborator Storm Thorgerson, and taken over by Roddy Bogawa after Thorgerson’s death in 2013. It explores Barrett’s contributions to the band he named, […]