Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
On This Day, May 19, 1945: The Who’s Pete Townshend is born
On This Day, May 19, 1945 ... Future Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Pete Townshend was born in Chiswick, West London. Co-founder, guitarist, main songwriter and co-vocalist of legendary ...
May 19, 2023
Three-song Jeff Beck tribute EP features unreleased live tracks and more
ATCO/RhinoA three-song EP honoring the late Jeff Beck is out digitally today. Jeff Beck Tribute features two live tracks, plus a song that combines one of Beck's 2022 instrumentals -- "Midnight Walker...
May 19, 2023
Phil Collen on whether Def Leppard will play 'Drastic Symphonies' live: “We’re just waiting for the invite”
Mercury RecordsDef Leppard's new album, Drastic Symphonies, is out now, featuring 15 of the band’s songs reworked with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The Rock & Roll H...
May 19, 2023
Ringo Starr isn’t interested in writing a memoir
ABC/ Heid GutmanRingo Starr has certainly had a memorable life, but music fans will likely never read a first-person account of it, because Starr says he has no desire to pen a memoir. He t...
May 18, 2023
Kate Bush's streams go to "Work" following 'The Mother' placement
ZIK Images/United Archives via Getty ImagesAfter she ran up the charts last year with "Running Up That Hill," Kate Bush is now seeing another sync-driven increase in streams for a different song. Acco...
May 18, 2023
Graham Nash often wonders why he’s a success
Bobby Bank/Getty ImagesGraham Nash has gone through a lot of loss in the past year, not only with the death of his bandmate David Crosby, but also the death of Crosby-Nash band member D...
May 18, 2023
Sting & Blondie honored at the 2023 Ivors
Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty ImagesThe 2023 Ivors took place in London Thursday night, and it was a big night for Sting, who received the Fellowship of the Ivors Academy, which is the group&rsq...
May 18, 2023
Jimmy Buffett postpones show after being hospitalized in Boston
Tim Mosenfelder/WireImageJimmy Buffett will no longer be playing Charleston, South Carolina, this weekend. Buffet and his Coral Reefer Band were supposed to play Credit One Stadium on S...
May 18, 2023
Sting shares his feelings on AI: “That's going to be a battle we all have to fight”
Don Arnold/WireImageSting is very proud of his songwriting, and he worries that one day artificial intelligence will try to replace songwriters like him. "The building blocks of music belong to u...
May 18, 2023
Def Leppard to livestream intimate hometown show
Ross HalfinDef Leppard is playing a very special hometown show Friday, May 19, and now fans who couldn’t snag tickets will be able to experience the event. The band is playing an intimate c...
May 18, 2023