Rock News 2025-12-09

• Phish Announces 2026 Concert Dates
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• “The hidden gem in their sometimes bewildering catalogue. Had they made it in the 80s it would have given them a credible contemporary footing”: Yes’ Fly From Here – Return Trip glows in reissue
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• "Wildflowers scared him, because he's not really sure why it's as good as it is": As Tom Petty’s world fell apart, he took refuge in the studio and made his most deeply personal album
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• "Freddie Mercury in flippant, throwaway, disco-jazz cabaret mode could still muster flashes of Olympian pop-rock genius": Mr Bad Guy at 40: Still the great album that might have been
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• Alanis Morissette announces UK and Ireland 2026 outdoor tour with Skunk Anansie
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• Watch Kiss Get Awarded Kennedy Center Honors by President Trump
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• David Byrne Announces More 2026 'Who Is the Sky?' Tour Dates
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• "Robert Plant talking about juice running down his leg...there shouldn't be a double-standard. Women in this business think about it too!" Halestorm's Lzzy Hale opens up on the "empowering" song that helped launch their career
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• Swallow The Sun's best-selling official biography to be translated into English
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• Why John Lennon Threatened a Partygoer at Knifepoint
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• John Lennon's Producer Had 'Terrible Guilt' After Beatle's Murder
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• 60 Years Ago: Beatles' 'We Can Work It Out' Becomes Group Triumph
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• Slipknot-endorsed Mapuche metal champions Mawiza have recorded a live session in Gojira’s studio – and you really need to watch it
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• "I just wanted to apologise for selling your guitar." How an act of kindness in the darkest of hours bonded Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante and Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro forever
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• “It all feels shamanic and otherworldly, and it only gets more so when a pair of horned belly dancers come out”: British-Iranian metal mystics Lowen prove themselves as the next big thing with spellbinding London show
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• 'Double Fantasy' Producer Recalls Wild Court Battle With Yoko Ono
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• "It's a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential." The story behind the Foo Fighters classic that everyone assumed was about Kurt Cobain - but was actually about something a lot more simple
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• 15 Artists on the Influence of the Beatles' 'Rubber Soul'
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• Violet Grohl channels Queens Of The Stone Age on debut single, receives love and praise from offspring of other superstar rockers
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• Tetsu Yamauchi, Bassist for Free and the Faces, Dead at 79
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• The Sons of Kiss' Stanley and Simmons Release Their Debut Single
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• "When I finished, I lay on the floor covered in sweat and exhausted - I just had no more left to offer": Jimmy Barnes picks six songs that changed his career
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• "He said, Would you shave my butt?" Oscar-winning English actress recalls her horror when one of America's most famous musicians requested intimate 'manscaping' before Saturday Night Live appearance
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 8, 2025
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• “I thought we’d follow the Sex Pistols model – one album and out. We were this disgusting-sounding metal band, I never thought that it could last”: How Laid To Rest, against all odds, gave Lamb Of God an actual career
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• Pink Floyd to open Wish You Were Here pop-up stores across Europe and in LA in December
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• "Brian May of Queen was in tears watching the performance...I’d shed a few tears myself." The emotional reaction one rock legend had to one of Ozzy Osbourne's final performances - and why it was so emotional for Ozzy himself
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• “The groove and vibe-based nature of the tracks lend themselves particularly well to deconstruction and reimagining”: Matt Berry’s Heard Noises limited edition box set
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• Guns N' Roses Post-Reunion Songs Ranked Worst to Best
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• The ultimate review of 2025: The best albums, the biggest events, and the megastars who rocked our world - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
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• "Everyone was talking about the effect that YouTube has had on their life. They were all really fascinated with each other." How a song born out of frustration helped Weezer create a GRAMMY-winning portrait of a pivotal moment in Internet history
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• Six Rockin' Covers of Roy Orbison's 'Pretty Woman'
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• Metallica fans banned for life after "incredibly stupid" speaker tower stunt at show in Australia
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• What to Expect From Foghat's 2026 Twang and Bang Tour
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• “There were certainly cries of ‘sell-out’ and people wondering how watered down we had become”: After one hit song, this band toured with Foo Fighters and became alt-metal’s next big thing – until record label woes sent them back to the underground
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• "There's so much material at this point": Guns N' Roses release two new singles but there's still no news about an album
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• Megadeth Will Play This Country for the First Time on 2026 Tour
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• John Densmore Reflects on the Doors' Lasting Legacy
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• Foreigner Confirms New Dates With Original Frontman Lou Gramm
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• The Day Roy Orbison Performed His Last Show
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• "It's too indebted to US FM rock to find its own feet and the production is so polite it takes any edge off": Jimmy Barnes strives for solo success on For The Working Class Man
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• Former Free and Faces bassist Tetsu Yamauchi dead at 79
