Category Archives: Classic Rock News – ABC Audio

Brian May, Mick Fleetwood & others pay tribute to Steve Cropper
American guitarist Steve Cropper playing a Fender Telecaster guitar on stage, circa 1990. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)Queen's Brian May and Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood are among t...
Jill Lances Dec 04, 2025

Grateful Dead earns Guinness World Record
Members of the rock group Grateful Dead. (Photo by © Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS/VCG via Getty Images)Grateful Dead has earned a new Guinness World Record.The band’s most recent Dave’s Pic...
Jill Lances Dec 04, 2025

Upcoming 'The Masked Singer' season to feature Ozzy Osbourne tribute episode
'The Masked Singer' logo. (Courtesy of Fox)The Masked Singer is going heavy metal in honor of Ozzy Osbourne.The singing competition show has announced its upcoming 14th season will include an epi...
Josh Johnson Dec 04, 2025

Yes releases remastered single edit of 'Tales from Topographic Oceans' track
Cover of Yes' 'Tales from Topographic Oceans' (Rhino)Yes has released a new track from their upcoming super-deluxe reissue of 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans.The latest is a newly remastere...
Jill Lances Dec 04, 2025

Additional cast members announced for Sam Mendes’ Beatles films
The Beatles pose for a portrait wearing suits in circa 1964. (L-R) Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)A new round of cast members h...
Jill Lances Dec 04, 2025

On This Day, Dec. 4, 1980: Led Zeppelin announces breakup
On This Day, Dec. 4, 1980…A little over two months after the death of their drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin released a statement announcing their breakup."We wish it to be known tha...
Jill Lances Dec 04, 2025

Birmingham Airport CEO grounds idea to rename it after Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne speaks onstage during the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 19, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Roc...
Josh Johnson Dec 04, 2025

Yusuf/Cat Stevens cancels North American book tour
Cover of Yusuf/Cat Stevens' memoir 'Cat On The Road To Findout' /(Genesis Publications)Yusuf/Cat Stevens postponed the North American book tour supporting his memoir, Cat On The Road To Findout, ...
Jill Lances Dec 04, 2025

Listen to new Guns N' Roses songs, 'Atlas' & 'Nothin''
"Atlas" single artwork. (Interscope Records)Guns N' Roses have premiered two new songs called "Atlas" and "Nothin'.""'Nothin'' and 'Atlas' find the long-running band still at the height of their power...
Josh Johnson Dec 04, 2025

Booker T. and the M.G.’s guitarist Steve Cropper dies at 84
ock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Cropper, founding member of Booker T. & the MG's and the Blues Brothers Band, performs onstage at The Rose on September 28, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (...
Jill Lances Dec 04, 2025
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