Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio

Lionel Richie reveals the other careers he would have said "Hello" to if music hadn't worked out
ABC/Eric McCandlessLionel Richie is lucky enough to have one main career and two or three side hustles: Not only is he a legendary pop star, he's also an American Idol judge who's got h...
Andrea Dresdale Aug 03, 2023

Is Sting feeling the "Barbenheimer" effect?
Paul Natkin/Getty ImagesSting is not on the Barbie soundtrack, but he did — albeit inadvertently — inspire Christopher Nolan to make the movie Oppenheimer.&nb...
Andrea Dresdale Aug 03, 2023

Here's how Pat Benatar ended up opening for Pink this summer
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicPop superstar Pink recently played two shows at Boston's Fenway Park, breaking the venue's attendance record on both nights. Opening those two record-breaking...
Andrea Dresdale Aug 03, 2023

Tony Bennett's last words to his family revealed
Mark SeligerOn Thursday, August 3 — which would have been the late Tony Bennett's 97th birthday — his wife Susan Benedetto and son Danny Bennett revealed details o...
Andrea Dresdale Aug 03, 2023

Will Bruce Springsteen's tour keep rolling into 2024?
Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will kick off a second North American leg of their tour next week in Chicago, and right now, they have dates sched...
Andrea Dresdale Aug 03, 2023

On This Day, August 3, 1987: Def Leppard releases their fourth studio album, 'Hysteria'
On This Day, August 3, 1987… Def Leppard released their fourth studio album, Hysteria, which became their first #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The record, the fol...
Jill Lances Aug 03, 2023

Foreigner’s Kelly Hansen on the band’s many hits: “What a gift for me that is”
Scott Legato/Getty Images)Foreigner is currently on their Farewell tour, which gives frontman Kelly Hansen lots of opportunity to sing the band's range of big hits. And w...
Jill Lances Aug 03, 2023

The Rolling Stones' 1972 tour inspires new podcast 'Stones Touring Party'
Fairchild Archive/WWD/Penske Media via Getty ImagesIn 1972, The Rolling Stones were the biggest band in the world; their U.S. tour that year became the stuff of legend. Now, it's become the ...
Andrea Dresdale Aug 02, 2023

Book of Dreams: Bruce Springsteen's life is now a 'Little Golden Book' biography
Penguin Random HouseIf you want to get a head start on convincing your young kids — or grandkids — that Bruce Springsteen is cool, then Random House books has your back. Septembe...
Andrea Dresdale Aug 02, 2023

Eddie Van Halen's son says "me just being alive and in the music business" is enough of a tribute
Eddie and Wolfgang Van Halen in 2015; Chris McKay/Getty Images for Live NationDespite the fact that all those involved have said that some kind of all-star tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen&nbs...
Andrea Dresdale Aug 02, 2023
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