Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Rob Thomas to sing on 'Christmas in Rockefeller Center' special next week
Courtesy of NBCRob Thomas is among the artists who'll help ring in the holidays this year on NBC's annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center special. One of the Matchbox Twenty frontman's Rockefeller Cen...
Nov 22, 2021
Ritchie Blackmore's band Blackmore's Night releases expanded version of 2006 'Winter Carols' album
earMUSICJust in time for the holidays, Blackmore's Night, the renaissance folk-rock band led by former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and his wife, singer Candice Night, has released an expan...
Nov 22, 2021
U2's The Edge shares new music update: "We are firmly locked in the tower of song"
Credit: Kurt IswarienkoEarlier this month, U2 returned with a new tune called "Your Song Saved My Life." As guitarist The Edge tells Rolling Stone, there's more where that came from. "We are firmly lo...
Nov 22, 2021
Whitesnake bassist Michael Devin leaves band; replacement to be announced soon
Rick Kern/WireImageWhitesnake has parted ways with bassist Michael Devin, who's been a member of the band since 2010. The David Coverdale-fronted rock group announced the news Sunday in a post on the ...
Nov 22, 2021
Guitars owned by Eric Clapton, The Edge, David Gilmour fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars at NYC auction
Courtesy of Julien's AuctionsAn acoustic guitar once owned and played on stage by Eric Clapton was the priciest collectible sold at a memorabilia sale hosted by Julien's Auctions that took place Novem...
Nov 22, 2021
Dino, Desi and Billy member and longtime Beach Boys collaborator Billy Hinsche dead at 70
Bobby Bank/WireImageBilly Hinsche, one-third of the 1960s boy band Dino, Desi and Billy and a longtime member of The Beach Boys' touring band, died Saturday at the age of 70. Hinsche's passing was ann...
Nov 21, 2021
The silver-and-black rocker! Sammy Hagar to perform at Las Vegas Raiders' home game this afternoon
Credit: Leah SteigerSammy Hagar is famously known as the Red Rocker, but he may be donning silver and black this afternoon, when he'll be performing during the halftime show at the Las Vegas Raiders' ...
Nov 21, 2021
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's 'Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts' film and album released today
Sony Music Entertainment/Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentThe Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, an archival film and album focusing on the performances that Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band gave...
Nov 19, 2021
Livestream performance by ex-Blue Öyster Cult members Albert and Joe Bouchard premieres Saturday
Courtesy of Deko EntertainmentFormer Blue Öyster Cult members Albert Bouchard and Joe Bouchard have teamed up for a special livestream event that's scheduled to premiere this Saturday, November 2...
Nov 19, 2021
Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice releasing box set focusing on his star-studded 'Guitar Zeus' project
Deko EntertainmentLegendary drummer Carmine Appice, best known for his work with Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Rod Stewart, is releasing a box set gathering together many recordings by his star-studded Gu...
Nov 19, 2021