Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
All-star rockers The Dead Daisies releasing new album, 'Radiance,' in September
Courtesy of The Dead DaisiesAll-star hard-rock band The Dead Daisies will release their sixth studio album, Radiance, on September 30. The 10-track collection was recorded by the group's current lineu...
Jul 22, 2022
Jesse Colin Young postpones three concerts after testing positive for COVID
Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesVeteran folk-rock singer/songwriter and former Youngbloods frontman Jesse Colin Young has postponed the final three dates of his current U.S. tour leg after testing positive...
Jul 22, 2022
1980s UK pop stars Bananarama release latest studio album, 'Masquerade'
In SynkThe summer is a little less cruel today, as Bananarama has just released its latest studio album, Masquerade. The 11-track collection arrives as the British dance act celebrates 40 years of mak...
Jul 22, 2022
Check out Jethro Tull's surreal video for new song "Mine Is the Mountain"
Ricrdo Rubio/Europa Press via Getty ImagesJethro Tull has debuted a new music video for "Mine Is the Mountain," a song from the band's latest studio album, The Zealot Gene. In a post on the group's Fa...
Jul 22, 2022
Aerosmith's launching a five-week series of unseen concert films
Courtesy of ID PRAs part of Aerosmith's ongoing 50th-anniversary festivities, the band has unveiled plans for a new streaming concert series: 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults will k...
Jul 22, 2022
Pat Benatar refuses to sing "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" to protest gun violence
Medios y Media/Getty ImagesIf you hope Pat Benatar sings "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" the next time you see her in concert -- you're out of luck. The Grammy winner and 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fam...
Jul 22, 2022
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons says band's new album 'Raw' is "a fitting tribute" to late bassist Dusty Hill
Shelter Music/BMGZZ Top's latest album, Raw, hit stores Friday. As previously reported, the stripped-down collection of live performances is dedicated to the band's longtime bassist, Dusty Hill, who d...
Jul 22, 2022
Ringo Starr, Stewart Copeland, Grateful Dead members featured in upcoming Let There Be Drums! doc
Jeff Golden/Getty Images; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicThe Beatles' Ringo Starr, The Police's Stewart Copeland, and The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann are among the famous musicians featured...
Jul 21, 2022
Ricky Martin speaks out after judge rejects nephew's restraining order
Dominique Charriau/Getty ImagesRicky Martin broke his silence about his nephew's troubling allegations now that a judge has sided with the "Livin' La Vida Loca" singer. Ricky addressed fans hours...
Jul 21, 2022
'The Beatles: Get Back' director reveals plans for new project with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
The Beatles in 1967; Jan Olofsson/RedfernsAnother project about The Beatles may be on the way. In a recent interview, Peter Jackson, the director behind the Disney+ three-part docuseries The Beatles: ...
Jul 21, 2022