The collection, which went on public display at Christie’s London headquarters last Friday, provided a glimpse into the heart of the 1960s and 70s counterculture.
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Cockney Rebel singer Steve Harley, who had a hit with ‘Make Me Smile,’ dies at 73
LONDON — Steve Harley, a British musician whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said Sunday that he had “passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side.” Harley said late last year […]
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Byron Janis, renowned American classical pianist who overcame debilitating arthritis, dies at 95
NEW YORK — Byron Janis, a renowned American concert pianist and composer who broke barriers as a Cold War era culture ambassador and later overcame severe arthritis that nearly robbed him of his playing abilities, has died. He was 95. Janis passed away Thursday evening at a hospital in New York City, according to his […]
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A trove from Pattie Boyd’s life with George Harrison and Eric Clapton is up for sale at Christie’s
Boyd is famous as a musicians’ muse, inspiration for The Beatles’ song ‘Something,’ composed for her by Harrison, as well as for Clapton’s scorching ‘Layla’ and sweet ‘Wonderful Tonight.’
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Dua Lipa, SZA and Shania Twain to lead this year’s Glastonbury Festival in June
For the 1st time since the British festival started in 1970, 2 female acts will be performing the headline spots on the main stage on 2 of the 3 nights.
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DownEast Folk Festival hitting stage in Topsham
Instruments from fiddles and flutes to banjos and bones will rattle the rafters at Mt. Ararat Middle School and the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham when the DownEast Folk Festival hits the stage Saturday. This daylong celebration of traditional dance and music, which kicks off at 10 a.m. and wraps up at 11:30 p.m., features […]
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Charges are dropped midtrial in ‘Hotel California’ lyrics case
It was an abrupt end to the criminal case centered on roughly 100 legal-pad pages from the creation of a classic rock colossus. Don Henley plans to fight on.
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Peace, music and memories: As the 1960s fade, historians scramble to capture Woodstock’s voices
Most were teenagers or young adults – people now approaching the twilight of their lives in an era where only a small portion of the population has living memories of the 1960s.
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Cyndi Lauper inks deal with firm behind ABBA Voyage for new immersive performance project
Lauper said she’s not aiming to replicate the glittery supernova brought to stage in ABBA Voyage, where stupefying technology offers digital avatars of the ABBA band members as they looked in their 1970s heyday.
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Don Henley tells court he never gave away drafts of ‘Hotel California’ lyrics
The Eagles co-founder says they were stolen decades ago from his barn in Malibu, California.