One of These Nights arrived in a crossroads moment for the Eagles. The preceding album, 1974’s On the Border, produced their first-ever No. 1 single “Best of My Love.” Would the Eagles build on that embryonic success? Or recede back to the respectable but hardly attention-turning sales of their first two albums? “We’ve all said, […]
Ozzy Osbourne knew his days were numbered when he performed his final concert. Back to the Beginning, held July 5, 2025 in Birmingham, England, was a star-studded celebration of Black Sabbath and Ozzy. The event featured an incredible array of rock stars, including Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler, Tool, Slayer, Tom Morello and […]
Gene Simmons added two Kiss songs written by Ace Frehley to his solo show set list for the first time ever Saturday night. You can watch Simmons and his band debut “Strange Ways” and “Rocket Ride” (co-written by Sean Delaney) and see the full set list from the show below. The 14-song set at L’Aubrerge Casino […]
Paul Rodgers has explained why he turned down the chance to work on Alex Van Halen‘s new archival Van Halen project. Earlier this week Alex, Van Halen‘s founding drummer, revealed that he was working on a “collection of new recordings that were going to be the next [Van Halen] record, and that were stopped because […]
New York City in the 1980s was not necessarily a beacon of hope. By then, the crack cocaine epidemic had fully sunk its teeth in, with homicide rates reaching rates that had never been seen before, much of it drug related. In 1984, a man named Bernhard Goetz shot four young men on a subway […]
In the spring of 2025, it was announced that Foo Fighters would be moving forward without drummer Josh Freese. “The Foo Fighters called me Monday night to let me know they’ve decided ‘to go in a different direction with their drummer.’ No reason was given,” Freese wrote in a statement posted to Instagram then. “Regardless, […]
Steve Perry has made it clear that he will not be sharing the stage with Journey on their upcoming Final Frontier tour. In an interview published by Ultimate Classic Rock earlier today, keyboardist Jonathan Cain reported that Journey guitarist Neal Schon had been in touch with Perry about the possibility of making a guest appearance on the […]
Queen‘s second album, originally released in March 1974, is getting remixed, remastered and expanded to five CDs in March. The 5CD/2LP Queen II Collector’s Edition box set features a 2026 mix of the album and will be available on March 27. In addition to the new mix of the original album, the upcoming reissue will […]
Alex Van Halen’s recent acknowledgement that an album made up of previously unreleased Van Halen material is in the works has sparked excitement among the band’s passionate fanbase. In a conversation with Brazilian YouTube channel KazaGastao, Alex revealed that the bulk of the songs were earmarked for a new Van Halen LP that ultimately wasn’t […]
Alex Van Halen has confirmed work on a new album of unheard Eddie Van Halen material for the first time. He’d previously mentioned a collaboration with Steve Lukather, but didn’t define the nature of the project. “I’ve been fortunate enough to have Steve Lukather, who was a good friend of Ed’s, and we’re working on […]