Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio

Lynyrd Skynyrd signs with new label, will release 50th anniversary Ryman concert
R. Diamond/Getty Images)Lynyrd Skynyrd has a new record label: the band has just signed a deal with Frontiers SRL. Their first release will be Celebrating 50 Years – Live At ...
Jill Lances Mar 20, 2025

Stray Cats’ Brian Setzer offers health update after revealing autoimmune disease
Steve Thorne/RedfernsBack in February, Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer revealed that he had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that left him unable to play guitar. Now he’s sharing a hea...
Jill Lances Mar 20, 2025

Rush’s Geddy Lee teams with Moog Music for new Minimoog Model D synthesizer
Photo credit: Richard Sibbald.Moog Music has announced a new collaboration with Rush rocker Geddy Lee.The company is debuting a new synthesizer, the Moog Music Geddy Lee Minimoog Model D. It take...
Jill Lances Mar 20, 2025

Elton John wins $100K Glenn Gould Prize for 'enriching the human condition'
Disney/Jennifer PottheiserNot like he needs the money, but Elton John has just won a $100,000 prize for his artistic accomplishments.As Toronto's The Globe and Mail reports, Elton is the 15t...
Andrea Dresdale Mar 20, 2025

U2 become first Irish songwriters to be honored with fellowship from The Ivors Academy
ABC/Randy HolmesU2 have been chosen as the next Academy Fellow of The Ivors Academy, the U.K. organization that presents The Ivor Novello Awards to celebrate excellence in British and Irish songw...
Jill Lances Mar 20, 2025

The Madonna-Barbra-Bette show tune collab that never happened
Madonna in 1993; Steve Eichner/WireImage; Barbra Streisand in 1993; Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Imagesmagine Madonna duetting with Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler. Well, that diva-palooza almost happened ...
Andrea Dresdale Mar 20, 2025

Bobby Weir unsure whether Grateful Dead will celebrate 60th anniversary with a reunion
Maansi Srivastava for the Washington PostThis year marks the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. While the surviving band members – Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann &ndas...
Jill Lances Mar 20, 2025

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy planning tour to celebrate R.E.M.’s 'Life’s Rich Pageant'
Capitol RecordsAfter touring to celebrate the 40th anniversaries of R.E.M.’s Murmur and Fables of the Reconstruction, actor Michael Shannon and his musical partner Jason Narducy are ready t...
Jill Lances Mar 20, 2025

KISS launch New York City walking tour to celebrate 50th anniversary of 'Dressed to Kill'
Island Def Jam Music Group/photo by Bob GruenKISS has found a unique way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their third studio album Dressed to Kill.To mark the occasion, on Saturday KISS will ...
Jill Lances Mar 20, 2025

On This Day, March 20, 1969: John Lennon & Yoko Ono marry
On This Day March 20, 1969 ...John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who met in 1966 and became romantically involved in 1968, got married in Gibraltar.They honeymooned in Paris, Amsterdam and Montreal, staging be...
Jill Lances Mar 20, 2025
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