Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio

Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter announce 2026 UK shows
Frank Carter performs with Glen Matlock and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols at O2 Forum Kentish Town on September 26, 2024 in London, England. (Jim Dyson/Getty Images)Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter...
Josh Johnson Nov 24, 2025

Rock opera about R&B/funk group Labelle in the works
A studio group portrait of Labelle in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1975. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)R&B/funk group Labelle, best known for their iconic hit “Lady Marmalade,” is t...
Jill Lances Nov 24, 2025

Bad Company's Paul Rodgers featured in video for Halestorm cover of ‘Shooting Star’
Cover of 'Can't Get Enough' /(Primary Wave Music)Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers is featured in the new video for rock band Halestorm’s cover of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band’s c...
Josh Johnson & Jill Lances Nov 24, 2025

PJ's Mike McCready advocates for Alice in Chains' Rock Hall induction
Pearl Jam's Mike McCready & Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez)With Soundgarden now joining Nirvana and Pearl Jam in th...
Josh Johnson Nov 24, 2025

Blondie shares birthday tribute to late drummer Clem Burke
Clem Burke of Blondie playing the drums during the recording of a pop promo for their single 'Picture This' at Isleworth Studios, Isleworth, London on 21 August 1978 for Chrysalis Records. (Photo by B...
Jill Lances Nov 24, 2025

Rick Wakeman recuperating after brain surgery
Rick Wakeman performs at City Winery on October 25, 2021 in New York, New York. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images)Former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman announced back in July that he was postponing his ...
Jill Lances Nov 24, 2025

On This Day, Nov. 24, 1991: Queen frontman Freddie Mercury dies
On This Day, Nov. 24, 1991…Queen frontman Freddie Mercury passed away at his home in Kensington, England. He was 45.The cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS. Mercury confi...
Jill Lances Nov 24, 2025

Guns N' Roses announce 2026 tour dates
Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses perform onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 06, 2023 in Indio, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Powe...
Josh Johnson Nov 24, 2025

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae star and actor, dead at 81
Jimmy Cliff performs live on stage on Day 1 at the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit at the Padang on September 18, 2015 in Singapore. (Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)Jimmy Cli...
Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Nov 24, 2025

Holiday releases include a bonanza of The Band & Robbie Robertson vinyl LPs
'The Best of The Band' (Capitol/UMe); 'Filmworks: Insomnia' (Omnivore Recordings)Fans of The Band have multiple vinyl releases to choose from this holiday season.Available for preorder now is the Viny...
Andrea Dresdale Nov 24, 2025
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