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Today Sir Brian May’s wife Lady Anita Dobson turns 74 today. The couple married in 2000 having first met in 1986, when the Queen guitarist was still wed to his first spouse Christine Mullen.  Yet falling in love with the actress led the rock legend to have complicated emotions. After …

Back in 2015, Zayn Malik shocked fans when he left One Direction. Nevertheless, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson continued as a four for another year. However, the world-famous boyband has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2016. The boys went on to embark on solo careers, …

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx (Image: GETTY) There’s hard-living rock and roll behaviour and then there’s Mõtley Crüe. For two decades, the heavy metal hell-raisers defined how to party, making the antics of Ozzy Osbourne and Led Zeppelin look like those of Cliff Richard. Storming out of Los Angeles in the …

HMV have just announced they’re bringing back their massive flagship store in London “in time for Christmas” with a vague “late 2023” opening date. The location, which is situated at 363 Oxford Street, is going to become a “hub” for fans of pop culture, they said. HMV previously closed the …

It’s part psychedelic trip and part soundtrack to a dark, dramatic gothic horror film – Carrion Screaming, perhaps. They open with The Invisible Man, a menacing rocker swirling away on the edge of a nightmare, complete with a mood-changing atmospheric bridge and a nifty gallop into murky confessions. Bad Weather …

John Lennon welcomed his first son In April 1963. Julian Lennon was born to The Beatles star and Cynthia Lennon six years after they met at art college in Liverpool. Upon learning she was pregnant, John decided they should get married and the couple tied the knot shortly before their …

Elvis Presley’s life changed in 1963 when he first met Ann-Margret on the set of his movie Viva Las Vegas. While he had connections with some actresses in the past, nobody was quite like Ann-Margret. The Swedish-American star had been hailed as “the female Elvis” due to her singing, dancing …

Included on The Official Coronation album will be 12 newly composed pieces of music by artists from across the UK and Commonwealth. These commissions will be made up of six orchestral, five choral and one organ piece. Classical record producer Anna Barry is helming the Official Coronation Album following her …

Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, was reportedly inducted into the Church of Scientology as a young girl in the 1970s. She remained in the religion until 2014 when she announced a clean break from the group. After that, she hit out at the …

Freddie Mercury’s former fiancée Mary Austin inherited 50 percent of the late singer’s estate following his death in 1991. And since his parents have died this has risen to three-quarters, with the rest owned by his sister Kamara. Yesterday his old flame, who lives in the rock star’s Garden Lodge …