Category Archives: Classic Hits Music News

The official online John Lennon shop has posted a string of new holiday merchandise products, mostly based around his and wife Yoko Ono's 1971 classic "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)." In addi...

It was 36 years ago today -- December 13th, 1986 -- that Bruce Hornsby & The Range scored their sole Number One hit to date -- the poignant coming-of-age track and one-week chart-topper, "The...

ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd are teaming up for a 23-date joint run this summer, dubbed "The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour." The trek kicks off on July 21st at West Palm Beach, Florida's iT...

Kiss has announced the band's final UK gigs for this June as part of their ongoing "End Of The Road" tour. Five of the six of the dates will take place in major hubs in Britain -- with t...

Bono is bringing his Stories Of Surrender musical book tour back to New York City next spring. As it stands now the U2 frontman, who is promoting his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, has rolled...

During a recent radio interview, Ozzy Osbourne revealed that he is still fighting to walk six months after having spinal surgery. He revealed that his inability to get around on stage may affects his ...

It was 54 years ago Sunday (December 11th, 1968) that the Rolling Stones and friends wrapped their two-day film shoot of their Rock And Roll Circus at London's Twickenham Studios. The Circus was o...

It was 55 years ago Saturday (December 10th, 1967) that the legendary Otis Redding died in a plane crash at the age of 26. At approximately 3:30 pm that afternoon, the plane carrying Redding and his b...

BMG has acquired the rights to Peter Frampton's catalog. The deal includes, "Frampton's publishing interests, songwriter, recording artist, and sideman revenue streams, and neighboring rights, spa...

Celine Dion posted an emotional video and shared that she is facing a serious health struggle and will have to cancel shows because of it. On Thursday morning (Dec. 8) the 54-year-old singer described...