Favorite Seventies Artists In The News

Posted by Administrator on September 13th, 2022

A generous number of Seventies artists have reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at age 96. "Along with the rest of the nation, I am deeply saddened to hear the news of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's passing," Sir Elton John wrote on Instagram. "She was an inspiring presence to be around, and lead the country through some of our greatest, and darkest, moments with grace, decency and a genuine caring warmth. Queen Elizabeth has been a huge part of my life from childhood to this day, and I will miss her dearly," he added. Later in the evening during his concert in Toronto, John again reflected on the late monarch to the audience: "She was an inspiring presence to be around," he said, as images of the late royal lit up the big screens either side of the stage. "She led the country through some of our greatest and darkest moments with grace and decency and genuine caring, and warmth. I'm 75 and she's been with me all my life and I feel very sad that that she won't be with me anymore, but I'm glad she's at peace," he continued. "I'm glad she's at rest and she deserves it. She worked bloody hard. I send my love to her family and her loved ones, and she will be missed. But her spirit lives on. And we'll celebrate her life tonight with music," Elton added, before playing his 1975 hit "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me." Paul McCartney, saying memories had come "flooding back" following the Queen's passing, told social media followers that he was "privileged to have been alive during the whole of Queen Elizabeth II's reign." Sir Paul, 80, went on to recall the memories he has of the Queen, including winning an essay competition with a piece about the monarchy at 10 years old and watching Elizabeth's coronation on a black-and-white television in 1953. Looking back I am honoured and amazed to see that I met Her Majesty eight or nine times and each time she impressed me with her great sense of humour combined with great dignity," he wrote. "The Beatles got the MBE on 26th October 1965. I remember us being taken aside and shown what the correct protocol was. We were told how to approach Her Majesty and not to talk to her unless she talks to us. For four Liverpool lads, it was, 'Wow, hey man.'" After recounting his other experiences with the Queen, Macca concluded his post: "God bless you. You will be missed." Yoko Ono, posting on Twitter on behalf of herself and son Sean Ono Lennon, wrote: "We would like to send out deepest sympathy to the Royal family following the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II; a strong and powerful woman whose seventy year reign was served with integrity, dignity, grace and compassion. With love, Yoko and Sean Ono Lennon." Ozzy Osbourne, who recently relocated to his native England from Los Angeles, told his Twitter followers that "I mourn with my country the passing of our greatest Queen. With a heavy heart I say it is devastating the thought of England without Queen Elizabeth II." Cher recounted to her legion of Twitter followers that "When She Got 2 Me,She Asked Me Pertinent Questions,& Seemed Genuinely Interested In Talking 2 Me.I'm Proud She Was a=& Happy She Had a Great Sense Of Humor." Other '70s artists paying tribute include The Rolling Stones (Instagram), Patti Smith (Instagram), Barbra Streisand (Instagram), Stevie Nicks (Instagram), and even John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon, former frontman of the anarchic '70s UK punk band The Sex Pistols: "Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II," he captioned the Sept. 9 tweet. "Send her victorious. From all at johnlydon.com." - Billboard/Music-News.com/New Musical Express, 9/9/22...... Elton John fans who missed a chance to see the Rocket Man on his ambitious "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour will get one last chance to experience the magic on Nov. 20 when the Disney+ streaming channel will air ""Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium." The livestream of John's final concert at L.A.'s Dodger Stadium will chronicle the pop legend's final American stop on what has been billed as his last-ever tour as part of a reported $30 million deal struck with Disney. The package includes the livestream as well as the previously announced documentary Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and the Years That Made His Legend. Elton's return to Dodger Stadium is significant: in 1975 he played a pair of sold-out shows for more than 100,000 fans that helped cement his legend in America thanks to his outrageous outfits -- including Donald Duck -- and a cameo from tennis legend Billie Jean King, who joined him to sing backing vocals on "Philadelphia Freedom." After playing his final shows in the US, John will carry on to Australia and New Zealand in Jan. 2023 before