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Pete Townshend and his wife, singer/songwriter Rachel Fuller , have announced plans to launch a new live streaming show called In the Bunker that will...

Jan 21, 2021 1966 - George Harrison married Patti Boyd with Paul McCartney as Best man. George had first met Patti on the set of The Beatles movie A Hard Days Night. George wrote Something and I need You about her. She left Harrison in the mid-70s and started an affair with Harrisons friend Eric Clapton, who wrote the song "Layla" about her. Wonderful Tonight as well. The two married in May 1979, but split in 1988. 1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience began recording their cover of Bob Dylans "Al...

More than 100 U.K. musicians, including Elton John , Queen 's Brian May and Roger Taylor , The Who 's Roger Daltrey and Sting , have signed an open le...

More than 100 U.K. musicians, including Elton John , Queen 's Brian May and Roger Taylor , The Who 's Roger Daltrey and Sting , have signed an open le...

Festive Five TV Highlights for New Years Eve Updated / Thursday, 31 Dec 2020 20:46 TV Editor Tonights top New Year’s Eve TV includes Kathryn Thomas and Deirdre O Kane hosting the NYE Countdown Show, there’s a Mrs Browns Boys New Year Special, and Jools Holland’s annual Hootenanny . . . NYE Countdown Show, 10.45pm, RTÉ One Kathryn Thomas and Deirdre O Kane front a celebration of homegrown talent from Dublins famed Gaiety Theatre. Sharon Shannon and her band will be the house band for t...

You cant go out tonight, so whats on TV? As Britons face ringing in the new year from the sofa, Femail reveals your viewing options from celebrity quiz show specials to the traditional Hogmanay countdown Britons are facing ringing in New Year in the living room amidst Covid-19 crisis, with millions stuck inside   Many across the UK will be settling onto the sofa to celebrate Hogmanay at home after being placed in Tier 4  From quiz shows to comedy specials, there is plenty on TV to keep the w...

Last modified on Fri 8 Jan 2021 07.24 EST Virtual New Year’s Eve Parties You might not be able to see your real friends – but there’s a gaggle of TV’s finest to keep you company with on British TV. On BBC One Paddy McGuinness kicks things off at 9pm with The Big New Year’s In, which promises a “live extravaganza” including musical guests, quizzes and a look back at 2020. (Do we really need that, Paddy?) That’s followed by a Graham Norton Show festive at 10pm, featuring Emily ...

10 Disappointing Follow-Up Albums   Here’s how it goes: your favorite band puts out a masterpiece and critics and fans fall at their feet. The subsequent tour is a hot ticket, the record sales in the stratosphere. That grand album puts them on a whole other level. You can’t wait until the follow-up…but when it finally comes, it’s a big flop. Yes, we can argue that a “flop” is grounded in perception, but we can tell when a fan base is disappointed; you can almost hear the collecti...

Lulu and Leo Sayer to join Jools Holland for 25th anniversary tour Jools Holland will play the Royal Albert Hall (David Jones/PA) Musicians including Lulu, Leo Sayer and Chris Difford are to perform with Jools Holland And His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra on their 25th anniversary tour. The 19-piece orchestra plan to complete 33 tour dates during autumn and winter next year. They will perform at venues including London’s Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham’s Symphony Hall and Manchester’s O2 Apoll...

DYLAN, DOGS & TEARS That’s almost certainly a minority opinion but here’s how I see it. First, the facts. It was reported that Mr. D, a sometimes Santa Monica resident (I know where his house is, nyah nyah nyah) just sold the publishing rights to his entire 60-year catalog, about 600 songs, to Universal Music Publishing Group for about… $400,000,000. Universal Music Publishing Group is also located in Santa Monica. Well, aren’t we special. Maybe he chose them so all those Brinks trucks ...