Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
Watch Soundgarden's Rock Hall performance on ABC's induction ceremony special
Soundgarden performs at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Frank Micelotta)Highlights from the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air during an ABC sp...
Dec 31, 2025
On This Day, Dec. 31, 1984: Def Leppard’s Rick Allen loses arm in car crash
On This Day, Dec. 31, 1984 ...Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car crash in Sheffield, England.After trying to pass a driver who had been taunting him on the road, Allen lost cont...
Dec 31, 2025
Chris Robinson teases new Black Crowes music in 2026
The Black Crowes' Chris Robinson performs at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction (Disney/Frank Micelotta)The Black Crowes released their latest album, Happiness Bastards, in 2024, mar...
Dec 31, 2025
Highlights from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony to air New Year's Day
Bad Company’s Simon Kirke performs with Heart’s Nancy Wilson, The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction c...
Dec 31, 2025
The Year in Music 2025: In other news ...
There were certainly a lot of big things happening in music in 2025. Here's a roundup of some of the other music stories that made headlines this year:-Rush members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson sur...
Dec 31, 2025
Remixed recording of Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 New Year's Eve show now available for streaming
Bruce Springsteen on Jimmy Kimmel Live!/(Disney/Randy Holmes)A legendary Bruce Springsteen concert has just gotten an audio upgrade.A newly remixed version of Bruce and The E Street Band’s 1975 ...
Dec 30, 2025
On This Day, Dec. 30, 1999: George Harrison and wife Olivia were attacked by home intruder
On This Day, Dec. 30, 1999 ...The Beatles' George Harrison and his wife, Olivia Harrison, were attacked in their Friar Park estate by a 34-year-old mentally ill intruder named Michael Abram.Abram punc...
Dec 30, 2025
The Year in Music 2025: The Who fires drummer, says farewell to North America
The Who celebrated their 60th anniversary in 2025, which ended with what will likely be their last North American tour, much to the disappointment of many fans.-The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers...
Dec 30, 2025
Bono and The Edge's Woody Guthrie Prize performance now on YouTube
Bono and The Edge at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2025 in Cannes, France. (Photo by JB Lacroix/FilmMagic)Back in October, Bono and The Edge were in Tulsa, Ok...
Dec 29, 2025
On This Day, Dec. 29, 1985: Billy Joel becomes a first-time father
On This Day, Dec. 29, 1985 …Billy Joel became a father when he and his wife, model Christie Brinkley, welcomed their only child together, daughter Alexa Ray Joel.Their daughter's middle name wa...
Dec 29, 2025