Category Archives: Classic Hits Music News

Elvis Costello has retired performing his 1979 hit "Oliver's Army" due to its use the of "n-word." Costello, who's also asked radio to stop playing the track, wrote the song about the problems...

Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins and Steve Miller Band are set to headline this year's BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, CA May 13-15. Additional performers over the course of the three-day event incl...

Elvis Costello looked back at his early self while promoting his latest album, A Boy Named If, which drops on Friday (January 14th). When asked about his legendary ban from Saturday Night Live after t...

Judas Priest revealed that they'll be hitting the road as a four piece this time out, according to Loudersound.com. The band's touring guitarist and co-producer Andy Sneap will sit things out ...

Sammy Hagar & The Circle are returning to Las Vegas for another string of dates at The STRAT Hotel, Casino & SkyPod. Blabbermouth reported following last fall's sold-out run, the "Red Rock...

Bruce Springsteen has just issued Anaheim - May 22nd, 2000 -- the latest official bootleg in his ongoing monthly archive series. The show, which was culled his 1999/2000 reunion tour with the E Street...

A previously unheard two-song Beatles performance from April 5th, 1963 in London has just been unearthed. The "Fab Four" were captured in very good quality tackling their first two chart-toppers "From...

It was 53 years ago today (January 10th, 1969) that George Harrison temporarily quit the Beatles. The group, who was filming their Let It Be movie in London's cavernous Twickenham Film Studios, ha...

It was 66 years ago today (January 10th, 1956), that Elvis Presley recorded his first Number One hit, "Heartbreak Hotel." The song, its B-side "I Was The One," and several other tunes were recorded in...

Sinead O'Connor is mourning the death of her 17-year-old son, Shane, who was found dead in Ireland on January 7th. O'Connor, who has also battled mental illness over the past decade, had notified ...