Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Janis Ian announces retirement from performing and recording
Al Pereira / ContributorJanis Ian is retiring from performing and recording, although she’s not calling it that. The singer has revealed her most recent album, The Light at the End of ...
Dec 12, 2022
ZZ Top & Lynyrd Skynyrd team up for co-headlining tour
Live NationZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd are teaming up for a new co-headlining tour. The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour is set to hit 22 North American cities this summer, including Phoenix...
Dec 12, 2022
Patti LaBelle’s Milwaukee show cut short due to bomb threat
ABC/Michael Le Brecht IIThings got a little scary at Patti LaBelle’s Christmas concert in Milwaukee Saturday night. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, two songs into the...
Dec 12, 2022
Tina Turner breaks silence following son Ronnie’s death
Ike and Tina Turner with family circa 1972; Ronnie seated to the right of Tina; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesTina Turner has broken her silence following the death of her son Ronni...
Dec 12, 2022
Bono announces Beacon Theater book tour residency
Penguin Random HouseBono isn’t done talking about his biography. The U2 frontman just announced a new set of dates for his Stories of Surrender book tour, which is dubbed &ld...
Dec 12, 2022
Peter Frampton explains how David Bowie gave him his "credibility" back
Robin Platzer/Getty ImagesPeter Frampton recently finished up the 2022 dates of his farewell tour, after announcing a few years ago that he'll be retiring from the road due to a degenerative muscle co...
Dec 12, 2022
Cher mourns her mother Georgia Holt, dead at 96
Cher and Georgia Holt in 2013; Margaret Norton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty ImagesOn Friday, Cher tweeted that her heart was breaking for her "beloved friend, sister" Tina T...
Dec 11, 2022
Watch animated video for José Feliciano's new holiday song, "Viva La Navidad"
Anthem RecordsMore than 50 years after he first wished the world "Feliz Navidad," José Feliciano has a new holiday song, and you can watch the animated video for it now. The upbeat so...
Dec 09, 2022
For those about to read: AC/DC book coming to mark band's 50th anniversary in 2023
Martin Philbey/RedfernsAC/DC will celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2023, and in honor of the occasion, an officially licensed book on the band is on its way. AC/DC: 50 Years Of High Voltage Rock 'N...
Dec 09, 2022
Steppenwolf box set 'The Epic Years 1974-1976' due in January
EsotericSteppenwolf was formed in 1967 and after scoring massive hits like "Born to Be Wild," "Magic Carpet Ride" and "Rock Me," broke up in 1972. The band reformed in 1974 and then split ag...
Dec 09, 2022