Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Jackson Browne, Cyndi Lauper to perform during virtual concert event benefiting Native American scholarship
Courtesy of Mandolin/VVS Native American ScholarshipJackson Browne will headline the 2021 edition of the Dream Concert, a virtual charity event that will stream live on October 9 at 6 p.m. PT via Mand...
Oct 04, 2021
The Doors' Robby Krieger lines up series of virtual events to promote upcoming book, 'Set the Night on Fire'
Little, Brown and CompanyThe Doors' Robby Krieger will publish a new memoir titled Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar with The Doors on October 12. To promote the book, the 75-ye...
Oct 04, 2021
Roger Daltrey says The Who will resume touring this spring; new Teen Cancer America podcast debuts Tuesday
Credit: Fabrice DemessenceWho frontman Roger Daltrey will kick off a U.K. solo trek next month, but the singer's famous band hasn't announced when it will return to the road after canceling its tourin...
Oct 04, 2021
Watch Wolfgang Van Halen join Guns N' Roses live for "Paradise City"
Credit: Travis ShinnA special guest moved into "Paradise City" for a Guns N' Roses concert in Hollywood, Florida, Saturday night. Wolfgang Van Halen joined Axl Rose and company on stage for a joint pe...
Oct 04, 2021
Queen's Roger Taylor says he hopes new solo album, 'Outsider,' "imparts a little joy" to people
UMeQueen drummer Roger Taylor's first new solo album in eight years, Outsider, was released Friday. The 12-collection features an eclectic variety of reflective songs, most of which Taylor recorded du...
Oct 04, 2021
David Lee Roth announces he's retiring after his forthcoming Las Vegas residency
Udo Salters/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesDavid Lee Roth is retiring. The Van Halen frontman dropped the bombshell news during a phone interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal published Friday. ...
Oct 02, 2021
David Lee Roth releases new solo single & video, "Lo-Rez Sunset"; lines up New Year's Las Vegas residency
Jeff Kravitz/MTV VMAs 2021/Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBSDavid Lee Roth has released his recent solo song, "Lo-Rez Sunset," as a digital single, and also has debuted an animated music video for the qu...
Oct 01, 2021
Neil Young releases 'Carnegie Hall 1970' album, first installment of his 'Official Bootleg Series'
Shakey Pictures Records/Reprise RecordsToday, Neil Young released his latest archival live album, Carnegie Hall 1970, which marks the launch of his new The Neil Young Official Bootleg Series. The albu...
Oct 01, 2021
Every little thing he's done is magic: Sting turns 70 on Saturday
John Parra/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, Sting celebrates his 70th birthday. The man born Gordon Sumner is truly one of rock's renaissance men, and not just because he literally recorded an entire album of...
Oct 01, 2021
KISS debuts new acoustic mix of "Beth" from forthcoming 45th anniversary 'Destroyer' reissue
UMeIn advance of the upcoming 45th anniversary reissue of KISS' classic 1976 album, Destroyer, the rock legends have made available a new acoustic mix of their hit ballad, "Beth" -- one of the previou...
Oct 01, 2021