Classic Rock News

Two weeks after Franz Ferdinand announced the January 10 release date of their sixth studio album, The Human Fear, the Scottish indie rock band revealed their North American tour dates for 2025. Franz’s newly announced run of 12 North American shows begins on March 24 in Seattle, and finishes on April 15 in Toronto. The…

Linkin Park’s recent reunion rollout continues with their brand new single titled, “Heavy Is the Crown.” The new song has been chosen as the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Anthem, and Riot Games released a corresponding music video that features Linkin Park’s single soundtracking game play created in partnership with Eddy and made at…

Actor Michael Shannon and indie guitarist Jason Narducy are taking their shared love of R.E.M. back on the road in 2025. The duo will celebrate 40 years of Fables of the Reconstruction by playing the classic album in full during a series of US shows. This follows their successful tour back in February of 2024…

In a newly released trailer for the upcoming documentary, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, the rock legend opened up about his future plans for his group while sharing insight about the inspiration behind his recent world tour. Springsteen revealed that the tour plans were hatched during the midst of the Covid-19…

After months of sharing mysterious hints of new music on the way, the Cure officially announced on Monday (September 23) that their first new single in 16 years will be released this Thursday (Sept. 26). The band shared an 18-second clip of the forthcoming new song, “Alone,” in an Instagram post,  where they revealed that…

Scorpions have announced another Las Vegas residency in 2025 in celebration of the band’s 60th anniversary. The residency has been dubbed, Scorpions – Coming Home to Las Vegas 60th Anniversary, and will take place at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in early 2025. The Scorpions Vegas run will kick off on February…

Traffic co-founder Dave Mason has just announced the cancellation of his upcoming “Traffic Jam 2024” fall West Coast tour. During a recent routine appointment, doctors detected that Mason had a serious heart condition that required immediate medical attention, which prompted the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to immediately cancel all of his tour dates.…

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band finished up their current run of U.S. dates in style, playing a special homecoming show on September 15 in Asbury Park at the Sea.Hear.Now Festival. That 3-hour, 30-song headlining set became an instant classic, with Springsteen dusting off classic tracks, rarely-played deep cuts, and choice cover songs during…

Following criticism of his rough performance at Rock in Rio recently, Journey’s singer Arnel Pineda has asked fans to vote on social media about whether or not he should remain in the band. In footage from Journey’s performance on September 15, Pineda’s voice can be heard cracking multiple times while he struggled to hit the…