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2008 – Gilmour’s tribute to Floyd star Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett Read more

2008 – Gilmour’s tribute to Floyd star Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett

2008 – Gilmour’s tribute to Floyd star Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and Richard Wright Gilmour said Wright (right) was “gentle, unassuming and private”. Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has praised late bandmate Richard Wright for his “vitality, spark and humour”. Writing on his website, Gilmour said he had “never played with anyone quite […]

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2008 – The Times: The story in this morning’s paper is on the ruses various celebrities Read more

2008 – The Times: The story in this morning’s paper is on the ruses various celebrities

2008 – The Times: The story in this morning’s paper is on the ruses various celebrities use to evade reporters outside the main criminal courthouse in Manhattan. Actor Rip Torn, for example, once led paparazzi through a park and past a gaggle of chanting construction workers before jumping into the cab of an occupied 18-wheeler, […]

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1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan… Read more

1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan…

1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England. The Beatles have 20 No. 1 songs, more than any other recording act, and McCartney by himself or in duets has another nine. His biggest post-Beatles hits are “Ebony and Ivory,” a duet with Stevie Wonder that stays at No. 1 for seven weeks, and “Say […]

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2008 – Alton Kelley, psychedelic poster creator, dies… Read more

2008 – Alton Kelley, psychedelic poster creator, dies…

2008 – Alton Kelley, one of the founding members of the ’60s San Francisco rock scene, died Sunday June 1st, 2008 at his home in Petaluma after a long illness. He was 67. Mr. Kelley will be remembered as the creator (with his artistic partner, Stanley Mouse) of hundreds of classic psychedelic rock posters, such […]

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2007 – Amy Winehouse cancelled a series of European shows after being admitted to hospital Read more

2007 – Amy Winehouse cancelled a series of European shows after being admitted to hospital

2007 – Amy Winehouse cancelled a series of European shows after being admitted to hospital suffering from “severe exhaustion”. The 23-year-old singer was taken to University College London Hospital and later discharged. In the past few weeks she had pulled out of the T in the Park festival – also citing “exhaustion”, Liverpool’s Summer Pops […]

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2007 – Bob Dylan and his brother bought Aultmore House a mansion Read more

2007 – Bob Dylan and his brother bought Aultmore House a mansion

2007 – Bob Dylan and his brother bought Aultmore House a mansion in the Scottish Cairngorms National Park, near Nethybridge, Inverness-shire. Bob Dylan has just purchased a sprawling Scottish estate. Britain’s The Telegraph reported that Dylan and his younger brother David Zimmerman purchased the secluded property for over $7.8 million under the family name, Zimmerman. […]

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2006 – A photographer sues Britney Spears, claiming that her mother Read more

2006 – A photographer sues Britney Spears, claiming that her mother

2006 – A photographer sues Britney Spears, claiming that her mother ran over his foot with her SUV in 2004. Cullen Reavley claims he was struck after ambushing Britney, her mother, and sister Jamie Lynn Spears in a Santa Monica parking lot.

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2005 – Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille is sentenced to 80 days behind bars after Read more

2005 – Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille is sentenced to 80 days behind bars after

2005 – Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille is sentenced to 80 days behind bars after he pleaded no contest to DUI and causing injury. DeVille was arrested after running into a parked car in August.

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2005 – Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris and Kenny Read more

2005 – Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris and Kenny

2005 – Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris and Kenny Chesney perform at the 20th edition of Farm Aid in Tinley Park, Illinois.

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2005 – Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington files for divorce… Read more

2005 – Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington files for divorce…

2005 – Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington files for divorce from his wife of nine (NINE!) years. The couple blame the usual “irreconcilable differences.” Can a multi-platinum album be far behind?

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2005 – Onstage in Asbury Park, N.J., Bruce Springs… Read more

2005 – Onstage in Asbury Park, N.J., Bruce Springs…

2005 – Onstage in Asbury Park, N.J., Bruce Springsteen takes a stand against hunger by donating all of the proceeds from a tour rehearsal show to World Hunger Year (WHY), which was co-founded in 1975 by late singer/songwriter Harry Chapin and Bill Ayres.

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2005 – Danny Sugerman, longtime manager of the Doo… Read more

2005 – Danny Sugerman, longtime manager of the Doo…

2005 – Danny Sugerman, longtime manager of the Doors, dies in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He is 50. Daniel Stephen Sugerman (aka Danny; October 11, 1954 – January 5, 2005) was the second manager of the Los Angeles based rock band The Doors, and wrote several books about Jim Morrison and […]

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