Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Styx announces brief joint US tour with Collective Soul in June
Credit: Rick DiamondThe members of Styx had too much time on their hands during the past year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the band now has announced plans to get back on the road in June wit...
Apr 20, 2021
Meat Loaf & Bonnie Tyler songwriter Jim Steinman dead at age 73
Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf in 2012; Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall of FameJim Steinman, the songwriter and producer best known for his work with Meat Loaf, has died. He was 73. Variet...
Apr 20, 2021
Happy 70th Birthday Luther Vandross, from Google!
Paul Natkin/Getty ImagesGoogle is paying tribute to R&B legend Luther Vandross on what would have been his 70th birthday. On Tuesday, Google's homepage featured a video Doodle of an animated Vandross ...
Apr 20, 2021
Paul McCartney, Sting among many music stars supporting change to UK streaming laws
Mary McCartneyOver 150 musicians, including some of the U.K.'s biggest rock stars, have signed a petition sent to the country's prime minister, Boris Johnson, calling on the government to reform the w...
Apr 20, 2021
Heart's Ann Wilson says she's "really glad" about her sister and band mate Nancy's upcoming solo album
Criss Cain; Jeremy DangerHeart's Ann and Nancy Wilson have been working on separate solo projects recently, with Ann releasing a series of new singles over the last half year, and Nancy preparing to p...
Apr 20, 2021
Lionel Richie releases deluxe 25th anniversary digital reissue of his 1996 album, 'Louder than Words'
UMeAn expanded digital reissue of Lionel Richie's 1996 studio album Louder than Words has just been released in honor of the record's 25th anniversary. Originally released on April 16, 1996, Louder th...
Apr 19, 2021
Listen to ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons' new spoken-word solo tune, "Desert High"
Credit: Blain ClausenBilly Gibbons has released a second advance track from his forthcoming third solo album, Hardware. It's a brooding, atmospheric story song called "Desert High" that features a spo...
Apr 19, 2021
Cher says she's "going to have to" guest star on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' "at some point"
Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesIt may be hard to believe, but Cher has yet to make an appearance on RuPaul's Drag Race. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, the singer s...
Apr 19, 2021
Cheap Trick's new album, 'In Another World,' bows at #1 on 'Billboard' Top Rock Albums chart
BMGCheap Trick's latest studio effort, In Another World, has become the band's first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart. In celebration of the milestone, the band posted a m...
Apr 19, 2021
Founding Kingsmen guitarist Mike Mitchell, who played on "Louie Louie," dead at 77
L-R: Norm Sundholm, Lynn Easton, Dick Peterson, Mike Mitchell and Barry Curtis of The Kingsmen in 1964; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesGuitarist Mike Mitchell, a founding member of the Portland, Or...
Apr 19, 2021