Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio

On This Day, Jan 28, 1985…An all-star lineup of musicians came together in a studio in Los Angeles to record the charity single “We Are the World.”The tune, written by Michael Jacks...

MPL/UMePaul McCartney’s band Wings is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their fourth studio album, Venus and Mars.The milestone will be marked with a new half-speed master reissue of the album...

Mercury Records/Anthem RecordsRush is looking back at their career with a new box set.Rush 50, dropping March 21, is a 50-track anthology that spans from the band’s 1973 debut single and ends wi...

Courtesy of the Boston Pops/Photo Credit: Herb GreeneThe music of Grateful Dead founder Jerry Garcia will be celebrated this spring by the Boston Pops.On June 3 and June 4, the Pops will host the...

Jo Hale/RedfernsBob Dylan has been in the news more than ever thanks to the biopic A Complete Unknown, and if that makes people want to go see him live, there's now a chance to make that happen.&...

Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)David Lee Roth, former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, and Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini performing Ratt are the rockers set to headline the annual M3 Ro...

Daniel Knighton/Getty ImagesKansas and 38 Special are teaming up for a new tour.The two bands will hit the road this summer on a 14-date tour that kicks off June 6 in Richmond, Virginia, and wraps Jul...

Harmony Gerber/Getty ImagesAlice Cooper's touring lineup is shaking up once more.The "No More Mr. Nice Guy" rocker has announced that former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke will pl...

Daniel Knighton/Getty ImagesSunday, Jan. 26, would have been guitarist Eddie Van Halen’s 70th birthday, and his family and bandmates marked the occasion on social media.The late rocker’s s...

On This Day, Jan 27, 1970…John Lennon wrote and recorded the single “Instant Karma” in one day, at one point telling reporters he “wrote it for breakfast, recorded it for lunc...