Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Billy Joel postponing his January Madison Square Garden show to August
Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesWhile Billy Joel went ahead with his December 20 show at New York City's Madison Square Garden, he's not taking any chances in 2022. The Piano Man has announced that his show s...
Jan 05, 2022
Drummer Bill Kreutzmann sitting out Dead & Company's Playing in the Sand festival due to health issues
FilmMagic/FilmMagicThe 2022 edition of Grateful Dead spinoff group Dead & Company's Playing in the Sand concert-and-vacation extravaganza gets underway this Friday in Riviera Cancun, Mexico, but o...
Jan 05, 2022
2022 Grammy Awards are officially postponed because of COVID-19
CBS 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.For a second year in a row, the Grammy Awards will not take place on January 31 as originally planned because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ABC News con...
Jan 05, 2022
Valerie Bertinelli shares final moments with ex-husband Eddie Van Halen in new memoir, 'Enough Already'
Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen in 2001; SGranitz/WireImageIn a new memoir being published this month, Valerie Bertinelli opens up about her relationship with her late ex-husband Eddie Van Hale...
Jan 05, 2022
David Byrne among artists featured on upcoming Yoko Ono tribute album, 'Ocean Child,' due in February
Credit: Yoko OnoDavid Byrne is one of the many music artists who have contributed to a new tribute album called Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono that's been compiled by Death Cab for Cutie frontman...
Jan 05, 2022
'The Beatles: Get Back' coming to Blu-ray and DVD in Feb.; rooftop concert coming to IMAX this month
Walt Disney StudiosIf the promise of watching Peter Jackson's acclaimed three-part documentary The Beatles: Get Back wasn't enough to make you sign up for Disney+, it's now coming to home video -...
Jan 05, 2022
David Lee Roth hints that he may play more concerts after canceling Las Vegas residency
Udo Salters /Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesDavid Lee Roth has issued a statement regarding the cancellation of his scheduled Las Vegas residency at the House of Blues, while also alluding to possib...
Jan 05, 2022
Album of B.J. Thomas rarities, 'In Remembrance,' to be released next month
Real Gone MusicA collection of rare tracks recorded by late pop and country singer B.J. Thomas titled In Remembrance: Love Songs & Lost Treasures will be released on February 4. The 18-track colle...
Jan 04, 2022
Watch behind-the-scenes footage of Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson recording for Rush pinball machine
Jim Spellman/WireImage for Rock and Roll Hall of FameThe Rush pinball machine has arrived. Last month, the company Stern Pinball teased that a game dedicated to the Canadian prog legends was in the wo...
Jan 04, 2022
Neal Schon guitars, Elton John's piano among Heritage Auctions biggest sellers in 2021
Courtesy of Heritage AuctionsWith 2021 in the record books, Heritage Auctions has announced that it raked in a record of its own: $1.4 billion in sales from everything from sports memorabilia to comic...
Jan 04, 2022