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Fancy trying a European festival this year? Here's five reasons to hit Mad Cool 2026

Foo Fighters, The Black Crowes, Nick Cave and dozens more play Spain's Mad Cool festival in July

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"When we go up there on stage I'd almost liken it to a sexual experience." Ann and Nancy Wilson on love, sobriety, politics and the changing face of Heart

They play soft stuff, hard stuff… and even some in-between stuff. But whatever you do, don't dismiss Heart as ‘that ballad band'

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Red Hot Chili Peppers sell their recorded music catalogue for over $300 million

If you know any members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, now might be a good time to hit them up for a few dollars

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"There are so many special memories within the walls." Paul McCartney welcomes announcement of the first ever official Beatles fan experience in London at 3 Savile Row, the former headquarters of Apple Corps and site of legendary rooftop gig

"Wow, it’s like coming home" - Ringo Starr

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: May 11, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from the Rolling Stones, Stanley Simmons, Joanne Shaw Taylor and more

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"This magical dream doesn’t have to end." Billy Corgan announces UK and European dates for A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness, an orchestral and operatic rendering of The Smashing Pumpkins’ iconic 1995 album

"The success of translating Mellon Collie into operatic and classical form has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life"

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"I had to kickstart my engine again." How David Bowie relaunched his career, and confused the world, with his deeply unloved hard rock band Tin Machine

"He needed to do something which was such a departure it would destroy everything that went before"

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"It blew Ian's mind!" Why Dave Grohl gifted punk rock legend Ian MacKaye a personalised message from right wing motormouth Ted Nugent for his 63rd birthday

Foo Fighters frontman reveals how he surprised Ian MacKaye with a bespoke birthday present

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"He called me the night before he passed to tell me how much he loved it." Eric Clapton, Brian May, Billy Gibbons, Ronnie Wood guest on posthumous album from the late Steve Cropper

Watching The Tide, the forthcoming album from Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour, will feature a host of guitar legends

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"I asked, Where are the harnesses? The answer was, Between the butt plugs and the ball stretchers." How Judas Priest's Rob Halford and an 'eye-opening" visit to a Hollywood sex shop inspired Derek Smalls' iconic stage wear in This Is Spinal Tap

How one of the world's great comic actors got into character for This Is Spinal Tap

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"Immaculately crafted, played and produced, it's classic AOR with just enough grit to her voice to keep it interesting." Linda Perry puts her strengths and vulnerabilities on display for the world to see

Former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman and all-powerful pop songwriter Linda Perry goes solo

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"If you're partial to the glittering seam of music that runs from The Beatles through Jellyfish and a thousand others, then you're going to love this album." The Lemon Twigs fill a bumper bag of poptastic delight on Look For Your Mind!

Brian and Michael D’Addario continue to effortlessly pluck songs from the rock'n'roll ether

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"We recorded a river that flows nearby. Some of those sounds are played backwards." Six decades on from the hit that made him a legend, Arthur Brown's world continues to be crazy

On tour throughout 2026, The God Of Hellfire will be unveiling his upcoming album in full later in the year

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My favourite Thin Lizzy song, by James Hetfield, Tony Iommi, Jon Bon Jovi, Suzi Quatro, Joe Elliott, Francis Rossi, Mick Box, Johnny Van Zant and more

Everyone has a favourite Thin Lizzy song, right? So we asked a load of famous folks to pick theirs and tell us why

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"The heaviest Deep Purple album in many years." Deep Purple announce new album Splat!

"Splat! explores the end of humanity not in any crude apocalyptic sense but as a metamorphosis beyond physical existence"

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"One version is about a car, the other is about a feminine hygiene product. Guess which the kids liked to shout more?" The story of the failed Springsteen song that topped the American charts after being banned in the Bible Belt

How Manfred Mann took a song, added the Chopsticks chords, got the song banned and scored a No.1

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"The music world would be a dried-up, tumbleweed-riddled desert if it weren't for Debbie Harry." The importance of Blondie's defiant leader of the pack

Debbie Harry’s distortion of stereotypes, her costumes and her confrontational use of sexuality, defined her as a true artist

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"This is not a band hiding behind legacy; it is one already doing enough to stand without it." Everything that happened at the debut live show by Stanley Simmons

The sons of Kiss icons Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons played their first show together at a tiny venue in San Diego – and Classic Rock was down the front

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"It was a very intense few weeks." The Rolling Stones announce new album Foreign Tongues, featuring Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, Steve Winwood and more

Get ready for Stones' album number 25

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Watch Stevie Nicks and pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter duet on Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide at at the Met Gala

Two icons, one song

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"You know why the industry sucks? Because it’s all owned by billionaires who are trying to make even more money." The Black Keys are sick and tired of the "stupid, evil" music industry

The Black Keys are done playing nice for the music industry

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Pro-Ject T1 EVO BT turntable review: a multi-connectible wonder of a starter record player

The Pro-Ject T1 EVO BT is audiophile-adjacency at its near-best – and likely to be somewhat overshadowed by its competitors

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Todd Rundgren announces four UK dates for his Damned If I Do fan favourites tour in September

Todd Rundgren will play live dates in London, Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow in September

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"I'd been conscious of hardly ever being able to capture the heart, soul and spirit of the band." How David Coverdale led a fans' choir to create the connoisseur's favourite Whitesnake album

With three studio albums under their belt, Whitesnake unleashed their live sound on the world in a double dose of Hammersmith havoc

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“He cannot do that – it’s a criminal act! This is destroying classical music!”: Orchestral players were horrified by Keith Emerson’s work. But times have changed, says acclaimed conductor

Terje Mikkelsen was once told to avoid the ELP icon’s material. He ignored that advice, and went on to collaborate with Emerson himself

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