2 h. ago Music legend behind some of biggest hits of sixties dies at home

He played a key part in the sixties music scene

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3 h. ago Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian music legend known as ‘The Sorcerer’, dies aged 89

Pascoal recorded with stars including Miles Davis, who called him ‘the most impressive musician in the world’John Fordham picks his favourite Hermeto Pascoal momentsBrazilian musician Hermeto Pascoal, who played – and even boxed – with Miles Davis and was known as “The Sorcerer” for coaxing tunes from everything from a live piglet to water-filled kettles, died on Saturday aged 89.According to a message shared on his social media pages, Pascoal “passed surrounded by family and fellow musicians”. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago UK is a nation of big kids like music legend Rod Stewart and his model railways

While Rod Stewart was slammed for admitting his love of a model railways, it turns out following a recent survey that Brits have strong passions that hark back to our childhood

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29 h. ago 60s rock music legend dies as The White Stripes star pal confirms tragic news

Viv Prince, who was the drummer for The Pretty Things, has died at the age of 84, with the sad news confirmed by his friend and White Stripes band member Jack White

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4 d. ago Hollywood bidding war over David Bowie biopic which promises to lift lid on his private life

The film about David Bowie, who died aged 69 in 2016, is expected to shed light on the music legend's raunchy private life during his swift rise to fame in the 1970s

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5 d. ago What Johnny Cash told novelist Louisa Young that made her rethink everything

The English author recalls a grumpy interview with the country music legend in the 1980s that set her on the path from journalism to fiction

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5 d. ago ‘I wrote songs for the rich and famous and this is what it’s really like’

RuthAnne has penned hits for Britney Spears, Niall Horan and John Legend, and shares her experiences writing some of pop music's biggest bangers.

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6 d. ago EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert review – Baz Luhrmann’s electric yet avoidant documentary

Toronto film festival: the bombastic director’s second film about the music legend shows the singer at his most mesmerizing but the picture remains incompleteBaz Luhrmann now has two Elvis movies under his bedazzled belt. The first is his epic biopic starring Austin Butler and now he has unleashed another called EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, remixing archival material with never-before-seen footage from the singer’s residency in Las Vegas. What’s remarkable about them both, apart from the director’s obvious affinity for his subject’s showmanship, is his refusal across so many hours of jiggling and swivelling to meaningfully hold Elvis to account.Luhrmann’s Oscar-nominated 2022 film acknowledged Elvis’s cultural appropriation: how his phenomenal success owed so much to the R&B, gospel and rock he grew up around and the racist institutions that put him on a pedestal while holding down the Black artists that birthed and gave that music its soul. The movie also painted Elvis as a ...

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1 week ago Hobby Exhibition showcase returning to Coatbridge's Mackinnon Mills

Exhibitions will include remote-controlled cars, buggies, crawlers, boats, model railways, plastic modelling and aircraft.

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1 week ago Sir Rod Stewart's strict rule wife Penny Lancaster must follow

Penny Lancaster has opened up about her marriage with Sir Rod Stewart revealing the one rule the music icon set for her when they first got together - which still stands today

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1 week ago Sir Rod Stewart poses with rarely seen sons on family night out with wife Penny Lancaster

Sir Rod Stewart didn’t stray too far from his family home in Beverley Hills as he headed out for a rare night on the town with his wife Penny Lancaster and two sons

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2 w. ago Rod Stewart tells wife Penny Lancaster what to wear and 'hates' seeing her in trousers

Penny Lancaster has opened up about her marriage to Sir Rod Stewart, revealing the singer still likes to have a say in what she wears - and he's not a fan of trousers

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2 w. ago Rod Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster opens up about "terrifying" sexual assaults as a young woman

Trigger warning: This article about Penny Lancaster's experiences contains reference to sexual assaults

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2 w. ago My message was clear, 'Don't bulls**t me': PENNY LANCASTER on taming husband Rod Stewart, calling out disgraced Gregg Wallace... and the horrific sexual assault she's never revealed before now

She has 'tamed' husband Rod Stewart, called out disgraced Gregg Wallace and survived sexual predators.

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2 w. ago 90s music legend had intense fan encounter that left her 'panicking' for safety

90s legend Ultra Naté has recalled a terrifying fan encounter that left her panicking for safety as she prepares to light up Harrogate’s Love to be Festival on September 6

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2 w. ago My message to Rod was clear: 'Don't bulls**t me': PENNY LANCASTER on taming husband Rod Stewart, calling out disgraced Greg Wallace and surviving sexual predators

She has 'tamed' husband Rod Stewart, called out disgraced Gregg Wallace and survived sexual predators.

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2 w. ago Sir Rod Stewart slams Lib Dem leader for 'snubbing' Donald Trump state banquet

Maggie May singer Sir Rod Stewart said US President Donald Trump is the “only man” that can end the Ukraine war, after Sir Ed Davey said he was boycotting the bash over Gaza

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2 w. ago Rod Stewart says he will 'get throat cut' if he goes to Ibrox for Old Firm clash

Celtic-daft singer insists he'll steer clear of Ibrox, warning Rangers' season could be over if they lose on Sunday.

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2 w. ago The staggering truth about Allaster McKallaster: He's the pie

Some say he's the best thing to come out of Scotland since Irn-Bru - a cross between Archie McPherson, John Motson and a rather dishevelled Rod Stewart.

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2 w. ago Freddie Mercury's 'alleged love child says music legend would have hated his biopic Bohemian Rhapsody' and confesses it is 'full of fabrication'

The Queen star's alleged daughter, who is only identified as 'B', was revealed earlier this year by biographer Lesley-Ann Jones, who says Freddie secretly fathered a child during an affair in 1976.

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