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Pattie Boyd has sold her private collection of artifacts, which included the original painting from the cover of 1970’s Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, as well as various items from her marriages to George Harrison and Eric Clapton. The painting, titled La Jeune Fille au Bouquet and created by Emile Theeodore Frandsen in the mid ’50s, was acquired by Clapton directly via the artist’s son in 1970. Clapton later gifted it to Harrison in the late ’70s, who in turn gifted to Boyd in the late ’80s. Boyd has now sold the painting for $2.5 million. Boyd’s collection, which sold for a total of $3...
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Letters central to one of the most famous love triangles in rock history are set to hit the auction block. Pattie Boyd, the famed model who romanced both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, is putting more than 100 personal items up for auction. Among them, letters Clapton wrote to woo her away from the quiet Beatle, whom Boyd was married to from 1966 to 1977. “Eric wrote the most divine, beautiful letters, and I don’t want to keep reading them,” Boyd noted to the New York Times, explaining why she decided to sell the love notes. “It hurts.” “It seems like an eternity since I last saw or spoke t...
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Pattie Boyd is selling the "desperate and passionate" love letters she received from Eric Clapton and the late George Harrison. The 79-year-old model-turned-photographer finds it "heartbreaking" to read the missives penned by her ex-husbands but she is ready for someone else to "enjoy" the notes. Pattie - who was pursued by Eric while married to his close friend - told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: “I’ve had them all for so many years – far too long. I thought, why don’t I just sell everything and let everybody else enjoy it? “The letters from Eric – they’re so desperate and passionate, a pas...
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George Clinton grew up listening to rock and roll. It was Eric Clapton who indirectly helped him realize how he could be part of it. The legendary Parliament-Funkadelic icon had already recognized that there was always a bit of the past represented in anything new. “You might learn a new dance in order to dance to it, but it’s still that same groove,” he explains in …And Your Ass Will Follow, the newest entry in Audible’s ongoing Words + Music series. But he also perceived that there was a barrier that he had to work past. “I deliberately brought the attention to funk, because I’d already seen...
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Pattie Boyd thinks men aren't "allowed to be proper men" any more. The 79-year-old model - who was previously married to late Beatles legend George Harrison and Eric Clapton and is now wed to Rod Weston - complained the #MeToo movement has led to guys feeling "attacked" and having to curb their natural behaviours. She told the 'My Wardrobe Malfunction' podcast: "I feel really sorry for men because they're not allowed to be proper men any longer, because they are attacked. "I think, Where have all the men gone? The women have sent them away." Pattie insisted she never had "any issues" with unwa...
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Groundhogs guitarist and vocalist Tony McPhee has died after suffering complications from a nasty fall last year. The veteran rocker - who worked with the blues and rock group for more than six decades - is said to have died "peacefully at home" on Tuesday (06.06.23) at the age of 79 with a message from the band confirming the tragedy was linked to an accident he suffered back in 2022. A statement posted on the Groundhogs' Facebook page read: "We are deeply saddened to announce that 79 year old guitar and blues legend Tony (TS) McPhee, died peacefully at home today 6th June, from complications...
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Johnny Depp has wrapped up playing two tribute concerts for his late friend Jeff Beck after being left “totally devastated” by the musician’s death. The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor, 59, played and sang at the gigs on Monday (22.05.23) and Tuesday nights in London’s Royal Albert Hall alongside rockers such as Sir Rod Stewart, 78, Ronnie Wood, 75, and 78-year-old Eric Clapton. Johnny toured with Jeff – who died on 10 January aged 78 after contracting bacterial meningitis – in 2022 during his final tour and joined the whole host of stars in honouring the musician at Monday's incredible show....
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Johnny Depp, Eric Clapton and Sir Rod Stewart and many more are expected to perform at a pair of Jeff Beck tribute concerts. The two shows at London's Royal Albert Hall on May 22 and May 23, will see a portion of the money made from ticket sales go to the Folly Wildlife Rescue based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, which Beck and Hollywood star Depp visited last year amid their joint tour in support of their LP, '18'. The likes of Billy Gibbons, Gary Clark Jr, Imelda May, Joss Stone, John McLaughlin, Robert Randolph, Olivia Safe, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, and Doyle Bramhall, are also hoping to ta...
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Sharon Stone has paid tribute to her late brother Patrick Stone after he was killed by a heart attack. The ‘Basic Instinct’ actress, 64, lost her younger sibling after the 57 year old had a cardiac arrest on Sunday (12.01.23) and she posted a video message to fans on Monday to Instagram confirming his death and reflecting on how the family had been hit with a “tremendous amount of loss”. Referencing how Patrick and his wife Tasha’s son River died in 2021 at 11 months old from total organ failure, Sharon said: “Yes he is the man who was the father to River who we lost last year… at 11 months ol...
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Sharon Stone's brother has died at the age of 57. The 64-year-old actress' younger brother, Patrick, suffered a heart attack and passed away on Sunday (12.02.23), TMZ reports. Tasha, his wife, shared the news with friends, and also referenced the death of their son River, who died in 2021 at just 11 months old. She wrote: "My heart feels like it’s been ripped out of my chest. Patrick went to be with our sweet River ... I don’t know what else to say, he was my world. "I’m not sure what life is supposed to look like without my husband by my side and quite honestly I don’t want to, but I will of ...
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