Michael Gallucci

Cleveland

Managing Editor at Ultimate Classic Rock

music, movie & pop culture writer. currently: managing editor ucr ( @UltClassicRock )

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Bryan Adams, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo Announce US Tour

1 day ago | wpdh.com | Nick DeRiso |Michael Gallucci

Bryan Adams will hit the road this September for a 40-date North American tour that includes 21 US dates with special guests Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. The 2025 Roll With the Punches tour is named after Adams' upcoming studio album. A press release announcing the tour promises that the new record's release plans shall be revealed "imminently." Two songs from Roll With the Punches have already been unveiled - the title track and "Make Up Your Mind." You can hear both below.
Ghost, 'Skeleta': Album Review

1 day ago | ultimateclassicrock.com | Michael Gallucci

Loma Vista RecordingsSHARETWEETDelayed by the pandemic, Ghost's 2022 album, Impera, was put on hold from its scheduled 2020 release date, making some of its dark-days narrative and talk of modern-day emperors seem a bit expired since the LP was supposed to arrive shortly after the U.S. presidential election that year.
Watch Exclusive Clip of Pink Floyd Playing 'Saucerful of Secrets'

1 day ago | ultimateclassicrock.com | Michael Gallucci

Sony MusicSHARETWEETAs the remastered version of Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII makes its way into theaters this week, the band offers an exclusive look at its performance of "A Saucerful of Secrets" from the film. In the video, Pink Floyd plays a portion of their classic song, which appeared as the title track to their 1968 album, the last to feature work by the band's cofounder Syd Barrett and the first with David Gilmour, his replacement. You can watch the clip below.
Roy Thomas Baker, Queen and the Cars Producer, Dies at 78

2 days ago | drgnews.com | Michael Gallucci

Studio veteran also worked on records by Alice Cooper, Foreigner, Journey and many others. Continue reading…
Roy Thomas Baker, Queen and the Cars Producer, Dies at 78

2 days ago | ultimateclassicrock.com | Michael Gallucci

Jimmy SteinfeldtSHARETWEETRoy Thomas Baker, the London-born producer whose career began in the early '70s, has died. According to a press release by his publicist, Baker died on April 12 at 78. The press release notes that Baker died at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and that the news "was just revealed by his family.
Rick Wakeman Announces New Tour Dates

2 days ago | drgnews.com | Michael Gallucci

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Rick Wakeman Announces New Tour Dates

2 days ago | ultimateclassicrock.com | Michael Gallucci

Mike Coppola, Getty ImagesSHARETWEETRick Wakeman has announced new concert dates for the Strictly Wakeman tour, which will run this summer. The upcoming performances are being billed as an all-new show featuring "music specially adapted for piano and vocals" with Hayley Sanderson, a singer on the U.K. TV show Strictly Come Dancing. A press release notes that this will be the first time Wakeman has toured with a female singer.
Rick Wakeman Announces New Tour Dates

2 days ago | flipboard.com | Michael Gallucci

"The record company should’ve offered counselling - we could've been the next Journey!": The high hopes and shattered dreams of melodic rock's nearly men, GiuffriaLong before the coming of the internet, it was to the printed press that one would excitedly look for the latest music news. In the early 80s, Sounds …
Top 40 Songs of 1965

2 days ago | kool1017.com | Michael Gallucci

Only a few years in pop and rock history are remarkable enough that their achievements marked unshakeable and significant paths to the overall timeline. 1955 may be the first and most monumental of the era, the Big Bang of rock music; 1977 and 1991, the years punk and alternative rock stirred new revolutions, are also part of that chronology.
Hear Foreigner Star Mick Jones' New Song 'Shelter From the Storm'

2 days ago | wpdh.com | Nick DeRiso |Michael Gallucci

Foreigner star Mick Jones is releasing a new solo single named 'Shelter from the Storm' on May 23. You can listen to the song, which was originally written decades ago and picked back up now as part of Jones' fight against Parkinson's, below. Fans are invited to pre-save the single at this link in support of Parkinson’s Awareness Month, which is celebrated each April.