Category Archives: Classic Rock

Radiohead Plays First Show in 7 Years: Set List and Video

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 Sues Band to Stop Blocking His Book

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 […]

Barrett, Buffett Among 2025’s Highest-Earning Dead Celebrities

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 […]

Nancy Wilson Pens Poignant Lyrics for Early Heart Associate

Heart’s Nancy Wilson has written new lyrics paying tribute to the band’s early associate. Mike Fisher, who passed away in August. The guitarist shared the lyrics on her new Something Good blog, which is sent to fans via email. Though the dispatch doesn’t share a title or information on when they were written, Wilson confirmed to UCR […]

Elton John, ‘Tumbleweed Connection’: Retro Album Review

The character-driven Tumbleweed Connection doesn’t sound anything like the sleek soundtrack work that Elton John devolved into by the ’90s. It hardly sounds like his peak ’70s stuff, either. This Old West-themed collaboration with Bernie Taupin, released on Oct. 30, 1070, was writerly and brave enough to experiment with song form in a way John […]

Liam Gallagher Slams Fan Who Launched Flare at Oasis Show

Oasis‘ Liam Gallagher minced no words when criticizing a concertgoer who launched a flare into the crowd during the band’s Friday performance in Melbourne, Australia. “To the massive CUNT who launched that flare into the crowd last night at the gig in Melbourne you are 1 seriously fucked up individual and you will get yours trust me,” […]

The Grateful Dead’s ‘American Beauty’: Retro Album Review

The Grateful Dead were not, by most people’s definition, a band fit for the studio. To condense their songwriting and penchant for free flowing jams into the sort of sterile, structured environment usually required for recording an album was, in a word, challenging. But in 1970, the Dead, who would ultimately have dozens upon dozens […]

Bob Dylan ‘Bootleg Series’ Albums Ranked Worst to Best

Bob Dylan‘s many studio and live albums tell only part of his story. Scattered throughout his 50-plus years as a recording artist are hundreds, if not thousands, of discarded songs and ideas. Some became other songs, some were reworked into familiar tracks, and others were just left on the shelves, as you will see in […]