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Category Archives: Classic Rock

Generous ways: U2 donates $1.5 million to Ireland's live music industry
Credit: Helena ChristensenU2 is known for supporting a variety of charitable efforts around the world, and now the Irish rockers have made a significant donation to help the live music industry in the...
ABC Audio Jul 30, 2020
R.E.M.'s 1999 Glastonbury performance to be streamed on YouTube next week
Courtesy of Craft RecordingsR.E.M.'s 1999 headlining performance at the U.K.'s famed Glastonbury Festival will be streamed globally via the band's official YouTube channel starting next Thursday, Augu...
ABC Audio Jul 30, 2020
Stevie Nicks posts message asking people to "wear a mask and stay in as much as possible"
ABC AudioIn a new post on her official Facebook page, Stevie Nicks shares a recent journal entry in which she implores people to wear masks and take action to help speed the end of the COVID-19 pandem...
ABC Audio Jul 30, 2020
Rolling Stones releasing archival concert film and album, 'Steel Wheels Live -- Atlantic City,' in September
Eagle Rock EntertainmentThe Rolling Stones will issue a previously unreleased 1989 concert film, Steel Wheels Live -- Atlantic City, New Jersey, and companion album in multiple formats on September 25...
ABC Audio Jul 30, 2020
Elton John celebrates 30 years of sobriety in moving Instagram post
ABC/Craig SjodinElton John celebrated 30 years of sobriety this week and remarked on how far he's come. "Reflecting on the most magical day having celebrated my 30th Sobriety Birthday," the 73-year-ol...
ABC Audio Jul 30, 2020
Watch John Fogerty and his musical family play his rocking 1997 tune "Hot Rod Heart"
Credit: Bob FogertyThere's another installment in the series of performance videos John Fogerty has been posting on his official YouTube channel featuring the former Creedence Clearwater Revival front...
ABC Audio Jul 30, 2020
Long-awaited Dave Davies documentary 'Strangers' is "in the latter stages of post-production"
ABC AudioKinks guitarist Dave Davies' oldest son, Martin, has shared an update about a long-in-the-works documentary called Strangers that focuses on Dave's return to touring and making music after su...
ABC Audio Jul 30, 2020
Career-spanning Slade compilation, 'Cum On Feel the Hitz,' due out in September
BMGA new Slade compilation titled Cum On Feel the Hitz, featuring all of the singles that the veteran U.K. glam-rock band issued in its home country between 1970 and 1991, will be released on Septembe...
ABC Audio Jul 29, 2020
Ex-Whitesnake guitarist, Cream lyricist lend songwriting talents to new Joe Bonamassa album, 'Royal Tea'
Courtesy of Joe BonamassaFounding Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden and Cream lyricist Pete Brown are among the artists who collaborated with Joe Bonamassa on the acclaimed blues guitarist's upcomin...
ABC Audio Jul 29, 2020
Deluxe reissue of Lou Reed's classic 1989 album 'New York' due out in September
RhinoThe late Lou Reed's critically acclaimed, popular 1989 album New York will be reissued as a deluxe, expanded multiple-disc set on September 25. New York is Reed's only studio effort to be certifi...
ABC Audio Jul 29, 2020