Winnipeg's Classic Rock

Devin Townshend needs your help (again), a chance for you to plsing on Mike Shinoda's (Linkin Park) new song, and an unknown singer tells the amazing rock & roll fantasy story of auditioning with AC/DC after they canned Brian Johnson.

Winnipeg's Classic Rock

After (unwisely) announcing its lineup last week, the huge UK Glastonbury Music Festival finally announces cancellation of the event, The Recording Industry Assoc. of America (RIAA) has set up a fund to help small independent artists through this crisis, and Bono shares a song online that was inspired by the balcony singers in Italy.

Winnipeg's Classic Rock

Canadian Metallica producer Bob Rock says he "didn't get it" when the band wanted to release "Enter Sandman" as a single, a local Ozzy/Sabbath cover band records an Ozzy-esque original, a new song from Chrissy Hynde & The Pretenders, and the growing list of artists doing free performances online from their homes amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Winnipeg's Classic Rock

David Crosby could lose his home, a song from 1987 returns to the Billbaord HOT 100 thanks to COVID-19, and a band returns with new music after a 12-year hiatus.

Winnipeg's Classic Rock

A U.S. brewery has released a Neil Peart craft brew for charity (which sparks a discussion of why we ever thought his name was pronounced "Pert"), and several coronavirus music industry updates.