Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
Grateful Dead takes the stage wearing Bill Walton's number
Mickey Hart and Bill Walton ontage in 2005; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicAhead of Dead & Company's show Thursday at Sphere in Las Vegas, drummer Mickey Hart posted on Instagram, "Tonight we pulse, w...
May 31, 2024
Listen to Joan Jett X Alanis Morissette mash-up ahead of their Triple Moon tour
Courtesy Live NationJoan Jett and Alanis Morissette, plus singer Morgan Wade, will kick off their Triple Moon tour in June. But ahead of the tour launch, Jett and Morissette have released a mash-up of...
May 31, 2024
Lenny Kravitz remembers hanging with Prince, going with him to "mess with" Michael Jackson
Courtesy Apple MusicLenny Kravitz has been around long enough, and moved in and out of musical genres enough, to have met and worked with everyone from Mick Jagger to Madonna to Jay-Z. But in a new in...
May 31, 2024
GN'R's Duff McKagan announces US solo tour
Disney/Randy HolmesGuns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan has announced a U.S. solo tour.The outing kicks off Nov. 4 in Boston and concludes in Nov. 20 in McKagan's hometown of Seattle.Presales begin June...
May 31, 2024
The Police's Andy Summers acknowledges one major reason for their success: "We were cute"
Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhile it's true that all three members of The Police were consummate musicians, and that the band's songwriting talent was undeniable, guitarist Andy Summers ...
May 31, 2024
Hear David Bowie cover The Who (differently) on track from 'Rock 'N' Roll Star!' box set
Parlophone RecordsFor his 1973 album Pin Ups, David Bowie recorded his version of The Who's "I Can't Explain." But a different take from Bowie on the Who classic has been released ahead of an upcoming...
May 31, 2024
Mick Jagger urges fans to vote in November election: "Don't take anything for granted!"
Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesSince he's British, Mick Jagger is not eligible to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election this November — but he wants American Rolling Stones fans to be su...
May 31, 2024
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder honors those "we lost ... too early" with cover of NIN's "Hurt" at Seattle show
ABCEddie Vedder performed a solo acoustic cover of the Nine Inch Nails song "Hurt" during Pearl Jam's concert in Seattle on Thursday.As seen in fan-shot footage posted to YouTube, Vedder introduced th...
May 31, 2024
On This Day, May 31, 1948: Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham was born
On This Day, May 31, 1948 ...John Bonham was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England.In 1968 he joined Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bass player John Paul Jones&nbs...
May 31, 2024
Guitars from Bob Dyan, Jerry Garcia, Bono & more bring big bucks at Music Icons auction
Bob Dylan with '65 Fender Telecaster; Charlie Steiner - Highway 67/Getty ImagesIn addition to the record-setting $2.9 million sale of John Lennon's 12-string guitar, the two-day Music Icons sale by Ju...
May 31, 2024