Classic Rock News

Just days after Rod Stewart postponed a Canadian concert due to travel issues, the rocker was forced to postpone another show due to health-related issues.

The “Maggie May” rocker was supposed to headline the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati on Sunday, but just hours before showtime, a social media post from the venue announced the show had been postponed.

“Due to an unforeseen but minor medical procedure that required prompt attention, Rod Stewart’s performance tonight in Cincinnati has been postponed,” the venue revealed. “Rescheduling is currently underway, with additional information to follow on Tuesday.”

“All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled date,” the post continued. “Rod is expected to make a quick recovery and looks forward to returning to Cincinnati.”

Stewart’s next scheduled show is happening Tuesday in Cleveland. A complete list of dates can be found at RodStewart.com.

In other Rod Stewart news … the rocker is a grandfather once again. Stewart’s daughter Ruby Stewart announced the birth of her second child.

“We welcomed our little(big) Levi Rhodes Kalick at 6:58pm on 8/4/26 at 9lbs 20inches…,” she announced on Instagram. “His name Levi means My Heart and his arrival has grown our hearts to 10 times the size…”

Ruby and her fiancé Jake Kalick welcomed their first son, Otis, in May of 2023.

“(S)eeing Otis and Levi meet for the first time might have been the greatest experience of my life so far…,” she added, “Otis is already the best big brother and we are already so in love with this sweet boy… Welcome sweet Levi!”

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Yes has announced a half-speed remaster of the band’s 2001 album, Magnification.

The set will be released on Sept. 18 as a two-LP vinyl set and limited-edition cassette.

Magnification marked the 19th Yes album, and their first recorded as a four-piece and without a dedicated keyboardist. The Magnification lineup featured vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Alan White. 

Anderson left Yes in 2004, making Magnification his final album with the band.

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It’s been 10 years since Heart put out a new album, but the drought is coming to an end: Nancy Wilson tells Gold Derby that recording on a new album is complete — and it’s just one of several projects coming from the band.

“The Heart album is almost finished up now … the recording’s all done,” says Wilson. “It’s really, really strong. I think it’s going to be great. We wrote a bunch of new songs and recorded down in Nashville with the players that we just played the last tour with. … [T]he album was pretty much recorded live.”

Nancy adds, “I’m really happy. It really feels like a Heart record.” She says a world tour will follow, as well as a Heart documentary and the long-in-the-works Heart biopic, which has yet to be cast. The Heart documentary, Nancy says, will be about the band, unlike her sister Ann Wilson’s recent documentary. In My Voice, in which Nancy did not appear.

“We were waiting for that to get done before we proceeded with the larger one — put the Heart train back on track for next year,” Nancy notes. “Hopefully ‘27 and ’28 will be the year for Heart world domination, basically.”

Nancy also says she and Ann feel “super-reconnected now,” especially after Ann’s recent cancer diagnosis. “I think she actually beat it,” says Nancy, who notes that the health scare made her realize that music is “what we were born to do, and do together.”

“It’s what we’ve always done together, and it’s second nature,” she adds. “So, getting back into that with Ann one-on-one was extremely meaningful and really fulfilling for me. … It made me extremely happy to make this album.”

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Foo Fighters have released a new live EP, Foo Fighters Are Playing Where??? Vol. II.

The six-track set includes recordings from Dave Grohl and company’s last-minute club shows at Irving Plaza in New York City and the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey, over the spring to celebrate the release of their new album, Your Favorite Toy.

You can listen to Foo Fighters Are Playing Where??? Vol. II now exclusively via the band’s Bandcamp. All proceeds will be donated to local NYC and Sayreville charities.

The Foos previously released the first Are Playing Where??? live EP in 2025, which was recorded during their underplay tour that year. Those shows marked the debut of new drummer Ilan Rubin.

Foo Fighters are currently playing much larger venues — stadiums, in fact — on their Take Cover North American tour, which kicked off Tuesday in Toronto. 

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It’s not just Rumours: there are rumblings in the world of Fleetwood Mac.

“Next year should be a pretty interesting year,” the band’s former guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, tells E! News. “Because I think quite a few things will reveal themselves.”

One thing we know that’s in the works is the upcoming Fleetwood Mac documentary, which was first announced back in 2024 by Apple. 2027 notably also marks the 50th anniversary of Fleetwood Mac’s iconic Rumours album, which was released in 1977.

Of course, that Buckingham is involved in anything Fleetwood Mac-related nowadays is a bit of surprise given his acrimonious departure from the band in 2018, but he says their relationship has improved since then.

