Def Leppard Releases Unreleased Beatles Cover
The band's previously unheard take on The Beatles' 'Revolution' is now streaming ahead of the Volume 4 collection.
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Reporting here follows rock music — band reunions and breakups, album and single releases, festival lineups, hall of fame inductions, musician deaths and the industry decisions that shape how rock reaches its audience. Coverage spans classic and contemporary rock.
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November 6, 2026
Ronnie Wood Says Keith Richards Wants Touring BreakWood says the Rolling Stones guitarist is road weary as no tour dates have been announced following the release of Foreign Tongues.
November 3, 2026
Sharon Osbourne Picks Funeral Song, Ozzfest ReturnsOsbourne named a Ozzy Osbourne track for her funeral as Ozzfest returns to Villa Park in Birmingham, England.
November 2, 2026
Levara Releases Single, Announces European TourThe rock band's first new single in five years, "Underneath It All," arrives alongside an 11-date tour kicking off November 7 in the Netherlands.
November 2, 2026
Missing Two Rock Amp Found in GermanyJoe Bonamassa's social media appeal helped locate blues guitarist Josh Smith's amplifier, which had been left under a stage in Leverkusen.
November 2, 2026
Elton John's Sacrifice Video Tops One Billion ViewsThe 1989 single's official music video became the first by Elton John to reach one billion YouTube views.
November 2, 2026
Behringer Teases $10 Stompbox Pedal LineThe German gear maker says its new range will include 200 to 300 all-metal guitar, analog, and digital pedals.
October 28, 2026
Bryan Adams Releases Song Challenging Lake Ontario RenameThe musician debuts a new track criticizing an executive order from Donald Trump regarding the famous Great Lake.
October 28, 2026
Sting Continues Global 3.0 Trio Concert TourThe rock legend performs his solo and Police hits in a stripped-back trio format.
October 28, 2026
The Pretty Reckless Releases About You Bonus VersionThe band teams up with Dave Grohl and Pat Smear for a special new recording of their track.
October 27, 2026
Pete Townshend Recalls Avoiding Led Zeppelin in His PrimeThe Who guitarist reveals why he steered clear of his 1970s hard rock contemporaries.
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Day to day, that means album and single release coverage, reunion and tour announcements, festival headliner bookings, hall of fame nomination and induction coverage, musician deaths and legacy assessments and the streaming and licensing data that describes how rock music performs commercially decades after its peak production period. Rock hall of fame proceedings generate concentrated coverage that connects living artists and deceased musicians to a canon that the institution's decisions actively shape, making nomination debates as significant as the inductions themselves. Reunion tours have become a major source of rock coverage, since the economics of live performance have made touring the primary revenue source for catalog artists whose recorded music now reaches audiences largely through streaming at rates that favor high-volume genres. Licensing of classic rock for advertising, film and television has grown into a coverage category that tracks both the commercial use of the music and the cultural meaning of those placements.