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Gotta Have Rock and Roll, currently stands at $22,000. At the time he sent the typewritten letter, Lennon — then age 31 — was furious with McCartney over an interview he did weeks earlier with music magazine Melody Maker.

Clayton Davis Drake, Selena Gomez, Mandy Moore, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are among the Emmy-nominated producers in the series and specials categories, the TV Academy announced.Grammy-winning superstar Drake is a first-time Emmy nominee as an executive producer of HBO’s “Euphoria” alongside fellow EPs Adele “Future” Nur and the quadruple-nominated Zendaya (who’s also nominated for lead actress in a drama and two original songs). At 25, Zendaya is now (officially) the youngest woman ever nominated for producing at the Emmys, in addition to being the youngest two-time lead acting nominee ever.Gomez is also officially an Emmy nominee as an executive producer for “Only Murders in the Building,” the first time a Latina has received a nom for comedy series for a show she also starred in.

PBS revealed its programming plans today for the coming year, including a second season of Native America and the premiere of the American Masters documentary about Anthony Fauci.

Sena Kana is one of the rising acts we’re most excited about at Just Jared, and we want our readers to get a chance to exclusively get to know her even better.

May Pang is telling her side of the story of her affair with John Lennon.

Levon Helm. They played in the US southern states and in Toronto bars, and in 1959 had two hit singles, Forty Days reaching the Top 50 and Mary Lou the Top 30. There was an appearance on American Bandstand, the TV show that launched hits and careers, and there was talk of Hawkins as the new Elvis.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s son Sean Ono Lennon has paid tribute to Paul McCartney on his 80th birthday with a cover of ‘Here, There and Everywhere.’ Check it out below.Sharing the video, Sean Lennon wrote: “A little birdy told me this was one of [your] fav Beatles tunes.”He continued: “So Happy Birthday! Thank you for all the beautiful music. You have mine and the whole world’s undying love and respect.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe late, legendary BBC DJ John Peel had a one-of-a-kind music collection, and the items from it that were auctioned off by Bonhams in London on Tuesday brought in more than $566,000.Surprisingly, the Sex Pistols led the charge, with a test pressing of the group’s controversial debut single, “Anarchy in the U.K.,” going for just under $25,000 (£20,400). It had been estimated pre-auction to go for not more than £8000.Other top-priced albums from the collection — which is a music geek’s dream — included an original 1983 demo cassette recorded from the Smiths in 1983 with a handwritten letter from the band (£17,850), an autographed copy of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s controversial “Two Virgins” album (£15,300), a copy of Queen’s 1973 sophomore album with a personal letter from Freddie Mercury (£16,575), a copy of U2’s rare 1979 “Three” EP with a note written on it by Bono (£14,025), a copy of the rarest known Rolling Stones album signed by all five bandmembers in 1969 (£11,475), a copy of the Beatles’ white album signed by Lennon and Ono (£10,200) and Nirvana’s 1988 debut single “Love Buzz” (£8,925).

Sex Pistols single that were owned by the late DJ and broadcaster John Peel have sold at auction for £20,400.A sale of 200 items from the John Peel Archive, including rare records, personal correspondence and memorabilia, took place at Bonhams in Knightsbridge, London, yesterday (June 14), with total sales reaching £465,783.Peel’s pair of 1976 test pressings of the Pistols’ ‘Anarchy In The UK’ / ‘I Wanna Be Me’ single was the top-seller, going for a final price of £20,400. It had been estimated pre-auction that the lot would not sell for more than £8000.Other items that were sold at auction yesterday included an original demo cassette recorded by The Smiths in 1983 which contained a handwritten letter from the band (sold for £17,850), a signed LP copy of John Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s ‘Two Virgins’ (£15,300), and a 7″ copy of Nirvana‘s 1988 single ‘Love Buzz’ / ‘Big Cheese’ (£8,925).All of the items that were sold at auction yesterday were selected by the Ravenscroft family (Peel’s real name was John Ravenscroft), who said in a statement: “By virtue of the role he played in it, John/Dad was in a position to have access to many of the most celebrated people and events in the history of popular music.

Film Festival), Swift presented the nearly 15-minute that she directed and debuted last November. The short, which boasts 67.7 million views on YouTube, opens with a quote from Pablo Neruda, stars Sadie Sink, Dylan O’Brien, Shawn Levy, and Swift herself, and concludes at a bookstore on a snowy night. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Joining Swift, Sink, and O’Brien on stage to dish about her process was Mike Mills, director of C’mon C’mon, 20th Century Women, and Beginners, as well as a slew of shorts for artists like The National, Blonde Redhead, Yoko Ono, and .

