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Sir Mick Jagger Narrates Poignant Short Film To Mark Royal Albert Hall's 150th Birthday
Sir Mick Jagger has narrated a poignant short film to mark the Royal Albert Hall's 150th birthday.The Rolling Stones frontman, 77, reads from WH Auden’s poem 'For Friends Only' in the 90-second clip titled 'Your...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 February 2021
Tainted Love, Hallelujah And Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: 10 Covers That You Probably Know Better Than The Originals
How many times in your life have you found yourself listening to a song that you think you know inside out, only to discover that that's not even the original version? We're guessing at least...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 08 December 2020
Album Of The Week: Remembering Jimi Hendrix And His Seminal Album 'Electric Ladyland'
It being Black History Month in the UK, it feels only appropriate to celebrate one of the most iconic rock albums of all time, brought to us by one of the greatest black musicians in...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 16 October 2020
Celebrating Black History Month: Are These The Greatest Black Artists Of All Time?
The annual celebration encourages us to honour black people and recognise their significant contributions to history, a key contributor being their extraordinary influence on the music industry.Whether you focus on Jimi Hendrix or Aretha Franklin,...
By in Music / Festivals on 12 October 2020
Jimi Hendrix's Electric Sunburst Guitar Fetches More Than £160k
Jimi Hendrix's Japanese sunburst electric guitar has sold for more than £160,000 ($209,000) at auction.The late music icon - who chocked on his own vomit and died at the age of just 27 in September...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 10 August 2020
Jimi Hendrix Covers Muddy Waters' 'Mannish Boy' In Unheard Recording
Jimi Hendrix shares his love of the blues with a stunning cover of Muddy Waters' 'Mannish Boy', released to the public for the first time as part of a new posthumous compilation of his archival...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 18 January 2018
Porn Star Mary Millington Honoured With Blue Plaque
Mary Millington, who died in 1979, holds a world record for the longest-running British film which played continuously for four years.Her famed soft porn movie Come Play With Me set a record when it was...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 06 April 2016
Jimi Hendrix's London Home To Become Public Exhibition
A London property at which the late guitar legend Jimi Hendrix lived in the late 1960s is to be opened to the public in early 2016, along with a neighbouring property once occupied by the...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 27 October 2015
Jimi Hendrix Home To Open In 2016
The musician lived on the top floor of the Georgian townhouse from 1968 to 1969 and officials have spent two years restoring the property into a permanent memorial to the late rocker....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 October 2015
Jimi Hendrix's Estate Sues Over Guitar
Members of Experience Hendrix LLC, who run the estate, have filed a lawsuit against Harvey Moltz, owner of Rainbow Guitars in Tucson, Arizona over a Black Widow acoustic guitar, which is believed to...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 October 2015
Madonna, Marvin Gaye And George Harrison Nominated For Songwriters Hall Of Fame Induction
Blondie, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Sly Stone, the Isley Brothers, and Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards will also compete for a spot in the Class of 2016 as performers, while Motown legend Berry...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 05 October 2015
Isle Of Wight Filmmaker Wants To Revisit Definitive Festival Movie
The director was not a fan of Michael Wadleigh's coverage of the 1969 music festival, because it suggests the event was all love, peace and hippies - and he'd like to show the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 05 October 2015
Rod Stewart's Poetry Book
Rod Stewart wants to release a book of poetry with Ronnie Wood.The 'Maggie May' hitmaker has always had a ''unique'' relationship with his Faces bandmate, to the extent they have their own language, and he...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 September 2015
Jimi Hendrix's Hair Up For Auction
It's the first time any such item has been offered. The 'hair charm' was one of many used for a widely publicised seance/interview staged by Guitar World magazine in an attempt to...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 21 September 2015
Amy Winehouse Sensed Early Demise
Amy documentary director Asif Kapadia reveals when he was conducting research for the project he discovered the Back to Black hitmaker predicted her early demise. He claims many friends and associates told...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 21 September 2015