moving on to a final string of European dates, including nine dates at the O2 in London. Elton is currently riding high with his new Britney Spears collab "Hold Me Closer," which has topped Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for the week of Sept. 10. - Billboard, 9/12/22...... New York corrections officials announced on Sept. 12 that the assassin of John Lennon will be denied parole for the 12th time. Mark David Chapman, 67, appeared before a parole board at the end of August, according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Chapman was convicted of shooting and killing the former Beatle on the night of Dec. 8, 1980, as Lennon and Yoko Ono were returning to their Upper West Side apartment. Lennon had signed an autograph for Chapman on a copy of his recently released album, Double Fantasy, earlier that day. State officials have yet to make transcripts of Chapman's latest board interview available, but he has repeatedly expressed remorse in previous parole hearings. He called his actions "despicable" during his hearing in 2020, and said he would have "no complaint whatsoever" if they chose to leave him in prison for the rest of his life. "I assassinated him ... because he was very, very, very famous and that's the only reason and I was very, very, very, very much seeking self-glory. Very selfish," said Chapman, who is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Green Haven Correctional Facility. Chapman's next chance at parole will be in Feb. 2024. - Billboard, 9/12/22...... Ozzy Osbourne fans are infuriated that the metal icon's first live performance in nearly four years during half-time of the L.A. Rams and Buffalo Bills NFL season opener on Sept. 8 was only shown for a few seconds on NBC. Osbourne performed a multi-song medley, joined by Post Malone and Travis Scott, that included their collaborative track "Take What You Want," however broadcaster Maria Taylor introduced Ozzy's performance and the screen cut to him half-way through a performance of the title track from his new album Patient Number 9, so pundits could discuss the first half of the match. "The @NFL and @NBC need to immediately apologize to both Ozzy & the millions watching for not showing his halftime performance. No excuses!," one Twitter user posted, while another wrote "Wtf was that? You say 'here's Ozzy Osbourne' cut to him for 5 seconds then back to the half time recap no one cares about? Thanks NBC." Another could have been written by Osbourne himself: "F--k NBC for cutting away from Ozzy so a bunch of chuckleheads can talk about stats and shit." The day after the NFL performance, Ozzy released Patient Number Nine, with an A-list cast of contributors including Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Tony Iommi and Zakk Wylde. - NME, 9/11/22...... Among the nuggets on the newly mixed and extended version of the Beatles' seminal 1966 album Revolver is an acoustic rendition of "Yellow Submarine" by John Lennon. The special "super deluxe" Revolver boxset has been freshly mixed by producer Giles Martin -- the son of the legendary Liverpool group's late studio wizard George Martin -- and engineer Sam Okell in stereo and Dolby Atmos, utilising the latest technology. And it boasts never-before-released studio recordings and demos, including the downbeat rendition of "Yellow Submarine." Giles said at a listening event for the boxset: "I didn't realise it was very much a John Lennon song, that Paul [McCartney] commercialised in a way [until that clip]." The Beatles classic was penned as a children's song by McCartney and Lennon, but it was drummer Ringo Starr who was given lead vocal duties. - Music-News.com, 9/9/22...... Though it may have taken him longer than expected, John Lennon's son Julian Lennon, 59, says he's content with where he is in life, having learned to forgive his dad (who he was on the brink of mending a long-damaged relationship when John was gunned down in 1980) and accept the hurdles he's faced. "I'm good all the way down the line these days," he says. "I'd always hoped I would get here. How long was the journey going to be? That was the question." Julian puts that journey under a microscope on his seventh studio album, Jude (out Sept. 9). It's a nod to the Beatles classic "Hey Jude," written by Paul McCartney in 1968 to console young Julian as his parents, John and first wife Cynthia, split. Jude is a collection of new songs and a pair of tracks he wrote more than 30 years ago but recently rediscovered while combing through old demos. "Working on the album was about getting in touch with myself and who I am," he says. - People, 9/19/22...... Newly unsealed documents from the FBI show Aretha Franklin was tracked by the agency several times throughout her career, primarily in the late '60s and early '70s, for her connection to the Civil Rights Movement as the "Queen of Soul" used her musical influence to advocate for racial equality in America. The