Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
The Longer Run: Eagles add 12 US dates to their 2022 Hotel California tour
Credit: Ron KochThe Eagles have more than doubled the number of scheduled U.S. concerts for their Hotel California 2022 Tour, adding 12 new shows in a variety of major cities in March, April and May. ...
Jan 06, 2022
Sammy Hagar awarded Medal of Honor and named honorary tourism ambassador in Los Cabos, Mexico
Credit: Leah SteigerSammy Hagar was awarded the title of Honorary Ambassador of Mexico's Los Cabos municipality on Wednesday at a ceremony held in the town of San Jose del Cabo, not far from where the...
Jan 06, 2022
Stories about Tom Petty, Eagles, George Harrison featured in upcoming season of Disgraceland podcast
Courtesy of Double ElvisThe popular Disgraceland podcast, which showcases stories combining music with true crime, has announced that its upcoming ninth season will feature episodes focusing on the la...
Jan 06, 2022
John Mayer has COVID-19, pulls out of Mexico event with Dead & Company
John Mayer with Bob Weir & Mickey Hart of Dead & Company; C Flanigan/Getty ImagesJohn Mayer has been forced to drop out of Playing in the Sand, a three-day destination festival in Mexico's Riv...
Jan 06, 2022
Rod Stewart says a "very, very worthy" Faces reunion album is in the works, and "it's gonna be good"
Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones & Rod Stewart in 2020; Joe Maher/Getty Images for Bauer MediaFounding Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood and drummer Kenney Jones both recently revealed that they and singer Rod...
Jan 06, 2022
David Bowie events and releases lined up this week to celebrate late rock legend's 75th birthday
Courtesy of Epic Rights/The David Bowie ArchiveThis Saturday, January 8, marks what would've been David Bowie's 75th birthday, and to mark the milestone, several special releases and events are planne...
Jan 05, 2022
Billy Joel postponing his January Madison Square Garden show to August
Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesWhile Billy Joel went ahead with his December 20 show at New York City's Madison Square Garden, he's not taking any chances in 2022. The Piano Man has announced that his show s...
Jan 05, 2022
Drummer Bill Kreutzmann sitting out Dead & Company's Playing in the Sand festival due to health issues
FilmMagic/FilmMagicThe 2022 edition of Grateful Dead spinoff group Dead & Company's Playing in the Sand concert-and-vacation extravaganza gets underway this Friday in Riviera Cancun, Mexico, but o...
Jan 05, 2022
2022 Grammy Awards are officially postponed because of COVID-19
CBS 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.For a second year in a row, the Grammy Awards will not take place on January 31 as originally planned because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ABC News con...
Jan 05, 2022
Valerie Bertinelli shares final moments with ex-husband Eddie Van Halen in new memoir, 'Enough Already'
Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen in 2001; SGranitz/WireImageIn a new memoir being published this month, Valerie Bertinelli opens up about her relationship with her late ex-husband Eddie Van Hale...
Jan 05, 2022