Alice Cooper: I Came Within Two Or Three Weeks Of Dying
Alice Cooper was told he would die if he didn't give up alcohol. The 'Poison' hitmaker revealed he was drinking so heavily at one point that his doctor gave him an ultimatum that if he...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 August 2015
Kendrick Lamar Wants To Be Compared To Bob Dylan
Kendrick Lamar wants to be compared with Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles.The 28-year-old rapper's latest album, 'To Pimp A Butterfly', has received widespread critical acclaim and he hopes the record will go down...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 July 2015
Paul Mccartney Honours Charleston Victims During Festival Performance
Shockwaves were sent around America on Wednesday (17Jun15) when a gunman opened fire at a weekly Bible study session at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 June 2015
Isle Of Wight Festival Sees World Record Attempt In Honour Of Jimi Hendrix
On the 45th anniversary of his legendary set at the venue, the organisers of the Isle of Wight Festival 2015 have honoured Jimi Hendrix by attempting to break a world record.Amid the fun of four...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 16 June 2015
Jimi Hendrix World Record Attempt Planned For Isle Of Wight Festival
The rock icon played the U.K. festival in 1970 and organisers plan to commemorate the legendary performance by trying to break the record for the most fans in one place wearing masks at...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 09 June 2015
Lawsuit Launched Over Jimi Hendrix Guitar
The Acoustic Black Widow instrument, used by the rock legend, was left to his father following the star's death in 1970 but it has since changed hands and the current owner is reportedly...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 02 June 2015
Jimi Hendrix Biopic Moving Forward
The Captain Phillips moviemaker initially signed on for the untitled film four years ago, but at the time, Hendrix estate executors would not release the rights to the late guitarist's music....
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 May 2015
Jimi Hendrix Memorabilia Up For Auction
Clothes and guitars owned by Hendrix were discovered in a box that had been locked in a storage facility in East Sussex, England since 2008 following the death of Mitch Mitchell, drummer with...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 06 May 2015
Slash Tops Guitar Solo Poll
NME editors have called the rocker's solo "a masterclass in build-up" in naming it number one in their 50 Greatest Guitar Solos countdown. Page's Stairway to Heaven solo for Led Zeppelin and...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 05 May 2015
Jimi Hendrix Memorial Park Finally Given Green Light
Plans to build a permanant memorial to the rock legend were announced in 2011, and it had been hoped that the Jimi Hendrix Park would open the following year (12). The project...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 March 2015
Jimi Hendrix Gets Animated For Last Interview
One of Jimi Hendrix's final interviews has been animated for a new web series.The audio clip of journalist Keith Altham's chat, which he recorded a week before Hendrix's death in 1970, has been given the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 February 2015
Early Jimi Hendrix Recordings To Feature On New Compilation
Jimi Hendrix's early recordings with Curtis Knight & the Squires are to feature on a new compilation to be released next month (Mar15).You Can't Use My Name: Curtis Knight & the Squires - The Rsvp/PPX...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 February 2015
Kathy Etchingham 'Shocked' By Hendrix Film Inaccuracies
Jimi Hendrix's former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham has lashed out at director John Ridley and the filmmakers behind 2014 biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side for the inaccuracies about her romance with the guitar great...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 05 February 2015
Kirsten Dunst Defends Lars Von Trier
Kirsten Dunst has defended Lars Von Trier. The 32-year-old actress - who worked alongside Lars, 58, in the 2011 drama 'Melancholia' - insists she would be more than happy to work with the filmmaker again...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 December 2014
Sheldon Reynolds In Ownership Dispute Over Jimi Hendrix Guitar
Former Earth, Wind & Fire and The Commodores star Sheldon Reynolds is facing a lawsuit over the ownership of a Jimi Hendrix guitar he obtained following his marriage split from the late rocker's stepsister.Officials at...
By World Entertainment News Network in Music / Festivals on 13 November 2014
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