Classic Rock News

On Tuesday (December 8), the Goo Goo Dolls announced the dates and details of their Summer 2026 US tour, where they will be supported by Neon Trees. The 26-date trek will hit amphitheaters and arenas across the country starting on July 24 in Lincoln, California, stopping in cities like Boise, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Tampa, and…

Two Australian Metallica fans, 20-year-old Beau Rollings and 23-year-old Rory Culbert, received lifetime bans from Perth’s Optus Stadium after they jumped a safety barrier and scaled a central speaker tower during the band’s November 1 show on their M72 World Tour. The duo climbed up to a height of 50 meters for about 20 minutes,…

On Monday (December 8), Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte announced the dates and details of their co-headlining 2026 North American tour. The 16-date jaunt will run from July 25 to August 27, kicking off in Ridgedale, Missouri, and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona, while hitting arenas and amphitheaters in major music markets including Chicago, St. Louis,…

Aerosmith and Yungblud have teamed up with country superstar Lainey Wilson on an updated version of “Wild Woman” from their newly released collaborative EP, One More Time. Originally a country-flavored ballad, the new version – which dropped Friday (December 5), along with an official music video – features Wilson’s vocals on the second verse, bringing…

The Beatles’ new collection, Anthology 4, debuted in the Top 10 on five Billboard charts, including No. 9 on Top Album Sales and No. 6 on Top Rock Albums, with nearly 17,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending November 27. The album also made the Top 10 on Top Current Album Sales (No.…

On Friday (December 5), Violet Grohl, the 19-year-old daughter of Foo Fighters’ frontman Dave Grohl, released her debut solo singles, “THUM” and “Applefish,” as a 7-inch vinyl via Bandcamp. “I’m beyond excited to finally share a little bit of what i’ve been working on over the last year,” Violet captioned her Instagram post announcing the…

Three Days Grace have made history by becoming only the second act to achieve 20 No. 1s on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, as their current single, “Kill Me Fast,” now tops the chart. This marks the Canadian band’s third consecutive chart-topper in 2025, following the five-week rule of “Mayday” in January, and the one-week…

During Garbage’s performance at the Good Things Festival in Melbourne on Friday (December 5), singer Shirley Manson expressed her irritation over beach balls being thrown at the stage. Manson directly chastised a fan in a crowd shot video shared to social media, “Guy with your big fu**ing beach ball. Ooh, I’m so scared of you.…

President Donald Trump presented the 2024 Kennedy Center honorees – including KISS, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, Sylvester Stallone, and Michael Crawford – with their medals during a ceremony on Sunday (December 6) in the Oval Office, praising them as “perhaps the most accomplished and renowned class” ever assembled. He lauded each for their significant contributions…