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"The Beatles are the gods of rock!" How four Japanese schoolboys fell in love with The Beatles 50 years ago and fulfilled a dream by visiting the UK for their own magical mystery tour

How the world's most wholesome Beatles fans lived out their dreams with a Fab Four pilgrimage

Louder · Aug 6

The story of the day Bono and Jimmy Buffett went out for chicken and were almost killed by Jamaican police. "It was absolutely terrifying, and I honestly thought we were all going to die"

Bono joins Jimmy Buffett on a flight to buy jerk chicken. What's the worst that can happen?

Louder · Aug 6

"Louder Now represents a huge milestone for me and to know it has made an impact on so many other people’s lives as well is something I still struggle to get my head around": Taking Back Sunday reveal Louder Now deluxe reissue

Taking Back Sunday are revisiting their third studio album to mark its 20th anniversary - complete with bonus track Sleep, Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)

Louder · Aug 6

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“Drugs at our age? You don’t have to take them forever. Once you’ve opened the doors of perception you can see what’s going on; you’ve got the ideas”: Dave Brock on Hawkwind’s late-period purple patch

Space rock veteran is happier then ever – and he even saw the upside of a recent hospital stay

Louder · Aug 6

Guitar virtuoso Eric Johnson picks the songs that soundtrack his life: "That record was over my head. I wasn't even sure if I liked it. But the more I listened, the more I realised how great it was"

Texan guitarist Eric Johnson picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and answers a morbid question with an even more morbid answer

Louder · Aug 6

How Photograph transformed Def Leppard into global pop-metal megastars: "I was this geeky twat who liked music and wasn't living in the real world. All I ever wanted was to be a star."

Aided by a game-changing video, Photograph annoyed the hell out of the PRMC and helped Def Leppard break America

Louder · Aug 6

"I have no desire to be a survivor. I’d rather accept, absorb, adapt, fight and break that which seeks to break me." Henry Rollins announces "searing" memoir Bait Dog Boy

"An unforgettable tale of what it means to not quite fit in anywhere, except on stage"

Louder · Aug 5

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“We got lost in the dark. My wife said, ‘This is a turnaround situation.’ Rather than helping with the predicament I sang, ‘Turnaround situation lately,’ and there it was!”: Yes and the endless inspiration that led to Aurora

The prog veterans’ third album in five years marks the end of one story. But as Steve Howe and Jon Davison explain, they’re not planning to close the book – and they don’t mind if some fans hate where it’s taking them

Louder · Aug 5

Pre-order Classic Rock’s ultimate Europe fan package: magazine with exclusive cover, marble vinyl of new album Come This Madness plus signed lyric sheet

Celebrate the release of the Swedish rockers’ 12th album with this huge collector’s bundle, only available through Louder!

Louder · Aug 5

The Cure's video director Tim Pope reveals how working with disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein on cult gothic horror film The Crow: City of Angels scarred him for life

"I poured everything into that film and ended up with something I loathed"

Louder · Aug 5

“Surely it’s the greatest psychedelic rock song ever recorded… It makes the whole God thing seem plausible!” Kavus Torabi’s Guide To Cardiacs

Guitarist recalls his first stint in the late Tim Smith’s band via five of their songs chosen by Prog

Louder · Aug 5

Glenn Hughes announces retirement from live performances: "I really have no option and no choice"

Former Trapeze, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Dead Daisies frontman Glenn Hughes played his final show at the weekend

Louder · Aug 5

Watch Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and U2 frontman Bono perform at the funeral of Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard: "Everyone who met him, they just remember the day they met him."

Friends and family of Oscar-winning Dublin-born singer-songwriter and actor Glen Hansard mourn his passing in the Irish capital

Louder · Aug 4

King Crimson unveil 2014 (The Complete US Tour) double Blu-ray set

King Crimson's new two-disc set 2014 (The Complete US Tour) features every date in the tour, plus a family and friends show at The Egg in Albany

Louder · Aug 4

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Louder · Aug 4

Brighten up your music room with the colourful and eye-catching Majority Stylo and Folio turntables

Available at a budget price and ready to rock in a variety of colours, these two new record players are ready to be snapped up right now

Louder · Aug 4

"It shows off the rockier side of our collaboration." Hackett & Rothery up the tempo on new single, Red Dragon

Steve Hackett & Steve Rothery will release their instrumental guitar album, The Roaring Waves, in August

Louder · Aug 4

More than 80 minutes of historic 1970 Led Zeppelin footage emerges online: "This is a monumental addition to the Led Zeppelin canon"

All known footage of Led Zeppelin onstage and backstage at the Bath Festival in 1970 is now available on YouTube

Louder · Aug 4

Foreigner launch thousand-dollar VIP tickets that allow fans to sit onstage during shows

Celebrate Foreigner's 50th anniversary by getting up close with the current lineup

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Louder · Aug 3

Superstar magician Penn Jillette has a wild secret rock 'n' roll past that no-one ever talks about, and the "bloody scars" to prove it

Friends with the Ramones and Lou Reed, ex-boyfriend of Debbie Harry, and underground rock musician, Penn Jillette is a Las Vegas entertainment legend with a rock 'n' roll past

Louder · Aug 3

Twelve incredible live performances just uploaded to the internet, including The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy, King Crimson, Tom Waits and more

The internet is a goldmine, part 54568964

Louder · Aug 3

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 3, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Greta Van Fleet, Airbourne, The Band Feel and more

Louder · Aug 3

"Fun, feisty, fast and furious. Grunge with a punk-metal heart." L7's Bricks Are Heavy - A breath of fresh air in a scene that quickly became stale

Pretend We’re Dead might be Bricks Are Heavy's best-known track, but Shitlist, Everglade and Wargasm proved L7 were canny songwriters.

Louder · Aug 2

"They called me the woman that was sent by Satan to destroy them." Christian cults, boat orgies and terrorist accusations: Hawxx are screaming for liberation

Hawxx's journey has had some wild twists and turns and they're just getting started

Louder · Aug 2

Phil Collins reveals that he nearly died in 2024: “My kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing up. People were coming to say goodbye”

The ex-Genesis drummer opens up about his near death experience as a result of alcohol addiction

Louder · Aug 1

“Joe stayed up for three days drinking bottle after bottle of brandy, berating everyone around him for their weaknesses, and just really losing it”: Bust-ups, busking and the last days of The Clash

When punk legends the Clash went out, it was with a whimper not a bang

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