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Van Morrison And The Corrs Join Forest Live 2024 Lineup
Van Morrison and The Corrs have been confirmed for Forest Live 2024.The 'Brown Eyed Girl' hitmaker and the 'Breathless' group will headline the Forest Live concert series at Westonbirt Arboretum in Tetbury in Gloucestershire, on...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 March 2024
Van Morrison: Bob Dylan And I Are Worlds Apart
Van Morrison has insisted he and Bob Dylan are "worlds apart".The two musicians have often been compared but the 'Brown Eyed Girl' hitmaker, 78, insists what they do is different because the 'Mr. Tambourine Man'...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 02 December 2023
Ed Sheeran Desperate To Meet Bob Dylan – But Will Be Too Scared To Ask For Selfie It It Happens!
Ed Sheeran says he’s waiting to meet Bob Dylan – but won’t dare ask him for a selfie if it happens. ‘The A Team’ singer, 32, said he has met “all” his idols aside from...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 October 2023
Bass Player To Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen And Miles Davis Dies
Jazz bassist Richard Davis, who played with music legends such as Van Morrison, Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, has died.The acclaimed double-bass player passed away on September 6 at the age of 93...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2023
The Who's Roger Daltrey And Pete Townshend Plant Trees On King Charles' Sandringham Estate
The Who's Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend planted trees on the Royal Sandringham Estate to mark their Heritage Live concert.The iconic rockers performed at the private country retreat of King Charles and and Queen Camilla...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 August 2023
Eric Clapton Believes 'Mass Formation Hypnosis' Made People Get Covid Vaccine
Eric Clapton believes the theory that people who opted to get vaccinated against COVID-19 fell for "mass formation hypnosis".The 'Layla' hitmaker - who previously revealed he lost friends due to his anti-vaccine stance - has...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 January 2022
Eric Clapton Threatens To Cancel Shows Requiring Covid-19 Passports
Eric Clapton is refusing to perform at venues that require gig-goers to prove they've had a COVID-19 vaccine.The 'Layla' rocker has slammed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government's proposal to make all those...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 July 2021
Eric Clapton 'Feared He Would Never Play Again' After 'Disastrous Reactions' To Covid Jab
Eric Clapton "feared he would never play again" after suffering "disastrous reactions" to his second COVID-19 jab.The 'Layla' hitmaker has revealed he was "pretty much useless for two weeks" with side effects from the AstraZeneca...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 17 May 2021
Van Morrison Bemoans Negative Reaction To 'Freedom Of Speech'
Van Morrison claims he’s had a “very negative reaction” for exercising “freedom of speech” in his songs.The 75-year-old singer has been open about his criticism of lockdowns and released three protest songs last year and...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 April 2021
Nile Rodgers And Chic Set For Hampton Court Palace Festival 2021
Nile Rodgers and CHIC have been added to the bill for this summer's Hampton Court Palace Festival.The 'Le Freak' hitmakers will headline the concert series at the royal landmark in Richmond upon Thames on August...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 April 2021
Sir Tom Jones And Van Morrison Set For August's Hampton Court Palace Festival
Sir Tom Jones and Van Morrison are set to headline Hampton Court Palace Festival in August.The Welsh music legend is set to play two consecutive nights kicking off on August 23 at the royal landmark...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 April 2021
Sam Smith Wins Big At The Bmi London Awards 2020
Sam Smith has won the Song of the Year gong at the BMI London Awards 2020.The 28-year-old singer’s hit track ‘Dancing with a Stranger’ - which features American singer Normani - bagged the prestigious accolade...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 05 October 2020
Eric Clapton Backs Van Morrison's Save Live Music Campaign
Eric Clapton has backed Van Morrison's campaign to Save Live Music.The 75-year-old musician recently launched the campaign to dispute the way the government has handled the coronavirus pandemic and the impact on the music industry,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 September 2020
Van Morrison Releasing Three Anti-lockdown Songs
Van Morrison is releasing three anti-lockdown protest songs.The 75-year-old musician is dropping the tracks - 'Born To Be Free', 'As I Walked Out' and 'No More Lockdown' - as part of his #SaveLiveMusic campaign, and...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 September 2020
Van Morrison Calls For Full-capacity Concerts To Resume
