Classic Rock News

PRPhotos.comAnn Wilson has reflected on her time on the road with John Mellencamp. During her appearance on The Kenny Aronoff Sessions podcast, Wilson said, “It was a particularly painful nine months because John Cougar had a number one record. Heart was going into the era where we couldn’t get arrested. And we were headlining the…

Getty ImagesJoe Satriani has revealed that playing Eddie Van Halen’s guitar parts are “frightening.” He recently told Forbes, “You can’t fill them. You can put them on, but you can’t fill them. You have to respect the genius of the architecture of his guitar parts and how he built the songs and you’ve got to…

Getty ImagesGene Simmons as shared that he’s open to Kiss continuing on with four new members. The legendary rock group will be ending their careers next month with the finale of their End of the Road Tour. Simmons told Rolling Stone, “You want to go out while you’re on top. And remember, we introduce ourselves…

Steve Hackett will be releasing his first new concept album in nearly five decades. According to Louder Sound, Hackett said, “The Circus And The Nightwhale is an album with a difference. This time it is a story, based both literally and metaphorically on my life… It’s both faction and fiction, beginning in a gritty world…

PRPhotos.comGeorge Thorogood & The Destroyers are celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary with several events. On November 30, the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles will present an intimate conversation followed by a performance. The following day, exactly 50 years since they played their first-ever show, they’ll perform together again in LA for a radio station promotion.…

Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera and Andy MacKay add to the sounds of the season with this week’s (Friday, November 17th) re-release of “Christmas.” The 26-song set was originally released in 1989 and became a seasonal favorite in the U.K. This week’s edition will be issued on vinyl and CD, and guitarist Manzanera tells us that…

Getty ImagesA year after her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, Dolly Parton is releasing her first rock album, “Rockstar,” on Friday, November 17th. The 30-song set (33 on a Home Shopping Network edition) features collaborations with a Who’s-Who from the rock world — including Peter Frampton on two tracks. Frampton plays on Parton’s…

PRPhotos.comJudas Priest will tour North America next spring with special guests Sabaton. 14 shows have been announced, with a kick off date in Wallingford, Connecticut on April 18. Stops include Mobile, Alabama – Daytona, Florida, – Boston, Mass, Syracuse, NY – and Kalamazoo, Michigan. Presale starts today (11-15) and general sales, start on Friday, November…

Getty ImagesBon Jovi will release a Christmas song this Friday, November 17. The original piece of music, “Christmas Isn’t Christmas,” was recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville and features the current lineup of… Tico Torres, David Bryan, Jon Bon Jovi, Phil X, Hugh McDonald, John Shanks, and Everett Bradley. The new music is part…