documents -- which total 270 pages and also feature information regarding death threats to the singer and copyright infringement cases -- highlight Franklin's many performances at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, of which Dr. Martin Luther King was president. The shows for the SCLC took place in Atlanta and Memphis between 1967 and 1968 and were labeled as "communist infiltration" events and "a summary of the racial situation in Atlanta, GA" by the FBI. The FBI was concerned that Franklin's performances at the events "would provide emotional spark which could ignite racial disturbance [in] this area," due to members of the group that "have supported the militant black power concept." Other events Franklin was investigated for included a scheduled Black Panther Party performance, which the singer ultimately skipped due to timing issues but was nonetheless included in the documents. "Bobby Seale, Chairman of the Black Panther Party, has directed the Los Angeles Black Panther Party to initiate plans for a major rally culminating in free food distribution to the poor black people in Los Angeles," it reads. "Source also advised that Gwen Goodloe wanted to contact Negro singing stars Aretha Franklin and Roberta Flack to possibly assist in the event." Elsewhere in the documents, the FBI saw a link between Franklin and the "quasi-military group" Black Liberation Army after reportedly finding her address in BLA's organization documents. Due to insufficient evidence, the FBI concluded that Franklin's association with the BLA could not be determined. Franklin died in 2018 at age 76. - Billboard, 9/9/22...... For the third summer in six years, the Rolling Stones have embarked on a 14-show tour throughout Europe, and topped the $100 million mark yet again. In celebration of the band's sprawling six-decade career, their new tour -- officially billed as The Rolling Stones -- SIXTY" doubled its namesake, grossing $120.8 million from 712,000 tickets, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. Overall, the brief tour averaged $8.6 million and 51,000 tickets per show. That makes it the Stones' most fruitful European tour ever, clipping the 2017 and 2018 legs of the "No Filter Tour," which averaged $8.6 million ($8.568 million, to be exact) and $8.4 million, respectively. In total grosses, it lags behind the 2003 European leg of the Licks Tour, which earned $129.7 million in a far more expansive run of 46 dates. - NME, 9/9/22...... Roxy Music are rumored to be playing the legends slot at the UK's Glastonbury festival in 2023. Bryan Ferry and co recently reunited for a 50th anniversary tour in September, their first in 11 years, and it's now been claimed the glam rock legends are being eyed for the Sunday tea-time slot at the world-famous music festival in Somerset, England, next summer. "I'm hearing that Roxy Music will do the Legends Slot at next year's Glastonbury. Like all rumours, it might be wrong but I don't think it is," reads a post on the official Glastonbury Twitter page. Roxy Music will play three shows in Philadelphia on Sept. 16, before visiting such major markets as Boston (9/18), Chicago (9/20), Dallas (9/24), San Francisco (9/27) and the L.A. suburb of Inglewood (9/29). They'll then return to the UK for shows in Glasgow (10/10), Manchester (10/12) and London (10/14). - Music-News.com, 9/12/22...... In July, Manhattan prosecutors indicted three men for trying to profit from handwritten notes for the 1976 Hotel California album that were allegedly stolen from Eagles drummer and singer Don Henley. Glenn Horowitz, 66, Craig Inciardi, 58, and Edward Kosinski, 59, were charged with conspiracy over their efforts to resell and hide the origin of the stolen notes, which also include other iconic Eagles songs and are worth more than $1 million. At the time, the three vowed to "fight these unjustified charges vigorously." On Sept. 7, the trio did exactly that -- filing motions to dismiss the case that cited a litany of faults with the charges against them. Chief among them: That the alleged "thief," a journalist named Ed Sanders who obtained them in the 1970s, has never been charged with a crime and says he did nothing wrong. "Mr. Sanders had been asked by the rock group the Eagles to write their official biography," wrote Horowitz's lawyer Jonathan Bach. "He traveled with the band and obtained possession of voluminous materials, including handwritten drafts of Eagles' lyrics. The Indictment nowhere alleges that Mr. Sanders stole or improperly obtained any materials." Lawyers for Kosinski cited a 2019 interview between Sanders and prosecutors, in which an investigator repeatedly told the now-elderly author that he "did nothing wrong" and agreed that he had not stolen the notes. "If the People's view is that Mr. Sanders is not a thief, the court should dismiss the Indictment in its entirety," wrote Kosinski's lawyer Antonia Apps, before pointedly explaining