Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Paul McCartney contributes early solo song to new initiative helping homeless people
Kevin Kane/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of FamePaul McCartney has contributed his 1970 acoustic song "Junk" to The Man/Kind Initiative for use in a video promoting the charity's campaign to...
Feb 23, 2022
How Lionel Richie ended up in Foo Fighters' new gory horror comedy
Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for SiriusXMFoo Fighters are branching out into film: The superstar rock band's new horror comedy Studio 666 hits theaters February 25. But in-between the decapitations, elec...
Feb 23, 2022
Report: Elton John's plane forced to make emergency landing Tuesday en route to New York
Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesElton John's private jet was forced to make an emergency landing Tuesday after experiencing technical failure at 10,000 feet, according to various reports. The U.K. tabloid The...
Feb 23, 2022
Ringo Starr, Billy Joel, Paul Stanley and other stars pay tribute to late Procol Harum frontman Gary Brooker
Mark Horton/Getty ImagesA variety of noteworthy musicians from the rock and pop world, including Ringo Starr, Billy Joel and KISS' Paul Stanley, have paid homage to Procol Harum lead singer and pianis...
Feb 23, 2022
Howard Jones releasing new studio album, 'Dialogue,' this year; announces US summer tour with Midge Ure
Rick Diamond/Getty Images for IEBAVeteran U.K. synthpop star Howard Jones is preparing a new studio album titled Dialogue, the third in a trilogy of electronic releases following the 2015 multimedia p...
Feb 22, 2022
Aldo Nova releases new song "Burn Like the Sun" from forthcoming EP, along with companion music video
MRIAldo Nova has released a new single called "Burn Like the Sun" that will appear on his recently announced forthcoming EP, The Life and Times of Eddie Gage, which is due out April 1. The veteran Can...
Feb 22, 2022
Tickets to 'The Neil Diamond Musical: A Beautiful Noise' go on sale next month
Courtesy of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE MUSICAL We now have an on-sale date for tickets for the new musical based on Neil Diamond's life. Tickets for The Neil Diamond Musical: A Beautiful Noise will go on sale ...
Feb 22, 2022
The Black Crowes announce 2022 North American leg of Shake Your Money Maker tour
Courtesy of The Black CrowesAfter it was postponed in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Black Crowes hit the road last year on a major tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their debut alb...
Feb 22, 2022
Procol Harum frontman Gary Brooker, singer and co-writer of "A Whiter Shade of Pale," dead at 76
Gus Stewart/RedfernsGary Brooker, the lead singer, pianist and main songwriter for the veteran British band Procol Harum, died Saturday, February 19, at the age of 76. A post on Procol Harum's website...
Feb 22, 2022
Mick Jagger posts pics of Jamaican vacation; hints things will "get busy" for The Rolling Stones soon
Gary Miller/WireImageThe Rolling Stones haven't announced any official plans for 2022, but in a new post on his social media pages, Mick Jagger hinted that the band might be getting back to work soon,...
Feb 22, 2022