Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Toto's Joseph Wiliams says he's "insanely excited" to be touring with Journey
AEG PresentsLast week, Journey kicked off their Freedom Tour 2022 with opening act Toto, marking the first time the two bands have hit the road together. Toto frontman Joseph Williams tells ABC Audio ...
Feb 28, 2022
Graham Nash discusses his classic songs in Nile Rodgers-hosted podcast, premiering Saturday
Harry Herd/RedfernsGraham Nash shares stories behind some of his most famous songs in a new episode of the Apple Music 1 podcast Deep Hidden Meaning Radio, hosted by Chic's Nile Rodgers, which premier...
Feb 25, 2022
As 'American Idol' returns for season 20, Lionel Richie says it's still delivering "talent that goes on to have careers"
ABC/Gavin BondThe 20th -- yes, the 20th -- season of American Idol premieres Sunday night on ABC. While other singing competitions have come and gone since Idol premiered in 2002, judge Lionel R...
Feb 25, 2022
Elton John hit a milestone on Australian charts with his Dua Lipa duet "Cold Heart"
Interscope RecordsIt wasn't surprising when Elton John's collaboration with pop star Dua Lipa, "Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)," hit number one in the U.K. -- after all, both artists are British. But apparen...
Feb 25, 2022
Gwen Stefani launching her own beauty line GXVE: "It's what I've been doing my entire life"
Art Streiber/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesGwen Stefani tells Women's Wear Daily, "Ever since I was a little girl, I have been makeup obsessed" -- so it's perhaps surprising that it's taken...
Feb 25, 2022
Paul McCartney adds second Boston show to 2022 Got Back tour of the US
Jim Dyson/Getty ImagesPaul McCartney's recently announced Got Back tour just got an additional show. The new date, which was added "due to overwhelming demand," is scheduled for June 8 at Boston's Fen...
Feb 25, 2022
Daryl Hall releases 2012 cover of Eurythmics' "Here Comes the Rain Again" featuring Dave Stewart
Legacy RecordingsHall & Oates singer Daryl Hall has released a live version of the 1984 Eurythmics hit "Here Comes the Rain Again" that he performed with the latter group's Dave Stewart as an adva...
Feb 25, 2022
George Thorogood and the Destroyers releasing compilation of band's original songs in April
UMeGeorge Thorogood and the Destroyers are known for recording memorable versions of other artists' tunes, but frontman George Thorogood has written plenty of memorable songs as well. It's those origi...
Feb 25, 2022
Hear Bonnie Raitt's new single, "Made Up Mind"
ADA/Sub PopHere's something to talk about: Bonnie Raitt has released a new single from her upcoming album, Just Like That..., which will be released on April 22. The song, "Made Up Mind," is a cover o...
Feb 25, 2022
The Scorpions' Klaus Meine says his band's new album, 'Rock Believer,' is for "the hard and heavy community"
Spinefarm RecordsThe Scorpions' long-awaited 19th studio album, Rock Believer, the band's first new record since 2015's Return to Forever, arrived today. Frontman Klaus Meine tells ABC Audio that with...
Feb 25, 2022