Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
The Black Crowes to headline the 2023 Pilgrimage Festival
Courtesy of the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural FestivalThe lineup for the 2023 Pilgrimage Festival is here, with The Black Crowes headlining opening night. The festival, now in its nin...
Mar 08, 2023
On This Day – March 8, 2016: The “fifth Beatle,” Sir George Martin, dies at age 90
On This Day, March 8, 2016... Legendary music producer Sir George Martin, often referred to as the so-called “fifth Beatle,” passed away at age 90. With a career that ...
Mar 08, 2023
Jamie Lee Curtis wants Bruce Springsteen, U2 and more to play matinee concerts
Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesYou don’t often associate rock 'n' roll with daylight, but that’s exactly when actress Jamie Lee Curtis wishes more rockers would hit th...
Mar 08, 2023
New 'The Midnight Special' YouTube channel features classic performances from David Bowie, Elton John & more
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)Some classic rock and roll performances from the '70s and '80s have just become available on YouTube for the first time in nearly 50 years. A new YouTube channe...
Mar 08, 2023
The Zombies’ Colin Blunstone looking forward to another “exciting” South By Southwest
Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesSouth By Southwest kicks off Friday and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Zombies will be there for several shows, which frontman Colin Blunstone i...
Mar 08, 2023
Tears For Fears celebrating 40th anniversary of debut album, 'The Hurting'
Mercury RecordsTears For Fears is celebrating the 40th anniversary of their debut album, The Hurting, with a brand new reissue. The band will reissue the 1983 album as an Abbey Road hal...
Mar 07, 2023
U2’s Adam Clayton teams up with Fender for signature bass amp
Chris McKay/Getty ImagesU2's Adam Clayton is helping his fellow bassists out there. The rocker has teamed up with Fender for their first-ever all-tube bass combo amp in 40 years, d...
Mar 07, 2023
Van Morrison releases “Freight Train” from new album, 'Moving on Skiffle'
Exile Productions Ltd.Van Morrison is giving fans one more taste of his new record, Moving on Skiffle, before it's finally released on Friday. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer jus...
Mar 07, 2023
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music reveals inaugural American Music Honors
Rick Kern/Getty ImagesE Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt, Sam & Dave's Sam Moore, Darlene Love and Steve Earle have been chosen as the honorees fo...
Mar 07, 2023
Rod Stewart offers to pay for young fan's medical treatment in America
Ian West/PA Images via Getty ImagesSir Rod Stewart is paying for a British fan to receive life-changing medical treatment in America. Sunday Express reports Rod met a 20-year-old fan na...
Mar 07, 2023