Bryan Adams has extended his Roll With the Punches Tour “due to overwhelming fan demand,” announcing a second leg of U.S. shows for the summer. The new run of dates will begin on July 24 in St. Louis and conclude on Aug. 16 in Milwaukee. Adams will be supported by fellow ’80s rock icons Pat […]
Former Queensryche vocalist Geoff Tate is set to release a new chapter of the band’s popular Operation: Mindcrime series for the first time in nearly 20 years. Operation: Mindcrime III arrives May 3 and as the frontman told UCR in a recent interview, the project has been taking shape in his mind for a number […]
There are only nine classic rock artists who have released more than one diamond album. It’s a testament to their stratospheric stardom and a reminder that they don’t make ’em like this anymore. The classic rock era — which can be broadly classified as the mid ’60s through the early ’90s — also represented the music industry’s golden […]
Our quest to crown the best album of the ’70s has reached round three, as the original field of 32 albums has been whittled down to just eight of the decade’s most famous titles. It’s up to you who moves onto the final four. You can vote one per hour in each of the third […]
For decades, New York City has been attracting creative people from all over the world to it likes moths to a flame. In New York, perhaps more than any other American city, there is a sense that success — however one might define it — is always just around the corner. With a little bit […]
George Clinton’s massive output with Parliament-Funkadelic continues to open new doors. In early February, the funk legend and members of the group from various eras played with a symphony orchestra at the Detroit Opera House. Joined by special guests like Living Colour’s Vernon Reid, Nona Hendryx and Rahsaan Patterson, it was a special homecoming for the […]
Hollywood legend Chuck Norris, a staple of action movies and television for decades, has died. He was 86 years old. His family shared the news of Norris’ passing on his official Facebook page, writing “It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning. While we […]
AC/DC guitarist Stevie Young, who replaced his uncle Malcolm Young in 2014 after the band cofounder was diagnosed with dementia, has been hospitalized following a recent concert in South America. “Out of an abundance of caution, he was admitted to a local [Buenos Aires] hospital where he is undergoing a full battery of tests,” a […]
Suddenly love-struck Paul McCartney had begun taking long drives across the U.K. countryside in late 1968 with his new girlfriend, Linda Eastman. Along the way, McCartney wrote the opening song from the Beatles‘ last-released album. “One of the great things about Linda was that while I was driving and going, ‘Oh my God, I think […]
Guitarist Randy Rhoads played his final show with Ozzy Osbourne on March 18, 1982, at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. Twenty-four hours later, he was dead at the age of 25. Rhoads died in a plane crash in Leesburg, Florida, following a joy ride in a Beechcraft Bonanza piloted by Osbourne’s bus driver, Andrew Aycock, […]