Also in this issue: Heart, Black Country Communion, Allman Brothers, Ian Hunter, Manic Street Preachers, ELP, Black Crowes, Anvil, Marcus King, Lindisfarne, Lemon Twigs, Mitch Ryder and more

News of Taylor Hawkins' death has been confirmed by Foo Fighters on social media

David Crosby, founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, has passed away after a long illness

As Queen’s video for Bohemian Rhapsody passes 1 billion views on YouTube, Queen release remastered version and announce You Are The Champions campaign

"Never would I have imagined that my touring days would have ended this way" - Ozzy Osbourne

Queen drummer Roger Taylor has launched a lyric video for new solo track Gangsters Are Running This World

Rush have confirmed drummer Neil Peart has died from brain cancer

In 2017, Classic Rock spoke to Neil Peart and found out there was much more to the Rush Drumming legend than just paradiddles, polyrhythms and labyrinthine lyrics

Legendary Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen has died after a long battle with cancer

Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian May, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi and more salute the life and legacy of the late Jeff Beck

Rush have confirmed drummer Neil Peart has died from brain cancer

The 10 best songs from Brian May, Queen's endlessly creative cloud-haired riff-master and space expert

Brian May and Roger Taylor look back at 50 years of Queen, and the incredible journey of four young musicians who conquered the world

The Royal Mint unveil the new Queen coin - the first release in their Music Legends collection

Ozzy says he’s determined to return to the stage after his recent health woes: “The best medication I can get is being in front of an audience”

Queen and Adam Lambert delivered a scorching version of the Led Zeppelin classic at their show in New Zealand earlier this week

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello on London Calling by The Clash, an album that cast his heavy metal heritage in a new light

The death of Rita Lee, solo star and singer with Tropicália legends Os Mutantes, has been confirmed by her family

After launching the You Are The Champions campaign in July, Queen share the final results with new videos for Bohemian Rhapsody, Don’t Stop Me Now and It’s A Kind Of Magic

Watch Queen onstage with Guns N' Roses, David Bowie, Metallica, Def Leppard and more - for 48 hours only

Interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott selects his albums of the year

Guns N’ Roses and Metallica guitarists will salute the life-changing impact of Eddie Van Halen’s guitar playing during November 7 programme

As the COVID-19 lockdown grips Italy, one man and his Red Special guitar entertains Rome with a cover of Queen's We Will Rock You

Brian Johnson and Angus Young discuss Power Up and much, much more in AC/DC’s first ever podcast interview

Yoshiki gets the ball rolling before his followers raise half a million dollars for the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Emergency Assistance Fund

Zayn Malik covers Jimi Hendrix classic with estate's approval

Tracks Of The Week: new music from the Golden Grass, the White Buffalo, the Cold Stares, the Last Rockstars and more

A box set featuring Rush’s seventh studio album Permanent Waves will include previously unreleased live content and more - listen to Natural Science from Manchester

“I look like Big Captain Jack Sparrow,” says Momoa in behind-the-scenes footage of Ozzy video

Petition calls for the NFL to book AC/DC to play the Super Bowl half-time show - and the former Twisted Sister vocalist is backing the campaign

Pink Floyd will release first new original music since 1994’s The Division Bell in aid of Ukraine

"You will be missed greatly, amigo," say the band as they pay tribute to their bassist of 50 years

Guns N' Roses are "trying" to make the follow-up to 2008's Chinese Democracy

Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green, who formed the band with Mick Fleetwood in 1967, has died aged 73

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page asks streaming companies to re-examine the royalty rates paid to musicians

Partnership between Queen, Google and YouTube has resulted in the FreddieMeter - an AI experiment which lets you test your vocals against Freddie Mercury’s

The news of the possible tribute to Eddie Van Halen emerged after former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted spilled the beans

Queen – The Greatest celebrates 50 of the greatest songs, performances and achievements from the Queen story so far – kicking off with the story behind Keep Yourself Alive

Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden in time for the band's iconic third album, The Number Of The Beast. Things would never be the same again

Iron Maiden's Senjutsu has been voted the album of the year in Classic Rock magazine's annual end-of-year writer's poll

On what would have been the Soundgarden vocalist’s 56th birthday, his estate release his cover of the Guns N’ Roses track Patience

Slash says he’s been jamming with Duff McKagan and Axl Rose during the lockdown and recording “guitar stuff” for Guns N’ Roses

Megadeth confirm their studio return to record the follow-up to 2016’s Dystopia

Vocalist known for smash hit Roxette singles including It Must Have Been Love and Listen To Your Heart has died after long cancer battle

Australian rock giants AC/DC return in electrifying form with video for first Power Up single, Shot In The Dark

Queen guitarist Brian May reveals he recently had a heart attack but is now in good shape

Pink Floyd's Hey Hey Rise Up will raise money for humanitarian relief in Ukraine, but some people still can't see past the band lineup

Steve Priest, founder member and bassist of glam legends Sweet, has died at 72

Former Uriah Heep keyboardist Ken Hensley passed away on November 4: Mick Box expresses ‘deep shock’ at his death

Watch how AC/DC’s Shot In The Dark video came together in an Amsterdam studio

Filmed at the Isle Of Wight Festival, Somebody To Love comes from recent live album Live Around The World

Alan White, who drummed on John Lennon's Imagine and with Yes for 50 years, has died aged 72

Toyah rides an exercise bike as her latest Sunday Lunch performance with Robert Fripp gets to grips with Metallica's Enter Sandman

The death of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington has been confirmed by the band

Queen + Adam Lambert's Rhapsody tour will now spend ten nights lighting up London's O2 Arena

Never mind May the 4th being Star Wars Day, the 8th of May is dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Motorhead’s Ace Of Spades - and there are treats lined up for fans

Broken Bells is the fourth single to be tenderly prised from Greta Van Fleet's upcoming second album The Battle at Garden’s Gate

Greta Van Fleet might take inspiration from the past, but they’re poised to take the baton from the old guard of rock greats and carry it into the future