Van Morrison has called on fellow musicians and industry folk to ''speak up'' to get full-capacity gigs back up and running again.The 'Brown Eyed Girl' hitmaker is playing reduced capacity shows at Camden's Electric Ballroom...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 August 2020
Van Morrison To Headline Kew The Music 2021
Van Morrison is to headline Kew the Music 2021.The 'Brown Eyed Girl' singer has been announced as the final headliner for the music concert series, which will take place in July 2021.Van's headline show will...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 August 2020
Don Mclean's Vincent Lyric Sheets Set To Go Under The Hammer
Don McLean's handwritten lyric sheets for his iconic track 'Vincent' are set to go under the hammer.The 14 pages of lyrics, which were penned in pencil, have an eye-watering asking price of $1.5 million (£1.2...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 July 2020
Van Morrison Drops Yet Another Album In The Form Of 'Versatile'
Van Morrison is set to drop a brand new studio album this year entitled 'Versatile' - and it is certainly that. Coming less than three months since he dropped his last album, the record features...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 06 November 2017
Van Morrison: I Don't Intellectualise Music
Van Morrison doesn't ''intellectualise'' music. The 'Brown Eyed Girl' hitmaker doesn't like to analyse tracks he listens to because it ''takes away'' the connection he has with songs, but insists he does take on such...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 04 October 2017
Van Morrison 'Exhilarated' Over Knighthood At Buckingham Palace
Van Morrison has now become Sir Van Morrison after finally being knighted following more than 50 years in the music industry where songs like 'Brown Eyed Girl' and 'Gloria' became major hits. He's reportedly thrilled...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 04 February 2016
Chris Gouldman To Receive Icon Honours At Bmi London Awards
Graham Gouldman is up for the Icon Award at this year's BMI London Awards.The 10cc singer/songwriter will receive the gong at the annual ceremony held at London's Dorchester Hotel next month and is ''honoured'' to...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 September 2015
Stars Turn Out For Van Morrison's Landmark Hometown Gigs
The veteran crooner marked the milestone on Monday (31Aug15) and he returned to his hometown to perform two gigs on the road which inspired his track Cyprus Avenue. Roads around the famous...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 01 September 2015
Van Morrison's Back Catalogue To Be Released On Digital Platforms
Legacy Recordings, the catalogue division of Sony Music Entertainment, has acquired the rights to 50 albums by the Brown Eyed Girl hitmaker and 33 of his discs, spanning from 1972 to 2009, will...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 26 August 2015
Van Morrison To Receive Street Sign For 70th Birthday
The Brown Eyed Girl hitmaker will be given a special artwork featuring a sign for Hyndford Street in his native Belfast, Northern Ireland by local officials to mark his milestone on 31 August (15).The gift...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 02 July 2015
Van Morrison Sings For Rehab Charity
Sir Van Morrison performed an intimate concert for just 400 people in London on Wednesday night (24.06.15) which helped raise close to £100,000 for charity.One of the world's greatest singer/songwriters, Morrison took to the stage...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 June 2015
Lady Gaga, Van Morrison And Cyndi Lauper Enter Songwriters Hall Of Fame
Lady Gaga, Cyndi Lauper and Van Morrison were among the honourees at Thursday night’s Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony, held at the Marriott Marquis in New York’s Times Square. The three-hour ceremony featured plenty of...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 20 June 2015
Stars Turn Out For Songwriters Hall Of Fame Ceremony
The Poker Face hitmaker was among the honourees at the New York City ceremony, picking up the inaugural Contemporary Icon Award from her jazz partner Tony Bennett, while she later took to the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 19 June 2015
Arise Sir Kevin Spacey: Us Actor Receives Honorary Knighthood In Queen's Birthday Honours List
American Kevin Spacey has said he was "honoured and humbled by such recognition from the Queen”, after being included in this year’s birthday honours list. The actor has been given an honorary knighthood by the...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 June 2015
Kevin Spacey Awarded Honorary Knighthood In Queen's Birthday Honours List
The American Beauty star has been recognised for his services to British theatre and international culture, after serving as the Artistic Director of London's Old Vic theatre for the past 11 years....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 June 2015
Van Morrison And Nick Lowe Pay Tribute To Late Drummer
Irwin, who also used the surname Trehern, passed away in Middlesex, England at the age of 62 after a battle with cancer. He was a longtime studio and touring drummer for...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 18 May 2015
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