Category: Pop/Rock

Today in History

On Jan. 13, 1967, the Rolling Stones’ double-A sided single “Let’s Spend the Night Together” and “Ruby Tuesday” was released in the United Kingdom by Decca Records.

Five Finger Death Punch Finish Next Studio Album

Ah, the joys of finishing a new album! Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook was so overjoyed, he hopped on Instagram to post a seemingly innocuous shot of a car dashboard that is until you realize that it was Hook enjoying the moment of listening back to mixes from the new album through his BMW car stereo. “Our new record is finished,” beamed Hook in the caption accompanying the Instagram photo.

Classic film director dies at the age of 85

Jeremy Summers, who was born in St Albans in 1931 to Dora, an actor, and Walter Summers, a film director and screenplay writer, died on December 14 at the age of 85. Summers began working as a runner at Elstree Studios, in Borehamwood, when he was 16 and became an assistant director on films such as The Dam Busters and Moby Dick . His son Julian Summers said: “Walter had come back from the second world war a physical and nervous wreck and had already acquired a reputation in the film industry for being difficult.

MoFrancesco Quintetto: Kucheza

Jazz has certainly come a long way since its early beginnings, whose free spirit and richness of form means that one could easily spend a whole lifetime marvelling at its infinite variety. And none more so than on Kucheza, the MoFrancesco Quintetto’s sublime and engaging new album.

AP Photos: People around the world ring in 2017

Revelers around the world have been welcoming 2017 with crackling fireworks displays and loud cheering, saying goodbye to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts and the deaths of several beloved performers. The people of Sydney were treated to a glittering display over their famed harbor and bridge that honored the singer David Bowie and actor Gene Wilder, who both passed away in 2016.

Fake celeb encounter top fake news for Medicine Hat

Way back when, this column challenged readers to get Medicine Hat on the map in 2016, nudging eyeballs toward application and nomination forms for halls of fame, committees and other enterprises of renown. The most notable, but absolutely unconfirmed mention of the Hat comes via a series of Facebook posts that portend that actor Hugh Jackman got a flat outside town.

Team GB lead the way in New Year Honours list

Britain’s first ever Tour de France cyclist, a cutler to the Queen with 76 years under his belt and the director of an agricultural show are among the Yorkshire recipients of New Year’s Honours Nationally, Olympic heroes Mo Farah, Andy Murray and Sheffield’ Jessica Ennis-Hill lead the way in a list dominated by Rio 2016’s Team GB. Others who will claim the title Sir in the new year include Kinks frontman Ray Davies, 72, and veteran comic Ken Dodd, 89, recognised for services to the arts, and entertainment and charity, respectively.

Justin Bieber ‘is trying to block release of deposition video’

The on-screen evidence relates to a case brought against the 22-year-old pop star by his neighbour, who has accused Justin of egging his house and spitting on him back in 2014. Lawyers for the ‘Sorry’ hitmaker believe that the release of the video could create an unwelcome storm around Justin, who recently courted controversy when he lashed out at a fan in Barcelona, Spain, after he reached into his car and tried to grab him.

George Michael’s 100m fortune to go to Godchildren

The Wham! singer was the Godfather to Roman and Harley Kemp – the children of his band’s vocalist Shirlie Holliman and her husband Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp – and has reportedly asked for his estate to be divided up between them following his shock death from heart failure at the age of just 53 on Christmas Day . The ‘Careless Whisper’ hitmaker is also expected to leave a wad of cash to Geri Horner’s 10-year-old daughter Bluebell, who is the Goddaughter of his ex-boyfriend Kenny Goss, and will make sure his older sisters Melanie and Yioda, his boyfriend Fadi Fawaz and his cousin Andros’ two children, to whom he is also a Godfather, are left in a financially stable condition.

George Mitchel at the Commitent to Life Aids benefit concert on Jan….

George Michael, the English singer-songwriter who shot to stardom as a teen idol in the 1980s as half of the pop duo Wham! and went on to become one of the era’s biggest pop solo artists with hits such as “Faith” and “I Want Your Sex,” died over the Christmas holiday, The Associated Press has confirmed. He was 53. Michael, whose career was marred by a 1998 arrest for engaging in a lewd act in a Beverly Hills park restroom, died peacefully at home, his publicist said.

U.S. troops join displaced Iraqi Christians for Christmas Eve Mass

BARTELLA, Iraq — For the 300 Christians who braved rain and wind to attend Christmas’s Eve Mass in their hometown, the ceremony evoked both holiday cheer and grim reminders of the war raging around their northern Iraqi town, and the distant prospect of moving back home. Displaced when the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria seized their town, Bartella, in August 2014, the Christians were bused into town from Irbil, capital of the self-ruled Kurdish region where they have lived for more than two years, to attend the lunchtime service in the Assyrian Orthodox church of Mart Shmoni.

‘Togetherness’: Ruby Rose reunites with girlfriend Jessica…

‘Togetherness’: Ruby Rose reunites with girlfriend Jessica Origliasso as the loved-up couple spend time with friends at a rainforest retreat And on Thursday, Ruby Rose was reunited with her girlfriend, Veronicas singer Jessica Origliasso at a rainforest retreat in Queensland. ‘Togetherness’: Jessica was ecstatic to be reunited with Ruby as the pair spent time with close friends at a rainforest retreat on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast The pair were ecstatic to be back together, both posting short Boomerang clips in which they clowned around with close friends.

Chris Evans is in festive spirits for BBC Christmas party

Chris Evans is in festive spirits for BBC party: DJ, 50, wears snowflake jumper and Santa hat to Christmas lunch Making his way to the party in London after his Breakfast Show at the BBC Radio 2 studios, the 50-year-old sported a snowflake jumper and Santa hat with cycling shorts, leggings, and multicoloured Nike trainers. Playing Sir Derek Jacobi’s on-screen wife in the hit BBC series Last Tango In Halifax has sparked some real-life tension between the thespian and his co-star Anne Reid.

A promotional flyer for WHAM!’s Beijing concert in 1985. File photo

But now, prompted by the death of George Michael to recall that time, I can see that the concert I attended was more than just a musical first, it was a symbol of the changes that were setting China on the road to the country it is today. ) had started the ball rolling in the late 1970s by opening the country to foreign trade and bringing in the idea of entrepreneurism, and the period from late 1984 to 1986 was an interesting time to be in the Chinese capital as it felt as if Deng’s ideas had started to really gather pace.