Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
U2's Bono & The Edge post acoustic performance of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" with new closing verse
Charles McQuillan/Getty ImagesOn Sunday, January 30, U2 frontman Bono and guitarist The Edge posted a video of them delivering a new acoustic performance of their band's classic 1983 song "Sunday Bloo...
Jan 31, 2022
Joni Mitchell removing music from Spotify "in solidarity with Neil Young"; Young responds to detractors
Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in 2012; Lester Cohen/WireImageJoni Mitchell has joined her old friend and fellow Canadian artist Neil Young in removing her music from Spotify because the streaming servi...
Jan 30, 2022
Bono clarifies comment about not liking his own voice, talks Oscars: "We want to win!"
Mark Metcalfe/Getty ImagesLast week, U2's Bono made headlines by saying on a podcast that he feels "embarrassed" and "cringe" at the sound of his voice on the radio. But now he's clarified that ...
Jan 28, 2022
Hear a clip of Jimi Hendrix's final performance, from new documentary 'Ronnie's'
Courtesy of Greenwich EntertainmentTwo days before his death -- September 16, 1970 -- Jimi Hendrix showed up unannounced at famed London jazz club Ronnie Scott's and got onstage with Eric Burdon and W...
Jan 28, 2022
'The Beatles and India' documentary to stream on BritBox starting February 15
The Beatles & friends with the Maharishi in India, 1968; Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesThe Beatles and India, a documentary which examines how Indian music and culture shaped the band's music, will s...
Jan 28, 2022
INXS guitarist Tim Farriss loses lawsuit over 2015 boating accident in which he severed a finger
Ian Hitchcock/Getty ImagesFounding INXS guitarist Tim Farriss has lost a lawsuit he brought against the owners and operators of a boat he chartered in January 2015 on which he severed a finger on his ...
Jan 28, 2022
Report: Biopic about The Who's Keith Moon, 'The Real Me,' expected to start shooting this summer
Michael Putland/Getty ImagesThere have been a number of attempts to produce a biopic about Keith Moon over the last couple of decades, but it seems that an official film about the late Who drummer fin...
Jan 28, 2022
Mike Campbell and solo group The Dirty Knobs to release second album, 'External Combustion,' in March
Artwork: Miles Wintner/BMGThe Dirty Knobs, the band fronted by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell, will release their second studio album, External Combustion, on March 4. The a...
Jan 28, 2022
Cher will help celebrate "true icon" Betty White on NBC special airing Monday
NBCUniversalWhen Betty White died on December 31, just weeks shy of her 100th birthday, Cher was one of the celebrities who took to social media to mourn her loss. Now she'll be joining many other sta...
Jan 28, 2022
Ian Anderson says Jethro Tull's 'The Zealot Gene' is a collection of songs based on "extreme human emotions"
InsideOut MusicJethro Tull's latest album, The Zealot Gene, the veteran prog-rock band's first new studio effort in over 18 years, was released today. Frontman Ian Anderson tells ABC Audio that he con...
Jan 28, 2022