Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
New vinyl Billy Joel box set focusing on the Piano Man's 1970s releases due out in November
Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings A vinyl box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of Billy Joel's career and focusing mainly on his 1970s albums is due out on November 5, the same day Joel will play...
Aug 26, 2021
Deluxe reissues of The Beatles' 1970 Let It Be album due out in October
Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMeThe Beatles' final studio album, Let It Be, will be reissued on October 15 in multiple configurations in advance of the highly anticipated The Beatles: Get Back documentary...
Aug 26, 2021
Roky Erickson tribute, featuring ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, now available on CD; Gibbons talks Erickson fandom
Roger Kisby; Light in the Attic RecordsZZ Top's Billy Gibbons contributed the lead track to the album May the Circle Remain Unbroken: A Tribute to Roky Erickson, which was released as a limited-editio...
Aug 26, 2021
New Grateful Dead concert-film series premieres at The Coda Collection
Courtesy of The Coda CollectionThe Grateful Dead and the Rhino label have partnered with Amazon Prime's music-themed streaming The Coda Collection to launch a series of archival concert films. Three p...
Aug 25, 2021
Joni Mitchell named 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year honoree
Kevin Mazur/VF20/WireImageJoni Mitchell will be honored as the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year at the charity's 31st annual Person of the Year benefit gala, which will take place at the Los Angeles ...
Aug 25, 2021
Gene Simmons "sorry and ashamed" he hurt David Lee Roth's feelings, blames "diarrhea of the mouth"
ABC Audio; BG017/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesGene Simmons has apologized to David Lee Roth after making some insulting comments about founding Van Halen frontman during a recent Rolling Stone interview whi...
Aug 25, 2021
Report: Dave Grohl featured on Halsey's upcoming Nine Inch Nails-produced album
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for FFApparently, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross aren't the only rockers contributing to Halsey's new album. The "Without Me" star's upcoming record, If I Can't Have Love, I Wa...
Aug 25, 2021
Vanilla Fudge to release cover of Supremes hit "Stop! In the Name of Love" next month; lines up US shows
Golden Robot RecordsVanilla Fudge had their biggest hit in 1967 with a psychedelic cover of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On," and now the veteran rockers are set to release a rendition o...
Aug 25, 2021
'Nevermind' cover baby Spencer Elden sues Nirvana for child pornography
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicSpencer Elden, who was photographed as a baby for the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind, is suing the band for child pornography. The suit, which was obtained and posted by Pitchfork,...
Aug 25, 2021
Rolling Stones members post tributes to late drummer Charlie Watts
Neil Lupin/Redferns via Getty ImagesFollowing the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts on Tuesday, the group's three surviving current members -- singer Mick Jagger and guitarists Keith Richa...
Aug 25, 2021