Jimmy Webb: Last News

Thania Garcia ASCAP has announced the 12 writer and 12 publisher members elected to serve on its board of directors for a two-year term beginning April 1. Newly elected to the board as a writer member is songwriter Claudia Brant.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music John Titta, ASCAP’s chief creative officer and a veteran music executive, has died after a two-year battle with cancer, a rep for the organization confirms. “All of us at ASCAP are heartbroken,” commented ASCAP President & Chairman, songwriter Paul Williams. “John Titta was one of a kind, and truly one of the most beloved music industry executives I have known, with deep ties to songwriters across genres and generations.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Here’s one cake that didn’t get left out too long in the rain: the eternal pop pastry that is “MacArthur Park.” The song’s epic length and unusual structure haven’t kept it from turning into a decades-spanning perennial, one that is just finding yet another new life as a result of its extensive use in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which scores a full-on movie-musical climax with actor-singer Richard Harris‘ original 1968 version before switching to Donna Summer’s disco remake for the end credits. Jimmy Webb is one of the indisputably greatest songwriters of all time, known for undying classics like “Wichita Lineman,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Galveston” and “Highwayman.” “MacArthur Park” is undoubtedly his most polarizing song, but that could be part of the reason for its shelf life, against all odds.

Guns N’ Roses have kicked off an expansive 2023 world tour in Abu Dhabi, returning a handful of songs to the setlist for the first time in decades.The band played Etihad Arena in the United Arab Emirates capital on Thursday night (June 1). Included among the more than 30 songs they played were ‘Appetite for Destruction’ cut ‘Anything Goes’, breaking the song out for the first time since 1988.

This Sporting Life” (1963) and “The Field” (1991) — and famously crooned Jimmy Webb’s “MacArthur Park,” for which he garnered a 1969 Grammy nomination. He originated the role of Dumbledore in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”Harris died in 2002 at the age of 72 from Hodgkin’s disease.“The Ghost of Richard Harris,” premiering May 9 on BritBox, features interviews with Jared Harris, 61 (“Mad Men,” “Chernobyl”), his brothers Damian, 64 and Jamie, 59, and Russell Crowe, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Rea, Malachy McCourt, Dick Cavett and acclaimed songwriter Phil Coulter, among others.The documentary, replete with archival footage and photographs of Harris dating back to his childhood in Ireland, uses his unapologetic approach to life — “I drank because I loved it,” “I’m a jockey on this wild horse,” “I’m not running away from anything” — as a jumping-off point to delve into what drove him to excess.“I do think it’s true that he was running away from everything,” Jared said.

Guns N’ Roses performed AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’ for the first time ever at a concert in Spain.The band were performing at Estadio Benito Villamarin when they debuted their cover of the classic track earlier this week. You can view the performance below.It was the second concert of their current European/UK tour which kicked off in Portugal last weekend.During that show at at the Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras they also covered AC/DC’s ‘Walk All Over You’.During their concert in Spain the band also performed a cover of Jimmy Webb’s ‘Wichita Lineman’ alongside a host of GN’R classic tracks including ‘Welcome To The Jungle’, ‘You Could Be Mine’, ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’ and ‘Paradise City’.Their continued nod to AC/DC’s back catalogue comes as no surprise.

Stars including Debbie Harry and Miley Cyrus have paid tribute to iconic clothing store manager Jimmy Webb after the stylist died this week aged 62.

Webb was a frequent fixture at NY punk store Trash & Vaudeville

Jimmy Webb, a fixture of the New York City downtown rock and fashion scene, has passed away at the age of 62.Webb was best known as the face of the iconic Trash And Vaudeville shop in the East Village, as well as his own boutique I Need More.'We miss you already Jimmy,' Miley Cyrus shared in a post on her Instagram Story on Tuesday.'Don't worry, imma keep rockin the mullet proudly in memory of your f**kin spirit! Most bad a**! Sweetest dude!' RIP: Trash & Vaudeville NYC fashion icon Jimmy Webb passed away at 62Over the decades, Webb got to rub elbows with everyday downtown locals to legendary rockers and performers.'We are all going to miss our wonderful friend Jimmy Webb.

Jimmy Webb has sadly died.