Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Eric Clapton announces limited run of US tour dates
Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Crossroads Guitar FestivalEric Clapton will hit the road in September for a limited run of U.S. tour dates.The trek, featuring special guests The Wallflowers, will kick o...
Mar 03, 2025
Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts to play free show in Ukraine
Astrida Valigorsky/Getty ImagesNeil Young is adding a new show to his upcoming European tour.The rocker announced on his Neil Young Archives website that he and his band the Chrome Hearts plan to open...
Mar 03, 2025
On This Day, March 3, 2009: U2 releases 'No Line on the Horizon' in North America
On This Day, March 3, 2009...U2 released their 12th studio album No Line on the Horizon in North America.The album was released five years after their previous release, How to Dismantle an Atomic...
Mar 03, 2025
Report: Bob Dylan really was invited to the Oscars
Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for ABAWhen Conan O’Brien and Mick Jagger joked that Bob Dylan was invited to present at the Oscars they apparently weren't joking.According to The Hollywood ...
Mar 03, 2025
Paul McCartney talks Wings' 'Venus and Mars' ahead of 50th anniversary reissue
MPL/UMePaul McCartney’s band Wings is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their fourth studio album, Venus and Mars, with a new reissue, and now McCartney is reminiscing about the record.In a Q&...
Mar 03, 2025
Elton John loses Academy Award to song from 'Emilia Pérez'
Oscar nominees Brandi Carlile and Elton John; John Shearer/97th Oscars/The Academy via Getty ImagesElton John lost his shot at his third best original song Oscar Sunday night at the 97th Academy Award...
Mar 03, 2025
Oscars 2025: Mick Jagger presents at the Oscars
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesThe Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger made an appearance at the Oscars Sunday night.Jagger handed out the award for best original song, joking that he wasn’t the first...
Mar 02, 2025
Joey Molland, last surviving original member of Badfinger, dies at 77
Bobby Bank/Getty ImagesJoey Molland, the last surviving original member of the Welsh rock band Badfinger, passed away Saturday at the age of 77, according to the band's official social media accounts....
Mar 02, 2025
David Johansen, New York Dolls and Buster Poindexter singer, dead at 75
Yui Mok - PA Images/PA Images via Getty ImagesDavid Johansen, the versatile, multitalented lead singer and last surviving original member of the seminal proto-glam-punk band New York Dolls who also fo...
Mar 01, 2025
Richie Sambora performs Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ with current Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X
Richie Sambora, Orianthi and Phil X/Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesIt was a meeting of Bon Jovi guitarists at the Rock For Responders Concert, which took place Thursday on the USS Iowa in San Ped...
Feb 28, 2025