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Freddie Mercury soundcheck with new Brian May, Roger Taylor interviews | Music | Entertainment

The new mini-documentary episodes, which are released every Friday at 12pm GMT, follow on from the 50 episodes of Queen The Greatest which charted the band’s half-century history. This time the focus is on how Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon have gone down as one of the best live acts in …

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Elvis daughter’s Lisa Marie left behind childhood message at Graceland | Music | Entertainment

Elvis Presley’s only child Lisa Marie Presley died suddenly last week and will be buried by her father and son Benjamin Keough in Graceland’s Meditation Garden on Sunday. The 54-year-old spent much of her first nine years living at the Memphis Mansion, before her father’s death at 42 in 1977. In interviews before she died, …

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Paul McCartney’s fears over Beatles ‘break-up’ song | Music | Entertainment

The Beatles split up in 1970 after just over ten years of being together. Once each of the Fab Four went their own separate ways, they all began working on solo music. But almost 50 years later, one of Paul McCartney‘s songs left fans thinking he had written a brutal track about the end of …

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Paul Weller tickets: Here’s when Paul Weller tickets go on sale this week | Music | Entertainment

Paul Weller is the latest star to join the line up of Forest Live – a summer concert series presented by Forestry England. These gigs take place in special woodland locations around the country, and Weller is gracing the event with three gigs in June to play some of his legendary hits. Tickets come out …

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Elvis Presley’s fiancée remembers his beautiful words about daughter Lisa Marie | Music | Entertainment

Lisa Marie suffered a cardiac arrest at home on January 12. Despite attempts to revive her by her ex-husband Danny Keough and then doctors, Elvis Presley’s only child lost her life later that day. Tributes have flooded in from friends and colleagues, as well as close family. Her mother Priscilla Presley said, « She was the …

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Chase Atlantic announce first details of their fourth album | Music | Entertainment

The Australian pop/rock trio just finished up hitting sold-out stages in the UK after four years away from the country. Their set lists have been packed full of new tracks, which debuted on their third record, Beauty In Death, which was written, recorded and released during the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 5, …

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Brian May and Roger Taylor ‘completely devastated’ by Jeff Beck death | Music | Entertainment

Sharing pictures with Beck, Brian May wrote on his Instagram: “Gutted, so sad, to hear of Jeff’s passing. He was the Guv’nor. He was inimitable, irreplaceable – the absolute pinnacle of guitar playing. And a damn fine human being. I’m sure I will have a lot to say, but right now …. Just lost for …

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Freddie Mercury battled ‘a**hole’ rock star over duet ‘I and erased his vocals | Music | Entertainment

Freddie was many things: a sublimely gifted singer, composer and musician – and a generous and devoted friend. Nobody, however, could ever accuse him of being meek and mild. His PA and close friend Peter Freestone told Express Online that the star actually used to enrage people on purpose: « Freddie would provoke fights because that …

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Elvis Presley gave Richard Nixon an incredibly dangerous gift | Music | Entertainment

Nevertheless, Macca’s more recent words on The King while promoting McCartney III have been very positive, highlighting their meeting in 1965 and how All Shook Up still lifts his spirits. After their meeting, Nixon wrote a letter to Elvis on New Year’s Eve, thanking the star for visiting the White House and for the handgun …

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Charity attacks Band Aid’s ‘helpless Africans and white saviours’ | Music | Entertainment

With the January sales upon us, the seasonal soundtracks have disappeared from the shops. For most of us, it will be another 11 months before we’re once more subjected to the plaintive wailing of « Do they know it’s Christmas? » Band Aid’s 1984 hit single made it more difficult for the UK public to ignore one …