Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio
Steve Martin questioned appearance on Aerosmith/Yungblud single: ‘Can I even play this?’
Yungblud, Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry perform during a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty...
Nov 20, 2025
The Beatles top new list of the 50 best rock bands
Archival photo of The Beatles (ABC)There have likely been countless debates over which rock band is the best, and now Billboard has chimed in with its picks.The outlet has just revealed its ...
Nov 19, 2025
ZZ Top announces first European tour in two years
ZZ Top The Big One! tour admat/(courtesy of ZZ Top)ZZ Top is headed overseas in 2026. The Texas rockers have announced dates for The Big One! tour, their first European trek in two years.The...
Nov 19, 2025
R.E.M.’s 'Chronic Town' and 'Murmur' getting audio upgrade
R.E.M.'s 'Chronic Town' and 'Murmur' Definitive Sound Series/ (Interscope-Capitol Records)Two of R.E.M.’s early releases are getting a sound upgrade.The band’s debut EP, Chronic Town,...
Nov 19, 2025
Ritchie Blackmore postpones Blackmore's Night tour for medical reasons
Ritchie Blackmore of the British band Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow perform live on stage during a concert at the Velodrom on April 18, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns)Guitaris...
Nov 19, 2025
'Deliver Me From Nowhere', 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' earn Movies for Grownups Awards nominations
Poster for 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'/(20th Century Studios)While we have to wait a little longer to see if it gets any Oscar nominations, the Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Deliver...
Nov 19, 2025
Ace Frehley-autographed ‘Smoker’ guitar up for auction
Ace Frehley performs in concert at Haute Spot Event Venue on July 13, 2023 in Cedar Park, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)KISS fans have a chance to get their hands on a guitar previously ow...
Nov 19, 2025
On This Day, Nov. 19, 1988: Bon Jovi scored their third #1 with 'Bad Medicine'
On This Day, Nov. 19, 1988 ...Bon Jovi topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Bad Medicine,” the lead single from their fourth album, New Jersey.The song, written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie...
Nov 19, 2025
America announces 2026 tour dates
Rock band America performs onstage at The Canyon Club on October 26, 2019 in Agoura Hills, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)America is hitting the road on a new tour in 2026.The band,...
Nov 19, 2025
The Who announces 'Tommy: Live at Royal Albert Hall' global watch party
The Who on stage during a fundraising concert for the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall in London. (Photo by David Jensen/PA Images via Getty Images)The Who is revisiting their 2017 perfor...
Nov 19, 2025