Pink Floyd, Queen, AC/DC And Other Classic Rock Greats To Release Albums This Year: What Gives?

This week's music news is abound in anachronisms:

Twitter user @KitschKiller can be forgiven for wondering in a tweet: What year is it?

Its the revenge of the musical baby boomers year, apparently -- with Gen Xers thrown in for good measure. Some of these bands havent seen hits or even released albums in 20-plus years, so the question of whether they have something new to offer -- or perhaps have mansion remodeling or college educations they need to finance - seems fair. After all, trading on their names and a ready-made audience could be a sure thing. Just the mention of a new album typically sends fans into Twitter tizzies.

Queen is releasing their first album in nearly 20 years, featuring unreleased Freddie Mercury vocals (and reportedly a track with Michael Jackson sharing vocal duties with Mr. Mercury), announced The Telegraph. Pink Floyds first new album in over 20 years, The Endless River, is described as ambient instrumental music and a tribute to Rick Wright, Pink Floyds keyboardist who died in 2008. For the first time in six years, Australian headbangers AC/DC are releasing an album in December. Guns N Rosesnext record, their followup to 2008s Chinese Democracy, may be done this year. The Cure plan on releasing a double album this year, and Bob Dylans remastered The Basement Tapes and Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes will be released in November.

The musical times, they are not a-changin.

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Pink Floyd, Queen, AC/DC And Other Classic Rock Greats To Release Albums This Year: What Gives?