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CLASSIC ROCK

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WELCOME

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of so

Aladdin Sane At 50

Multimedia bonanza celebrates David Bowie’s sixth album and his overall legacy.

RIP

Thank you… and good night.

AC/DC And Ozzy To Play Festival

A return to the stage awaits after a long time away…

The Cure Versus Ticketmaster

Robert Smith is the latest to take on the global ticket outlet.

NEWS

Mammoth WVH, featuring guitarist and singer Wolfgang Van

JAAW

Therapy?'s Andy Cairns on ducking out of the day job to moonlight with his new industrial-psych project.

Gyasi

After an unusual childhood and overcoming an injury, this West Virginia native is on a roll.

GEORGE BRIGMAN

Riches from the rock underground

NEWS

Roger Daltrey fears that The Who won’t bother

Pop Evil

Frontman Leigh Kakaty on getting punched in the face, rock‘n’roll therapy, and teenage run-ins with the law.

Duff McKagan

No one will believe I own a copy

NEWS

Lynyrd Skynyrd will continue as a touring band

Elegant Weapons

Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner has teamed up with members of Pantera and Rainbow, and it’s a real band.

Island Of Love

Nothing to do with Love Island (thankfully), their ‘nice’ songs come laced with energy and edge.

George Harrison

My Sweet Lord

Alice Cooper

The godfather of shock-rock on the Hollywood Vampires, having a stress-free life, and never expecting to live past 30.

Arielle

The guitarist and singer-songwriter on choirs, clowning and heartto-hearts with Brian May, ahead of her game-raising new album.

bloody hell

Write some songs, get into studio, come out with an album. It worked before. But when it came to making the follow-up to Vol. 4, Black Sabbath couldn’t even get started. “We’d spend all day farting about and end up with nothing usable.” This is the story of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.

ANDY SUMMERS

The unfeasibly young-looking 80-year-old talks about conquering the world alongside “two total arseholes” in The Police, his ‘apprenticeship’ with Zoot Money and others, life after The Police, the reunion, his long-time passion for photography, and much more.

LANDS OF HOPE AND GLORY

Rising Canadian hopefuls Crown Lands are modern proggers taking threads from the genre’s illustrious past and weaving them into the present.

SPIRITS PAST, SPIRITS PRESENT

Re-made and remodelled, and with a critically acclaimed new album that echoes moments from their post-punk past, The Damned head into the future still with plenty to offer and to thrill.

BRAVE NEW WORLD

With a new album that’s their heaviest, rockiest yet, Rodrigo y Gabriela are boldly taking metal and rock to where no one has so successfully taken it before.

AMERICAN BANDSTAND

They sold out Shea Stadium faster than The Beatles. In the early 70s, no American hard rock band was bigger than Grand Funk Railroad. Singer/guitarist Mark Farner looks back.

MAEL SUPREMACY

Since their dramatic arrival in the UK via TV screens in the early 70s, Sparks have continued to make extraordinary music on their own terms. Now they’re enjoying a late-career renaissance.

THE HOT LIST

THE ESSENTIAL NEW ROCK TRACS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS MONTH AND THE BANDS TO HAVE ON YOUR RADAR

THE HARD STUFF ALBUMS

Def Leppard Drastic Symphonies UNIVERSAL Leppard go orchestral.

Peter Frampton

The affable British singer-guitarist has delivered more that 50 years’ worth of compelling songcraft and searing guitar playing.

Joe Bonamassa

The bluesman plays UK shows in May, and his whole catalogue is up for grabs for the set-lists.

Corrosion Of Conformity

Pepper Keenan and co’s UK tour continues until May 1.

Hawkwind

The space-rockers have touched down on Earth, playing UK shows up to August 28.

Tour Dates

REVIEWS

Pixie in chief: exposed and revealing. Pixies London

REVIEWS

Devin Townsend: wonderfully eccentric stage banter. GETTY Devin

REVIEWS

Nova Twins: a duo with real swagger. SHUTTERSTOCK

REVIEWS

The Inspector Cluzo’s Malcom Lacrouts. GETTY The Inspector

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Singer and songwriter Steve Harley on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him

DEF LEPPARD

DEFLEPPARDBOOK.COM

GRAHAM NASH

GRAHAMNASH.COM

STOCKTON

WWW.STOCKTONBLUESFESTIVAL.CO.UK

THE SOUND MACHINE

thesoundmachine.uk.com

THE SISTERS OF MERCY

THESISTERSOFMERCY.COM

GLASGOW

WWW.GLASGOWBLUESESTIVAL.CO.UK

METALLIC

SAFHOUSE

WWW.SOLIDENTERTAINMENTS.COM

THE WINERY DOGS

THEWINERYDOGS.COM

Rocks

WWW.SOLIDENTERTAINMENTS.COM

CROCKTEES

BIT.LY/CROCKTEES

CELEBRATING MEAT LOAF

CELEBRATINGMEATLOAF.COM

my ticket

myticket.co.uk

THE GIG CARTEL

THEGIGCARTEL.COM

MIRROR TO THE SKY

amazon.co.uk

CENTURY MEDIA

WWW.CENTURYMEDIA.COM

LOUDERSOUND

LOUDERSOUND.COM

Rock Candy

www.rockcandyrecords.com

STEEL HOUSE FESTIVAL

WWW.STEELHOUSEFESTIVAL.COM

AGMP

AGMP.Uk

AGMP

sworders

sworder.co.uk

WINGER THE BAND

wingertheband.com

DEF LEPPARD

THE WORLD TOUR

STONEDEAD

STONEDEADFESRTIVAL.CO.UK

HARD STUFF

ian.fortnam@future.com