Month: December 2022

UPDATE 2: Fortnite developer Epic Games has posted an update about server downtime for Chapter 4, Season 1. In a post on Twitter, Epic confirmed that downtime has started and that patch sizes will be larger than usual. “Downtime for v23.00 #FortniteChapter4 has begun. Please note that patch sizes will be larger than usual on some platforms.” The game should be back online shortly, although it looks like Android users are having issues installing the update, which may delay things. “We’re currently investigating an issue that is preventing V23.00 from being installed on Android devices,” Epic explains. “We’ll provide an update ... Read more

Elvis Presley first met Linda Thompson in July 1972, and before long, they began a passionate, loving relationship. A month later, Elvis’ divorce from Priscilla Presley was finalised on August 15, 1972. The couple had been separated for just over a year, but the King of Rock and Roll was not yet over the emotional pain he endured when he found out that Priscilla had cheated on him.  In the early 1970s Priscilla and Elvis became very involved in martial arts. Their instructor, Mike Stone, became a large part of their lives, but Priscilla took things to the next step. ... Read more

Christine McVie reminisces about Fleetwood Mac in 2017 We stood with our backs to the kitchen wall at somebody’s New Year’s Eve party in Los Angeles. “The older you get, the quieter you become,” reflected Christine McVie, clutching a crystal flute of champagne but not sipping a drop. Suddenly, she crossed the room to tip hers in the sink, then re-joined me at the edge of the fray. Seizing my glass, she gulped it in one, then fell about, cackling. It was a jokey nod to her heavy drinking. “Life humbles you bit by bit,” the Fleetwood Mac singer, songwriter ... Read more

This raw performance starts with a quick hello from Jimi in his familiar drawl, while he tunes his guitar. It is amazing to think that this is the start of such a seminal show. Eddie Kramer, Jimi’s long term producer and sound engineer, shared that this was usual for him, with a spartan crew of just 3 tech guys, he would just stroll up and tune his guitar and play in his own effortless way. The album features all of Jimi’s classics – Purple Haze, Voodoo Child, Foxy Lady – and is mixed with less known tracks such as Tax ... Read more

As December beckons, our Christmas classic playlists will begin booming away with their festive merriment if they haven’t already. One song Brits will no doubt hear over and over again in shopping malls, supermarkets and at parties over the holiday period is Slade’s 1973 hit Merry Xmas Everybody. The band’s best-selling single has sold in excess of one million copies and beat Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday to No 1 that year. But did you know that Noddy Holder’s band have The Beatles’ John Lennon to thank for their most famous track? Slade guitarist Dave Hill spoke ... Read more

Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis added: “It gives me enormous pleasure to let you know that the one and only Elton John will be making his first ever Glastonbury appearance, headlining the Pyramid Stage on the Sunday night next year. This will be the final UK show of Elton’s last ever tour, so we will be closing the Festival and marking this huge moment in both of our histories with the mother of all send offs. We are so very happy to finally bring the Rocket Man to Worthy Farm!” Other rumoured headliners with the best odds include Arctic Monkeys, Taylor ... Read more

Elvis Presley’s home of Graceland has been open for public tours for the last 40 years. However, to this day, his private upstairs area remains off-limits, just as was the case during his lifetime. When The King moved into the mansion in 1957, he had a privacy wall with one-way mirrors installed on the first-floor landing for security and privacy purposes. Elvis’ inner circle, the Memphis Mafia, had free rein of Graceland, but they had to be personally invited by The King if they were to venture upstairs. Located up there was the star’s bedroom, ensuite bathroom, dressing room and ... Read more

Alongside his work with Queen and animal rights campaigning, Brian May is a big supporter of Stereoscopy, a form of Victorian 3-D photography. And following the launch of his new book Stereoscopy Is Good For You: Life in 3-D at Proud Galleries in London last month, the 75-year-old is now ready to host a special signing there next week. The venue houses his new exhibition, including previously unseen personal photos of Freddie Mercury, which are on display for the next five months. A statement on the announcement noted: “ Please be mindful that Brian has limited time and will only ... Read more

When the Elvis Presley biopic hit cinemas earlier this summer, the film clocked in at 159 minutes, cut down from a four hour cut in the edit. Baz Luhrmann had to fit in over 20 years of The King’s short but busy life through the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Yet the director now plans on releasing a much longer version. Baz previously told Radio Times: “I would have liked to lean into some of the other things more. There’s so much more. I mean, there’s lots of stuff that I shot like the relationship with the band, I had to ... Read more

Harrison Ford, 80, returns as his iconic archeologist in what will be his character’s final adventure. The new movie is set in 1969, 12 years after the events of Kingdom of Crystal Skull, with the US Government recruiting former Nazis in the Space Race. This includes Mads Mikkelsen’s Voller, who is determined to make the world a better place as he sees fit. And now Indiana Jones 5’s first trailer has debuted, revealing the film’s title. The mysterious object makes a brief appearance in the Indiana Jones 5 trailer and Ford’s adventurer alludes to not believing in magic but having ... Read more