Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff

Bob Dylan Adds Dozens of 2024 Dates To ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ Tour

The “Rough and Rowdy Ways” worldwide tour, named after his acclaimed 2020 album, spans 2021-2024. He turned 83 in 2024

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Tributes For Trailblazers Richard Simmons and Dr. Ruth

The careers of two of the more unlikely public figures intersected from time-to-time during the height of their popularity in the ’80s and ’90s

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Van Halen Releases ‘For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge’ Expanded Edition

Their 9th studio album has been newly remastered and is joined by previously unreleased performances from a 1991 concert and more

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Arlo Guthrie, Retired From Stage: ‘Gone Fishing’

The folk legend revealed in 2020 that he has suffered several mini strokes in recent years. He’s happy and healthy.

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Revisiting Heart’s 2019 Reunion Tour

Ann and Nancy Wilson announced in 2017 that they were doing other things, and both recorded and toured separately. Two years later, they were back together

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Elton John Farewell Tour Ended 5 Years After It Began

Elton John was 70 years old when he announced his farewell tour in his typically grand style with a live streamed press conference. He was 76 at the final concert.

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Willie Nelson, 91, Plays Outlaw Festival Following Illness

The star had missed the first 8 concerts of the 2024 edition of the Outlaw Music Festival, due to doctors orders

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Top Selling Albums of 1970: What a Year!

Recordings made by some of the biggest classic rock artists of the era dominated the list of top-selling albums in the U.S.

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Pour One Out: Our Tribute to the Red Solo Cup Inventor

Though the manufacturer denies their purpose, the lines on the ubiquitous cup are used as a guideline for pouring various alcoholic beverages.

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The Rolling Stones’ 2022 Return to Hyde Park

It was their 2nd show there in a week. They had first played the venue in 1969 for a free concert that featured their new 20-year-old guitarist Mick Taylor.

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