Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
On This Day, Oct. 6, 2020: Eddie Van Halen dies at the age of 65
On This Day, Oct. 6, 2020…Van Halen guitarist and founder Eddie Van Halen died at the age of 65.The rocker had battled cancer for several years. In 2000 he received treatment for tong...
Oct 06, 2025
New Jersey hotel honors Bruce Springsteen with new suite
Bruce Springsteen performs during the 2024 Sea.Hear.Now Festival on the beach on September 15, 2024 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. (Photo by Taylor Hill/WireImage)Bruce Springsteen got his start playing ...
Oct 06, 2025
Heartbreakers members remember the late Tom Petty
Tom Petty performs onstage during the 2017 MusiCares Person of the Year honors Tom Petty held on February 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic)Thursday marked the eigh...
Oct 03, 2025
R.E.M.’s Peter Buck releases second album with singer Joseph Arthur
Cover of 'Arthur Buck 2'/(Lonely Astronaut )R.E.M.’s Peter Buck has once again collaborated with musician Joseph Arthur under the moniker Buck Arthur, releasing their second album, Arthur B...
Oct 03, 2025
George Harrison tries 'to do a Smokey' on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’
The Beatles 'Anthology Collection' cover/(Capitol Records) The Beatles have shared yet another tune from their upcoming Anthology reissue.The legendary band has released an alternate take on the ...
Oct 03, 2025
Guns N’ Roses to reissue 1999 live album, 'Guns N’ Roses – Live Era ’87-’93'
Cover of 'Guns N' Roses - Live Era '87-93'/(UMe/Geffen)Guns N’ Roses is set to reissue their first-ever live album.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will drop Guns N’ Roses – Live E...
Oct 03, 2025
Bruce Springsteen recalls his first and only karaoke experience
Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Allen White on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'/(ABC/Randy Holmes) You’d think folks would be excited to see Bruce Springsteen taking part in some karaoke, but apparen...
Oct 03, 2025
On This Day, Oct. 3, 1980: The Police releases their third studio album 'Zenyattà Mondatta'
On This Day, Oct. 3, 1990…The Police released their third studio album, Zenyattà Mondatta, which peaked at #5 on the U.S. charts, making it the band’s highest charting al...
Oct 03, 2025
Green Day announces 25th anniversary 'Warning' reissue
'Warning' album artwork. (Reprise Records)As previously teased, Green Day has announced a 25th anniversary reissue of their 2000 album, Warning.The expanded set is due out Nov. 14 as five-LP viny...
Oct 03, 2025
Foo Fighters release 'Are Playing Where??? Vol. I' live EP
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes)Foo Fighters have released a new live EP called Are Playing Where??? Vol. I.The six-track set was recorded during Dave Grohl a...
Oct 03, 2025