Classic Rock News

On Wednesday (October 23), the Georgetown, Texas music festival Two Step Inn revealed their 2025 artist lineup in an Instagram post. Country music legend Alan Jackson and modern singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson have been tapped as the festival headliners, which is set to take place on Saturday, April 5, and Sunday, April 6. The Saturday lineup…

Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger announced their upcoming 2025 tour plans with a post on Instagram on Tuesday (October 22). The pair revealed that they are embarking on an intimate “Living Room Sessions” 12-date tour of small venues throughout the U.S., where they will perform acoustic renditions of Halestorm hits as well as a…

During a solo performance at the Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch, New Zealand on Wednesday (October 23), Thom Yorke performed a brand new song and unearthed some rarely played deep cuts from his solo and Radiohead catalogs. It was Yorke’s first show of the Australasian leg of his rare solo Everything Tour, and he used the…

Grateful Dead have been selected as the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year. The legendary psychedelic rock band will be honored during a celebratory event held over Grammys weekend on Friday, January 31st. The recognition pays tribute to the band’s contributions to music throughout their legendary career, as well as their dedication to philanthropy and…

During a panel held on Monday (October 21) at the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum for the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen opened up about what his personal life is like following the cancer diagnosis of his wife and bandmate, Patti Scialfa. In…

Singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet suffered a significant stroke late on Saturday night (October 12) while he was on tour in Toronto with Hanson. The veteran musician behind the Nineties alt-rock hit singles like “Girlfriend” and “I’ve Been Waiting,” was admitted to Toronto Western Hospital “where he was put into excellent care and taken out of immediate…

The 99-year-old Nashville country music institution the Grand Ole Opry is ready to broaden its horizons and embrace new musical styles going forward. Scott Stapp, the lead singer of hard rock band Creed, made his Opry debut on Wednesday (October 23), while celebrated jam band Leftover Salmon and Andrew Farriss of Australian rock band INXS…

Jimmy Page and Gibson have collaborated together on the release of his 1964 SJ-200 and 1964 SJ-200 Collector’s Edition signature model acoustic guitars. The instruments are replicas of the acoustic guitar that Page played on Led Zeppelin’s groundbreaking 1969 self-titled debut album. The new signature model guitars were hand-crafted by the luthiers of the Gibson…

Alex Van Halen took to Instagram on Monday (October 21) to share the full six-minute version of “Unfinished,” the last song that the drummer worked on with his late brother, guitar legend Eddie Van Halen. Brief snippets of the instrumental track are featured throughout the audiobook of Alex’s new memoir, Brothers, which was published on…