Classic Rock News

Rush is giving fans a preview of the upcoming reissue of their 1984 album, Grace Under Pressure. The Canadian rockers just released a performance of “Kid Gloves” from their Sept. 21, 1984, concert at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens.

The full concert is part of the super deluxe edition of Grace Under Pressure, due out March 13. Portions of that show previously appeared on the band’s 1986 Grace Under Pressure Tour home video and CD. The new release will feature the concert, now called Grace Under Pressure Tour: Live in Toronto 1984, on CD and Blu-ray, and will include 37 minutes of previously unreleased footage.

In addition to the concert, the set includes a newly remastered version of the original album and a new stereo mix taken from the original analog recordings. The Blu-ray also includes new mixes of the album, including a Dolby Atmos mix. It features remastered videos for songs like “Distant Early Warning,” “Afterimage,” “The Enemy Within” and “The Body Electric.”

Grace Under Pressure: Super Deluxe Edition will be released as a limited-edition four-CD + Blu-ray set with a 52-page hardcover book. It will also be available digitally and as a five-LP + Blu-ray set. The original eight-track album will be released digitally on Dolby Atmos, and a remastered Grace Under Pressure Tour: Live in Toronto 1984 video will be released to digital outlets.

All formats are available for preorder now.

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Francis Buchholz, bassist for German rockers Scorpions during their most successful years as a band, has died at the age of 71. His death was announced by his family in a Facebook post.

“It is with overwhelming sadness and heavy hearts we share the news that our beloved Francis passed away yesterday after a private battle with cancer,” the post read. “He departed this world peacefully, surrounded by love.”

“To his fans around the world – we want to thank you for your unwavering loyalty, your love, and the belief you placed in him throughout his incredible journey,” they added. “You gave him the world, and he gave you his music in return. Though the strings have gone silent, his soul remains in every note he played and in every life he touched.”

Upon hearing the news of Buchholz’s death, Scorpions members  Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine and Matthias Jab paid tribute to their former bandmate on Instagram. 

“we have just received the very sad news that our longtime friend and bass player, Francis Buchholz, has passed away,” read the post. “His legacy with the band will live on forever, and we will always remember the many good times we have shared together.”

Buchholz was a member of Scorpions from 1973 to 1992. He appeared on 12 of their albums, starting with 1974’s Fly to the Rainbow. He played bass on the band’s biggest hits, including 1984’s “Rock You Like a Hurricane” and their iconic tune “Wind of Change,” from 1991’s Crazy World, Buchholz’s last album with the band. Crazy World also features the song “Kicks After Six,” which is the only track where Buchholz was credited as a writer.

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Supertramp is celebrating their 50th anniversary by reissuing some of their classic albums.

The latest releases include 1977’s Even in the Quietest Moments…, their 1979 megahit Breakfast in America and 1982’s …Famous Last Words….

All three albums have been remastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios and will be released on vinyl on March 20. They are available for preorder now.

Even in the Quietest Moments…, Supertramp’s fifth studio album, was a top-20 hit for the band and featured the Hot 100 hit “Give a Little Bit.” But it was Breakfast in America that was their breakout album, hitting #1 on the Billboard chart and selling over 22 million records worldwide, thanks to such hit songs as “The Logical Song,” “Goodbye Stranger” and “Take the Long Way Home.”

Finally, …Famous Last Words… was a top-five hit for the band. It was also the last Supertramp album to feature the classic lineup of Roger Hodgson, Rick Davies, Dougie Thomson, John Helliwell and Bob Seibenberg.

The new releases are the latest additions to Supertramp’s 50th anniversary reissue series, which launched in August with the announcement of half-speed remasters of 1974’s Crime of the Century and 1975’s Crisis? What Crisis?

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Megadeth’s self-titled final album is out now, which means fans are finally getting to hear the band’s cover of Metallica’s “Ride the Lightning.”

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine was Metallica’s original guitar player but was fired from the band in 1983 and replaced by Kirk Hammet. He didn’t actually play on the original “Ride the Lightning,” which appeared on Metallica’s 1984 sophomore album. However, he’s credited as a co-writer on the song as it uses a riff that he came up with.

Mustaine first confirmed that Megadeth’s album contained the Metallica cover in an October interview with Rolling Stone.

“Our intentions were pure,” he said of rerecording the song. “I didn’t have any reason I was going to say, ‘Oh, hey man, this thing that we’ve had for 40 years where you guys will never tour with me, me doing the song is going to change things.’ That wasn’t it at all. It was more about: This is my life going forward. I want to do things that are respectable.”

Next up, Megadeth is set to kick off a farewell tour of North America, starting in Canada on Feb. 15 in Victoria, British Columbia. They will hit the U.S. starting in September. A complete list of dates can be found at Megadeth.com.

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Queen is revisiting their 1979 album, Live Killers.

The band is set to reissue the live album on two-LP black vinyl on Jan. 30, marking the first time it’s been available on vinyl in years.

The double live album was originally released in June 1979 and featured songs recorded during the European leg of their Jazz Tour, which ran from January 1979 to March 1979.

The album includes performances of “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Killer Queen,” “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “You’re My Best Friend.”

