In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Classic Rock UK

• BON JOVI RETURN TO THE UK
  And Rush’s comeback tour grows bigger and bigger!
• RIP
  Thank you… and good night.
• Marcie Free
  April 12, 1954 – October 24, 2025
• David Ball
  May 3, 1959 – October 22, 2025
• Scott Sorry
  October 30, 1978 – October 30, 2025
• Journey Announce Farewell Tour
  “It’s been an incredible ride.”
• Spin̈al Tap: Over And Out?
  Fictional band sign off with a show at Stonehenge.
• Coroner
  Back with a new album after 14 years, and on a different musical tack to their thrash metal of the 80s and 90s.
• Luna Marble
  Meet the soulful, 70s-inspired group born from adversity and a blossoming romance.
• Justin Hawkins
  The Darkness frontman on being back in arenas, supporting Iron Maiden, brother Dan being a rock star, Yungblud…
• ALBUMS OF 2025
  Hundreds of albums came out during the past 12 months, from A-list releases to debuts and everything in between. Here are Classic Rock’s Top 50.
• BUCKCHERRY
  Frontman Josh Todd talks managing old habits, and the new things in his life.
• DANKO JONES
  By their own admission, you know what to expect with a new Danko album. With this year’s Leo Rising being met with more positive responses than they’re used to, things are looking good.
• CARDIACS
  Adored and detested in equal measure, Cardiacs defied classification for decades. Earlier this year, the late Tim Smith’s brother Jim, William D Drake, Kavus Torabi and others looked back, and gave an update on what would be the band’s long-awaited final studio album.
• FM
  Latest album Brotherhood shows they’re not standing still.
• HIS LORDSHIP
  With their second album, James Walbourne and Kris Sonne aimed for the bullseye of good old rock’n roll: record it as-live, leave it alone, no polishing. And on Bored Animal their aim was true.
• JETHRO TULL
  Ian Anderson talks about the band’s latest album Curious Ruminant, and says he’s more likely to get the itch to make more records than to get the itch to retire.
• CHEAP TRICK
  Fifty years in, they’re still knocking out classy songs, and still Anglophiles when it comes to music, both of which are evident on their latest album, All Washed Up (which clearly they’re far from).
• BACK TO THE BEGINNING
  When Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale was asked to appear at Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show in Birmingham a few months ago, ‘thrilled’ doesn’t even come close to how she felt. Here she recalls the build-up, the show and the afterwards, and reflects on the loss of a superstar.
• CLASSIC ROCK’S ULTIMATE PLAYLIST OF 2025
  Take any style of music, and there’s good and bad. Here we’ve collected tracks from across the board that, no matter which way your musical taste usually swings, are all worth a listen.
• THE LAST HURRAH
  This month, British heavy stalwarts Orange Goblin play their last ever shows, having decided to call it a day after 30 years. Frontman Ben Ward explains why, and reflects on three decades of creating metal thunder.
• REISSUES OF 2025
  With major A-list anniversaries, overlooked landmark works and everything in between, the past 12 months haven’t been lacking in quality nostalgia and deluxe editions.
• STILL BOSSIN' IT
  With the release of Tracks II: The Lost Albums and the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere and the completion his Land Of Hopes And Dreams tour, 2025 saw a lot of Bruce Springsteen.
• SMELL THE ROSES
  After being back in GN’R for almost a decade, Slash is enjoying his time with the band he conquered the world with. “We all get along really well, and we have a good time doing what we do,” he says – and drops hints about a new album.
• IN MEMORIAM
  Here’s to the rock’n’rollers, among them musicians, songwriters producers, movers, shakers and others in the music industry who sadly left us in 2025. Thank you, and goodnight…
• BEST OF THE REST
  Other reissues out this month.
• Clutch
  Always a great live band, they’ll be a far better bet close to Christmas than the local pantomime.
• The Commoners
  The Brit-loving Canadians play shows up to mid-December.
• John Mitchell & Friends
  The much-travelled and current Asia guitarist plays a one-off date, with friends, in London.
• The Soundtrack Of My Life
  H.e.a.t frontman Kenny Leckremo on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him.