Category Archives: Classic Hits Music News

Happy Birthday to Pete Townshend, who turns 75 today (May 19th)!!! Townshend, who is the primary creative force behind the Who, wrote nearly all of the band's music and has been responsible for cr...

Billy Joel has postponed his June 20th Notre Dame concert and pushed it back a full year. The "Piano Man," who's been postponing and rescheduling dates due to the ongoing pandemic, will now perfor...

Bruce Springsteen will be teaming up with one of his favorite bands -- the Dropkick Murphys -- for a May 29th livestream concert at Boston's Fenway Park dubbed "Streaming Outta Fenway." The gig it...

Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder revealed in an interview with Yamaha Guitars that the alternative rock veterans have completed a double album for release later this year, while leader Willi...

Pandemic be damned, Roger Waters promises he's still hard at work. Waters, who is but one of many veteran artists who have seen major tours put on ice while waiting out the coronavirus, maintains ...

Police drummer Stewart Copeland recalled the last time he saw his good friend, late-Rush drummer Neil Peart. Copeland spoke about visiting Peart in September 2019 for his 67th birthday. Copeland recal...

Graham Nash appeared on yesterday (May 17th) on CBS Sunday Morning. Nash, who's 2020 dates were nearly completely sidelined by the pandemic, gave fans an update as to how he's been doing wile ...

Hey -- nobody's gonna tell Roger Daltrey how best to protect his or his community's health! The Who frontman was adamant in his plans to defy global scientists' urging to self-quarantine t...

Legendary Beatles photographer and muse, Astrid Kirchherr -- the fiancee of bassist Stuart Sutcliffe -- died of cancer on May 12th, only days before her 82nd birthday, according to NME. Kirchherr, alo...

It was 54 years ago Saturday (May 16th, 1966), that the Beach Boys released their legendary Pet Sounds album. The album, which included the group's classic hits "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "Sloop J...