Category Archives: Classic Hits Music News

Sunday night (July 12th) marks the 41st anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" at Chicago's Comiskey Park. In 1979, a local Chicago DJ named Steve Dahl, who had just been fired and h...

Metallica has announced a second round of COVID-19 relief grants via their All Within My Hands Foundation. The band will distribute $70,000 for Feeding America, $70,000 to Direct Relief which aids in ...

It was 47 years ago tonight (July 10th, 1973) that the original lineup of Paul McCartney's solo band Wings played their 58th and final show in Newcastle, England. The show was recorded by McCartne...

Happy Birthday to Fleetwood Mac songwriter-keyboardist Christine McVie, who turns 77 on Sunday (July 12th)!!! In 2018 and 2019, Fleetwood Mac -- with Heartbreakers guitarist/songwriter/producer Mike C...

It was 55 years ago Sunday (July 12th, 1965) that the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson began recording the group's 1966 hit "Sloop John B," the first song tracked for the group's legendary Pet Sou...

25 years after the release of Foo Fighters' self-titled debut album, Dave Grohl recalled that it was the band L7 that inspired him to continue making music. While reeling from Kurt Cobain's de...

Released today (July 10th) is the 50th anniversary reissue of the Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead collection. The triple-disc CD set includes the original album with newly remastered sound, ...

Set for release on September 4th is the Rolling Stones' 1973 chart-topper, Goats Head Soup, which will be issued in multiple configurations -- including four-disc CD and vinyl box set editions, fe...

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament revealed that he channeled all the energy he was banking for Pearl Jam's scrapped tour dates for his recently released EP, American Death Squad. Ament explained to Bil...

Metallica has teamed up with longtime co-manager Cliff Burnstein "in an intellectual-property acquisition venture that is being headed up by former longtime Morgan Stanley investment banker Paul ...