2021 – Glastonbury Festival will receive £900,000 funding after having to cancel in 2020 and 2021. The iconic Worthy Farm event is being supported as part of the UK government’s latest Cultural Recovery Fund announcement, with more than 2,700 organisations being supported a combined £400 million in grants and loans to help with the impact […]
2021 – Paul Simon has sold his back catalogue to Sony Music Publishing. The label now owns the rights to the music legend’s hits, including ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, ‘Mrs. Robinson’ and ‘Still Crazy After All These Years’. The Grammy-winner’s Simon and Garfunkel songs are also included in the deal. Simon said in a statement: […]
2020 – The music icon signed the record hours before being murdered by Chapman outside The Dakota apartment building in New York City in December 1980. The historic copy of ‘Double Fantasy’, his collaboration album with Yoko Ono, was actually submitted as evidence in the New York Police Department’s investigation into Lennon’s murder. And according […]
2020 – Jimmy Page has considered a live music comeback thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown. The rock veteran admitted quarantining in the U.K. has fuelled his passion for getting onstage for his first official gig since the Led Zeppelin reunion show in London in 2007. “When we first went into lockdown I thought, ‘Right, now’s […]
2020 – A poll completed by 2,000 Brits to mark the launch of the new Sony Walkman player found the rock legends’ 1975 hit to be the nation’s favourite song by 43 per cent, followed closely behind in second place by Queen’s 1978 hit ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. Despite the song’s popularity, Queen previously described […]
2020 – Yoko Ono is suing her late husband John Lennon’s former aide for copyright infringement in the latest development in an ongoing court battle. In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Yoko alleges that Frederic Seaman violated a court order by sitting down for a 23-minute interview on 10 September to discuss topics which are […]
2020 – Chrissie Hynde has been in no rush to see lockdown guidelines lifted because the planet has benefitted from the COVID-19 pandemic. As strict stay-at-home orders are relaxed in parts of the world where coronavirus infections are on the wane, The Pretenders star said she’d happily make permanent lifestyle changes to help the environment. […]
2020 – Ronnie Wood is furious the Covid-19 pandemic is delaying a new Rolling Stones album and tour. The rock legends were forced to postpone their No Filter tour in March, and scale back work on a new album – only being able to complete a single, Living in a Ghost Town, remotely from old […]
2020 – Ghetto news: Megan Thee Stallion has alleged Tory Lanez was the person who shot her at a Hollywood Hills party last month. The 25-year-old was shot as she left the party with fellow rapper Lanez, who was arrested shortly after the incident and charged with possession of a firearm. It wasn’t clear who […]
2020 – The heavy metal legends – comprising James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo and Lars Ulrich – joined forces with the ‘Sour Candy’ singer for a performance of their track ‘Moth Into Flame’ at the 2017 Grammys. And their frontman was in awe of her dedication to the performance and her creative vision. Hetfield […]
2020 – Kelly Osbourne slams ‘disgusting’ troll following attack on dad, Ozzy. Kelly Osbourne has called out a ‘disgusting’ troll who applauded her father’s Parkinson’s disease diagnosis. Taking to her Instagram stories, The TV personality showed her 2.1 million followers a message from an anonymous Instagram user, who described Ozzy Osbourne as just “another a***hole” […]
2020 – Katy Perry had a ‘pharmaceutical crutch’ to recover from depression The 35-year-old pop star suffered depression during her Witness tour in 2017 and 2018, and Katy has now revealed she took medication in order to fight the problem. She shared: “I was on the Witness tour, I remember looking out to the audience […]
