Some of the biggest vocalists in rock and metal are lined up to appear on a Ronnie James Dio tribute album, which should be released towards the end of the year. (more…)

Rob Halford’s ex-manager is suing his former client and the rest of Judas Priest for $50 million (£32.5 million) – just months after he controversially called the band’s managers “leeches”. (more…)

A photographic book on Ronnie James Dio is to be published at the end of November. (more…)

It’s a mixed bag this week, with everything from metal to prog, via melodic rock. And we sweep around the globe, stopping in Norway, Wales, America, Australia and Newcastle. Don’t forget to pack your toothbrush! (more…)

This week, we delve into the new Iron Maiden single, celebrate three anthologies, get into some doomy space rock with Astrohenge, contemplate a Vince Neil covers album and put on the specs for the Rush DVD… (more…)

Classic Rock understands that two major concerts are being planned to celebrate the life of the late Ronnie James Dio. (more…)

Niger Planer, who was rhythm guitarist Den Dennis in Bad News, is to narrate Heavy Metal Britannia, a 90-minute documentary on the history of metal to be screened on March 5 by BBC 4. (more…)

If the Noughties taught us anything, it was that what a band actually mean when they ’split up’ is that, ‘We’ll be back when nostalgia makes you miss us’. So, here are 10 of the reunions that fired– or should that be ‘failed to fire’?! – our imaginations during the last decade. This is in no particular order. (more…)

Last week My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way shocked us all by claiming that Judas Priest were not a metal band. So, we thought we’d come up with 10 good reasons as to why he’s wrong. So, here we go! (more…)

Following the recent announcement that Glenn Hughes is charging £550 for limited edition, customised copies of his autobiography, we got to thinking about what other musos could do if they were to bring out limited editions of their hypothetical books. So, this what Classic Rock reckons this lot could charge exorbitant amounts of wonga for… (more…)