Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio

Warren Zevon’s final live performance getting special vinyl release
Cover of Warren Zevon's 'Epilogue: Live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival' (Omnivore Recordings)Warren Zevon’s final live performance is getting a special vinyl release.Epilogue: Live at the E...
Jill Lances Mar 05, 2026

The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston announces departure from band after six decades
Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys performs during Riot Fest at Douglass Park on September 20, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images)The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnsto...
Jill Lances Mar 04, 2026

Billy Idol details almost dying from heroin
Billy Idol at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction (Disney/Eric McCandless)Billy Idol is subject of the new documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead, and during a recent appearance on Bill Mah...
Jill Lances Mar 04, 2026

Mick Jagger shares vacation photos, Keith Richards to be a great grandfather
: Mick Jagger (L) and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones performs during the final night of the Hackney Diamonds '24 Tour at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena on July 21, 2024 in Ridgedale, Missouri. (Phot...
Jill Lances Mar 04, 2026

Bonnie Raitt, George Thorogood & more pay tribute to blues musician John Hammond
Portrait of American blues musician John Hammond Jr, New York, USA, 16th March 2013. (Photo by Mick Gold/Redferns)Bonnie Raitt, George Thorogood and Hot Tuna’s Jorma Kaukonen are among the artis...
Jill Lances Mar 04, 2026

Spanish soccer team asks Madonna for shirt she wore at their stadium in 1990
Madonna performs in Rotterdam, Holland during her Blond Ambition Tour, July 24, 1990 (Gie Knaeps/Getty Images)The president of one of Spain's biggest soccer teams has reached out to Madonna in hopes o...
Andrea Dresdale Mar 04, 2026

Bruce Hornsby releases ‘Ecstatic’ new track featuring Bonnie Raitt
Cover of Bruce Hornsby's 'Indigo Park' (Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers)Bruce Hornsby has released the new single “Ecstatic,” which features backing vocals from Bonnie Raitt.The track is t...
Jill Lances Mar 04, 2026

Sting releases expanded edition of 'Mercury Falling' for 30th anniversary
Sting's 'Mercury Falling (Expanded Edition)' (UMe)Sting is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his fifth studio album, Mercury Falling, with a just-released expanded edition of the album.The...
Jill Lances Mar 04, 2026

On This Day, March 4, 1967: The Rolling Stones hit #1 with ‘Ruby Tuesday’
On This Day, March 4, 1967…The Rolling Stones landed their fourth #1 single with "Ruby Tuesday," written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.The song appeared on the U.S. version of their fifth s...
Jill Lances Mar 04, 2026

New exhibit 'Thin Wild Mercury: Dylan 1966' coming to the Bob Dylan Center in July
Bob Dylan at a press conference in London 1966. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)A new exhibit exploring Bob Dylan’s career the year after he went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk...
Jill Lances Mar 04, 2026
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