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    May 15, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  1. Ono Fears Real-Life Meltdown at Upcoming Meltdown Festival

    <span style=&quot;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: small;">The widow of <strong>John Lennon</strong> is concerned she&rsquo;ll suffer a breakdown while performing the final songs she recorded with her late husband for the first time at next month&rsquo;s Meltdown festival in London. <strong>Yoko Ono</strong>, who curated this year&rsquo;s festival, told BBC Radio, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know (what will happen). I&rsquo;ve no idea. It&rsquo;s like a dark hole now. I might faint, or scream, or just be there. I don&rsquo;t know.&rdquo; Ono is scheduled to perform <em>Double Fantasy</em>, the last album she wrote and recorded with Lennon before the late <strong>Beatle</strong>&rsquo;s death in 1980.</span>
    The widow of John Lennon is concerned she’ll suffer a breakdown while performing the final songs she recorded with her late husband for the first time at next month’s Meltdown festival in London. Yoko Ono, who curated this year’s...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events

    2. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  2. Bids Soar For Signed Sgt. Pepper's Album

    <span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">The Fab Four sang &ldquo;money can&rsquo;t buy me love&rdquo; but it appears it&rsquo;s going to take a whole lot of money to buy a signed copy of the<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><strong style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Beatles&rsquo;</strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Sgt. Pepper&rsquo;s Lonely Hearts Club Band</em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>album at auction. Representatives at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, TX say pre-sale bids on the coveted item have already climbed way past the estimate, with the actually auction scheduled to begin this Saturday, March 30. Experts anticipated the album would go for around $30,000, but eager bidding beavers have already pushed the price past $110,000.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Meanwhile, the BBC reports a rare group of photographs taken of the Beatles during their 1965 concert at Shea Stadium in New York just sold at auction for a little under $47,000. The pictures were taken by amateur photographer<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><strong>Marc Weinstein</strong>, who used a fake press pass to get backstage.</span>
    The Fab Four sang “money can’t buy me love” but it appears it’s going to take a whole lot of money to buy a signed copy of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album at auction. Representatives at Heritage...

    Tags: Auction Service

    3. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  3. Reg Presley, Troggs lead singer, dead at 71

    Reg Presley, lead singer of the Troggs, who made our hearts sing with the primal-scream, proto-garage-rock anthem &quot;Wild Thing," as well as more tender tunes including "With a Girl Like You" and "Love Is All Around," has died at age 71.
    Reg Presley, lead singer of the Troggs, who made our hearts sing with the primal-scream, proto-garage-rock anthem "Wild Thing," as well as more tender tunes including "With a Girl Like You" and "Love Is All Around," has died at age 71. The BBC reports...

    Tags: Music, Pete Townshend, Entertainment, Jimi Hendrix

    4. Jan 13, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  4. Girl power! Fey and Poehler set to host 70th Golden Globes

    By Nardine Saad 11:19 a.m. EST, January 13, 2013 Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards, which are set to take place Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. For those tuning in on TV, the Hollywood party/awards show...

    Tags: Breaking Bad (tv program), The Big Bang Theory (tv program), Television, Kathryn Bigelow, Moonrise Kingdom (movie)

    5. Jan 10, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  5. Bowie Producers Say New Album Two Years In The Making

    <span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">The surprise return of<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><strong style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">David Bowie</strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">, who on Tuesday released the new song &ldquo;Where Are We Now?&rdquo; on his &nbsp;66</span><sup style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">th</sup><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>birthday, came as no surprise to longtime producer and collaborator<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><strong style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Tony Visconti</strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">. &nbsp;In an interview with the BBC, he revealed he and Bowie had been working in secret on the upcoming album<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">The Next Day</em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">, due March 12, for the past two years. He said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been listening to this on headphones, walking through the streets of New York, for the past two years. If people are looking for classic Bowie, they&rsquo;ll find that on this album. If they&rsquo;re looking or innovative Bowie, some new directions, they&rsquo;ll find that on this album too.&rdquo; Watch the video for &ldquo;Where Are We Now?&rdquo;<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;" href="http://youtu.be/FOyDTy9DtHQ" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">.</span>
    The surprise return of David Bowie, who on Tuesday released the new song “Where Are We Now?” on his  66th birthday, came as no surprise to longtime producer and collaborator Tony Visconti.  In an interview with the BBC, he revealed he and...

    Tags: David Bowie

    6. Dec 5, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  6. Can J.K. Rowling conquer TV with new BBC series?

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">This writing thing might work out after all for J.K. Rowling - the BBC wants to make a series out of her latest novel.</span>
    This writing thing might work out after all for J.K. Rowling - the BBC wants to make a series out of her latest novel. Rowling, the U.K. novelist who became a billionaire from the "Harry Potter" series, will have her first adult novel, "The Casual...

