Golden sixties moments
Jan 2014
We went to the second house of Sixties Gold at Leeds on November 3 and it was full.
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Band in top form
Jan 2014
CD review Deep Purple Perfect Strangers Live MANY Deep Purple fans regard the Mark II line-up (Gillan, Blackmore, Paice, Glover & Lord) as the ‘classic’ of the band and were saddened when they split. In 1984, that line-up announced a reunion and there was much rejoicing among the fans. More joy came when the Perfect...
read moreLast of a lifetime
Jan 2014
DAVID ESSEX, The Osmonds, Showaddywaddy and Les Mc- Keown’s Legendary Bay City Rollers star next June in The Once In A Lifetime – The Final Tour.
read moreSun rises on The Animals
Jan 2014
JOHN STEEL of ANIMALS & FRIENDS, says the group had to change the original lyrics of ‘The House Of The Rising Sun’ as there were suggestions that the song was about a brothel in New Orleans. “We loved the song when we first heard it, but it was 1964 and we knew there was no way any radio station would play a...
read moreGet well, Sally Carr
Jan 2014
SALLY CARR, the glamorous lead singer of Middle Of The Road, will not be able to perform on stage for at least another year because of illhealth, but she will be re-recording some of the group’s songs from the 1970s. This is the latest news on Sally from fellow original group member Ken Andrew, who has known her since Middle of...
read moreRick’s rock journey
Jan 2014
RICK WAKEMAN embarks on a “Journey to the Centre Of The earth” tour in April to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of his landmark concept album.
read moreOldfield’s new album inspires
Jan 2014
By Ralph Gowling Mike Oldfield has an album of fresh material coming out in January after a six-year gap during which he thought he would never record anything new again. It was Mike’s appearance before a global audience of 900 million at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games that sparked his return to the studio and led...
read moreBaker’s dozen
Jan 2014
WHO CAN forget that magical split second that lifted an already outstanding performance into a Eurovision winning classic back in 1981.
read moreThe boys are back in town
Jan 2014
What started as a joke has led to what is claimed to be ‘one of the most exciting events to happen at Stratford Town Hall in over 50 years’.
read moreBreafast with: Proud history of eagles – Eagles dare to fly off forever
Jan 2014
By Ralph Gowling The Eagles stage concerts in the UK in May and June as part of what they say may be their farewell world tour. Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit will perform classics spanning their career, including some that have never been performed live, as well as songs featured in “History of The...
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