Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
Hear a remix of Billy Joel's "My Life" in new trailer for Apple+ TV series 'The Shrink Next Door'
Courtesy of Apple TV+Back in 1980, a cover version of Billy Joel's "My Life" was the theme song to the sitcom Bosom Buddies, otherwise known as the show that gave Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari their big...
Jun 18, 2021
Foo Fighters mourn loss of longtime stage manager Andy Pollard
ABCFoo Fighters have shared a statement mourning the death of Andy Pollard, the band's stage manager for 12 years. "We are shocked and devastated by this loss," the Foos write of Pollard, who passed a...
Jun 18, 2021
Foreigner kicking off major US tour next week
Credit: Krishta AbruzziniForeigner fans have been waiting for a tour like this to come into their lives! The veteran rockers' first trek since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 will feature o...
Jun 18, 2021
Def Leppard's Phil Collen to perform with Chaka Khan on Black Girls Rock! virtual benefit event today
Gonzales Photo/Terje Dokken/PYMCA-Avalon/Universal Images Group via Getty Images; ABC/Eric McCandlessDef Leppard guitarist Phil Collen will be performing with funk/R&B legend Chaka Khan at the 15t...
Jun 18, 2021
Foo Fighters played SoCal comeback gig for free
ABCFoo Fighters played their first full, in-person concert since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic at The Canyon in Agoura Hills, California, earlier this week. And, apparently, they did it for free....
Jun 18, 2021
Megadeth will rerecord David Ellefson's bass parts on new album
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesYou won't be hearing David Ellefson on the next Megadeth album. Frontman Dave Mustaine confirms the bassist's parts on the upcoming studio effort, which he'd recorded prior...
Jun 18, 2021
Watch Graham Nash's new "Dirty Little Secret" short film, depicting 1921 Tulsa massacre
Credit: Amy GranthamThe recently announced new animated short film set to Graham Nash's 2002 tune "Dirty Little Secret," a song about the 1921 Tulsa race riots and massacre, officially premiered this ...
Jun 18, 2021
Styx's new album, 'Crash of the Crown,' finds band looking at the bright side of life in the face of darkness
Alpha Dog 2T/UMeStyx's 17th studio album, Crash of the Crown, hits stores today. A follow-up to the band's 2017 concept album, The Mission, Crash of the Crown is a 15-song collection that finds the ve...
Jun 18, 2021
Foghat releasing new concert album and DVD, '8 Days on the Road,' in celebration of band's 50th anniversary
Foghat RecordsVeteran rockers Foghat will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a new concert album and video called 8 Days on the Road that will be released July 16 as a two-CD/DVD package and digita...
Jun 17, 2021
Genesis adds first-ever show in Raleigh, NC, to North American leg of The Last Domino? tour
Credit: Will IrelandGenesis has just announced plans to play its first-ever concert in Raleigh, North Carolina, as part of the upcoming North American leg of the band's The Last Domino? tour. The show...
Jun 17, 2021