Live Killers is available for preorder now.

But Live Killers isn’t the only Queen album getting a vinyl rerelease. The band also recently announced they will be releasing their box set The Platinum Collection on black vinyl for the first time. The six-LP set features all three of the band’s Greatest Hits albums in one collection.

It will also be released Jan. 30 and is available for preorder now.

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The members of R.E.M. — Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Bill Berry and Peter Buck — along with Bonnie Raitt, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran‘s Simon LeBon and others, have signed their names to a new campaign targeting artificial intelligence.

The Stealing Isn’t Innovation campaign, backed by the Human Artistry Campaign, blasts big-tech companies that use copyrighted works for AI without authorization.

“Artists, writers, and creators of all kinds are banding together with a simple message: Stealing our work is not innovation. It’s not progress. It’s theft – plain and simple,” reads the statement on the campaign’s website. “A better way exists – through licensing deals and partnerships, some AI companies have taken the responsible, ethical route to obtaining the content and materials they wish to use.”

It adds, “It is possible to have it all. We can have advanced, rapidly developing AI and ensure creators’ rights are respected.”

Other musicians supporting the Stealing Isn’t Innovation campaign include Chaka Khan,  Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan, OK Go, MGMT, CAKE, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, and The Zombies.

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Joe Walsh has revealed that the 2025 edition of his annual VetsAid benefit concert, which took place in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas, resulted in $600,000 in grants being disbursed to national and community veterans organizations.

“I always say each year that VetsAid is the greatest night of my life but Wichita in ‘25 was above and beyond… because it’s where I was born, where my parents are resting in peace and where my entire family hails from,” the Eagles guitarist wrote on Instagram. “It was a celebration of the America we strive to be and a celebration of the veterans and their families who bring us ever closer to that American dream.”

According to the post, all the money distributed will be “spent on the ground in Kansas.”

“Thanks to our team, crew and wonderful supporting artists – you’re part of my family now whether you like it or not!” he added.

The post included video from the 2025 show and events surrounding it, with Walsh adding, “stay tuned as we get to work on VetsAid ‘26. It’s gonna be a big one!”

The 2025 edition of VetsAid featured performances by Vince Gill; Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen; and a “super-set” from Walsh, joined by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks of Tedeschi Trucks Band, Nathaniel Rateliff and others.

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Bret Michaels has made his first comments since his Poison bandmate Rikki Rockett revealed in a New York Post interview that a 40th anniversary Poison tour was derailed when Michaels asked for too much money.

Rockett said the band, which also includes C.C. DeVille and Bobby Dall, got a “great offer” for a tour, but Michaels wanted six-times what everyone else was getting, which nixed the deal.

Michaels touched on the subject in a post on Facebook, although first he congratulated Green Day and Bad Bunny for their upcoming Super Bowl appearances, writing, “I cannot wait to watch it and I cannot wait to announce a Bucket List NFL dream come true (stay tuned…).”

He then addressed Rockett, who on Wednesday was inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame, telling him to have fun at the ceremony. He offered, “As always, I consider Poison to be Bobby, C.C., Rikki and myself. I also make no bones about loving the BMB (Bret Michaels Band) and will always have both in my life.”

He added, “Bottom line – I love music, I love the fans and I’m always forever grateful. Onward & upward and let’s all focus on the positive in 2026, and the potential of a future reunion.”

As for how he feels about a possible reunion, Rockett told People, “I’d love for that to happen.”

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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has helped raise money for a cancer charity in his hometown of Birmingham, England.

The BBC reports that a guitar he donated to Birmingham-based Heartlands Hospital Charity helped raise over $60,000 toward the organization’s campaign to open a new hematology and oncology center at the hospital. The winner of the guitar resides in the U.S.

Charlotte Schofield, director of fundraising for Heartlands Hospital Charity, thanked the rocker for his “generosity and support.”

“Thanks to this incredible donation we are well on our way to our fundraising goal of £150,000 (about $170,000) and creating a beautiful space for patients to be comfortable while they receive their treatment,” she said.

Iommi, 77, is a cancer survivor. He was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012. In August 2016 he announced he was cancer-free.

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The Eagles are celebrating a new musical milestone.

The band revealed on Instagram that their compilation album Their Greatest Hits 1971-75 has just been awarded a quadruple Diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over 40 million units.

The album is the first-ever record to land such a feat, securing its standing as the bestselling album of all time in the United States.

Their Greatest Hits 1971-75, featuring such classic Eagles tunes as “Take It Easy,” “Desperado” and “Take it To the Limit,” was released Feb. 17, 1976. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Eagles are set to reissue the album on crystal clear 180-gram vinyl on Feb. 13. It will be available exclusively at Eagles.com and is available for preorder now.

But that’s not the Eagles’ only news. Their iconic album Hotel California, which is also turning 50 this year, has just been re-certified 28-times Platinum by the RIAA, making it the third bestselling album of all time.

Eagles are set to return to the Sphere Las Vegas for their residency on Friday. They have dates confirmed at the venue until March 28. They will also headline New Orleans Jazz Fest on May 2. A complete list of dates can be found at Eagles.com.

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