insert_link Classic Hits Blondie Announce U.S. 2022 Summer Tour Blondie has just announced an extended amount of tour dates for this year. After touring through the UK, Debbie Harry and her band will kick off their U.S. trek on August 12th in Mashantucket, Connecticut, and wrap up in Chicago, Illinois, on August 27th. Damned will be supporting Blondie throughout the summer tour, including their shared appearance in May at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California. Other acts such […] todayMarch 3, 2022
insert_link Classic Hits Today in Music History: February 7th 1963 - The first Beatles single "Please Please Me" was released in the U.S. on the Vee-Jay label. Capitol Records, EMI's United States label, were offered the right to release the single in the U.S., but turned it down. Dick Biondi, a disc jockey on WLS in Chicago and a friend of Vee-Jay executive Ewart Abner, played the song on the radio from February 1963, thus becoming the first DJ […] todayFebruary 7, 2022
insert_link Classic Hits Music Labels Reportedly Determined to Spend Big Bucks on Sting, David Bowie Catalogs In a not-so-new-trend, a handful of rock n’ roll greats are putting their song catalogs on the market with pretty large price tags. Bruce Springsteen was one of the most recent rockers to do so, as he is reportedly in negotiation with Sony to seal the deal. Now, there are reports of certain labels looking to snag Sting and David Bowie’s valuable IP. Universal Music Group has been reported to […] todayNovember 19, 2021