Classic Rock News

On Monday (April 21), The Cure announced details of their forthcoming project, Mixes of a Lost World, a remix collection featuring artists like Deftones frontman Chino Moreno, Paul Oakenfold, and others reimagining tracks from their 2024 album, Songs of a Lost World. The 24-track compilation was conceived and compiled by Cure frontman Robert Smith, and…

On Sunday (April 20), Snoop Dogg celebrated his enduring relationship with marijuana by releasing a trippy new music video for “Last Dance With Mary Jane,” which was directed by Dave Meyers. The single is a collaboration with country star Jelly Roll, and features a sample from late rock legend Tom Petty, and is lifted from…

During her acceptance speech while receiving the Hall of Fame award at the Pollstar Awards, Stevie Nicks unexpectedly disclosed that she is working on a new album, a project she is calling, The Ghost Record. Reflecting on the recent California fires, Nicks shared how the isolation during her stay in a hotel while her home…

A series of recently unearthed photos by Paul McCartney taken between December 1963 and February 1964 are set to be displayed this spring at the Gagosian LA art gallery. The exhibition is titled, “Rearview Mirror: Photographs, December 1963–February 1964,” and it will showcase a series of 36 photographs taken by the Beatles legend capturing the…

After The Who publicly announced that they had parted ways with their longtime drummer Zak Starkey last week, Pete Townshend reversed course in an Instagram post on Saturday (April 19), confirming that Starkey is still the drummer in the band. “News Flash! Who back Zak!,” Townshend wrote. “Zak is not being asked to step down…

During weekend two of Coachella, Dave Grohl surprised the crowd on Saturday (April 19) by joining conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for orchestral renditions of Foo Fighters’ tracks “The Sky Is a Neighborhood” and “Everlong.” This marked Grohl’s first public performance of Foo songs since the rock legend revealed last fall that…

Little River Band co-founder and original bassist Roger McLachlan has passed away at the age of 71 after battling pancreatic cancer. McLachlan, born in 1954 in New Zealand, was known for his musical talent and significant early contributions to the band. He initially joined the group after an agent mentioned they were looking for a…

Bush has just announced that their upcoming album, I Beat Loneliness, is set to be released on July 18, with the band also unveiling the first track lifted from the record, “60 Ways to Forget People.” “What I feel about this record is it addresses the common struggles we all have,” frontman Gavin Rossdale said…

On Thursday (April 17), Bruce Springsteen shared the unreleased song, “Blind Spot,” from the Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, part of the seven previously unheard LPs set to be released in Tracks II: The Lost Albums. Long known by fans as the “Drum Loop” album, the Streets of Philadelphia Sessions was recorded in the mid-Nineties at…