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• Twisted Sister Announces First 2026 US Reunion Tour Date
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• One of the greatest 'lost' grunge supergroups of the '90s are returning in 2026 with new music and a worldwide tour
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• “Crucially it succeeds in nailing the driven personality of a self-starter motivated by a steely self-belief”: Unofficial Peter Hammill biography Rock And Role is perfect companion to recent box set
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• Mega new prog you must hear from Big Big Train, Karnivool, Textures, Les Penning & Robert Reed and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
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• “We heard King Crimson synchronised music with visuals at gigs. I thought we could use that, since we didn’t have Mick Jagger to run around or anything”: Remembering Rick Davies, from tramping around Germany to leading Supertramp around the world
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• Get Ready for Exciting New Music Coming in 2026
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• Lou Gramm Says Foreigner Nearly Ended After 'Head Games'
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• "I listened to track one and I was like, Ooh, that was nasty!" Hollywood superstar Adam Sandler reveals the iconic '90s rock album that he can't stop listening to
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• "I saw him mosh to a death metal band. I saw what changed my perspective on music" For one of deathcore's pioneering bands, it was a show in Montreal back in 1998 that helped them to kickstart the genre
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• Toto, Christopher Cross and The Romantics announce mammoth North American tour
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• "The goal is to make it feel really nostalgic, like people are back in time." Reunited rock legends promise fans "awesome" experience at upcoming Las Vegas residency
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• Foo Fighters to Play 2026 Benefit Show in Los Angeles
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• Bob Dylan Reveals 2026 US Tour Dates
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• On This Day in 2015: David Bowie Makes Last Public Appearance
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• Toto, Christopher Cross and the Romantics Confirm 2026 Tour Dates
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• Legendary Guitarist Steve Cropper Has Died
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• Hear Aerosmith, Yungblud and Lainey Wilson's New Collaboration
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• “Stranger Things is a phenomenon, right? But it’s ending. I hope I reach the point where, when the time comes, we step away gracefully”: Robb Flynn wants Machine Head’s retirement to be like a hit Netflix finale
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• Tom Scholz’s Secret Plan to Save Boston
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• Hear Guns N' Roses' New Songs 'Nothin'' and "Atlas"
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• How 'December's Children' Captured the Rolling Stones' Early Sound
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• Neal Morse Band share video for Fully Alive, their first new music for five years
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• "She was like, ‘This is what happens when you die young’. I thought it was this cool gesture, but it wasn’t a fun gift." Courtney Love gave this indie frontman a lock of Kurt Cobain's hair after he punctured a kidney on broken glass at an awards ceremony
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• Why Aerosmith Replaced Joe Perry on Some 'Get Your Wings' Tracks
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• "I joined a band because I hated the f****** beach." Shirley Manson doubles down after beach ball rant at Garbage show in Australia
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• ’70s & ’80s Christmas: Relive Iconic Treats, Specials, Decor
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• 45 Years Ago: Ace Frehley Plays His First 'Last' Kiss Concert
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• Aerosmith removed from Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Disney World and will be replaced by the Muppets
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• Sharon, Jack + Kelly Osbourne Share Ozzy Birthday Tribute Posts
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• Gene Simmons: 'Bad Decisions' Contributed to Ace Frehley's Death
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• "It's full of light and love and guitars that rip": The Sheepdogs announce new album Keep Out Of The Storm
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• “I had this look of shock on my face. The whole audience got quiet: ‘Did somebody die?!’”: This is what it’s like finding out you’re Grammy-nominated halfway through your own concert, as explained by Halestorm
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• Birmingham Airport CEO says name will not be changed in memory of Ozzy Osbourne, despite petition nearing 80,000 signatures
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• Tangerine Dream to release 50 Years Of Phaedra: At The Barbican in January
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• “It’s me giving the finger to those who say an album shouldn’t be more than 40 minutes, just because people don’t have time to listen. It’s for an audience that’s trying to heal”: Riverside’s Mariusz Duda unchains himself from Lunatic Soul
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• "They're this generation's Iron Maiden." Canons, gas masks, castles and hellfire: power metal's biggest band Sabaton just conquered the UK's biggest arena
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• "We were stupid kids, just trying to survive, with this really weird music that we were so stubborn about." How five chaos-addicted Californian misfits helped pave the way for the 90s rock revolution with their fabulously freaky debut record
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• "I wanted to make it a truly unforgettable, unmissable week, a run of shows to dream about." The Cure's Robert Smith lines up Wolf Alice, Garbage, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine and more for Teenage Cancer Trust shows
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• Behaviour of one former Megadeth member means there will be no reunions on upcoming farewell tour
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• Sleep Token have released the official colouring book you never knew you needed
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• How AC/DC Remained ‘Gods of Rock and Roll’ in the ‘90s
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• Avenged Sevenfold have just released a brand new song and it's packing riffs, autotune and all kinds of weirdness - listen to Magic now
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