Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Dave Clark Five Deluxe Box Sets, ‘Glad All Over the World,’ Coming
The series begins with 2026’s The Hits & Albums (1964-1965), featuring such classic recordings as “Glad All Over,” “Bits and Pieces,” “Do You Love Me,” and “Because.”
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When Paul McCartney Brought Johnny Carson a Birthday Cake
In 1968, Lennon and McCartney famously appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson but its host wasn’t there. Sixteen years later, Paul finally met Johnny.
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Country Music Giant John Anderson Dies at 71
The singer and songwriter had attended a major industry event just three days earlier.
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New Book, ‘The Rolling Stones on Tour,’ Celebrates ‘the Greatest Live Band of All Time’
A visual feast for fans, the title is illustrated with hundreds of rarely seen photographs, artworks and ephemera from the Rolling Stones archives: including tour posters, ticket stubs, backstage passes, concert fliers and much more.
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Tom Petty 50th Anniversary Box Set Traces the Heartbreakers’ Early Years
Origins 1971-1978 digs into the vaults to trace the sonic formation of the band.
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New Home Announced for ‘The Beatles Story’ in Liverpool, Opening in 2028, via Apple Corps
“If you’d told us this was going to happen when we were hanging out and getting started we’d never have believed it.”—Paul McCartney
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Eagles Announce More Concerts in 2027
Their run at Sphere in Las Vegas now totals 76 concerts.
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Bon Jovi Announces 2027 Stadium Tour
The dates come on the heels of their 2026 return to the stage.
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Guitarist Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter to Publish Memoir About His Unparalleled Career From Rock to the Defense Industry
From Rock to Rockets: My Life as a Hall of Fame Guitar Slinger, Mad Scientist of Sound, and Citizen Warrior for National Defense, traces his two distinct careers.
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Label Exec Reflects on Gary Richrath of REO Speedwagon
The Epic Records exec shares his memories of the late guitarist and signing REO. “Gary was a shredder in the early days.”
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