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A Week In Music, Manic Street Preachers Get Nostalgic, Dj Muggs Returns Solo And Thom Yorke Throws A Spotify Strop
A week in music videos... Manic Street Preachers teamed up with Richard Hawley for the nostalgic title track from their upcoming new album 'Rewind The Film'. It has that classic Preachers mix of anthemic melodies...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 16 July 2013
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival To Delight Fans In Cinemas [Trailer & Pictures]
For those of you who didn’t manage to get to Crossroads – Eric Clapton’s guitar-fest – you needn’t fear, as the legend himself will be taking footage from the festival and making it available to...
By Jack de Aguilar in Music / Festivals on 16 July 2013
Cher Ranks Tom Cruise In Top Five Best Lovers
Cher says Tom Cruise is one of the best lovers she's ever had.The pop diva has revealed her passionate romance with the 'Oblivion' actor in the 80s was so unforgettable that she still ranks the...
By Bang Showbiz on 29 June 2013
Hendrix 'Copied' Townshend
Roger Daltrey claims Jimi Hendrix ''copied'' Pete Townshend's original guitar playing style. The Who frontman insists his fellow bandmate is one of the most unique guitar players ever seen, so much so that Hendrix -...
By Bang Showbiz on 15 June 2013
Eric Clapton Cancels Concert In Vienna Following Back Injuries
Eric Clapton has called off his concert in Vienna last night (11.06.13) at the last minute.The legendary guitarist has strained his back causing him to have to pull out of the show at the city's...
By Bang Showbiz on 12 June 2013
Eric Clapton Cancels European Shows
A nagging back injury has forced Eric Clapton to cancel two European concerts.The guitar great was due to perform at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna on Tuesday (11Jun13) and at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart the...
By WENN on 12 June 2013
Eric Clapton's Record-breaking Gerhard Richter Sale Surpassed
Eric Clapton's record-breaking $34.2 million (£22 million) sale of a Gerhard Richter painting has been beaten after a piece by the German artist went under the hammer for $37 million (£23.1 million) on Tuesday (14May13).The...
By WENN on 15 May 2013
A Week In Music - Bonobo Builds On Steady Career, Little Comets Supply Astronomical Memories, Palma Violets Return With Raucous Video
Albums of Note... Bonobo, aka Simon Green, may not have found instant stardom in his career but his work is characterised by a steady progress that is reflected in his tracks. North Borders is the...
By Hayley Avron on 15 April 2013
Eric Clapton Introduces Star Line-up To His Fourth Crossroads Guitar Festival (Photos)
BB King and Eric Clapton jam at Crossroads Guitar FestivalEric Clapton, BB King and John Mayer were among some of genius performers at Clapton's fourth Crossroads Guitar Festival last weekend.It was a blues infused weekend...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 15 April 2013
Keith Richards Joins Eric Clapton At Second Night Of Star-studded Crossroads Festival
Keith Richards stunned music fans at Eric Clapton's Crossroads festival in New York on Saturday night (13Apr13) when he stepped onstage for an unannounced jam session.The Rolling Stones star joined his fellow guitar great towards...
By WENN on 14 April 2013
Mick Taylor Wants To Play With The Rolling Stones Again
Mick Taylor wants to perform with The Rolling Stones at Glastonbury. The guitarist was in the group from 1969 to 1974 and appeared when they played their 50th anniversary shows in London last year,...
By Bang Showbiz on 02 April 2013
Eric Clapton Edited Book To End Blame Game
Veteran rocker Eric Clapton rewrote his tell-all memoirs after realising he had wrongly blamed friends for his descent into drink and drugs hell.In his 2007 autobiography, the Layla hitmaker detailed his desperate struggle with alcohol...
By WENN on 27 March 2013
Eric Clapton: 'I Do My Own Laundry On The Road'
Guitar great Eric Clapton relaxes between gigs whenever he is on tour in America by hitting the local laundromat.The rocker stunned fans in 2011 when a Wenn paparazzo caught him taking care of his own...
By World Entertainment News Network on 01 March 2013
Eric Clapton To Stop Touring
Eric Clapton is planning to stop touring when he's 70.The legendary 'Layla' guitarist is planning to quit going out on the road in three years time, as the hassles which come from travelling around the...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 February 2013
Eric Clapton Reveals Details Of New Album Old Sock
Eric Clapton is releasing his 21st studio album on March 12.The musician has announced via his official website that the follow-up to 2010's 'Clapton' will be called 'Old Sock' and feature a collection of ten...
