The holidays are almost here, which means its time to figure out what to get the classic rock fans in your life. We’re here to help, with the UCR 2025 holiday gift guide, featuring great ideas for even the most hard-to-please, “I have every album, cassette, 8-track and CD they ever released” level of fan. […]
If you spend any amount of time talking to Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, one of the best things you’ll discover is that he’s a real music fan, rabidly passionate for the things, artists and bands that he loves, just like you. With Bad Company’s pending induction this weekend into the Rock & Roll Hall of […]
Former Squeeze drummer Gilson Lavis, who played with the band during its most successful period, died on Tuesday at the age of 74. Keyboardist Jools Holland, who played with Lavis in Squeeze and later in his own Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, paid tribute to the drummer in a social media statement. “I’m very sad to […]
Kiss will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their star-making 1975 double live album Alive! with a massive box set containing 88 previously unreleased live tracks. The collection is currently available for pre-order with a Nov. 21 ship date exclusively at the band’s official website, in 4CD+ Blu-ray and 8LP+ Blu-ray formats, along with a wide […]
Freddie Mercury‘s death wasn’t the end of Queen‘s classic era. Instead, that finale came with Made in Heaven, an album that arrived on Nov. 6, 1995, with the last of a flurry of recordings the ailing singer made before succumbing to AIDS in 1991. It also marked the final full-length project to feature the band’s co-founding bassist John […]
Hard to imagine now, but before the teased hair and neon colors of the ’80s, there was a group of iconic celebrities across all areas of entertainment who were still figuring out who they were. When were they doing that? In the gritty, less colorful, and much hairier ’70s. Glitzy red carpets weren’t really a […]
Radiohead made their long-awaited return to the stage on Tuesday at Madrid, Spain’s Movistar Arena, playing their first concert in more than seven years. You can see the full 25-song set list and videos from the performance below. READ MORE: The Best Song From Every Radiohead Album What Did Radiohead Play at Their 2025 Tour […]
Former Guns N’ Roses manager Alan Niven has filed a lawsuit against the band to stop them from attempting to block the release of his new memoir, Sound N’ Fury: Rock N’ Roll Stories. Sound N’ Fury was originally scheduled for a July 2025 release. It was delayed until September and is now scheduled for a March […]
Two Pink Floyd legends are among the dead celebrities who earned the most money in 2025. According to Forbes‘ annual list, the estates of Syd Barrett and Richard Wright each earned $81 million in 2025 as a result of Pink Floyd selling their catalog and name, image and likeness rights to Sony for $400 million. That […]
Paul Rodgers says he will not perform at or attend Bad Company‘s upcoming Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, set to take place on Nov. 8. “My hope was to be at the Rock & Rock Hall of Fame induction ceremony and to perform for the fans, but at this time I have to […]