In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Classic Rock UK

• BOB WEIR October 16, 1947 – January 10, 2026
  Best remembered as a longtime guitarist/vocalist with enduring US rock institution the Grateful Dead, he said that band “didn’t change the world, but we were doing stuff that mattered”.
• A SAGE HAS LEFT THE STAGE
  STARS PAY TRIBUTE…
• Tetsu Yamauchi
  October 21, 1946 – December 4, 2025
• Chris Rea
  March 4, 1951 – December 22, 2025
• Mick Abrahams
  April 7, 1943 - December 19, 2025
• Perry Bamonte
  September 3, 1960 – December 24, 2025
• RIP
  Thank you… and good night.
• Rob Reiner
  March 6, 1947 – December 14, 2025
• Joe Ely
  February 9, 1947 – December 15, 2025
• New Crowes LP
  The Robinsons return with some Feathers in March.
• Nazareth Replace Singer
  Carl Sentance out, ex-Victory man Gianni Pontillo in.
• WELCOME BACK Gluecifer
  Having said new music was unlikely, the Norwegians return with their first album in two decades.
• Kashus Culpepper
  Meet the singer-songwriter who’s shot from small cog in the navy to a big wheel in Nashville.
• “o\i o\i!”
  New Peter Gabriel album on the way.
• “Kiss me. Hug me tight.”
  Sharon Osbourne reveals Ozzy’s last words.
• WELCOM BACK Marmozets
  The weird and wonderful alt.rock Brits fizz back with a new album after a seven-year absence.
• James Bruner
  He was drawn into rock by the greats, but rock’s not the only string on his guitar.
• The Boomtown Rats I Don’t Like Mondays
  A controversial song inspired by a tragic school shooting in the US in 1979 (and not, as many thought, about getting back to work after the weekend), it was a UK No.1 the same year.
• Jay Buchanan
  Rival Sons’ frontman on his solo album, songwriting, the call of the wild, storytellers, falling in love, destroying his past…
• THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
  Magic hexes, hotel robberies and cut-throat deals: band members and associates chronicle the heady days of 1972/73, when Led Zeppelin seized control of the industry and became the biggest rock band on the planet.
• Whatever Will Be, Will Be
  Joan Armatrading refused to change her name, refused to sing covers and baffled session pros with her unique timing. Here, she tells the story of her uncompromising debut album.
• MICHAEL MONROE
  From Black Sabbath awakening to jam band to Hanoi Rocks to decades-straddling solo artist, via Finland, London, NYC and beyond, he’s been up, down and up again, through thrills, spills, triumph and tragedy. You could say he’s really lived the rock’n’roll life, but that would be an understatement.
• THE A-Z OF B.B. KING
  With Joe Bonamassa having gathered the cream of the scene for the B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 tribute album – and written the intro to this feature – we take an alphabetised look back at the blues legend’s classic tracks, hotel bombings, car crashes, conspiracy theories, towering infernos and more…
• "I COULD USE A GUY LIKE YOU"
  So Paul McCartney said to Danny Francis in 1974. Francis, who passed away last year, spent the best part of 40 years putting himself between rock stars and trouble – and keeping them out of trouble. But, working with some of the rock world’s biggest names, he was more than just a bodyguard.
• TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!
  Thirty years after its release, Billy Corgan looks back at the making of The Smashing Pumpkins’ era-defining big, bold, bombastic masterpiece Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness.
• STICK TO YOUR GUNS
  Despite falling record sales and changes in the musical landscape, Tyketto stayed true to their style. Now, they’re finding a new audience, and release their first album in a decade.
• ROLLING BACK THE YEARS
  He turned down Hendrix, butted heads with Lemmy, was saved from a bad trip by Pete Townshend, present at a thousand pop-culture flashpoints… Ten Years After bassist Leo Lyons explains why he’s like “the rock’n’roll Forrest Gump”.
• The Hot List
  THE ESSENTIAL TRACKS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS MONTH AND THE BANDS TO HAVE ON YOUR RADAR
• Michael Monroe
  Rock’n’roll lifer continues to livehis best life.
• Jay Buchanan
  Rival Sons singer’s solo album is full of heart, blues and soul.
• Francis Rossi
  Status Quo frontman surprises himself with unexpected fifth solo album.
• The Pineapple Thief
  Exhaustive, and occasionally exhausting, trawl through the band’s formative years
• Babyshambles
  Rumours of Pete Doherty’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.
• Sid Vicious
  Now on double ‘blood-spattered’ vinyl, a significantly expanded Sid Sings.
• Eddie And The Hot Rods
  Southend glory boys’ prime 70s cuts.
• A Trick Of Memory
  The band’s former guitarist tells Tull tales.
• The Mission
  Goth’s bleak misanthropy was upcycled and infused with hippiefied glam by the band, who celebrate their 40th this year.
• Smith/Kotzen
  Guitarists Adrian and Richie prepare to take their side project on the road with shows in the UK.
• Samantha Fish
  The contemporary blueser hits UK venues in February/March.
• Atomic Rooster
  On the back of their first album in 42 years, the prog-rockers are currently playing shows in the UK.
• The Soundtrack Of My Life
  Singer/guitarist/Time Lord Peter Capaldi on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him.