Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio

John Mellencamp releasing expanded 'Scarecrow' reissue this fall
Mercury Records/UMGJohn Mellencamp will release an expanded and remastered version of his classic 1985 album Scarecrow on November 4. The box set will feature two CDs featuring a remixed and remastere...
Matt Friedlander Sep 14, 2022

Hall & Oates reissuing 2003 album 'Do It for Love' this month, including first-ever vinyl version
BMG/ADADaryl Hall & John Oates' 2003 studio album Do It for Love will be released on vinyl for the first time on September 30 -- and will also be reissued on CD. The Do It for Love reissue, which ...
Matt Friedlander Sep 14, 2022

2022 Record Store Day Black Friday releases include Fleetwood Mac, Madonna, Duran Duran
Courtesy of Record Store DayRecord Store Day has announced the list of exclusive vinyl releases that will be available during the 2022 edition of its annual Black Friday event, taking place in indepen...
Matt Friedlander and Andrea Dresdale Sep 14, 2022

Julian Lennon participating in streaming event to promote new album, 'Jude,' today
BMGJulian Lennon released Jude, his first new studio album in 11 years, this past Friday. Now, the singer/songwriter is taking part in a special streaming event to promote the record, which is se...
Matt Friedlander Sep 14, 2022

New Bruce Springsteen album due out soon, according to 'Rolling Stone' founder Jann Wenner
Taylor Hill/Getty ImagesDuring a new Billboard interview, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner let slip that a new Bruce Springsteen album apparently will be released soon. Wenner, whose new memoir Like ...
Matt Friedlander Sep 14, 2022

James Taylor celebrates Inflation Reduction Act's passage at White House
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ImagesJames Taylor knows how sweet it is to perform at America's most famous house -- the White House -- because that's what he did ...
Megan Stone Sep 14, 2022

David Lee Roth premieres new live version of Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love"
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBSEarlier this month, David Lee Roth debuted a new solo version of Van Halen's classic 1984 hit "Panama" recorded live in the studio and now he's premiered an up...
Matt Friedlander Sep 14, 2022

New tour celebrating The Band's farewell concert, The Last Waltz, scheduled for November
Courtesy of Blackbird PresentsA new edition of the touring celebration of The Band's historic, all-star 1976 farewell concert, "The Last Waltz," will take place this November. The Last Waltz Tour...
Matt Friedlander Sep 13, 2022

John Lennon killer Mark David Chapman denied parole for 12th time
Mark David Chapman in 2014; NYS Department of Corrections and Community SupervisionMark David Chapman, the man who shot music legend John Lennon to death in December 1980, has been denied parole for t...
Aaron Katersky and Matt Friedlander Sep 13, 2022

Paul McCartney joins PETA India campaign to help allegedly abused elephant
Samir Hussein/WireImagePaul McCartney is speaking out in support of a campaign by PETA's Indian branch to have an allegedly abused elephant sent to a rescue center. PETA India claims that a captive fe...
Matt Friedlander Sep 13, 2022
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