Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
Phil Collen on whether Def Leppard will play 'Drastic Symphonies' live: “We’re just waiting for the invite”
Mercury RecordsDef Leppard's new album, Drastic Symphonies, is out now, featuring 15 of the band’s songs reworked with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The Rock & Roll H...
May 19, 2023
Ringo Starr isn’t interested in writing a memoir
ABC/ Heid GutmanRingo Starr has certainly had a memorable life, but music fans will likely never read a first-person account of it, because Starr says he has no desire to pen a memoir. He t...
May 18, 2023
Graham Nash often wonders why he’s a success
Bobby Bank/Getty ImagesGraham Nash has gone through a lot of loss in the past year, not only with the death of his bandmate David Crosby, but also the death of Crosby-Nash band member D...
May 18, 2023
Sting & Blondie honored at the 2023 Ivors
Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty ImagesThe 2023 Ivors took place in London Thursday night, and it was a big night for Sting, who received the Fellowship of the Ivors Academy, which is the group&rsq...
May 18, 2023
Metallica song soundtracks inauguration of new English lord mayor
ABC/Randy HolmesA recent English political ceremony took an unexpectedly metal turn thanks to the music of Metallica. Tom Coles, the new lord mayor of the city of Portsmouth, attended his inauguration...
May 18, 2023
Jimmy Buffett postpones show after being hospitalized in Boston
Tim Mosenfelder/WireImageJimmy Buffett will no longer be playing Charleston, South Carolina, this weekend. Buffet and his Coral Reefer Band were supposed to play Credit One Stadium on S...
May 18, 2023
Sting shares his feelings on AI: “That's going to be a battle we all have to fight”
Don Arnold/WireImageSting is very proud of his songwriting, and he worries that one day artificial intelligence will try to replace songwriters like him. "The building blocks of music belong to u...
May 18, 2023
Def Leppard to livestream intimate hometown show
Ross HalfinDef Leppard is playing a very special hometown show Friday, May 19, and now fans who couldn’t snag tickets will be able to experience the event. The band is playing an intimate c...
May 18, 2023
Dee Snider’s first novel, 'Frats', coming June 2
Phillip Faraone/WireImageDee Snider is about to officially add novelist to his resume. The Twisted Sister frontman just announced that his first novel, Frats, will be released June...
May 18, 2023
Soundgarden shares Chris Cornell tribute on anniversary of his death
ABC/Randy HolmesSoundgarden has shared a statement paying tribute to late frontman Chris Cornell on the anniversary of his death. In a Facebook post authored by drummer Matt Cameron, the grunge rocker...
May 18, 2023