that a crucial element of criminally possessing stolen property is that "the property being possessed was in fact stolen." A spokesman for the Manhattan DA's office did not immediately return a request for comment. - Billboard, 9/8/22...... Nearly 50 years after her breakthrough role as Bond Girl Solitaire opposite Roger Moore's 007 in 1973's Live and Let Die, actress Jane Seymour says she'd love to reprise the role if asked. "I'd be happy to," says Seymour, 71. "Just walk into [the background of] a scene and someone could go, 'Is that Solitaire?' People love that film. I was 20 years old when I shot it and am very proud to still be associated with the franchise 50 years later." The Emmy-winning British actress recently starred in and produced the mystery series Harry Wild, and says she has no plans to slow down because "I wouldn't even know what retiring is." An accomplished painter, sculptor and philanthropist, Seymour happily spends her free time with her four children -- and dotes on her three grandchildren. "I'm trying to encourage people that life doesn't end at a certain age," she says. "I just want to grow and keep learning all the time. That's why I certainly haven't stopped working." - People, 9/12/22...... Heavyweight Ernie Shavers, who faced some of the toughest fighters in boxing over the course of his 74-win career, died on Sept. 1 in Virginia. No cause of death was given he was 78. - People, 9/19/22...... Grammy-winning pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis died on Sept. 12, his official Facebook page announced. He was 87. Though no cause of death was given, the post indicated that the musician "died peacefully at his home in Chicago." The jazz pianist unexpectedly became a pop star when his recording of "The 'In' Crowd" reached the Top 10 in 1965, and he sustained connections between jazz and popular music at a time when those bonds often seemed fragile. His music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio, and he earned three Grammy awards throughout his career. Earth, Wind & Fire singer Philip Bailey posted a tribute to Lewis on Twitter after news of his death broke. "Long Live the Legendary Ramsey Lewis... Our Great Friend and Jazz Icon. You will be sorely missed, and always remembered. God Bless and Keep you," he wrote. Fellow Grammy-winning composer Christian McBride also honoured the late Lewis, writing: "Another legend leaves us. Thank you for blessing our lives with such soulful music." - Music-News.com, 9/12/22...... Actor Jack Ging, best known for his roles in the TV action series Hawaii Five-O and The A-Team, died of natural causes at his home in La Quinta, Calif., on Sept. 9. He was 90. Mr. Ging starred as General Harlan "Bull" Fullbright in The A-Team, which ran from 1983 to 1987, alongside George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz and Mr T. His character on the show ended when Fullbright took a bullet in the back during a rescue mission to save his daughter. His string of TV credits included guest spots on the likes of Bat Masterson, The Roaring 20s, The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, Bonanza and The Six Million Dollar Man. On the big screen he starred in three films alongside Clint Eastwood -- Hang 'Em High (1968), Play Misty for Me (1971), and High Plains Drifter (1973). Mr. Ging is survived by his wife Apache and his five children Adam, Casey, Erin, Charlie and Anna. He met his wife Apache, also from Oklahoma, while filming Where the Red Fern Grows in 1973 and they were married five years later. - Bang Showbiz, 9/12/22.

Despite a plethora of health battles in the past four years including a staph infection, early Parkinson's disease, pneumonia, major neck surgery, and a positive Covid-19 diagnosis, Ozzy Osbourne says "I know that I can get back onstage" for a halftime performance during the 2022-23 NFL season kick-off game between the Rams and Bills on Sept. 8. In a new interview with Kerrang! magazine, the 73-year-old metal icon said he's ready to rock an American stage again for the first time since he collaborated with Travis Scott and Post Malone a the 2019 American Music Awards on "Take What You Want." "I am going to put 110 percent into getting myself out there. Time is my most valuable asset now. I'm 73. I don't think that I'll be here in another 25 years," Ozzy told the publication. "I've got a goal: the goal is to get back onstage. I had my last surgery in June, I can't have any more. So whatever I make of it is entirely up to me now. Even if I manage one show, then fall over, [I'll have done it]. But I know that I'm going to carry on. I know I can beat it. I know that I can get back onstage. It's just that I've got to get off my butt and go for it." Ozzy added he's working on getting his "rhythm again," admitting that, "my balance is all f-ked up, but I've got to keep going. I mean, I'll probably always have a limp. But I don't mind, as long as I can