Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Unheard archival Queen song featuring Freddie Mercury to be released Thursday
Neal Preston © Queen Productions Ltd.This past June, Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor revealed that a previously unheard archival track by the band featuring late frontman Freddie Mercury had b...
Oct 11, 2022
Cyndi Lauper unveils her Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights fund
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicCyndi Lauper, one of the many singers to express shock and outrage over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, has launched the Girls Just Want to Have Fundam...
Oct 11, 2022
Ringo Starr confirms All Starr Band tour will resume on Tuesday night
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesRingo Starr recently canceled five shows with his All Starr Band after he tested positive for COVID-19, but the former Beatles drummer has announced that he and his group are ...
Oct 11, 2022
In new poem-turned-song "Get It Back," Stevie Nicks urges fans to vote: "I am worried about every one of you"
Erika Goldring/WireImageStevie Nicks seems to be in a very creative mood lately. First she released her cover of "For What It's Worth," then she joined pal Dave Stewart of Eurythmics to sing a song ca...
Oct 11, 2022
Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle says all-star Skynyrd tribute album is in the works
Bobby Bank/Getty ImagesThis month marks the 45th anniversary of the 1977 plane crash that killed Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant and two other band members. The group's former drummer, Artimus P...
Oct 11, 2022
50th anniversary reissue of Cat Stevens' 'Catch Bull at Four' due in December
A&M Records/UMeA remastered version of Cat Stevens' sixth studio album, 1972's Catch Bull at Four, will be released on December 2 in multiple formats in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The al...
Oct 10, 2022
Eddie Van Halen and Chris Cornell were set to collaborate on song that "never ended up getting finished"
Daniel Knighton/Getty Images; Paul R. Giunta/Getty ImagesWhat happens when you combine the guitar of Eddie Van Halen and the vocals of Chris Cornell? Unfortunately, we may never know, but such a song ...
Oct 10, 2022
Foreigner lines up new Las Vegas residency in spring 2023
Courtesy of Live NationForeigner has unveiled plans to return to Las Vegas in the spring of 2023 for a new residency at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort. The eight-date engagement, dubb...
Oct 10, 2022
U2's Bono performed, discussed new memoir at New York City festival Friday
Penguin Random HouseU2 frontman Bono took part in a Q&A event focusing on his forthcoming memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, on Friday in New York City as part of the 2022 edition of The New ...
Oct 10, 2022
Julian Lennon discusses journey to create his new album, 'Jude'
BMGLast month, Julian Lennon released his first new studio album in 11 years, an 11-track collection titled Jude. Julian, the older of late Beatle John Lennon's two sons, tells ABC Audio that Jude is ...
Oct 10, 2022