Issue #1: How Rock Around The World Began, With Wings on the Cover Every archive has an origin point. For Rock Around The World, it was Issue #1 of the RATW newspaper — and the artist chosen for that very first cover was Paul McCartney and Wings. The First Cover Story The debut issue’s centerpiece …
Fleetwood Mac’s Five-Year Run on Rock Around The World Few bands had a longer relationship with Rock Around The World than Fleetwood Mac — the band appeared across five separate broadcasts spanning more than three years, tracking their transformation from a respected but modest-selling group into one of the biggest acts in the world. Early …
The Issue That Belonged to David Bowie Some artists got a mention. Some got an interview. David Bowie got an entire newspaper. Issue #18 of Rock Around The World was built entirely around Bowie — 32 full pages, cover to back page, distributed to tens of thousands of readers across the RATW radio network. It’s …
When Queen Owned Rock Around The World Long before “Bohemian Rhapsody” made Queen a household name in America, the band was already a fixture on Rock Around The World — appearing on the syndicated radio show an astonishing seven times between 1975 and 1977, and even landing their own dedicated issue of the RATW newspaper. …