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Category Archives: Classic Rock

Elton John lyricist, U2 drummer invited to join the Motion Picture Academy
L-R: Elton John, Bernie Taupin, ABC/Rick RowellNext year, when stars stand onstage clutching their Oscars and say that they'd like to "thank the Academy," among the people they'll be thanking are Elto...
ABC Audio Jun 30, 2020
Ringo Starr announces streaming 80th birthday concert special featuring Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh and more
Courtesy of Ringo StarrRingo Starr will celebrate his 80th birthday next Tuesday, July 7, with a little help from his musical friends and a star-studded charity concert special called Ringo's Big Birt...
ABC Audio Jun 30, 2020
The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood to display artwork at his UK estate Ashridge House in August
Credit: Dave HoganThe COVID-19 pandemic has given Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood more time to focus on one of his other passions, his art, and now a new exhibition of the veteran rocker's work i...
ABC Audio Jun 30, 2020
Pearl Jam marks 20th anniversary of Roskilde tragedy: "Our worst nightmare"
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder in June, 2000: Gie Knaeps/Getty ImagesOn June 30, 2000 -- 20 years ago today -- nine people were killed in a suffocating mosh pit during Pearl Jam's set at the Roskilde ...
ABC Audio Jun 30, 2020
Bryan Adams among the winners at virtual Juno Awards ceremony
Polydor Records/Universal Music CanadaThe 2020 edition of the Juno Awards, Canada's equivalent of the Grammys, was presented on Monday during a virtual ceremony after the original March ceremony was c...
ABC Audio Jun 30, 2020
Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle says he's "very proud" of biopic about the band's tragic plane crash
Cleopatra EntertainmentStreet Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, the new biopic about the tragic 1977 accident that killed Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant and several...
ABC Audio Jun 30, 2020
RHCP's Chad Smith plays on new song from The Chicks
Wagner Meier/Getty ImagesRed Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith lent his skills to a new song from The Chicks called "March March." "Proud to be playing on this," Smith says of the political track, ...
ABC Audio Jun 29, 2020
Ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke releases title track to his upcoming album, 'The Gospel Truth'
Golden Robot RecordsFormer Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke has released the title track of his forthcoming solo album, The Gospel Truth, as a new single that's available now digitally and via str...
ABC Audio Jun 29, 2020
Check out Tommy Lee's new face tattoos
Credit: Myriam SantosAfter providing the inspiration for a new song from rapper-singers Tyla Yaweh and Post Malone, it appears that Tommy Lee has adopted a part of Malone's look into his own. On his I...
ABC Audio Jun 29, 2020
Bob Dylan's latest studio album, 'Rough and Rowdy Ways,' debuts at #2 on 'Billboard' 200
Columbia RecordsAfter debuting at the top of the U.K. Official Albums Chart, Bob Dylan's new studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, has now bowed at #2 on the Billboard 200. This makes the 79-year-old fo...
ABC Audio Jun 29, 2020