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Jane Birkin died today at home in Paris, aged 76. She had suffered a stroke in 2021 but no cause of death has been released yet. The London lass was one of the faces and voices of the Swinging Sixties and remains a fashion icon with the Birkin Bag named …

Paul McCartney has been performing on stages around the world for almost 70 years, and his habits have continually changed over the course of his career. While he no doubt indulged in certain delights while he was in The Beatles with his best pals George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo …

Fleetwood Mac are one of the most legendary bands of all time, but they were of course influenced by other artists just like everyone else. Throughout the 1970s, one of the band’s founding members, Stevie Nicks, looked back on the Fab Four as one of the most powerful inspirations behind …

Fans of the Spice Girls have enjoyed a few reunions over the years, with the first coming in 2007 for a short-lived 12 months of fun. After that, they came back once again in 2012 for another year, hitting the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Finally, the Spice Girls made …

When The Beatles finally hit the mainstream, they were constantly fighting in the singles charts to gain that highly-coveted number-one single. But in January, 1963, it finally happened when they released their third single: Please Please Me. The track hit the airwaves on January 11, 1963, and reached the top …

Elvis Presley had countless affairs and mistresses over the years during his music and Hollywood career. But no affair compared to the relationship he cultivated with the stunning Ann-Margret. He first met the Swedish-American singer and actress in 1963 when they began shooting the 1964 movie Viva Las Vegas together. …

Amy Winehouse (Image: Getty) Amy Winehouse would have been 40 this September, and it’s hard to believe it will be 12 years next week since her death aged just 27. But even now, interest in the troubled singer with the powerful jazz voice shows little sign of waning. As well as the …

This week’s episode of Queen the Greatest Live looks back at an iconic November 1974 performance of Seven Seas of Rhye from London’s Rainbow Theatre. The band had just released their new album Queen II with their first hit singles being the song just mentioned and Killer Queen.  Freddie Mercury, …

This was most evident during tracks such as Circle With Me and Holy Roller (of course) where her guttural vocals rivalled (and even surpassed) the performances of some of the scene’s biggest and best singers. And she made it look effortless, with a stunning technique that proved she has a …

Elvis Presley was fascinated by spirituality and the paranormal, reading stacks upon stacks of books on the subjects for hours on end upstairs in his Graceland bedroom. Always searching for the transcendent beyond the emptiness of his fame and fortune, the star also believed in UFOs and aliens according to …