Category: Music

Guys, I don’t want you to panic, but Lemar is back. Yes, the platinum-selling winner of Fame Academy has just confirmed he’ll be making a comeback to British stages in April 2024. This new string of tour dates follows a batch of shows Lemar delivered to celebrate his show-stopping 20-year career. It Feels Right that Lemar is continuing his tour, as his fans have no doubt been calling on him to Don’t Give Up. With the Weight of the World on his shoulders, he’s beginning his shows in Gateshead on Friday, April 5, 2024, before rounding off his tour in ... Read more

When Elvis Presley hit the big time and moved into Graceland in 1957, he generously housed his close relatives there too. His paternal grandmother Minnie Mae, who tragically ended up outliving her son Vernon and grandson Elvis, lived at the Memphis mansion until her death in 1980. She’s now buried in the Meditation Garden with them to this day and those who knew her have some touching stories to tell of her time with Elvis. Linda Thompson, The King’s live-in girlfriend from 1972-6, opened up on their sweet relationship during Elvis Week 2023. The 73-year-old said: “It says a lot ... Read more

A worldwide search is on to ­reunite Sir Paul McCartney with his much-missed “favourite” guitar that he played on Love Me Do, Twist and Shout and She Loves You. Macca was an unknown teenager when he bought his first Hofner 500/1 electric bass for just £30 in a shop in Hamburg in 1961. Experts say if found the guitar which disappeared at the end of the 1960s could now be worth morethan £10million. Hofner has launched a quest to find the lost guitar after Sir Paul, 81, recently told the manufacturers how much he would like to be reunited with ... Read more

Every year Andrea Bocelli returns to Lajatico, his hometown in Tuscany, Italy to sing at the Teatro del Silenzio (Theatre of Silence). The 64-year-old tenor convinced the local municipality to build the open air amphitheatre back in 2006, to which he contributed greatly. Apart from his annual performance there every July, the outdoor venue remains silent, as its name suggests, for the rest of the year. Highlights from the 2023 performance have been posted on his official Instagram page including a duet of Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling in Love, with Emma Marrone. The song was originally recorded by The ... Read more

It’s been 50 years since Queen released their debut album and despite Freddie Mercury’s untimely death and John Deacon’s retirement, Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor have very much been keeping the show on the road. The rock legends are set to embark on a North American tour with Adam Lambert later this year and this month celebrate their birthdays. The Queen guitarist turned 76 on July 19 and this week the drummer has turned 74. Sir Brian celebrated his music partner, who he formed Smile with before Queen, on his Instagram. He posted pictures of Roger with the caption ... Read more

Jo said: “Inside Graceland was like a wonderland. It wasn’t a formal thing. It was never formal, it was just casual…everybody sitting around talking. He wanted to make sure everybody had a good time, everybody was comfortable, all the guys [and] their wives.” Meanwhile, the Memphis Mafia’s children were free to just run all through the house. This would be Lisa Marie and her childhood friends including Billy and Jo’s son Danny – whose YouTube Channel Memphis Mafia Kid they were sharing their memories on. When it came to Elvis’ present giving, Billy said: “His generosity spoke for itself.” READ ... 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