f-kin' walk around without falling on my head. I have a goal: that next summer I will be onstage. If I put every effort into it and I still can't, at least I can't say that I haven't tried." His "No More Tours 2" outing has been repeatedly delayed due to the pandemic and his various medical issues; it's currently slated to kick off in Europe in early 2023. - Billboard, 9/8/22...... Bruce Springsteen has been confirmed as the headliner for the 16th annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 7. The benefit -- which supports the Bob Woodruff Foundation's mission to "find, fund, shape, and accelerate equitable solutions that help the veteran and military community thrive" -- will also feature The Lumineers, comedian Jon Stewart, Amber Iman, Hasan Minhaj and Jeff Ross, among others. "After an incredible in-person return last year, we are thrilled to welcome everyone back for another night of laughter, healing, and appreciation of our nation's heroic veterans, featuring some of the funniest comics and most talented musicians on the planet," said its founder, journalist Bob Woodruff. Though the line-up for the event has shifted with every year it takes place, Springsteen has been the sole constant act, performing at each and every one. At last year's event, the Boss played a handful of acoustic tracks and, as always, cracked a few jokes. In 2020, when the event went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he performed remotely from an empty New Jersey bar. - New Musical Express, 9/8/22...... The new Elton John/Britney Spears collaboration "Hold Me Closer" has debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart -- one spot higher than Elton and Dua Lipa and PNAU's massive hit collab "Cold Heart" ever climbed in its long chart run. "Hold Me Closer" also has strong sales and streaming numbers and a robust start at radio. The song borrows lyrics and melodies from Sir Elton's past hits "Tiny Dancer" and "The One," and represents the first new music we've heard from pop queen Britney since her mid-to-late '10s heyday. Not surprisingly, "Hold Me Closer" has inspired some listeners to revisit, or discover, classic songs on which "Hold Me Closer" draws inspiration from on streaming platforms. Following the release of the new collab, Elton's "Tiny Dancer," which serves as the basis of the "Hold Me Closer" chorus, rose 10.4% in weekly U.S. official on-demand audio streams during the week ending Sept. 1, while "The One," which makes up its verses, was up 19.22%, according to Luminate. And while "Hold Me Closer may reanimate John's older material, the new single is already a bigger chart hit -- blasting in at No. 6 on the Hot 100 and surpassing the chart peaks of not only "Cold Heart (No. 7), but also "The One (No. 9) and "Tiny Dancer (No. 41). Meanwhile, John has announced he plans on taking a mini "hiatus" from music after his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour wraps on July 8, 2023, in Stockholm, Sweden. And while he won't rule out collaborating with other artists, the 75-year-old music legend says he has no plans to release any new music in 2023 and is planning to take a little break from the studio "to figure out" what he wants to do. However the Rocket Man reassured fans that he will never give up music because it's so "incredibly healing." Speaking on The Hits Radio Breakfast Show with Fleur East, he said of future collaborations after his latest "Hold Me Closer" collab with Britney Spears: "I'm open to anything but I've got to finish my tour and I probably won't release anything next year but who knows! I may get an offer from somebody, you never know... I might do something on someone else's record but not on mine." In the meantime, John has some musicals on the way, having penned the music for "The Devil Wears Prada" stage adaptation and "Tammy Faye" with Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears. On Sept. 7, Elton played the first of two back-to-back stadium shows at Toronto's Rogers Centre, calling Canada his "second home" given he's married to Torontonian David Furnish and their two sons have Canadian passports. It was the 247th show of his massive farewell tour. - Billboard/Music-News.com, 9/7/22...... The Beatles picked up five awards at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sept. 3. The Peter Jackson-directed documentary The Beatles: Get Back was honored in the categories of Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera), and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera). Meanwhile, the Beatles have confirmed in a YouTube clip that a special edition of their classic 1966 album Revolver is set to be released on Oct. 28. First confirmed by Giles Martin -- the son of the late Beatles producer George Martin -- in August, Revolver is the latest Fab Four album to be re-released as a remixed and expanded deluxe box set following Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 