Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Shirley Watts, Wife of the Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts, Dies
The couple were married for 57 years before the beloved drummer died in 2021. Her family wrote, she’s “reunited now forever with Charlie”
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2022 in Review: The Best New Albums by Classic Rockers
Recording legends such as Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, ZZ Top, Jethro Tull and many others, released outstanding LPs in ’22.
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Cheap Trick Rocks With New ‘Live at The Whisky 1977’
45 years ago, the band was in Los Angeles to record their second album. To get in shape for the record, they booked 5 gigs at the legendary venue
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Yes Performs ‘Yours Is No Disgrace’ Live: 1972
The lineup that many define as classic Yes – Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman and White – take a 1972 audience on a wondrous journey on this song from The Yes Album
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David Crosby Changes Mind on Touring: ‘I Think I’m Going Back Out to Play Live’
In May 2022, he said, “Being on a bus tour is a daunting task. I don’t have the stamina; I don’t have the strength.” Seven months later, he’s had a change of heart
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2022 in Review: The Best Music Books of the Year
The year’s best music-related reads include bios and memoirs associated with Chuck Berry, Charlie Watts, Bob Dylan, Eagles, plus much more!
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Paul Simon Tribute Concert, ‘Homeward Bound,’ Coming to TV
The two-hour special features performances and tributes by such stars as Garth Brooks, Sting, Susanna Hoffs, Stevie Wonder, and others
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David Crosby Releases Live Album With the Lighthouse Band
The 16-song collection, recorded in 2018, draws from his late period renaissance and touches on his career as a member of CSN and CSNY
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Pat Benatar Musical, ‘Invincible,’ Reimagines ‘Romeo and Juliet’
The inventive new work, five years in the making, weaves her legendary catalog and new songs throughout a reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy
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Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard Add U.S. Dates to 2023 World Tour
Following the biggest North American stadium tour of 2022 with more than 1.3 million tickets sold, the classic rock legends are going global
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