Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio

Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Palms Resort & CasinoRobert Plant isn't from Liverpool, but he's received a special honor from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA). ...

McCartney onstage at Glastonbury; Harry Durrant/Getty ImagesPaul McCartney has just announced dates for a new leg of his Got Back tour, which will hit Australia, marking the first time he's ...

A 21-year-old Robert Allen Zimmerman legally changed his name to Bob Dylan.   In his book Chronicles, Dylan explained that he was inspired to change his name after he saw...

Nick Argo/©Academy Museum FoundationCher is the latest music icon to cash in by selling her classic catalog. Billboard reports that the star has sold her interest in her past recor...

Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty ImagesThe Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band tour returns to North America later this month, and if you weren’t able to snag tickets when the...

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesDevo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh is remembering the late Pee-wee Herman creator Paul Reubens, who passed away July 30 after a se...

AtlanticPicking the greatest anything is certainly open for debate, and that is likely to be the case with the results of Total Guitar’s recent poll, which aimed to pick the great...

Queen Production Ltd.Queen + Adam Lambert has added new dates to their Rhapsody Tour, which will keep them on the road through 2024.  The new dates will bring them to Japan next Februar...

Geffen/UMeLynyrd Skynyrd is celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, and they are marking the milestone with a brand new box set.  The Southern rockers will drop FYFTY on Octo...

On This Day, August 1, 1942... Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was born in San Francisco, California. Co-founder of the legendary rock band the Grateful Dead, Garcia was the principal songwriter,...