Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio

Metallica announces surprise Chicago show
ABC/Randy HolmesFollowing last week's surprise San Francisco concert, Metallica has announced another intimate, last-minute show. Tonight, the metal legends will play the 1,100-capacity Metro club in ...
Josh Johnson Sep 20, 2021

Pearl Jam adds ex-RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer to live lineup
Credit: Danny ClinchOver the weekend, Pearl Jam played their first full live show in three years at the Sea.Hear.Now Festival in New Jersey. Not only did it give the grunge icons their first chance to...
Josh Johnson Sep 20, 2021

After vowing never to do so, Eric Clapton plays concert that required proof of vaccination
iStock/shaunlIt seems as though Eric Clapton might have had a change of heart over playing shows that require proof of vaccination to enter. As Rolling Stone notes, on Saturday, Clapton performed at t...
Andrea Dresdale Sep 20, 2021

Metallica's 'Black Album' re-enters top 10 on 'Billboard' 200
Blackened RecordingsNight is once again entering the Billboard 200 top 10, courtesy of Metallica. The metal legends' 1991 self-titled record, aka The Black Album, finds itself at number nine on the ch...
Josh Johnson Sep 20, 2021

Foreigner returning to Las Vegas for 2022 residency dates
Courtesy Live NationIn early 2020, Foreigner played a series of dates at in Las Vegas at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. It was supposed to be the first part of a two-part r...
Andrea Dresdale Sep 20, 2021

Dave Grohl announces live 'The Storyteller' book tour
Dey Street Books/Simon & SchusterDave Grohl has announced a book tour in support of his upcoming memoir, The Storyteller. The live and in-person events will take place September 27 in London,...
Josh Johnson Sep 20, 2021

Eddie Van Halen memorial plaque to be installed outside Pasadena Civic Auditorium
iStock/Angel Di BilioThe efforts of some Van Halen fans to memorialize the late Eddie Van Halen in the band's hometown of Pasadena, CA have succeeded. Julie A. Gutierrez, assistant city manager of Pas...
Andrea Dresdale Sep 20, 2021

Lindsey Buckingham suggests Stevie Nicks had him fired because she's "never been completely over me"
Lauren DukoffLindsey Buckingham is continuing to snipe at Stevie Nicks via the media, even after Nicks issued a rare rebuttal of his version of the events that led to him being fired from Fleetwood Ma...
Andrea Dresdale Sep 20, 2021

New doc focusing on 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour, 2015 Lockn' fest tribute premiering this month
Courtesy of AbramoramaA new documentary focusing on the late Joe Cocker's famous 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour, as well as a star-studded 2015 Lockn' Festival performance led by the Tedeschi Tru...
Matt Friedlander Sep 20, 2021

Still it rides: Ex-Journey singer Steve Perry auctioning his favorite car for charity
Courtesy of the San Francisco GiantsFormer Journey frontman Steve Perry has donated a favorite classic car he owns to an auction to raise money for a charity affiliated with his hometown-area baseball...
Matt Friedlander Sep 17, 2021
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