Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
KISS to perform at the Tribeca Film Festival after premiere screening of band's new documentary
Credit: Keith LerouxThe recently announced two-part KISS documentary Biography: KISStory that's set to get its TV debut on A&E on June 27 and 28 will get a world premiere screening at the Tribeca ...
Apr 29, 2021
Ozzy Osbourne has 15 tracks done for next solo album: "It's kept me alive"
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for ABAOzzy Osbourne has shared an update on the progress of his next solo album, the follow-up to 2020's Ordinary Man. Speaking to Metal Hammer, the Prince of Darkness re...
Apr 29, 2021
Genesis set to tour North America for the first time in 14 years this fall
Credit: Patrick Balls and Martin GriffinEarlier this year, Genesis announced that their postponed The Last Domino? tour finally would kick off in Ireland and the band's U.K. homeland this September.&n...
Apr 29, 2021
Van Halen's fourth album, 'Fair Warning,' was released 40 years ago today
Rhino/Warner RecordsToday marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Van Halen's fourth studio album, Fair Warning. Released in the U.S. on April 29, 1981, The nine-track collection found the band's...
Apr 29, 2021
Roger Daltrey says he'd "love to have a go" at writing a new Who album with Pete Townshend
Rick Guest/Interscope RecordsPerhaps there will be a new Who album after all. In a new interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, frontman Roger Daltrey said, "I'd like to see if [Pete Townshend and I] c...
Apr 29, 2021
Pete Townshend, Bruce Springsteen among stars taking part in online celebration of music author Dave Marsh
Ollie Millington/Redferns; Danny ClinchPete Townshend, Bruce Springsteen and Jackson Browne are among a variety of well-known music artists taking part in a series of online sessions focusing on the w...
Apr 28, 2021
Watch Lars Ulrich, The Edge, Brian Johnson & more in new clip from Dave Grohl's 'What Drives Us' doc
The Coda CollectionA new clip from What Drives Us, the upcoming documentary directed by Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, has premiered via RollingStone.com. The snippet includes artists such as Metallica's L...
Apr 28, 2021
Asia celebrating 40th anniversary with box set featuring band's 2000s reunion albums
BMG RecordsBritish prog-rock supergroup Asia formed 40 years ago, and to commemorate the milestone, a box set gathering the work that the band did when its original lineup reunited during the 2000s wi...
Apr 28, 2021
Al Schmitt, who won more Grammys than any other studio engineer, dead at 91
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesLauded and prolific studio engineer Al Schmitt, who worked on more than 150 RIAA gold- or platinum-certified albums, died Monday, April 26, at age 91, Grammy.com reports. "...
Apr 28, 2021
Images from Kurt Cobain's final photo-shoot to be sold as NFT
Jeff Kravitz/Getty ImagesNFTs are going grunge. Images from Kurt Cobain's last-ever photo-shoot are being auctioned off a non-fungible token, which is essentially a unique digital collectible. The col...
Apr 28, 2021