    Tags: Authors, Arts and Culture, J.K. Rowling , Literature, Fiction

    7. Nov 15, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  7. Led Zep "Black Dog" Reunion Release

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Led Zeppelin have unleashed their performance of Black Dog from their Celebration Day movie, shot at their 2007 reunion concert. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=fpigDGf6vXM">View it here</a>. Guitarist Jimmy Page has recorded an interview with the BBC&rsquo;s Jools Holland, in which he admits he&rsquo;d love to do more work with Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham. He says: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re almost two years after the O2 concert. I must say I thought there might be some other kind of get-together for some reason or another. "But as the years tick by &ndash; one year, two years, three years, four years, now almost five years &ndash; it doesn&rsquo;t look very likely, does it?&rdquo; He reserved special praise for original drummer John Bonham&rsquo;s son. &ldquo;By my estimation he had the hardest job of anybody there,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;We put a lot of rehearsal into it. The whole energy that Jason had all the way through was just phenomenal.&rdquo; Celebration Day is released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 19.</span>
    Led Zeppelin have unleashed their performance of Black Dog from their Celebration Day movie, shot at their 2007 reunion concert. View it here. Guitarist Jimmy Page has recorded an interview with the BBC’s Jools Holland, in which he admits he’d...

    Tags: Blu-ray Discs, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jools Holland, Led Zeppelin (music group)

    8. Oct 5, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  8. Taylor Swift Wants Full House

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Taylor Swift is not ready to start planning a family quite yet, but when the time comes you can guarantee her house will be full of children! During an interview with Marie Claire UK, the singer admitted that she wants &ldquo;a bunch of them running around &ndash; minimum four,&rdquo; but would like &ldquo;to wait a while.&rdquo; According to Forbes, Taylor raked in $57 million dollars last year which she thinks &ldquo;will be really good for sending [her] kids to college someday.&rdquo; As for now, Taylor has been spotted all around London as she was seen shopping with her mom and rehearsing for the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards. Earlier this week she was photographed in Paris filming a music video for &ldquo;Begin Again,&rdquo; and chowing down on Parisian pastries.</span>
    Taylor Swift is not ready to start planning a family quite yet, but when the time comes you can guarantee her house will be full of children! During an interview with Marie Claire UK, the singer admitted that she wants “a bunch of them running...

    Tags: Taylor Swift

    9. Sep 5, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  9. Recordings From Ringo's Pre-Beatles Band Found

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Nascent recordings by Ringo Starr&rsquo;s first band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes were recently discovered in the basement of the former Beatle drummer&rsquo;s sister&rsquo;s house, the BBC reports. The tapes date back to March 1960 and feature a 19-year old Starr performing at Liverpool clubs like the Jive Hive club and Stormsville.</span>
    Nascent recordings by Ringo Starr’s first band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes were recently discovered in the basement of the former Beatle drummer’s sister’s house, the BBC reports. The tapes date back to March 1960 and feature a 19-year...

    Tags: Hive (music group), Ringo Starr

    10. Jul 28, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  10. Queen Elizabeth was picking her nails when Great Britain marched into Olympic Stadium

    When you've ridden to the Opening Ceremony in <a href=&quot;http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/queen-elizabeth-james-bond-parachuted-olympic-opening-ceremony-204512563--oly.html">a helicopter with James Bond</a>, watching 500 athletes march into a stadium just can't compare.
    When you've ridden to the Opening Ceremony in a helicopter with James Bond, watching 500 athletes march into a stadium just can't compare. Queen Elizabeth, who appeared in an amusing short film with actor Daniel Craig during the kickoff to the London...

    Tags: Helen Mirren, Imperial and Royal Matters, Daniel Craig, Elizabeth II, Danny Boyle

    11. Aug 7, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  11. New Skynyrd CD/DVD Set Now Available

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">The sudden influx today of Lynyrd Skynyrd fans at Walmart stores across the country was caused by the release today of the Southern rock superstars&rsquo;s Walmart-exclusive 3-CD/DVD collection Southern Surroundings. The compilation features a 7-song DVD containing a live performance on BBC&rsquo;s Old Grey Whistle Test, plus 3-CDs worth of greatest hits and rarities. Meanwhile, the band&rsquo;s brand new studio album Last of a Dyin&rsquo; Breed will arrive August 21.</span>
    The sudden influx today of Lynyrd Skynyrd fans at Walmart stores across the country was caused by the release today of the Southern rock superstars’s Walmart-exclusive 3-CD/DVD collection Southern Surroundings. The compilation features a 7-song...

    Tags: Lynyrd Skynyrd (music group), Walmart

    12. May 31, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  12. Elton - Rested And Ready After Illness

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Sir Elton John is fully recovered from the severe respiratory infection that landed him in the hospital, according to a spokesperson who told BBC News, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s nothing more than a chest infection, you rest and it&rsquo;s better. Everything that&rsquo;s planned is still happening.&rdquo; John will kick off a European tour tomorrow in Germany and on Monday he will perform at The Queen&rsquo;s Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace in London along withPaul McCartney and others.</span>
    Sir Elton John is fully recovered from the severe respiratory infection that landed him in the hospital, according to a spokesperson who told BBC News, “It’s nothing more than a chest infection, you rest and it’s better. Everything that&...

    Tags: Elton John

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