Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
Bob Dylan cheekily wishes Pete Townshend a happy birthday
Gary Miller/Getty ImagesDespite Pete Townshend's status as one of the most revered rock guitarists on the planet, not many of his fellow legends took to social media on Monday to wish The Who rocker a...
May 20, 2025
Yusuf/Cat Stevens sets fall book tour to promote memoir
Genesis PublicationsAfter revealing that his memoir, Cat on the Road to Findout, will arrive Oct. 7, Yusuf/Cat Stevens has announced a book tour of North America.Cat on the Road to Findout: An Ev...
May 20, 2025
Iron Maiden asks fans to not 'excessively film' shows with phones on Run for Your Lives tour
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Power TripAhead of their Run for Your Lives tour, Iron Maiden is asking you to put your phones away.The metal icons have posted a statement asking fans "not to excessively...
May 20, 2025
On This Day, May 20, 2013: The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek died at 74
Ray Manzarek, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors, passed away at the age of 74. Earlier in the year, the rocker had been diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer.Manzarek co-founded The Doo...
May 20, 2025
Steve Miller to be honored with Les Paul Spirit Award in June
Far left: Steve Miller; Far Right: Les Paul; Courtesy Les Paul FoundationSteve Miller will be receiving an award named after late, legendary guitar pioneer Les Paul, which is appropriate, considering ...
May 20, 2025
Foo Fighters add more Asia dates to 2025 live schedule
ABC/Randy HolmesFoo Fighters have announced a trio of new tour dates in Asia.Dave Grohl and company will perform in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct. 2, and Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 7 and Oct. 10, re...
May 20, 2025
KISS' Gene Simmons says upcoming Las Vegas event is ‘not a KISS show’
Disney/Eric McCandlessIt was announced in March that KISS' Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley would be performing together at the convention-like event KISS Army Storms Las Vegas, but Simmons says peo...
May 20, 2025
Green Day announces South American tour dates
ABC/Paula LoboGreen Day has announced a tour of South America.The "American Idiot" rockers will play shows in Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Paraguay in August and September."South America, you've ...
May 19, 2025
Not-so-empty garden: Elton John rose to debut at London's Chelsea Flower Show
Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht IIIn his classic song "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters," Elton John sang, "Now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City." But London is another story.An Elton Joh...
May 19, 2025
Marble bust of Jim Morrison, missing from his grave since 1988, located in Paris
Fans at Jim Morrison's grave with bust, 1983; Illustré/RDB/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesA sculpture of Jim Morrison, which went missing from his Paris gravesite in 1988, has been found.French ...
May 19, 2025