2017, "White Album" (2018), Abbey Road (2019) and Let It Be (2021). All 14 tracks on the original album have been newly mixed by Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell in stereo and Dolby Atmos, while the album's original mono mix has been sourced from its 1966 mono master tape. The physical and digital "super deluxe" Revolver collections also feature the album's original mono mix, 28 early takes from the sessions and three home demos. There is also a four-track EP with new stereo mixes and remastered original mono mixes for "Paperback Writer" and "Rain." The Revolver special edition will be available in three formats -- "Super Deluxe," "Deluxe" and "Standard" -- and will be released on vinyl, CD and digitally. Revolver was originally released in Aug. 1966. NME, 9/5/22...... In other Beatles-related news, a Paul McCartney and Chrissie Hynde duet of the Beatles' 1969 Abbey Road track "Oh! Darling" was among the many special moments at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert on Sept. 3 at London's Wembley Stadium. Sir Paul joked to the crowd that "Oh! Darling" "hadn't been done since we recorded it 100 years ago" after he stepped onstage with the Pretenders frontlady amid the Foo Fighters' headlining set at the nearly six-hour event of music celebrating the life of the late Taylor Hawkins. "I've never done is as a duet," McCartney said. "But we're gonna do it tonight for the first time, for you." With Omar Hakim on the drums behind the pair, and McCartney on guitar, the two singers traded off vocals on "Oh! Darling." "God bless Taylor," said McCartney -- who went on to perform the hard-rocking 1968 Beatles track "Helter Skelter" before the Foo Fighters continued on with their own hits. Other memorable performances that night included a Rush set of songs with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, Joe Walsh leading a James Gang reunion after more than 15 years, and Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor joining the Foo Fighters to perform a five-song set of Queen hits. - Billboard, 9/3/22...... Speaking of Queen, Roger Taylor has announced plans to release a recording of The Outsider Live as an album. Taylor, 73, embarked on a solo tour in support of his sixth solo studio album The Outsider in 2021 and is now wants his fans to "enjoy" the album after such "dark times." He said: "For some time now, we've all just been trying to get by. Now, it's back to the basics, myself and some great musical pals getting back out there to play some rock. I just want everybody to enjoy it, get away from the depressing time we'd been having." The live recording is a combination of various shows from the 22-date tour and is due to be released as a 2CD set, and digital release on Sept. 30 but will be preceded on Sept. 8 by a new version of "Surrender" -- a 1999 track that highlighted domestic violence -- which has been taken from a live recording at the O2 Academy in Bournemouth. Taylor has dedicated his new album to fellow drummer and Foo Fighters star Taylor Hawkins -- who was found dead at the age of 50 back in March -- and described the late rocker as his "brother." - Music-News.com, 9/8/22...... "Bowie On The Blockchain," a new David Bowie digital art project approved by the late artist's estate, is set to launch on Sept. 13 on OpenSea. The project is being billed as "a first-of-its-kind multiple artist NFT sale" that will bring together the work of nine non-fungible token (NFT) artists. The venture is a partnership between the Bowie estate, the NFT marketplace OpenSea, and Andrew D. Keller and Joaquin Acrich's Web3 company We Love The Arts. Each artist, including Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova, has created "their own unique takes paying homage to David Bowie and his influence across their artistic and personal identities," according to a press release. One hundred per cent of the profits from the sale that will go to the Bowie estate will be donated to the humanitarian organization CARE, where Bowie's widow Iman serves as its Global Advocate. - NME, 9/6/22...... Meanwhile, Bowie's sometime producer Brian Eno has shared his latest song, "We Let It In," on YouTube and announced details of a live event, Space Music, at the Barbican. The track is taken from Eno's forthcoming new solo album FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, which is set for release on Oct. 14 via UMC. Discussing the record in a press release, Eno explained: "My voice has changed, it's lowered, it's become a different personality I can sing from. I don't want to sing like a teenager, it can be melancholic, a bit regretful. As for writing songs again - it's more landscapes, but this time with humans in them. I like creating worlds, that's what I do as an artist, creating sonic worlds. Now after quite a long absence of humans in those worlds I have tried putting one in and seeing how they feel in the world I've made." Eno has