Rock

The holidays are almost here, which means its time to figure out what to get the classic rock fans in your life. We’re here to help, with the UCR 2025 holiday gift guide, featuring great ideas for even the most hard-to-please, “I have every album, cassette, 8-track and CD they ever released” level of fan.

TheGrammy nominations areoutand fans of some of the snubbed artists – Lorde, The Weeknd, Gracie Abrams,Benson Boone–are not happy. Earlier today (November 7),the Recording Academy revealed the full list of nominees for the 2026 Grammys, which are set to be presented at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on February 1. Kendrick Lamarwas the big winner with

Kiss will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their star-making 1975 double live album Alive! with a massive box set containing 88 previously unreleased live tracks. The collection is currently available for pre-order with a Nov. 21 ship date exclusively at the band’s official website, in 4CD+ Blu-ray and 8LP+ Blu-ray formats, along with a wide

Paul McCartneyhas urged COP30 to go vegetarian, arguing that serving meat at a climate summit is “like handing out cigarettes at a cancer prevention conference”. TheBeatleslegendhas been a longstanding campaigner for vegetarianism and animal rights, ever since a moment in 1975 when he and his wife Linda saw lambs grazing near their Scotland farm while

Freddie Mercury‘s death wasn’t the end of Queen‘s classic era. Instead,that finale came withMade in Heaven, an album that arrived on Nov. 6, 1995, with the last of a flurry of recordings the ailing singer made before succumbing to AIDSin 1991. It also marked the final full-length project to feature the band’s co-founding bassist John

Kings Of Leon have announced that they will release a four-track EP titled ‘EP#2’ on Friday (November 7). In a social media post this evening (November 5), the Nashville band shared the tracklisting for the release, which consists of ‘All The Little Sheep’, ‘To Space’, ‘Pit To The Rind’ and ‘The Wolf’. They confirmed that

Radiohead made their long-awaited return to the stage on Tuesday at Madrid, Spain’s Movistar Arena, playing their first concert in more than seven years. You can see the full 25-song set list and videos from the performance below. READ MORE: The Best Song From Every Radiohead Album What Did Radiohead Play at Their 2025 Tour

Radiohead have returned to the stage for the first time in seven years. Check out the setlist, footage, photos and more from their opening night in Madrid below. Read More:Jonny Greenwood tells us about The Smile’s ‘Cutouts’ and the “fun and natural” Radiohead reunion It was just two months ago when Thom Yorke and co

Paul Rodgers says he will not perform at or attend Bad Company‘s upcoming Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, set to take place on Nov. 8. “My hope was to be at the Rock & Rock Hall of Fame induction ceremony and to perform for the fans, but at this time I have to

Donna Jean Godchaux, who sang with the Grateful Dead throughout the 1970s, has died at the age of 78. The news was confirmed in a statement shared with Rolling Stone by her representative Dennis McNally, who said that she passed away on Sunday (November 2) at a hospice facility in Nashville after a “lengthy struggle

The Charlatanshave announced a set of UK dates for Spring 2026 in support of their new album ‘We Are Love’. The band are preparing to release their 14th studio album next Friday (October 31) via BMG, their first full-length record since 2017’s ‘Different Days’. It is produced by Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange), Fred Macpherson

My Bloody Valentine have announced the support acts for their upcoming dates in the UK and Ireland. In March, the band confirmed that they would be playing their first UK headline tour in over 10 years, with huge dates at Dublin’s 3Arena (their first non-festival show in their home country since 1992), Manchester’s Aviva Studios,

Aerosmith and Yungblud have released an acoustic “Desert Road Version” of their new song “My Only Angel,” featuring a banjo performance from actor and comedian Steve Martin. You canlisten to “My Only Angel (Desert Road Version)” and watch the music video below. Martin posted about the collaborationin a Facebook post on Thursday, which you can

Nelly Furtado has announced her retirement from live performances for the “forseeable future”. The ‘Maneater’ singer took to Instagram to reminisce about the 25th anniversary of her debut album ‘Whoa, Nelly!’ – and to explain why she was stepping away from the stage. “I have decided to step away from performance for the foreseeable future

U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. continues to make positive progress following the neck surgery he had in 2023 which forced him to miss the band’s groundbreaking residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Bono offered an update on his current condition earlier this week while he and the Edge were in Tulsa, Oklahoma to accept

ICE have had a social media post removed over their use of an MGMT song. READ MORE:MGMT – ‘Little Dark Age’ review A post from the Department of Homeland Security has been removed following a DMCA takedown request. The post, which was shared on X/Twitter on October 23 showed footage of federal agents arresting ICE

Robert John “Mutt” Lange is among the most iconic record producers of all-time. AC/DC‘s Highway to Hell and Back In Black, Foreigner 4, Def Leppard‘s Pyromania and Hysteria and ex-wife Shania Twain’s early catalog are just a random sampling of his multi-platinum golden touch. But for the past 10 years the South African-born Lange has

Ariana Grande has revealed that Madonna gave her a “warm welcome” in the early days of her career. READ MORE:Ariana Grande – ‘Eternal Sunshine’ review: a compelling mood piece Speaking in a new interview on Evan Ross Katz’s Shut Up Evan podcast, Grande reflected on the support she received from pop icons, including Beyoncé, Mariah

It’s baffling in hindsight to consider Ozzy Osbourne retiring in his mid-40s. Nevertheless, the Prince of Darknesstook his first final bow at the conclusion of his 1992 No More Tours Tour in support of the previous year’s blockbusterNo More Tears. Hisbreak from the spotlight — motivated by an incorrect multiple sclerosis diagnosis —was brief, but

Jameela Jamil has claimed she once accidentally orgasmed while DJing in front of 6,000 farmers. Jamil recalled the incident on theThe Romesh Ranganathan Show, where she spoke to the comedian about DJing the Young Farmers Ball.She told Ranganathan that the Ball has “ginormous speakers”, which meant“there was nowhere to put the decks, other than on