Category Archives: Classic Hits Music News
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs PBS Special Premiering This Week
Heartbreakers co-founder Mike Campbell along with his band the Dirty Knobs will be featured in concert on PBS' Front And Center starting on October 29th in select PBS markets. According to the ann...
Oct 24, 2022
Happy Birthday, Rolling Stone Bill Wyman!!!
Happy Birthday to former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, who turns 86 today (October 24th). Wyman, who quit the Stones in 1991, was on hand for the band's 2012 London shows as part of their 50 ...
Oct 23, 2022
May Pang's John Lennon Doc Set For Grammy Museum Showing
John Lennon's former girlfriend May Pang will be screening her new documentary, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, on November 18th in Newark, New Jersey at the Recording Academy's Grammy Museum ...
Oct 23, 2022
Brian Johnson Recalls The Love Fest At Taylor Hawkins Tribute
AC/DC frontman admitted the initial Taylor Hawkins memorial concert at London's Wembley Stadium was just as emotional offstage as the fans thought. Johnson just published his latest book and first...
Oct 23, 2022
The Police's 'Every Breath You Take' Video Passes One Billion YouTube Plays
Nearly 40 years since the video first premiered on MTV, the Police's 1983 clip for "Every Breath You Take" has surpassed one billion YouTube plays. Variety reported on the Godley & Creme-direc...
Oct 23, 2022
Carly Simon Mourns The Death Of Her Sisters One Day Apart
Carly Simon is mourning the loss of her two sisters who died of cancer this week only one day apart. CNN reported Joanna Simon died on October 19th of thyroid cancer at age 85 -- with Lucy Simon passi...
Oct 23, 2022
Alice Cooper Taps Rob Zombie & Sammy Hagar For 'Christmas Pudding' Benefit
Alice Cooper has enlisted the help of good friends Rob Zombie and Sammy Hagar for the 20th annual benefit concert -- Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding. The show is set for on December 3rd at Phoeni...
Oct 20, 2022
Motley Crue & Def Leppard Roll Out 2023 International Dates
Fresh off their North American "Stadium Tour," Motley Crue and Def Leppard are paring off next years a set for a 28-date South American and European trek dubbed the "World Tour." The news comes on the...
Oct 20, 2022
Flashback: John Lennon Ends Retirement And Releases '(Just Like) Starting Over'
It was 42 years ago Sunday (October 23rd, 1980) that John Lennon's "comeback" single "(Just Like) Starting Over" was released, breaking Lennon's then-five year hiatus from recording. Lennon ha...
Oct 20, 2022
Quick Takes: Sting, Dead & Company, Berry Gordy, Jr. & Smokey Robinson, Joni Mitchell
Just released is the digital-only, expanded version of Sting's 1987 second solo studio set, . . . Nothing Like The Sun. The new version includes the original album along with 14 bonus tracks -- 12...
Oct 20, 2022