Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
Deep Purple releasing first-ever covers album, 'Turning to Crime,' in November
earMUSICA little over a year after the release of their last studio effort, Whoosh!, Deep Purple has announced plans to put out a new album titled Turning to Crime on November 26. The new collection, ...
Oct 06, 2021
Wolfgang Van Halen shares post honoring one-year anniversary of dad Eddie's death
Michele Eve Sandberg/Corbis via Getty ImagesWolfgang Van Halen has shared a post honoring his father, Eddie Van Halen, on the one-year anniversary of the iconic guitarist's death. "You fought so hard ...
Oct 06, 2021
Listen to Bruce Springsteen read from Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' in trailer for new documentary, 'Ants'
Taylor Hill/Getty ImagesA recording of Bruce Springsteen recording a passage from John Steinbeck's classic book The Grapes of Wrath is featured in a new Italian documentary titled Ants, about the plig...
Oct 06, 2021
Eddie Van Halen died one year ago today
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for SoltersToday marks the one-year anniversary of Eddie Van Halen's death. The legendary guitar virtuoso and Van Halen co-founder died October 6, 2020, following a battle wit...
Oct 06, 2021
Judas Priest's Richie Faulkner shares scary details of "aortic aneurysm" that led to emergency heart surgery
Courtesy of Judas PriestJudas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner has shared more about the scary health issue that necessitated emergency heart surgery late last month. In a statement posted to the band...
Oct 06, 2021
REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin turns 70 today
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesHere's wishing a happy 70th birthday to longtime REO Speedwagon frontman Kevin Cronin. Cronin first joined the Illinois-based band in 1972 in time to record their second al...
Oct 06, 2021
New Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators music is "coming soon"
Erika Goldring/FilmMagicNew music from Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators is "coming soon." That's according to a new Facebook video posted by the Guns N' Roses shredder featuring fo...
Oct 05, 2021
Santana announces 2022 Las Vegas residency dates; watch lyric video for band's "Whiter Shade of Pale" cover
Credit: Roberto FinizioCarlos Santana and his famous band have extended their long-running Las Vegas residency at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino well into the spring of 2022....
Oct 05, 2021
Foo Fighters headlining 2022 Innings Festival
Credit: Danny ClinchFoo Fighters are set to headline the 2022 edition of the Innings Festival. The baseball-themed event, which coincides with the beginning of MLB's spring training, takes place Febru...
Oct 05, 2021
Ringo Starr, dozens of other famous drummers come together for cover of classic Beatles song
Courtesy of WhyHungerRingo Starr and dozens of other well-known drummers have teamed up for a new version of the 1969 Beatles classic "Come Together" to raise money to support the WhyHunger charity's ...
Oct 05, 2021