also announced details of a special talk, Space Music, that he'll give at the Barbican in London on Oct. 23. "In this rare one-off talk, Eno discusses his approach to three-dimensional sound, the environment and where we are in the world just now," a description from the Barbican reads. - NME, 9/7/22...... Guitars owned by such music legends as Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and Slash are being sold to raise funds for the people of Ukraine. The Gibson Guitars For Peace Ukraine Relief sale will see profits from the sales of the instruments go towards humanitarian efforts amid Russia's ongoing invasion of its neighboring country. Julien's Auctions is accepting bids from Oct. 11, with a live auction set for Nov. 11 to 13 online and in-person at the Hard Rock New York. Sir Paul McCartney, 80, said in a statement: "I'm happy to auction this beautiful guitar of mine to benefit the fine people of Ukraine. Hopefully it will help them through this aggressive Russian invasion." Paul has displayed the Ukranian flag onstage during some of his recent performances, and several other bands and artists have been performing with Gibson guitars in the colours of the Ukrainian flag in solidarity with the war-torn country. - Music-News.com, 9/8/22...... In related news, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has penned an open letter to Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, suggesting she persuade her husband to work toward a ceasefire with Russia and "stop the slaughter." Waters' letter is a response to Zelenska's interview on the BBC program Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, which aired on Sept. 4. In it, Zelenska was asked what message she had for British people regarding the rise in energy bills that has come in part due to the current war between Ukraine and Russia. People must understand [rising energy costs] are not coming through the West's support to Ukraine. The prices are going up in Ukraine as well. But in addition, our people get killed. So when you start counting pennies on your bank account or in your pocket, we do the same and count our casualties." She added "If the support [from the West] is strong, this period will be shorter," which Waters took issue with. Posting to Facebook on Sept. 6, Waters addressed Zelenska. He begins by saying his "heart bleeds for you and all the Ukrainian and Russian families, devastated by the terrible war in Ukraine," then argued against the West providing armaments to Ukraine, suggesting it would be better to "seek a different route." He wrote: "If by 'support for Ukraine' you mean the West continuing to supply arms to the Kiev government's armies, I fear you may be tragically mistaken. Throwing fuel, in the form of armaments, into a fire fight... won't work now, particularly because, in this case, most of the fuel is (a) being thrown into the fire from Washington, DC... and (b) because the 'fuel throwers' have already declared an interest in the war going on for as long as possible." - NME, 9/7/22...... Unseen Led Zeppelin from the band's legendary LA Forum show in 1970 has been made available for the first time. The "Whole Lotta Love" rockers' performance at the iconic venue on Sept. 4, 1970 has gone down as one of their most famous shows, and the Live on Blueberry Hill LP is regarded as one of the first rock bootlegs. Until now, footage from the show hadn't been seen but fan Eddie Vincent has finally shared seven minutes of his recording on YouTube after 52 years. In an introduction to his video, Eddie -- who snuck a Kodak Brownie 8mm camera into the venue to capture some material -- said: "When my friends and I got to the Forum, I tucked it under my jacket. "There weren't any problems at the door back in those days. The seats were excellent, first row behind the stage. We were behind John Bonham's gong, so you couldn't really see him much, but the sound was great." Although the fan kept the camera -- which could only film for 30 seconds at a time -- off for most of the gig, he did get snippets of a number of songs, including "Whole Lotta Love," "Thank You" and "What Is And What Should Never Be." Eddie added: "During the acoustic set, John ducked behind the gong to grab a cigarette and very graciously acknowledged our slavish praise. He even posed twice for my still camera, and both times the flash failed to go off. Those pictures came out worthless, unfortunately. But a few others, along with that 8 mm film, survived." Eddie recently found his old footage and sent it to another Zeppelin fan, John Waters, who put it with audio from Live on Blueberry Hill and uploaded it to YouTube. He told Classic Rock magazine: "The music needs to be out there. I know a lot of collectors and traders that don't give their stuff away, and that's a shame to me. Music's to be shared, and today you need it to get away from the crazy world. And if this film brings a lot of people happiness, hey, we