Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio

Rolling Stones video, Bon Jovi online contest among nominees for 25th annual Webby Awards
Courtesy of The Webby AwardsA Rolling Stones music video and a Bon Jovi promotion offering fans the chance to sing one of the band's new songs are among this year's nominees for the 25th annual Webby ...
Matt Friedlander and Andrea Tuccillo Apr 21, 2021

Limited-edition book featuring late Doors singer Jim Morrison's collected writings due out soon
Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesA Guide to the Labyrinth: The Collected Works of Jim Morrison, a limited-edition book featuring the writings of Doors frontman Jim Morrison, is being prep...
Matt Friedlander Apr 21, 2021

Watch video for new mix of John Lennon's "Isolation" featuring 1971 footage of Lennon's UK home
Yoko Ono LennonA new music video for the 1970 John Lennon song "Isolation" featuring archival 1971 footage of the inside of Lennon and wife Yoko Ono's Tittenhurst Park home in Ascot, U.K., has debuted...
Matt Friedlander Apr 20, 2021

All-star concert saluting ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons to take place in May at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House
Credit: Blain ClausenA star-studded concert celebrating the career and philanthropic work of ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons will be held on May 16 at Nashville's famous Grand Ole Opry House. Gibbons hi...
Matt Friedlander Apr 20, 2021

Watch Foo Fighters' psychedelic "Chasing Birds" video
Credit: Danny ClinchFoo Fighters have premiered the video for "Chasing Birds," a track off the band's new album, Medicine at Midnight. The trippy clip, fittingly released on 4/20, finds animated versi...
Josh Johnson Apr 20, 2021

Styx announces brief joint US tour with Collective Soul in June
Credit: Rick DiamondThe members of Styx had too much time on their hands during the past year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the band now has announced plans to get back on the road in June wit...
Matt Friedlander Apr 20, 2021

Meat Loaf & Bonnie Tyler songwriter Jim Steinman dead at age 73
Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf in 2012; Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall of FameJim Steinman, the songwriter and producer best known for his work with Meat Loaf, has died. He was 73. Variet...
Matt Friedlander Apr 20, 2021

Ted Nugent announces he's tested positive for COVID-19
Scott Legato/Getty ImagesTed Nugent has revealed that he's tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The outspoken right-wing rocker announced the news on Monday in a video posted on his Facebook page. ...
Matt Friedlander Apr 20, 2021

Nirvana's 'Nevermind' completes 10th year on 'Billboard' 200
Paul Bergen/RedfernsNirvana's Nevermind has now officially spent a third of its life on the Billboard 200. The latest edition of the all-genre album chart -- which combines sales and streaming data --...
Josh Johnson Apr 20, 2021

Paul McCartney, Roger Daltrey among many music stars supporting change to UK streaming laws
Mary McCartneyOver 150 musicians, including some of the U.K.'s biggest rock stars, have signed a petition sent to the country's prime minister, Boris Johnson, calling on the government to reform the w...
Matt Friedlander Apr 20, 2021
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