By Bang Showbiz on 30 January 2013
Aspiring Guitarist Wanted For Eric Clapton Festival
A contest has been launched to find an undiscovered musician to play a live set at Eric Clapton's upcoming Crossroads Guitar Festival in New York.The winning artist will perform in front of thousands of fans...
By WENN on 16 January 2013
Out Now: Us Album Releases, Django Unchained Ost Features Rick Ross, Chief Keef Banks On Hip-hop Heavyweight Support, Eric Clapton's Slowhand Revisited
A mixed week for US albums releases; old classics given an airing, a major movie soundtrack launched and hip-hop artists new and old having a stab at chart success. Currently, the top of the US...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 18 December 2012
Nirvana Set To Return With Paul Mccartney Filling Kurt Cobain's Absence
Nirvana reunification for Wednesday night's special Hurricane Sandy relief concert at Madison Square Garden will see Paul McCartney fill the boots of the late Kurt Cobain. Nirvana's Dave Grohl asked McCartney to join him and...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12 December 2012
Rolling Stones Join Music Heavyweights For Biggest Sandy Benefit
The Rolling Stones have joined Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Paul Mccartney and Eric Clapton on the bill for next week's Superstorm Sandy benefit at New York's Madison Square Garden.The reunited rockers' decision to team up...
By WENN on 07 December 2012
Florence Welch And Rolling Stones Join Forces At Stones' O2 Gig
Florence Welch was the latest surprise guest to appear on stage with dinosaur rockers The Rolling Stones during their run of shows at The O2 in London, when the Florence and the Machine front-woman joined...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 30 November 2012
Eric Clapton And Florence Welch Join The Rolling Stones Gig
The Rolling Stones were joined onstage by Florence Welch and Eric Clapton on Thursday (29Nov12) in the second of two London shows celebrating the band's 50th anniversary.A video featuring Johnny Depp, The Who guitarist Pete...
By WENN on 30 November 2012
Florence Welch To Sing With The Rolling Stones
Florence Welch will perform with The Rolling Stones tomorrow (29.11.12).The Florence and the Machine singer will duet with Sir Mick Jagger on the band's iconic track 'Gimme Shelter' when the band perform the second of...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 November 2012
Eric Clapton And Florence Welch To Join The Rolling Stones On Stage - Report
Music veteran Eric Clapton and British singer Florence Welch will join The Rolling Stones onstage at their London concert on Thursday (29Nov12), according to a report.The rockers took the U.K. capital's O2 Arena by storm...
By WENN on 28 November 2012
Eric Clapton Lands Jeff Beck And John Mayer For Crossroads Guitar Festival
Jeff Beck, John Mayer, Vince Gill and Brad Paisley will be among the stars joining Eric Clapton onstage at the guitar great's 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival.The rock legend will be taking the two-day event to...
By WENN on 26 November 2012
Eric Clapton's Watch Sells For 2.3m
Eric Clapton's watch has sold at auction for £2.3 million.The 'Wonderful Tonight' singer acquired the timepiece, made by Swiss luxury watchmaker Patek Philippe, 10 years ago and yesterday (13.11.12) an Asian collector bought it for...
By Bang Showbiz on 14 November 2012
Eric Clapton Watch Fetches $3.68 Million At Auction
A watch owned by rock icon Eric Clapton has sold at auction for $3.68 million (£2.3 million).The Swiss-made Patek Philippe timepiece was listed as an "ultra-rare", platinum-cased watch which the guitar great received in 2002....
By WENN on 13 November 2012
John Lennon Wrote To Eric Clapton Proposing Supergroup
John Lennon once approached Eric Clapton with a plan to form a supergroup, according to correspondence that will go under the hammer at an upcoming Profiles in History auction next month (Dec12).A "distinguished American private...
By WENN on 05 November 2012
Ronnie Wood Auctions Off Rolling Stones Memorabilia Following Divorce
Divorces can be a hard time, especially if you're Ronnie Wood and you have to sell off a boatload of your stuff to pay for it, as was the case yesterday when the veteran rocker...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 29 October 2012
Clapton Sells His Gerhard Richter Painting For £21 Million
An abstract painting by the famed German artist Gerhard Richter, was sold at auction yesterday for a record-breaking price after a telephone bidding war ended in the piece, called Abstraktes Bild, being sold for just...
By Joe Wilde in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 13 October 2012
Eric Clapton Selling Abstract Painting For $19 Million
Rock legend Eric Clapton is set to bank as much as $19 million (£11.88 million) after putting an abstract painting by German artist Gerhard Richter up for sale.The singer and avid art collector is offloading...
By WENN on 13 September 2012
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