Classic Rock News

Over the weekend, Yungblud announced that he has cancelled the remainder of his 2025 tour dates, including shows in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Washington, Mexico City, and Latin America, due to medical concerns after recent voice and blood tests raised alarms. “I have been ordered by my doctor to take a break from touring until the end…

On Sunday (November 16), the NFL announced that Jack White and Post Malone will headline the halftime shows of their scheduled Thanksgiving Day games. White will perform during the Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers game at Ford Field, while Post Malone will launch The Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle Kickoff by performing at the…

At the opening of their three-day KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas event on Friday (November 14), the surviving members of KISS honored their late co-founder and iconic guitarist Ace Frehley, who passed away at 74 on October 16. KISS paid tribute to Ace during their “unmasked” set, with frontman Paul Stanley addressing the crowd. “Before…

Radiohead’s second live album, Hail to the Thief: Live Recordings 2003-2009, debuted in the Top 10 on four separate Billboard charts dated November 15. The live release launched at No. 8 on Top Album Sales, marking their ninth career Top 10 on that chart, with also debuting at No. 4 on Indie Store Album Sales,…

Slayer are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their landmark 1985 album, Hell Awaits, with special reissues set for release on May 15 via Metal Blade Records. The reissue options include an eye-catching $189 limited edition 2-LP blood-filled vinyl pressing (appropriately only 666 copies were pressed), a $124.99 box set featuring a Fire Splatter vinyl, a…

During a new episode of The Osbournes Podcast, Ozzy Osbourne’s family fiercely condemned former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters after he disparaged Ozzy’s legacy following his death. Waters had previously dismissed Black Sabbath and Ozzy’s music as meaningless, while deriding the heavy metal’s legend’s TV presence as “idiocy and nonsense.” In response, Jack Osbourne called…

David Coverdale, Whitesnake frontman and former Deep Purple vocalist, has officially announced his retirement after a more than 50-year career. In a heartfelt Instagram video shared on Thursday (November 13), Coverdale explained that recent years have made it clear it’s time to “hang up my rock ‘n’ roll platform shoes and my skintight jeans,” with…

AC/DC’s opening night of their Power Up Tour at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday (November 12) was so electrifying that earthquake equipment two miles away detected ground vibrations equivalent to low-frequency seismic waves. “The sound waves that people were experiencing nearby and feeling something through their bodies, that’s the equivalent to what our seismographs feel,”…

Toni Cornell, daughter of late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, reflected on the profound experience of performing one of her father’s songs during his band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on November 8. Toni, 21, sang the Superunknown standout, “Fell on Black Days,” alongside Heart’s Nancy Wilson on acoustic guitar. In an…