Eric Clapton has announced the first dates of his 2027 tour. So far, they're all in the UK including a 4-night residency at ...

When is it time to call it a day? When I started Best Classic Bands in earnest in autumn 2014 and flipped the “on” switch for the website in June 2015, my intention was to celebrate the artists, music ...

Singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop is coming out of retirement to perform a Farewell Tour in 2027 to coincide with the 50th ...

Aerosmith will return to the stage with "California, Dream On: Aerosmith & Friends," at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 29, and ...

Robert Johnson was born on May 8, 1911, in Hazlehurst, Miss. He recorded 16 songs for Vocalion Records in San Antonio, Tex., in November 1936 and another 13 for Vocalion in Dallas in June 1937. He was ...

Rod Stewart has announced his last rock tour adding, for emphasis, “ever, ever.” The news arrived today (Sept. 28, 2026) via a brief video on his social media platforms. In August, the legendary ...

Stevie Wonder celebrated the 50th anniversary of 1976's 'Songs in the Key of Life' with a 4-song EP featuring previously unreleased recordings from the album’s sessions.

In the brief time Lowell George graced our planet with his unique presence, he was deeply loved by a large group of family and friends who knew him intimately and impressed many thousands of people ...

Peter Max, the artist whose use of vibrant colors became synonymous with pop culture in the ’60s and whose work was later commissioned by such institutions as the 1994 World Cup, at least two Super ...

The conventional wisdom goes something like this: On Feb. 3, 1959, a small plane carrying rock and rollers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper crashed in an Iowa field, killing all three ...

The Hollies, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band formed in Manchester, England, in 1962, are effectively packing it in. The band, which included Graham Nash during its first six years, and ...

If you listen to oldies stations or are old enough to have tuned into rock radio in the late 1960s, you undoubtedly know of Strawberry Alarm Clock. The Southern California group, originally called ...