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Zak Starkey teases all-star charity album with father Ringo Starr, Elton John, Slash, Iggy Pop and more

Ringo Starr alongside the likes of Elton John, Slash and Iggy Pop.The musician, who plays drums for The Who, shared some details about the project in a post on social media last week. Starkey explained that it came together on the day The Who and Guns N’ Roses both played at Rock In Rio in 2017.“Duff [McKagan] and I went in a local studio and cut bass for a cover of T-Rex[‘s] ‘Children Of The Revolution’,” he wrote.“My dad played drums in LA (while I fudged the bass) then in Rio, Duff cut bass.
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Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Michael Jackson’s ‘Give In To Me’ for latest ‘Sunday Lunch’ session
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have covered Michael Jackson‘s ‘Give In To Me’ for their latest ‘Sunday Lunch’ performance.The musicians and married couple performed the “real fan fave” from the King Of Pop’s 10th album ‘Dangerous’ for this weekend’s musical ‘Sunday Lunch’ cover, which sees the pair perform classic rock songs from their kitchen.The King Crimson musician dressed up as Slash for the performance, donning the Guns N’ Roses guitarist’s signature glasses and black top hat.Willcox rocked out in front of a sign which read “Fripps my Slash” as he played the 1991 track, while the pair looked windswept with the help of a makeshift wind machine.Watch the new ‘Sunday Lunch’ cover below.Earlier this month, the couple kicked off 2024 with a cover of KISS’ ‘Lick It Up’.Other recent highlights include a cover of Bon Jovi’s ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’, The Black Keys‘ ‘Lonely Boy’, and Richard Berry’s ‘Have Love, Will Travel’.Last year, the pair brought their viral lockdown concept to the live stage at Glastonbury, where they performed David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’.They reflected on the success of their series backstage with NME, sharing that the response “did surprise us”.“We were going for about eight months and it was growing and growing and growing,” Willcox said. “It started with one very simple post: 28 seconds of us jiving.
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Demi Lovato shares new song with Slash and announces rock album ‘Revamped’
Demi Lovato has announced a new album, which will reimagine hits from her career as rock songs – listen to a new collaboration with Slash below.Her new song with the Guns N’ Roses guitarist, ‘Sorry Not Sorry (Rock Version)’, is the first teaser of the new album, which is called ‘Revamped’.Two other tracks, ‘Heart Attack (Rock Version)’ and ‘Cool For The Summer (Rock Version)’ have previously been shared from the project.Discussing the album and new single, Lovato said: “Slash is an iconic artist who I’ve been a fan of for years, it’s an absolute honour to have such a legend like him on the rock version of ‘Sorry Not Sorry’.“With ‘Revamped’,” she added, “I wanted to pay homage to the songs that resonated the most with fans and played a big role in my career by breathing an exciting new life into them.“Creating this project has been incredibly fun and allowed me to express my passion for rock music in a new way, and I feel so much closer to my older music because of it.”Listen to ‘Sorry Not Sorry (Rock Version)’ below.Last month, Lovato shared that she has re-adopted she/her pronouns as a way to better manage how people address her.The pop star announced in 2021 that they were non-binary and was solely using they/them pronouns. But a year later Lovato came to re-adopt she/her, in a move that she has spoken more about recently.She told GQ Hype Spain, she said: “I constantly had to educate people and explain why I identified with those pronouns. It was absolutely exhausting.
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