Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith has been forced to leave the band's current tour due to illness. The bassist has returned to the U.S. to recover.
With Alice in Chains and Jane's Addiction as headliners, the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival tour promises to be one of the hardest-rocking shows of the summer. Ultimate Classic Rock is teaming up with Alice in Chains and our sister sites Loudwire and Diffuser.fm to offer a flyaway trip for two to Phoenix, Ariz. for the Sept. 13 stop, including an opportunity to meet Alice in Chains!
After spending the better part of the past two decades recording other people's songs, Rod Stewart is ready for the May 7 release of 'Time,' his first album of mostly self-penned material since 1988's 'Out of Order.' In a new interview, Stewart opened up about his decision to start writing songs again.
Late in Furthur's performance at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. last night (April 25), former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir collapsed onstage. The video is embedded above.
We didn't think four dates would be enough, and today (April 25), Black Sabbath confirmed what we had been thinking all along. The band has announced a five-week tour of North America in support of its upcoming album, '13.' The full list of shows can be found below.
Last month we learned that Robert Plant was slated to sing on three tracks on folk singer Patty Griffin's new album, 'American Kid.' Today (April 23), Griffin released the video for the first of these duets, 'Ohio.'
Richie Havens, the folk singer who famously opened the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, has died at the age of 72.
We have a new addition to our growing collection of 'Really Talented Little Kids Playing Classic Rock' videos. Earlier this month we saw a six-year-old drumming along to Van Halen's 'Hot for Teacher.' and now we have a seven-year-old girl playing Slash's guitar part on Guns N' Roses' 'Sweet Child O' Mine.'
It's not just Black Sabbath who are opening up their touring season along the Tasman Sea. At the same time earlier today (April 20) that the metal giants were playing in Auckland, New Zealand, Van Halen began their concert schedule of 2013 at the Stone Music Festival, which is being held at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