“We had left things in 2019, maybe as far as I was concerned, not in a very good place for all the wrong reasons,” Buckingham says. “No one was happy about it, and all of that has been healed and worked out.”

That includes reconciling with Stevie Nicks, which happened as part of the 2025 reissue of the duo’s 1973 pre-Fleetwood Mac album, Buckingham Nicks.

“Stevie and I are talking all the time now,” Buckingham says.

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Neil Young has announced the details of his second album with his Chrome Hearts backing band.

The record, which as Young first teased in May is called Second Song, will arrive Sept. 18. You can listen to the Second Song title track, which spans over 11 minutes, out now.

Second Song is the follow-up to Young’s debut album with Chrome Hearts, 2025’s Talkin to the Trees. He also put out a Chrome Hearts live album, As Time Explodes, in May.

Here’s the Second Song track list:
“The Foggy Edge of Time”
“Day After Day”
“Earth Girl”
“Second Song”
“Casting Me Away from You”
“Soon I Might Be Going”
“I’ll Love You Forever”

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Rush has announced a pair of new vinyl releases. 

The band’s 2003 best-of compilation, The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987, will be available on vinyl for the first time on Oct. 2. It will be released as a two-LP set featuring all 16 of the original collection’s tracks, as well as an abbreviated one-LP, 10-track version.

Additionally, a 50th anniversary vinyl edition of Rush’s 1976 opus 2112 will be released on Oct. 2. That LP, which was pressed to black liquid vinyl, was previously exclusive to the UMusic Shop in New York City during Rush’s recent four-show stand at Madison Square Garden as part of their Fifty Something comeback tour.

The Fifty Something tour, which launched in June, marks Rush’s first tour since 2015, and their first since the 2020 death of drummer Neil Peart. Bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson reformed the band in 2025 with drummer Anika Nilles.

The Fifty Something tour continues Friday with the first of four shows in Rush’s hometown of Toronto, which are set to be filmed.

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Every time is Green Day time thanks to Green Day TV.

The newly launched stream on the “American Idiot” outfit’s YouTube channel will offer a nonstop feed of 24/7 Green Day content.

“Green Day TV will offer fans around-the-clock immersive programming celebrating the band’s 30+ years legacy while showcasing exclusive, never-seen-before content,” a press release reads. “The page will feature a continuous stream of Green Day’s music videos, live performances, and archival footage of almost three decades of unseen footage captured across recording studios, music video production, tours, backstage content, and beyond.”

Green Day TV will also be home to a new variety show titled Transmission Unknown hosted by drummer Tré Cool, which will highlight hand-picked emerging artists.

You can also catch Green Day on the big screen in their upcoming movie, NIMRODS, which premieres in theaters on Aug. 14.

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Rush’s Fifty Something comeback tour will hit their hometown of Toronto for a four-show stand beginning Friday, and the band plans to properly document the occasion.

According to a post on the Rush Facebook, all four Toronto shows will be filmed.

“It’s always a hard decision as to where to film a live concert,” says bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee. “Given the limited cities we are able to play, the demand for such a film has been off the charts, not only as a keepsake of their experience, but for those many fans that have not been able to see it live. Toronto being hometown made it a natural choice, and being the last mini-residency of 4 shows, playing over 40 songs which gives us the best chance to capture it all.”

The shows will mark the first time Rush has played Toronto since 2015, and their first since the death of beloved drummer Neil Peart in 2020. Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson reformed Rush in 2025 with Anika Nilles on drums.

“We know there are fans traveling here from all across the globe and that will make it a special week,” Lee says of the Toronto shows. “This tour, being a celebration of our history and a tribute to Neil has been an emotional outpouring from the fans and from us. They have been louder and prouder than ever before, and we hope to capture them letting their ya-yas out while rockin’ their best ‘Tom Sawyer’ air drum fills!”

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Joan Jett doesn’t give a damn if canceling shows gives her a bad reputation.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has called off the shows she was due to perform in September while she recovers from recent surgery. A note on her Instagram Story says that she’s “undergone orthopedic surgery on a fractured vertebrae” due to a “recent injury,” and on the advice of her doctors, she “will not be able to perform” at the dates.

Jett was set to play the OC Fair Sept. 5 in Costa Mesa, California, and the Bourbon & Beyond Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sept. 24. There, she was on a bill that also includes Foo Fighters, 4 Non Blondes, Cheap Trick and Queens of the Stone Age.

“While Joan hates to disappoint fans, she will be taking this time to focus on physical therapy and healing,” the note continued. “She’s looking forward to delivering tremendous concerts for many years to come.”

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