Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio

Billie Joe Armstrong rocks with Courtney Love during London Coverups gig
ABC/Randy HolmesBillie Joe Armstrong played an intimate concert in London with his covers band The Coverups on Tuesday, February 27. As if seeing the Green Day frontman perform in a club wasn't e...
Josh Johnson Feb 28, 2024

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe donates handwritten lyrics to charity auction
Roberto Serra - Iguana Press/Getty ImagesR.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has donated some handwritten lyrics to help raise money for a good cause.The rocker has contributed a signed lyric sheet for the ...
Jill Lances Feb 28, 2024

Billy F Gibbons recruits famous friends for cover of Jimmy Reed classic
Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesZZ Top's Billy F Gibbons has recruited some musician friends for a cover of blues legend Jimmy Reed's classic track "Baby What You Want Me To Do."The performance t...
Jill Lances Feb 28, 2024

John Fogerty denies canceling appearance at Australian festival
Scott Legato/Getty ImagesJohn Fogerty wants his fans in Australia to know that he did not cancel a planned appearance at Country Fest Queensland.The festival is scheduled to happen March 30-31, with t...
Jill Lances Feb 27, 2024

Paul McCartney endorses Foreigner for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
ABC/Heidi GutmanPaul McCartney is one of the many artists who feel that Foreigner should be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year.As previously reported, producer Mark Ronson, who i...
Jill Lances Feb 27, 2024

Pattie Boyd auctioning off personal items, including love letters from Eric Clapton
John Rodgers/RedfernsModel Pattie Boyd is giving fans some direct insight into her love triangle with rockers George Harrison and Eric Clapton, thanks to a new auction happening at Christie&rsquo...
Jill Lances Feb 27, 2024

Ozzy Osbourne on why he spoke out against Kanye West
Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesEarlier this month, Ozzy Osbourne spoke out after Kanye West used a sample of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” without permission, and he says he had a good reas...
Jill Lances Feb 27, 2024

Don Henley testifies about “poor decision” that led to his 1980 arrest
David Delgado 146187/Getty ImagesEagles frontman Don Henley took the stand on Monday, February 26, to testify in the trial over stolen handwritten notes and lyrics to the band's classic albu...
Jill Lances Feb 27, 2024

Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Robert Plant set for Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival
Live Nation/Blackbird PresentsThe Outlaw Music Festival is set to return this summer with an all-star lineup that features Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss,...
Jill Lances Feb 27, 2024

On This Day, February 27, 1974: Queen releases 'The Works', featuring hit song “Radio Ga Ga”
On This Day, February 27, 1974…Queen released their 11th studio album The Works, which featured such tracks as “Radio Ga Ga,” “Hammer to Fall” and “I Want to Break...
Jill Lances Feb 27, 2024
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