Classic Rock News

Getty ImagesElvis Costello’s celebrated 1989 Spike album is set for a deluxe vinyl reissue on March 4th. The album, which first paired Costello and Paul McCartney, will be released for the first time as a double album set with the inclusion of the track “Cold Train Robbers.” The collection, now pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl,…

PRPhotos.comAlthough the days of crazy post-show parties was in the past anyway, Slash revealed that Guns N’ Roses’ Covid protocols on the road only strengthened the band’s musical connection. Ultimate Classic Rock ran a bit of Slash’s chat with Britain’s Daily Star, in which the guitarist remembered, “Onstage it was incredible — the audience had…

Getty ImagesPrior to heading across the Atlantic for his 11-city European tour, Lindsey Buckingham has just rolled out four warm-up gigs at home. The ousted-Fleetwood Mac leader will kick off his brief Stateside jaunt on April 22nd in Kent, Ohio — and over the next eight days will hit Ithaca, New York; Glenside, PA; and…

PRPhotos.comPolice guitarist Andy Summers finally revealed the financial stats of the band’s massive 2007/2008 globe-spanning reunion tour. The long-awaited reunion trek spanned 158 shows, playing to 921,000 paying customers, and earned the band a $297 million gross. In 2008, they released a two-CD / two DVD collection chronicling the jaunt called The Police: Certifiable. The…

Getty ImagesIt was 53 years ago Sunday (January 30th, 1969), that the Beatles performed for the last time in public, on the roof of their Apple headquarters building in London. For the better part of that January, the group had been filming their rehearsals for a planned comeback concert, before band politics forced them to…

PRPhotos.comAs requested, Neil Young’s music will be taken off Spotify. Rolling Stone reported that after the singer/songwriter demanded his music be pulled in response to podcaster Joe Rogan’s misinformation regarding covid, the streaming service complied. In a letter posted on the official Neil Young Archives page, Young thanked his label Warner Brothers for standing by…

Getty ImagesWolfhgang Van Halen will head out on tour next month after pushing his joint dates with Dirty Honey back due to the pandemic upsurge. He told us he’s already hashing out ideas for Mammoth WVH’s second album — but admitted he won’t start tracking the new set for a while yet. We asked him…

Getty ImagesMeat Loaf is proving to be bigger in death than in life. The late-singer’s streams are up an astounding 2,583 percent since his January 20th death. The legendary singer died this past January 20th, at the age of 74 with no cause of death announced. Billboard reported: “From January 21st, the day the rocker’s…

Getty ImagesMen At Work leader Colin Hay has just rolled out a 36-date summer run in support of his upcoming album, Now And The Evermore, due out on March 18th. Hay, who’ll be back on tour later this spring with Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, has enlisted the legendary Beatles drummer for the…