On September 14th, rock legend Robert Plant will release ‘Band Of Joy’ via Rounder Records. Featuring a mix of hard rock, blues, folk, country and other forms of Americana, it shows the further evolution of the former Led Zeppelin vocalist. The musicians include some of his bandmates from his tour with Alison Krauss, including Buddy […]

After months of rumours that the Rolling Stones’ next tour will be their last, drummer Charlie Watts has confirmed the band are indeed thinking along those lines. They’re planning to hit the road in 2011 or 2012, by which time they’ll have been in existence for 50 years, Watts will be in his 70s and […]

John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman has been denied parole for the sixth time. The murderer, who gunned down the former Beatles star outside his home in New York in 1980, has been eligible for parole since 2000. He’s scheduled to appear before the parole board again in 2012. Chapman, 55, was convicted of murdering […]

Current RATT and former VINCE NEIL bassist Robbie Crane will be replacing James Lomenzo (ex-MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) in LYNCH MOB for their upcoming European tour. Confirmed dates are as follows: October 30 – Nottingham, England – Firefest November 2 – Sofija, Bulgaria – Rockbar Fans 3 – Budapest, Hungary – A38 Ship 6 – […]

Jamie Price sentenced to at least 21 years in prison. Goldie’s son has been sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday (September 7) after being found guilty of killing a disabled man in 2008. Jamie Price stabbed Marlon Morris four times – once fatally in the heart – in Wolverhampton city centre on August 24, 2008. He […]

ANZIG’s new video for the track ‘On A Wicked Night’ can be viewed below. The song is pulled off of Danzig’s new studio album, Deth Red Sabaoth and was shot on location in early June at the infamous BatCave in the Hollywood Hills. Vote forВ ‘On A Wicked Night’В in ourВ Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart -В RIGHT […]

IRON MAIDEN have issued the following update: “Adrian Smith has recently been in collaboration with old friend Dave ‘Bucket’ Colwell, a musician who’s versatile career has led him from his early days alongside Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith in the A.S.A.P project of the late 1980s via a 14 year tenure with BAD COMPANY, to his […]

Jane’s Addiction said Monday it has parted ways with its latest bass player, former Guns N’ Roses member Duff McKagan, five months after announcing his addition to the oft-vacated post. McKagan, 46, performed a few concerts with the band, and worked on new material for its first album in seven years, but musical differences cut […]

‘Diary Of A Mad Band’, the long-awaited new CD+DVD from DOWN will be released in the U.S. on October 5 via Down Records/ADA. The set will feature footage of DOWN members “tearing up Europe” — literally and figuratively — on their first European tour. This special CD+DVD collection contains over 130 minutes of live video […]

Opeth mainman Mikael Akerfeldt has exclusively told Classic Rock that his long-mooted project with Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree is now well under way. “I got together recently with Steven at his house, and we wrote a new tune straight away,” says Akerfeldt. “Of course, with the two of us involved it was 10 minutes […]