Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
Journey members discuss band's plans as new lineup prepares for its first shows this week in Chicago
Courtesy of JourneyJourney returns to the concert stage this week for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with two shows in Chicago -- one tonight at the Aragon Ballroom an...
Jul 29, 2021
Box set featuring Mark Knopfler's first five studio albums + B-sides compilation due in December
RhinoThis year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler's debut solo album, Golden Heart. To commemorate the milestone, an expansive box set featuring new...
Jul 28, 2021
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts set to launch 2021 tour featuring shows with Cheap Trick, Lynyrd Skynyrd & more
Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live NationJoan Jett loves rock 'n' roll, and the rock legend will get back to doing what she loves with her band, The Blackhearts, when they kick off a series of 2021 concer...
Jul 28, 2021
New Jersey names highway rest stops after Jon Bon Jovi and other home-state stars
Karwai Tang/WireImageSure, getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is nice, but now New Jersey's own Jon Bon Jovi is getting a real honor: a rest stop named after him on the Garden Stat...
Jul 28, 2021
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill dead at age 72
Phillip Massey/Getty ImagesDusty Hill, the long-bearded, longtime bassist for beloved Texas blues-rock trio ZZ Top, has died at age 72. ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard announced ...
Jul 28, 2021
Second annual Daze Between Jerry Garcia celebration scheduled to run through August 10
Courtesy of Rex Foundation and The Jerry Garcia FamilyA second annual edition of Daze Between, a series of events celebrating the life and legacy of Jerry Garcia that's scheduled on and around the lat...
Jul 28, 2021
Olivia Vedder teams up with dad for debut song, "My Father's Daughter"
Seattle Surf & Republic Records Olivia Vedder is following in her father's footsteps. The teenage daughter of Eddie Vedder is making her musical debut with the song "My Father's Daughter," which w...
Jul 28, 2021
"'Bella Donna' was a dream": Stevie Nicks celebrates 40th anniversary of her first solo album
Modern/ATCOTuesday marked 40 years since the release of Stevie Nicks' solo debut album, 1981's Bella Donna. Now the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has released an essay explaining how important the album...
Jul 28, 2021
Now we know why Sting was hanging with Selena Gomez, Steve Martin & Martin Short in January
Craig Blankenhorn/HuluBack in January, Steve Martin posted a photo of himself with Martin Short and Selena Gomez -- his co-stars in the upcoming Hulu series Only Murders in the Building -- and Sting w...
Jul 28, 2021
Los Angeles opening of Pink Floyd's "Their Mortal Remains" exhibit delayed until September
Courtesy of S2BN EntertainmentPink Floyd's "Their Mortal Remains" exhibition, which debuted in London in 2017, originally was scheduled to make its U.S. debut on Tuesday, August 3, at Los Angeles' new...
Jul 28, 2021