Category Archives: Classic Hits Music News

It was 41 years ago tonight (December 3rd, 1979) that 11 fans died in a stampede while entering the Who's concert at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum. The tragedy -- which all but eradicated festi...

Out now on limited edition red vinyl is the 40th anniversary edition of Loverboy's self-titled debut. Originally released in October 1980, Loverboy peaked at Number 13 on the Billboard 200 and fea...

The Bee Gees' Barry Gibb is intent on keeping his and his brothers' music alive with a new album and group documentary hopefully reaching a new audience. The long awaited documentary, How Can ...

Paul McCartney says the Beatles didn't feel a responsibility over the influence they had over their fans. While answering questions posted via his official website's (PaulMcCartney.com) "You G...

One of the guitars Soundgarden's Chris Cornell played on the band's 1994 Superunknown album is hitting the auction block. The opening bid for the 1966 Fender Candy Apple Red Jazzmaster is $125...

Guitar legend Joe Satriani saluted the late Eddie Van Halen during an appearance on the Behind The Vinyl podcast. Blabbermouth quoted Satriani as recalling, "The first time I heard Eddie was when '...

With no advance notice, Bob Dylan has dropped the copyright release The Bob Dylan -- 50th Anniversary Collection 1970. The triple-disc set was released as an extremely limited edition via the UK store...

Nearly 50 years after being signed to Columbia Records -- Bruce Springsteen is still writing songs he hopes will matter to his audience. With the Top Two success of his latest album, Letter To You, Sp...

For the second time this year, a previously unseen pre-fame Beatles photo has emerged -- this time from the camera of Paul McCartney's younger brother, Mike "McGear" McCartney. The photo -- an alt...

Robert Plant isn't looking at his recent solo compilation, Digging Deep, as being a straightforward greatest hits collection. Plant spoke to Spin about the double-disc package, and explained, "I l...