Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Rock and Roll All May: KISS announce rescheduled dates for postponed 2021 US concerts
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for A&EKISS has announced new dates for four U.S. shows that were postponed last year, all of which will take place in May. The concerts, which are part of the band's End ...
Jan 19, 2022
Elton John and Melissa Etheridge nominated for this year's GLAAD Awards
ABC/Eric McCandless; Stephen J. Cohen/Getty ImagesThe 33rd annual GLAAD Awards have unveiled this year's list of nominees and, among them, are Elton John and Melissa Etheridge. They are comp...
Jan 19, 2022
Watch video of George Martin explaining to his granddaughter why he decided to work with The Beatles
George Martin with The Beatles in 1964; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesGiles Martin, son of late Beatles producer George Martin, has shared a touching archival family video that shows his dad telli...
Jan 19, 2022
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons collaborates on signature sandwich for Houston-based Antone's Famous Po' Boys
Gary Miller/Getty ImagesZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons has collaborated with Antone's Famous Po' Boys to create a signature sandwich in celebration of the popular Houston eatery's 60th anniversary this...
Jan 19, 2022
Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood to produce Fox music drama
Ethan Miller/WireImageFleetwood Mac drummer and co-founder Mick Fleetwood is set to executive produce the music drama 13 Songs, currently in development at Fox, according to Deadline. The series repor...
Jan 19, 2022
Elton John guitarist says band and crew will be "super masked up and tested every two days" on tour
Larry Marano/Getty ImagesIt's been almost two years since Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour was sidelined because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the trek relaunches tonight in New Orleans, t...
Jan 19, 2022
U2's Bono feels "embarrassed" hearing his voice on the radio
Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty ImagesWhen it comes to a way to like his own voice, Bono still hasn't found what he's looking for. On a new episode of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast,...
Jan 18, 2022
The Grammys rescheduled for April 3, ceremony moved to Las Vegas
CBSWhat happens in Vegas...will be the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. After canceling plans to hold the awards ceremony on January 31 because of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Recording Academy has ...
Jan 18, 2022
Expanded version of The Left Banke's reunion album 'Strangers on a Train' to be released in March
Omnivore Recordings1960s baroque pop act The Left Banke's reunion album Strangers on a Train, which featured recordings made in 1978 by three of the band's four core members but wasn't released until ...
Jan 18, 2022
Stevie Wonder celebrates MLK Day calling for Congress to support voting rights
Lester Cohen/Getty Images for Wonder ProductionsIn 1980, Stevie Wonder led the campaign to make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday, and recorded the iconic song, "...
Jan 18, 2022