Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Special screenings of The Doors' 'Live at the Bowl '68' film, with bonus features, scheduled for November
Courtesy of Mercury Studios/Trafalger ReleasingAn updated version of the Doors concert film Live at the Bowl '68, along with bonus content, will be screened in select theaters on November 4 to celebra...
Sep 14, 2021
Jon Bon Jovi to be honored at NYC's Salute to Freedom Gala in November
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for LOVE ROCKS NYC/God's Love We DeliverNew York City's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum will honor Jon Bon Jovi this November 10 at its 2021 Salute to Freedom gala. Jo...
Sep 14, 2021
Report: Rolling Stones members weren't able to attend Charlie Watts' funeral due to COVID-19 restrictions
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty ImagesRolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts was laid to rest last week but, according to U.K. newspaper The Sun, his band mates Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie ...
Sep 14, 2021
Watch David Lee Roth pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen, reveal plans to return to Las Vegas for New Year's
Jeff Kravitz/MTV VMAs 2021/Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBSDavid Lee Roth helped bring the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards to a close on Sunday when he hit the stage to present the Video of the Year honor. ...
Sep 14, 2021
'David Byrne's American Utopia' special, Bee Gees doc win awards at 2021 Creative Arts Emmys
David Lee/HBODavid Byrne's American Utopia, the Spike Lee-directed TV special presenting former Talking Heads singer David Byrne's critically acclaimed Broadway show of the same name, won two awards S...
Sep 13, 2021
Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and the Pips and more featured on soundtrack to 'Mr. Soul!' documentary
Hillman Grad Records/Def Jam RecordingsSongs by Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Kool & the Gang, Donny Hathaway, Delfonics and other soul and R&B artists are featured on the recentl...
Sep 13, 2021
Alanis Morissette describes alleged statutory sexual assault in new documentary, 'Jagged'
Rob Ball/WireImageA new documentary called Jagged, focusing on Alanis Morissette's life and career, includes revelations that the Grammy-winning star says that multiple men had sex with her when she w...
Sep 13, 2021
Sammy Hagar to play free Las Vegas concert next week to celebrate his new line of canned cocktails
Credit: Zan PassanteSammy Hagar is launching a new alcoholic beverage venture called Sammy's Beach Bar Cocktail Co. featuring sparkling rum cocktails in a can, and he'll celebrate the new drink line w...
Sep 13, 2021
Mamma Mia! ABBA score first UK top-10 single almost 40 years
Credit: Baillie WalshABBA's long-awaited return has British fans saying "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" to their new music. "Don't Shut Me Down," one of two new songs the Swedish superstars released earlier th...
Sep 13, 2021
The Byrds' Chris Hillman to release audiobook version of his 2020 memoir, 'Time Between,' in October
Random House AudioLast November, founding Byrds bassist Chris Hillman published an autobiography called Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother and Beyond, and now an audiobook version is set...
Sep 13, 2021