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor those who don’t know, the late, legendary, longtime BBC Radio DJ John Peel was one of the most influential and important people in British music from the 1960s through his death in 2004.He arose in the mid-1960s as the BBC was forced to modernize its programming, and for the next four decades, he played a vital and arguably peerless role in just about every wave of contemporary music, from psychedelia through punk and Britpop and electronic music. His incredible taste is reflected in the list of artists whose careers he supercharged with his many radio shows and “Peel Sessions,” from Pink Floyd through Rod Stewart, T.

Roy Trakin May Fung Lee Pang will be 72 in October, but was barely out of her teens when she boldly entered Apple’s New York offices, lied about being able to type, and secured a job at the Beatles’ multimedia company. She would soon become famous for a much more intimate tie to the group than that, as her very public 18-month affair with John Lennon in the mid-’70s is still a subject of great fascination to his fans, 50 years later.“Music was my passion,” explains the Spanish Harlem-born author and subject of the upcoming documentary, “The Lost Weekend: A Love Story,” premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival for a sold-out show on June 10.

John Lennon married Yoko Ono in 1969, just a year after meeting her. The Beatles star had met her at an art gallery while he was still married to his first wife, Cynthia Lennon.

Grace Jones-curated Meltdown festival 2022 is just around the corner, and NME has tickets to select gigs to be won. See below for your chance to win.With a line-up hand-picked by the iconic Grace Jones, this year’s bill features the likes of John Grant, Sky Ferreira, Peaches, Hot Chip, Greentea Peng, Blancmange, Skunk Anansie, Nova Twins, Honey Dijon and many more – as well as two performances from Jones herself.Jones follows in the footsteps of the likes of David Bowie, The Cure’s Robert Smith, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, David Byrne, John Peel and Ray Davies in being asked to curate Meltdown at London’s Southbank Centre.“In the face of adversity, there is no pandemic in the world that will stop me from curating the Meltdown festival,” said Jones of the upcoming run of shows.

Yes drummer Alan White, whose death was announced yesterday. The news was confirmed in a post from the drummer's family on his Facebook page. The statement began: "Alan White, our beloved husband, dad, and grandpa, passed away at the age of 72 at his Seattle-area home on May 26, 2022, after a brief illness.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAlan White, longtime drummer of progressive-rock titans Yes who also played with John Lennon and George Harrison, has died after a short illness, the band reported on social media. No further details were immediately announced; he was 72.While best known for his decades-long stint with Yes, White began working with the former Beatles at an early age, appearing with Lennon at his famous “Live Peace in Toronto” concert in 1969 (in a backing band that also included Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman and Yoko Ono) as well as several of Lennon’s albums and singles at the time, most notably the 1970 song “Instant Karma!,” where his whipcrack drumming is front and center.

Skunk Anansie frontwoman Skin has told NME about the “honour” of being asked to play the Grace Jones-curated Meltdown festival 2022, and revealed the memorable request letter that the icon sent her.Having been handpicked by Jones to perform at this June’s Meltdown festival in London alongside the likes of John Grant, Sky Ferreira, Peaches, Hot Chip and Greentea Peng, Skin described the invitation as “an honour”.“I was aghast because we were the first band she asked,” Skin told NME. “She wrote us a letter saying: ‘If you don’t do it, I’m going to break your neck!’ Something like that! It was a typical Grace Jones letter and it cracked me up.”In the ‘90s, Skin resented constant comparisons to Jones, considering it reductive to equate the two trailblazers because they are both outspoken black female performers.

Julian Lennon has revealed the beloved Beatles track “Hey Jude” was written about him.

Julian Lennon has revealed the beloved Beatles track “Hey Jude” was written about him.

The members of the hip hop trio Migos are fueling rumors they might going their separate ways.Speculation of the group — which includes rappers Quavo, Offset and Takeoff — breaking up comes afterOffset, 30, and his wife Cardi B both unfollowed his bandmates, who recently announcedthey were releasing new music as a duo under the name Unc And Phew.While all three artists have previously released albums as solo artists during their time together, some fans are convinced that there is friction among thehitmakers. Breaking up? The hip hop trio Migos, composed of rappers Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff, are fueling rumors they might going their separate ways;(L–R) Takeoff, Quavo, and Offset of Migos pictured at the2021 BMA AwardsIn addition to not touring for their last album Culture III, released last year, some Twitter users are voicing their speculation thatCardi B, 29, may have been their 'Yoko Ono.' Among the many tweets about how she 'ruined the Migos,' one member of theBardi Gang stuck up for the mother-of-two amid a sea of sexist posts.'Weak link men blaming Cardi for the Migos breaking up...saw this one coming,' Cardi's fan tweeted.

John Peel – once branded by NME as “the king of the live session” – will be sold at an auction in London next month.Before his death in 2004, Peel amassed a weighty collection spanning over 26,000 LPs, 40,000 seven-inch singles and countless CDs. A selection of those, as well as various items of memorabilia, will be auctioned off at Bonhams’ Knightsbridge location on Tuesday June 14.