Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
For those about to drink: New AC/DC beer coming later this month
Brill/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesIf you feel the need to Power Up with alcohol, AC/DC's got you covered. The band has teamed with the high-end collectible company KnuckleBonz and the CaliCraft Brew...
Jul 15, 2021
Nile Rodgers discusses his pop-disco legacy with CHIC
Courtesy of Nile RodgersNile Rodgers enjoyed reuniting with his legendary band CHIC for their first performance in over a year during last month's Juneteenth Unityfest. The guitari...
Jul 15, 2021
Jeff LaBar, Cinderella guitarist, dies at 58
Scott Legato/Getty ImagesJeff LaBar, lead guitarist for the hair-metal band Cinderella, has died. He was 58. His son, Sebastian, confirmed his father's death on Instagram and share...
Jul 15, 2021
Carlos Santana shares new details about band's upcoming album, 'Blessings and Miracles,' due out this fall
Credit: Roberto FinizioA few months ago, Carlos Santana told ABC Audio that his band will be releasing a new album later this year titled Blessings and Miracles, and in a new interview with the networ...
Jul 15, 2021
Queen's 'Greatest Hits' among the top-10 albums in sales on multiple charts for the first half of 2021
Hollywood RecordsQueen's Greatest Hits may have been released 1981, but the 40-year-old compilation was still among the best-selling albums in the U.S. for the first half of 2021. According to music-s...
Jul 14, 2021
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe among artists contributing to The Velvet Underground & Nico tribute album
Verve RecordsR.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has contributed a track to a compilation paying tribute to The Velvet Underground and Nico's legendary 1967 self-titled debut album. The record, titled ...
Jul 14, 2021
CCR drummer Cosmo Clifford releasing archival 1986 collaborative album recorded with late Greg Kihn bassist
CliffSongs RecordsEx-Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford has debuted the title track from an upcoming album of previously unreleased archival recordings called For All the Money...
Jul 14, 2021
The Police's Andy Summers releasing "beautiful" new instrumental album, 'Harmonics of the Night,' this fall
Credit: Mo SummersAndy Summers recently announced that he'll be publishing his first book of short stories, Fretted and Moaning, in August. The Police guitarist has now revea...
Jul 14, 2021
2007 Who documentary 'Amazing Journey' gets streaming premiere on Amazon Prime's Coda Collection service
The Coda CollectionAmazing Journey: The Story of The Who, a 2007 documentary that takes a career-spanning look at the legendary British band, is available to stream for the first time via Amazon Prime...
Jul 13, 2021
Listen to Carlos Santana's new collaborative tune with Diane Warren and G-Eazy, "She's Fire"
Di-Namic Records/BMGCarlos Santana has lent his guitar talents to "She's Fire," a track from acclaimed songwriter Diane Warren's forthcoming debut studio album, Diane Warren: The Cave Sessions Vol. 1....
Jul 13, 2021