Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
Jackson Browne performing Saturday on virtual benefit concert for Plastic Pollution Coalition
Credit: Nels IsraelsonJackson Browne will be performing during a virtual benefit concert for the Plastic Pollution Coalition that takes place this Saturday at 9 p.m. ET. The event, dubbed the Magnific...
May 21, 2021
Muscle Shoals session drummer Roger Hawkins, one of the legendary "Swampers," dead at 75
Brian Cooke/RedfernsRoger Hawkins, a drummer who played on many memorable records as part of the soulful Muscle Shoals, Alabama, collective of session musicians known as "The Swampers," died Thursday,...
May 21, 2021
Members of The Cars, Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters contribute to new song by Perry Farrell, "Mend"
Last Man MusicCars guitarist Elliot Easton, Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan and Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins have lent their talents to "Mend," a new solo song by Jane's Addiction frontman Per...
May 21, 2021
Massive expanded box set version of rocking 'Almost Famous' soundtrack due out in July
UMeThe soundtrack to Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe's award-winning 2000 film paying homage to his life as a teenage rock journalist for Rolling Stone during the 1970s, will be reissued as a massive exp...
May 21, 2021
Graphic novel focusing on the life of Queen's Freddie Mercury to be released this fall
Z2 ComicsThe first-ever graphic novel to focus specifically on late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury will be published this November. Freddie Mercury: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs will follow Mercury'...
May 21, 2021
Aerosmith's 50th anniversary concert at Boston's Fenway Park now postponed until 2022
Credit: Zack WhitfordIn January 2020, Aerosmith announced plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a special concert at Boston's Fenway Park in September of that year, but the show was pushed back...
May 21, 2021
Alanis Morissette officially releases song performed at tribute concert for Linkin Park's Chester Bennington
Epiphany MusicAlanis Morissette has officially released her song "Rest," which she first debuted live during the October 2017 tribute concert to Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington. The "You Ought...
May 20, 2021
Stone Temple Pilots release early version of "Trippin' on a Hole" from upcoming 'Tiny Music...' reissue
Credit: John EderStone Temple Pilots have released an early version of their hit "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart," featured on the upcoming 25th anniversary reissue of STP's 1996 album Tiny Music...
May 20, 2021
David Crosby unveils full details of new solo album, 'For Free'; listen to first single, "River Rise"
Cover: Joan Baez/BMGDavid Crosby has shared complete details about his latest studio album, For Free, which will be released on July 23, less than a month before his 80th birthday. The 10-track collec...
May 20, 2021
Metallica to bring back streaming concert series for Month of Giving charity initiative
Credit: Ross HalfinTurn up your computer speakers: #MetallicaMondays has returned. The metal legends have announced that they're bringing back their archival streaming concert series for a one-night-o...
May 20, 2021