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Sir Paul McCartney has paid tribute to his "lovely" wife on their wedding anniversary. The Beatles legend - who was previously married to the late Linda McCartney and model Heather Mills - shared a photo of himself and Nancy Shevell seemingly on vacation on Monday (09.10.23) and revealed they were celebrating 12 years of marriage on the same day as would have been his late bandmate John Lennon's birthday. Paul captioned his post: "Happy anniversary to my lovely wife, Nancy. Let’s have a great one - Paul [heart emoji] (sic)" The 'Live and Let Die' hitmaker also took a moment to pay tribute to J...
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Keith Richards "still talks" to Charlie Watts. The musician died in August 2021, aged 80, and Keith admits that he's left a big void in the Rolling Stones, even though he's been replaced on the band's new album by Steve Jordan. Keith, 79, told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "It’s like he came with Charlie’s blessing. "Charlie’s so much a part of me, and we’ve been so much a part of the same thing, that although he’s passed, I still talk to him every time I’ve got a question. I’m like: ‘Now what would Charlie say?’ And I wait for the reply. Just because you’ve croaked don’t mean you’re over." ...
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Former Beatles bass player Chas Newby has died at the age of 91. Newby was a member of John Lennon's first band, The Quarrymen, and news of his passing has been announced by The Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles first rose to prominence. In a Facebook post, a spokesperson explained: "It's with great sadness to hear about the passing of Chas Newby. "Chas stepped in for The Beatles for a few dates when Stuart Sutcliffe stayed in Hamburg and latterly he played for The Quarrymen. "Interestingly, he was also the first left-handed bass guitarist in The Beatles. RIP Chas Newby thoughts and ...
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Paedophile entertainer Rolf Harris has died aged 93. The death of the convicted sex predator was confirmed by the registrar at Maidenhead Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon (23.05.23). The Australian-born star was said to have been gravely ill with neck cancer and had been living as a virtual recluse at his £5 million home in Berkshire since he was freed from jail in 2017. He had been fighting to eat and talk, according to an author who claimed to have seen him last year. Private investigator and writer William Merritt told the Mail Online after an ambulance was seen outside the disgraced TV host’...
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Julian Lennon thinks musicians face an "unbelievable" amount of abuse. The 60-year-old musician - who is the son of Beatles icon John Lennon - has revealed that he's "reviewing" his life with the thought of potentially writing about the relationship between artists and their record labels. He told PEOPLE: "I was going back over things that have happened to me in the past and I was actually shocked at how the industry and the people in the industry treat artists. "I mean, it's disturbing, it truly is. The abuse is unbelievable." Julian released his seventh album, 'Jude', in September, after pre...
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Bob Marley planned to sleep rough when he first came to London. The 'One Love' hitmaker had been left stranded and penniless when he went to the UK in 1970 but befriended music executive Nigel Burlinson - who died last month aged 86 - and the Rondor Music Publishing administrator happily bailed the Jamaican singer out so he could find somewhere to sleep. In a tribute to Nigel for the Times newspaper, Lance Freed, former president of Rondor, recalled: “Marley was sitting alone in our offices looking rather lost and out of place. “While serving him tea and biscuits Nigel learnt that he had no mo...
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John Lennon had to be ushered out of a Franki Valli concert after making lewd remarks. The late Beatles legend had record executive Tony King by his side during his infamous "lost weekend" - a period where he had temporarily separated from wife Yoko Ono - in the mid 1970s, and the former Apple records A+R boss has recalled the chaos he had to deal with during that time in Los Angeles, including escorting the 'Imagine' singer out of the Four Seasons frontman's show when he started yelling "Show us your d**k". Tony also recalled having to retrieve John from a toilet cubicle, where he had been ta...
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Mary McCartney found it "overwhelming" figuring out her "own path". The 53-year-old photographer - who is the daughter of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney and his late first wife Linda - admitted she was "confused" about how she could step out of the shadow of her famous parents when she was younger. She said: "Finding my own path was overwhelming at times. Working out how to make my own mark felt confusing. I loved taking pictures, but assumed everyone could. Then one day a friend showed me her awful holiday snaps and I realised maybe I did have something." While the 'If These Walls Could Si...
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A scathing letter from John Lennon to Sir Paul McCartney is going up for auction. The late Beatles legend - who was shot dead in 1980 - wrote to his former bandmate days after the 'Live and Let Die' hitmaker gave an interview critical of him and the Beatles to now-defunct music magazine Melody Maker in November 1971, and it is now expected to fetch at least $30,000 when Gotta Have Rock and Roll auction it off, TMZ reports. The typewritten letter - a copy of which was sent to Melody Maker editor Richard Williams, who complied with John's request to publish it - sees John tell Paul he is ungrate...
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George Harrison's widow Olivia wants Beatles fans to understand the "man and his humanity". The 74-year-old author has penned a book of poems called 'Came the Lightening' to mark 20 years since George's death, and Olivia admits she's still dealing with her "grief". She shared: "It just sort of bubbled up. Emotions, but especially the emotion of grief, strikes whenever it feels like it and I just had a moment of 20 years - how could this possibly be. "I just wrote something and thought, ‘If I just keep writing I’ll have one for every year’." The Beatles icon died from lung cancer in November 20...
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