did a good job." - Music-News.com, 9/7/22...... AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson has announced his autobiography, The Lives of Brian, will be published by Penguin Books in the UK on Oct. 13, with a US release following on Oct. 25. Initially announced in Apr. 2021, Johnson's book has been billed as a "riotous, lovable memoir packed with outrageous stories." "I've had some long nights and some great nights, bad days and a lot of good ones," Johnson said in a statement on Twitter about the memoir. "Now I've gone and written a bloody book about it... The Lives of Brian is coming this October," he wrote. - NME, 9/7/22...... Former Sex Pistols member Glen Matlock is set to play bass on Blondie's next album. Matlock previously stepped in for Leigh Foxx on Blondie's April 2022 UK and US tour after Foxx suffered a back injury. Now, the musician has been announced to play bass on the band's follow-up to 2017's Pollinator while Foxx recuperates. Speaking to Classic Pop magazine, Blondie guitarist Chris Stein said: "Glen has just been great. Unlike Pollinator, we're mostly keeping this album in-house: it's just the band and Glen playing on it. He's fitted right in." Further details of the band's upcoming album are still to be announced. - NME, 9/5/22...... Sir Cliff Richard has announced his first Christmas album in almost 20 years will hit stores on Nov. 25. As well as festive covers such as "Joy To The World," "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Sleigh Ride," the "Devil Woman"hitmaker has recorded brand new original tracks called "First Christmas," "Six Days After Christmas (Happy New Year)" and "Heart Of Christmas." The "Summer Holiday" singer ironically recorded the festive songs in sunny Florida. He said in a statement: "I have always loved being in recording studios ever since Studio 2, Abbey Road, in 1958. I recorded this album in Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida -- 4,427 miles away from Abbey Road -- and once again I felt that I was in a world of my own. Sir Cliff released Cliff at Christmas in 2003 and Together With Cliff Richard in 1991. He has had four UK Christmas No. 1 singles, two as a solo artist with "Mistletoe and Wine" and "Saviour's Day." - Music-News.com, 9/6/22...... Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson, who was the MVP of Super Bowl IV, died on Aug. 24 after entering hospice care in Kansas City, Kans., earlier in the month. He was 87. - People, 9/12/22...... Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died on Sept. 8 after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. The palace announced she "died peacefully" at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to her side after her health took a turn for the worse. A link to the almost-vanished generation that fought World War II, Elizabeth II was born Apr. 21, 1926, and the only monarch most Britons have ever known. Her 73-year-old son Prince Charles automatically became king upon her death and will be known as King Charles III, his office announced. Charles' second wife, Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Bowles,, will be known as the Queen Consort. The BBC played the national anthem, "God Save the Queen," over a portrait of her in full regalia as her death was announced, and the flag over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half-staff as the second Elizabethan age came to a close. The impact of her loss will be huge and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution she helped stabilize and modernize across decades of huge social change and family scandals. In a statement, Charles called the death of his mother "a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family," adding: "I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world." World leaders, including British Prime Minister Liz Truss, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Indian Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi, extended condolences and paid tribute to the queen. Truss, appointed by the queen just 48 hours earlier, pronounced the country "devastated" and called Elizabeth "the rock on which modern Britain was built." The queen became less visible in her final years as age and frailty curtailed many public appearances. But she remained firmly in control of the monarchy and at the center of national life as Britain celebrated her Platinum Jubilee with days of parties and pageants in June 2022. The same month she became the second longest-reigning monarch in history, behind 17th-century French King Louis XIV, who took the throne at age 4. On Sept. 6, she presided at a ceremony at Balmoral Castle to accept the resignation of Boris Johnson as prime minister and appoint Truss as his successor. Following the death of his mother, Prince Charles will become the oldest person to take the British throne. Funeral plans for the queen have yet to be announced. - AP, 9/8/22.