Silver Jubilee: Last News

It will be Anarchy in Airdrie this summer - as former Sex Pistols star John Lydon brings his new show to the North Lanarkshire town.

Procol Harum and co-writer of the iconic 1960s hit “Whiter Shade of Pale,” died on March 23 after a battle with cancer, according to a post on the band’s website. He was 76. Reid’s acclaim with Procol Harum — from its eponymously-titled 1967 debut album until 2003’s “The Well’s on Fire” — came from his unusual turns of phrase and influences from classical literature on songs such as “A Salty Dog,” “Conquistador,” and most famously “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” an unusually lengthy and unlikely hit that has gone on to become one of the most commercially successful songs in history.

Lisa Faulkner, 50, has described why Princess Diana’s wedding to King Charles III holds such special memories for her in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor For all the uproar it caused 45 years ago, for all the controversy and outrage, it’s hard in retrospect not to see the Sex Pistols’ world-changing single “God Save the Queen” for what it was: Rebellious young people with a Svengali-like manager trying to be shocking (and succeeding). Deliberately released the week before the Silver Jubilee, a major national celebration observing her 25 years as on the throne, the song was just a loud raspberry (and, not incidentally, a stone-cold rock and roll classic). They didn’t really believe the Queen wasn’t a human being or led a fascist regime, whatever issues they might have had with the concept of royalty. And while the group’s singer and lyricist, John Lydon a.k.a. Rotten, certainly had issues with the institution of monarchy (and has had other issues in recent years, leaning conservative and voicing support for both Donald Trump and Brexit), he said in a commentary this past June that he never had one with the Queen or the royal family.

Gorillaz co-creator and animator Jamie Hewlett has announced a new art book called Phoo Action: Silver Jubilee.Hewlett, who founded the cartoon band along with Damon Albarn in 1998, will release the 368-page hardcover title in late November via Z2 Comics. It’s priced at £41.56, and is available to pre-order here.The book contains an oral history of Phoo Action, the TV pilot that was created by Hewlett and Mat Wakeham.

Amanda Holden cheekily flashed her derrière in a photo taken in a bid to recreate Martin Elliott’s ‘Tennis Girl’.Taken in 1976, the photo was first published in a calendar by retailer Athena for the 1977 Silver Jubilee. Amanda, 51, shared the racy snap on Instagram alongside Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts, 40. Getting into the Wimbledon spirit, Ashley and Amanda dressed in short white tennis skirts, vest tops and trainers, while holding up racquets.To complete her look, Amanda donned a sweatband across her head in true Venus Williams style.

Blackford Gala was first held in 1977 as part of commemorations designed to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.

On Wednesday, The Queen released a special portrait taken in the Victoria Vestibule at Windsor Castle in order to mark the start of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations In the portrait, Her Majesty , 96, looked radiant in a light blue dress that she paired with a pair of pearl earrings and a matching pearl necklace with the necklace in particular paying tribute to her father King George VI. The pearl necklace is a staple on the Queen and she is often pictured wearing one when attending events and making speeches.The tradition began when the Queen was given a thin platinum chain as a youngster by her father who then added two pearls to it on every birthday.

The Queen has a long history with the Sex Pistols.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebration. A new music video was cut using footage from the performance video shot by Julien Temple at the marquee in May 1977 and clips of the Thames riverboat party on the Silver Jubilee day in June that same year. It also features exclusive footage of some of the earliest, most important and influential female fans of the band including Vivienne, Jordan, Debbie and Tracey, Catwoman and Helen of Troy.The song, with the same title as the British national anthem, was originally released in 1977 during the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.

A Stockport pub that closed down last summer after more than 40 years could become a children’s nursery. Plans to convert the Silver Jubilee, in Heaton Norris, into a childcare facility for to 52 children have been submitted by Tiny Turtles Daycare. The centre would open Monday to Friday and cater for ages ranging from newborn babies to five-year-olds.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticI’ve always been haunted by the clips of the young Queen Elizabeth II that were used in “The Filth and the Fury,” Julien Temple’s great documentary about the Sex Pistols. They were featured in a montage of images to accompany “God Save the Queen,” the thrillingly vandalistic Sex Pistols single released in 1977 to coincide with the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will travel across the globe to the Caribbean next month – but their trip won't be all fun and games, OK! can reveal. The visit to the Bahamas, Jamaica and Belize will be Kate Middleton, 40, and 39 year old Prince William's first trip together since the coronavirus pandemic began, which also coincides with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. When the couple will be touring the beautiful region for 12 days, many would assume the pair might manage to have some quality time on their own.