Classic Rock News

Taylor Swift made history on Tuesday (September 30) by becoming the first and only female artist to surpass 100 million album sales certified by the RIAA, with over 105 million albums sold to date. The only other artists to achieve this feat are The Beatles (183 million units), Garth Brooks (162 million), Elvis Presley (146.5…

At the final London show of Oasis’ 2025 U.K. reunion tour on Sunday night (September 28), frontman Liam Gallagher hinted at potential plans for 2026 by telling fans, “See you next year!” before the band performed their set-closing classic tune, “Champagne Supernova.” Prior to this teasing announcement, the band has remained tight-lipped about their future…

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has partnered with Sumerian Comics to release a new cyberpunk graphic novel series titled, Axl Rose: Appetite for Destruction. The story is set in a neon-lit Paradise City where a half-human, half-robot version of Rose uncovers a deadly conspiracy after a lounge singer mysteriously disappears. Co-created with Sumerian Comics…

At the New York Film Festival premiere of the biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, on Sunday night (September 28), Bruce Springsteen gave a surprise solo acoustic performance of “Land of Hope and Dreams.” The Boss reflected on the significance of the film and expressed gratitude to actor Jeremy Allen White for “playing a much…

On Monday (September 29), Yusuf/Cat Stevens announced the postponement of his North American Cat on the Road to Findout Book Tour scheduled for October due to unspecified visa issues. “Waiting months for visa approvals, we held out as long as we could. However, at this point, the production logistics necessary for my show cannot be…

On Friday (September 26), Judas Priest released their cover of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” featuring a duet between Rob Halford and the late Ozzy Osbourne in his first posthumous musical appearance since his death in July. According to the release, “all profits from audio streams, downloads, and physical sales of the recording will be donated…

Eddie Vedder and his band the Earthlings – featuring Andrew Watt, Josh Klinghoffer, Glen Hansard, Chad Smith, and Chris Chaney – headlined the Ohana Music Festival in Dana Point, California, on Friday night (September 26). The band performed a series of covers, including Devo’s “Gut Feeling,” the Who’s “I’m One,” and Led Zeppelin’s “The Song…

Jillian Lauren, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, avoided jail time after being granted a two-year mental health diversion by an L.A. judge on Thursday (September 25). The ruling is related to an incident where she fired a gun at LAPD officers during an April 2025 manhunt for hit-and-run suspects near her Eagle Rock home.…

Scotty McCreery and Hootie & the Blowfish’s new collaboration, “Bottle Rockets,” which reworks the band’s ’90s hit “Hold My Hand,” moves up two spots to reach No. 1 on this week’s Country Airplay chart. This marks McCreery’s sixth career chart-topper while becoming Hootie’s first No. 1 hit on the tally. The achievement also places Darius…