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John Lennon pulled no punches about how much he detested the Beatles’ 1964 knockout photo shoot with Muhammad Ali … that’s according to the guy who snapped those iconic images. Famed Beatles photog Harry Benson spilled the tea on the tension between the legends while celebrating 60 years of snapping pics of the band, telling…
Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara on September 5, 1946, was a British singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the legendary rock band Queen. He was born in Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) and raised in India before moving to England with his family in his late teens. Mercury formed Queen…
LONDON (AP) — Freddie Mercury’s sanctuary in London, where he lived the last decade of his life, is on sale for the first time in nearly half a century — minus his “exquisite clutter.” Garden Lodge, as the neo-Georgian brick home in the posh Kensington neighborhood is known, is for sale by Knight Frank for…
As the fathers of modern rock, all roads seem to lead back to The Rolling Stones. Sure, there was The Beatles’ vital contribution to rock through their experimentation. And yes, they had peers like The Who and Led Zeppelin, who also pushed the genre to new places. But when it comes to mixing blues, rock…
After spending years in character as Elvis Presley, Austin said he knew he needed to “protect” others as he embarked on his most villainous role yet. If there’s one thing we know for sure about Austin Butler, it’s that he’s gonna give his all for a movie role. “My body just started shutting down the…
Freddie Mercury and John Deacon’s Queen classic track is set to be released in a special format for the first time, alongside a previously unheard version. It’s been over four decades since Queen released their experimental and funky Hot Space album. And now one of its hidden gem B-sides is due to be launched as…
Stacey Battat, the film’s wardrobe designer, worked with the filmmaker on Priscilla’s looks to show the varying emotional states she experienced during the complicated life she lived with the singer Germany, 1960. A 15-year-old Priscilla (played by Cailee Spaeny) stares into nothingness, laid out on her bed in a room that befits her age and…
While Elvis Presley and Richard Dawkins may seem like an unlikely pair, they both left significant imprints on their respective fields. In his youth, Dawkins, like many of his generation, was captivated by the music of Elvis, recognising the profound influence of the ‘King of Rock and Roll’ on American culture. However, as Dawkins matured,…
Elvis Presley struggled to make friends in high school. His classmate and future bodyguard shared why he was an outcast Elvis Presley was one of the biggest names in the world by 1956, something that likely would have shocked his high school classmates. For the vast majority of his high school career, Elvis was the…
Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley’s love story is like a tale from a movie, full of passion, fame, and challenges. They met in 1959 when Elvis was serving in the U.S. Army in West Germany. At that time, Priscilla was only 14 years old, while Elvis was 24. Despite the age gap and her parents’…