Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
Guns N' Roses, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit headlining 2026 Download Festival
Slash and Axl Rose of Guns and Roses perform, during a show as part of the 'Hell & Heaven 2023' at Foro Pegaso on November 5, 2023 in Toluca, Mexico. (Luis Gutierrez/Norte Photo/Getty Images)Guns ...
Nov 03, 2025
Former Grateful Dead vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay dead at 78
Donna Jean Godchaux performs during the "Move Me Brightly" 70th Birthday Tribute for Jerry Garcia at TRI Studios on August 3, 2012 in San Rafael, California. (C Flanigan/WireImage)Former Grateful Dead...
Nov 03, 2025
Paul Rodgers to skip Rock Hall induction ceremony: 'I have to prioritize my health'
Paul Rodgers performs onstage during the 2023 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 02, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for CMT)Paul Rodgers will no longer be attending Bad ...
Nov 03, 2025
Paul McCartney looks back on death rumors in new 'Wings' book
'Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run' book cover. (Liveright, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company)Paul McCartney looks back at the infamous rumors that he'd died in the 1960s in his upcoming new...
Nov 03, 2025
Sting announces 2026 Sting 3.0 dates
Sting on 'Live with Kelly and Mark.' (Disney/LORENZO BEVILAQUA)Sting has announced a 2026 leg of his Sting 3.0 tour. The newly added dates run from May 9 in Durant, Oklahoma, to May 25 in Richmon...
Nov 03, 2025
Wherever they may trespass: Metallica fans arrested for climbing Australian stadium tower
Metallica on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes)Exit light, enter ... trespassers?Two attendees of Metallica's show at Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia, on Saturday were arrested after alleg...
Nov 03, 2025
On This Day, Nov. 3, 1991: Grateful Dead, Santana played free concert in honor of concert promoter Bill Graham
On This Day, Nov. 3, 1991 ...The Grateful Dead, Santana and a reunited Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were among the artists who performed at Laughter, Love and Music, a free concert at San Fra...
Nov 03, 2025
AC/DC announces 2026 US Power Up tour dates
Brian Johnson and Angus Young from AC/DC performs on stage at the Bjerke Travbane on August 05, 2025 in Oslo, Norway. (Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)AC/DC is powering up for a return stateside.The "Back in B...
Nov 03, 2025
Foo Fighters announce surprise Bakersfield concert following Korn cosplay
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes)Foo Fighters turned some Korn cosplay into a surprise show announcement.On Saturday, Dave Grohl posted a photo of him wearing a Kor...
Nov 03, 2025
RRHOF 2025: Spotlight on Warren Zevon
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Warren Zevon (Courtesy of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)After 30 years of eligibility, and one previous nomination, the late Warren Zevon is set to be inducte...
Nov 03, 2025